Broken Age - Double Fine's Kickstarter Adventure Game

[Bubbles]

Jack Black alone cost them 100k per line.

 

[Black]

So, it's a 128 pages thread, and I don't trust any non-Codex source. Can someone give me the tl;dr version of if and how and why this game is, or isn't, shit?

J_C loves it. Take that as you will.

It's shit.

 

[Duraframe300]

So, I'm getting Broken Age via playstation plus.

I lost all interest in the game, but do consider playing through it out of curiosity. Question is, how much time do I need to play through it and how's the pacing?

 

[Boleskine]

So, I'm getting Broken Age via playstation plus.

I lost all interest in the game, but do consider playing through it out of curiosity. Question is, how much time do I need to play through it and how's the pacing?

Maybe 9-10 hours total. Pacing is good - the game can feel slow at times because some environments or screens don't have much interactivity, but that gets better as the game goes along. You have a good amount of freedom to explore, too.

 

[Ivan]

looking forward to getting my collector's edition box to move it onto ebay

 

[talan]

The game was released months ago, what's the hold up?

 

[SwiftCrack]

They probably need to shoot another documentary or something.

 

[groke]

what's the hold up?

yo this game was co-developed by schafer's 4-year-old daughter what you are doing is literally violence

 

[Brayko]

They are notoriously incompetent unless they have a publisher who can give them slack.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

So is Double Fine now double fucked by their own incompetence?

 

[J_C]

So is Double Fine now double fucked by their own incompetence?

No they are not. It seems they are doing fine now (no pun intended). Remastering and working with Sony seems to pay off for now.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

I agree, that revisiting old locations after they changed through the events you as a player witnessed is pretty cool. But I think he is arguing that a game that had a budget of 3.3 mln plus all the money from sales of the episode 1 should also have something else. He means that that the old locations should be a starting point for new places, new content, new side characters you can meet

Like there being something besides a cliff and an ironic sign past the goddamn snake.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

To wit, to this day, no Kickstarter game has gotten more backers than Broken Age did, I believe. More money yes, but not more people.

It takes about a full minute to go from the 'A's to the 'B's in the backer's list, and that's with them packed in real tight.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_di0biv8Ck

The backers start appearing at 2:57. 80% of the credits runtime is backers

 

[Ivan]

Physical Box is finally being produced.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

So wait, this is actually a thing now?

 

[Ivan]

mine's goin straight to the ebay

 

[J_C]

Those rainbow colored discs are straight out of a gay parade. :D

 

[ghostdog]

even the box is obnoxious

 

[J_C]

even the box is obnoxious

I thought it was a fan made box at first.

 

[Zewp]

So the box contains Tim Schafer's ego?

 

[J_C]

So the box contains Tim Schafer's ego?

And semen.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Wow

Please donate to receive boxed hipsterism!

I still thank allah I didn't know about this Kickstarter until after it ended, I would have been fooled into donating for a box version.

Btw, not bothering to check, but didn't they also promise an old-school box? This box is as old-school as the game is.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

Old school or not, that's a pathetic effort by any standards.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

It's just... pure hipster.
I hate it based on that. Fuck merits, honestly.
How do people... think that's good?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

It's just... pure hipster.
I hate it based on that. Fuck merits, honestly.
How do people... think that's good?

It's just... pure hipster.
I hate it based on that. Fuck merits, honestly.
How do people... think that's good?

Because they hipster too.