I just paid the low low price of $20 for the brand new Penny-Arcade videogame, On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One. After playing the ten-minute demo, I’ve decided it was a bargain. Features: great art (both 2D and 3D, including seamless transitions between the two), absurd situations, fun and simple RPG-like gameplay, and a black sense of humor without equal.
Support webcomickry in all its forms, buy a copy for yourself. Available right now for PC Windows, Mac, Linux and on XBLA.
Update: I realized that I didn’t make it clear enough that (at least in Windows) you can do things in this order: 1) Download, 2) Enjoy the demo, 3) Pay, 4) Enjoy the remainder. And no downloading is necessary between steps three and four.
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In the Mac version you can download, play, pay, and then continue playing, but only if you do it right away. There’s no option to save, so you can’t play the demo, save the game, and then come back and buy the rest later.
See, I thought I did something wrong. After paying, I had to re-play the demo portion, kicking myself the entire time. They clearly thought about a lot of things about the usual gaming experience. It’s a surprise to see they make the demo path annoying.