@GorbyGipper: Cartoons? You mean the webcomic, or did I miss something?

jallen

@DragonYen: I agree, at least something physical would allow me to cling to it's worth.

Kensei

I'm waiting until the entire series is done... hopefully the'll put it on media and sell it retail at that point. If I'm investing that much money on "one" game... I want a box, a book, and media.

DragonYen

Okay im pissed. Think about this, first installment $20
second installment $15 so lets assume the same for the next two. At about 4 hours each this will make a $65+tax
16-25 hour (if you really suck) rpg. I liked the presentation and was hoping for $5 to $8 expansions.
But for a game that was not a multi-million budget and short by rpg standards (mass effect with expansion is the same price and potentially 2-3 times lomger) I just cant justify the price.

Murdermonkey

Finally! The first game was awesome.. been waiting for this since then :D

CockroachMan

Woohoo!

Belabras

I can only say 'YAY!' to this. I loved the first episode so much.

They better reveal who the narrator is, soon, since he made me stop wondering who he was in the first episode. I can only hold off my curiousity for so long.

Tenth

Played through the first one, and though it worthy of my dollars. A good game, solid if not outstanding, and I'll very likely buy the second installment. But, here's what pissed me off:

I bought ep.1 within the first week, straight from Hothead, and that was fine. But within a month they released on Steam, and after numerous contacts with both companies, I was advised there is no possible way to activate my purchased copy in Steam, at all. Meaning no achievements, steam-style installation, anything. Apparently they use a completely different keygen system!

So, I can only hope that with Ep.2 they find a way to merge the keys between Steam and Hothead.

Lazz

@Toasticus: I feel the same way. I loved the game's humor and style, but the clunky combat turned me right off.

HikariOblivion

Time for me to get 1200 microsoft space quatloos.

Yonderboy

SWEET! The first one was abso-freakin'-lutely fantastic, can't wait to roll initiative on the second one.

City17Mailman

I've never bought anything from the PA store, but I read that strip religiously. At the very least, I'll be pickin' up Episode 1 when it comes to PS3 - and if it turns out it's an awesome game?

Well heck, I won't feel bad about givin' 'em more money.

Chances

Yeah I thought that $20 was worth it, but $15 is just that much better :)

Aeralindor

I've always enjoyed their strip and sense of humor, but I didn't enjoy the first episode. What I played of it, at least. It just wasn't engaging to me, everything felt needlessly clunky. Collision boxes, menu navigation, walking around the world... it felt extremely sluggish, awkward and unpolished. There were some redeeming qualities but not enough for me to get the full game. Shame too, because I really like the retro style (visually and game design wise) and their sense of humor.

Toasticus

@FanDam:

Seconded.

OGHowie

I do still think the first one was worth the price, even if it seemed a little steep at the time.

Mister_Jack

YES!!!!!! i almost forgot this game existed, as much fun as i had with the first. i cannot wait. sooo much to play!!!!

uppitycracker

Great news on the price drop. I loved the first one, but the price seemed a bit high.

Looking forward to this. Hope it's out soon.

TRT-X

Fantastic!

Glad to hear that it's $5 cheaper (or 400 spacebucks) as well.

thefais

If the humor and writing are still as good, this is once again a must buy.

trogam

YAY! I can't say I visit Penny Arcade much, or even remember being a big fan of the cartoons, but I LOVED the first game.

GorbyGipper

Great news. Now if they only drop the price to $15 on the first game so I'll actually buy it.

FanDam

Cool I really liked episode 1, I made sure I 200/200'd in that game.

Matonly1T

Awesome! They even reduced the price to something more appropriate. EA could learn a thing or two from Penny Arcade in dealing with consumer expectations.

JAcK0R

Yeah, twenty bucks for a game I could finish in six hours was a bit much.

MoreSandvich

@Kamakazie: I know it doesn't, but I didn't know if I was missing something.

Wasn't intended as a rebuke, more of a "wait, what?"

jallen

I've been waiting for this since I beat the first one (And then I went on to beat it 3 more times). BRING IT ON!

fdisk

I really hate the direction they chose for the graphics,art style. It looks like a bad flash game to me.

MyLittlePwny

I'm still waiting for the patch for Episode One that makes the combat system fun.

For the record: The only XBLA game I regret buying. It was funny and I wanted to like it, but alas, I felt like I was fighting with the excessively tedious combat system, and not the enemies. :P

(Yes, I realize I'm in the minority)

space trickfred

@Murdermonkey:A game's typical price this day is $60..so your saying because the game didn't cost millions to make, it should be cheaper? What?

Foxstar Sixtail

I can't wait for this, I'll get the steam version so I can continue with my awesome character.

DaveStrife

@Murdermonkey: 16-25 hours for a game is pretty much the norm these days. Just look back at stuff like Baldur's Gate 2 that can easily take over 100 hours to complete while creating a highly engrossing and compelling story and you'll really wonder what happened to games of its caliber in today's market.

Kamakazie

TWO DIMENSIONALITY! That had better sell a couple thousand copies right there.

Cowbane

@Lazz: Unfortunately this is true of 99% of Steam games; I wouldn't expect Episode 2 to be any different.

Kamakazie

@jallen: The word "cartoon" is traditionally used in reference to an illustrated work. Granted its not usually used for a comic strip like PA, but it doesn't necissarily refer to animation.

Kamakazie

@DragonYen: I agree wholeheartedly, except I'll still probably buy each DLC episode until that happens. I just love PA too much. I've never heard a legitimate argument from the people who have an aversion for the website.

Anarchist_Gamer

@Uglydemon: Don't forget Telltale. No disappointment yet!

Askiba

@MyLittlePwny: The art style is that of the comics. That's the idea...the cutscenes play out like a PA comic.

TRT-X

@FanDam: Yeah I'd buy them together in a pack for $30

belo

Valve needs to learn something from Hothead and Penny-Arcade and start cranking out the Half-Life 2 episodes. I am really surprised and delighted that I get another go with Gabe and Tycho so soon.

Uglydemon

@Foxstar Sixtail: I think that's a perfectly reasonable thing to say. The whole reason we all accepted the "next gen" $60 price point was that all the devs said they needed more money to make up for the larger budgets that were required. Obviously if they aren't taking advantage of those next gen budgets then they shouldn't have next gen price points.

Boramis

if they reduce the price of the first game i might just pick up both in one move! hiyaaa

velvet396

I loved the art style of the first PA game, but I have to admit that actual gameplay turned me off once I ran into the "obscure thing you forgot to do" wall, and I never finished it. So I don't think I'll be getting the second.

Strangelove

@Mister_Jack:

I'm not hating on you Mister_Jack - but I still don't understand the ire that the first game drew on price.

I guess some people were fixated on whether it was less gameplay than "a third of a full-priced title", but I'd argue that it was certainly more value tan "two movie tickets", "one random DVD", "four assorted comic books", "400 pieces of dubble bubba", "that crappy thai lunch I had today" or any other of a litany of things which cost $20.

Seriously, are there a lot of "sub $20 gameplay experiences" to compare it against - at least outside of "big game hunter" bargain bins?

I certainly got more gameplay out of the first episode than, say - the two Strong Bad episodes two date... but I'd say they were both well worth the money.

thebigsmoke

I thought the turn-based was kind of fun because of it's hectic nature. This coming from only playing the demo, of course. Plus, $15 is an appropriate price point. This may be getting bought....

Benjammn

Hopefully they sharpened the text up so those of us still trapped with SD TVs can actually read the damn game.

Kia

@FanDam:

I'll wait until all four eps are out and they re-release it as one bundle. Hopefully (but unrealistically), they'll rework the previous games to incorporate improvements and refinements from the later games.

kftgr

@Matonly1T: Wish I could...my timing sucks so I can't beat the last boss without using a healing item. :( Other than that...

Stoli

Awesome news, I was just about to buy Braid with my leftover points, but I'll just wait it out for this instead.

LegendK1ll3r

@Kia: This is the sole reason I haven't bought the first episode. I literally can't read it on my TV, and my computer is... lacking the ability to run it at a consistent frame rate.

BlueFlame

@LegendK1ll3r: Just a suggestion - buy Braid anyways.

idkmybffgreg

@Boramis: Ah, I think I see the issue here. You're equating things that marketing people say with "truth" and "facts". Easy mistake to make.

Ease up on the game, it's entirely fun, it's a good few hours of pure entertainment if this genre is something you enjoy, and if you have the enormous sum of a whole $20 available to pay for it. If you don't enjoy the genre, or you don't have the necessary funds, then, well...uh...don't purchase it? Not too hard...

Thwap

Freakin sweet :)

If only they had a release date on it...

BeyondAShadow

This is terrible. Now I'm going to have to buy this.

Channing

@TRT-X:

I get what they were going for, I just dont think they pulled it off.

MyLittlePwny

I love how that little bit about the PS3 was just tacked on.

Considering the fact 1 never made it to PSN.

Awesome news for Ps3 owners who don't have the other options open. I have the first for Computer so i'll be getting the second there as well, probably would have got them both on PS3 had that option been there originally.

Spoony

@LegendK1ll3r: Seconded. Braid is brilliant.

aiusepsi

Are they releasing episode 1 for PS3? Otherwise why would solitary PS3 owners give a shit about 2?

Scipher

Fantastic news. I will buy the living shit out of this when it's released, which better not be too damn far from now.

Gwog

So they promised episodic content... and they didn't take 3 years to make the next episode. This does not follow precedent. This does not follow precedent at all. At this rate, OTRSPD's Episode 3 should be out looong before some other company's Episode 3.

Psychophan7

Still waiting for this to come out on PS3. I heard they were able to overcome the problems, but haven't heard any news yet about a release date for when this is due out.

Davesumoto

@LegendK1ll3r:

Braid, dude. Trust us.

Lazz

@Toasticus and HikariOblivion: Seconded.

Love their sense of humour, style, story, tongue-in-cheek ambience, all that. The game itself... a little meh. Not bad, no, but not captivating enough.

If they have polished the actual gameplay and added a bit more variety to fights - then this episode might actually be where I jump on this train.

Barts

bought and bought.

underground_slacker

When I was at PAX I talked to one of the guys at the Hothead both about the next game. He told me the games would all be the original $20 price point, so this news is very welcome to me. He also told me they were going to make about 4 games. When I crunched the orignal math I thought, sheesh, $80 is a bit ridiculous. He countered that each game was a "full" game, to which I replied, "well, not really"... he had a very sad face when I said that. I'm still very excited for this new game regardless of price.

SecCom

yeah, loved the first one, so this is cool to see. $15 feels more fair, too.

TheIrishNinja

@jallen: I think they were considering an animated version at one point, but it either fell through, or wasn't up to snuff, or something that made it not become a full project.

Ghinn