Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One

Precipice feels like the product of dreamers -- and even though ambition ultimately outstrips ability, there's a distinct voice and vision that usually doesn't come through in most "licensed" products. And here's where you say, "What the f*** ever, a**hole. Is the game any fun?" Well, yeah. I think it's pretty darn fun.

Penny Arcade Adventures is slick with rain, hobo stew, and all sorts of awesome, but it's for fans of the comic's brand of humor only.

"The game looks pretty good, with the cell-shaded look doing a fine job of representing the characters from the web-comic."

"PAA: OTRSPODEO is certain to appeal to fans of the strip and will get some laughs from those who still have their heads up their asses and have never heard of Penny Arcade. To its credit, the Penny Arcade team doesn't attempt to pimp its own website and nothing about this smells of marketing tripe. It's a smart, fun game that would have been truly great with a wider range of enemies and environments and a touch more depth to the gameplay."

"Rain Slick takes these tried and tested game systems and makes them its own, not by ingenuity but by not taking itself seriously. With items like ‘Extremely Mild Weak Sauce,’ how could any game go wrong?"