Community Review: Stacking

12 responses to “Community Review: Stacking”

1. 

   oggob

   February 14, 2011 at 11:11 am

   Just Buy It!

   Or in truth, you should have become a PS+ user for work purposes (ie: charge the sub back to work) and you would’ve gotten it for free! :p

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2. 

   AmbroseIV

   February 14, 2011 at 11:42 am

   It’s a horrible game [/lie]

   …okay so I haven’t played it… but, coming from an Eastern Europe background, I love the idea and need to hear more about it too 😛

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3. 

   Francis Hecker.

   February 14, 2011 at 11:47 am

   – It’s okay. The controls are frustrating for me. Wait until the price drops, or subscribe to PS Plus to get it for free.

   I recommend Tales From Space: About A Blob instead. The demo is really fun, at least try that.

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4. 

   ndroste

   February 14, 2011 at 12:06 pm

   Same as Brutal Legend for me. Endearing and wanted to love it, but I got bored in the trial.

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5. 

   Seb

   February 14, 2011 at 12:27 pm

   Played it for bout 4 hours on the weekend. Hadn’t planned on buying it, picked it up because it was included with PS+.

   It is really rather charming, with nice story lines. Very nicely put together.

   Feels like a casual adventure game with inbuilt replayability. Nothing too complicated, and suitable for children.

   Each puzzle usually has 3 to 5 alternative solutions. Solve one, and it allows you to progress while also allowing you to keep trying to solve the other solutions. The number of puzzles solutions left to figure out is also made clear.

   For completists and people who like to explore, there is a lot to collect. For gamers who want to just blast through to the ending, it will probably be a disappointment.

   The ocean liner level is my favourite.

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6. 

   Unicron

   February 14, 2011 at 12:35 pm

   Only just started playing it Saturday night but first impressions are; Great presentation/visual style and a clever take on the puzzle game genre. Looking forward to getting back into it.
   Early review score, 8.5 energon cubes of 10.
   For $15, I say buy it.

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7. 

   Batguy

   February 14, 2011 at 12:36 pm

   I finished it 100% in the wee hours of this morning (while on baby patrol).

   It was definitely enjoyable. About the right length. The main problem was that most of the puzzles involved using a single doll in the correct situation. The trickier puzzles involving multiple dolls didn’t appear till the last level or so, and even then the answers were usually signposted. I think it would *really* benefit from some advanced DLC with logical but not-too-obvious 2-4 dolls puzzles.

   So it’s worth playing, though you can probably wait a couple of months till the inevitable deal of the week.

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8. 

   welbot

   February 14, 2011 at 12:36 pm

   What the hell is Stacking? I’ve never even heard of it?!

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9. 

   truncheon

   February 14, 2011 at 12:53 pm

   I had no idea about this game just saw it was free and downloaded it without any expectations other than the name kinda sounded like it was a puzzle game. After too much story I got into the game instantly, its like grand theft NPC, fun stuff! Hijacking every character just to see the hilarious unique actions they have is great fun by itself.

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10. 

    Ad

    February 14, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    I’ve played the first part of the demo….it’s pretty cool. Need to get another PSN card before I buy it, but I think Double Fine have a winner here

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11. 

    Mark Ampersand

    February 14, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    I liked what I played, but the unskippable cutscenes got a bit much after a while. And the controls were a little frustrating. It does have a nice ol’ school, trial and error adventure vibe though, which was cool.

    Having said that, I only played the first section. Interested to see where it goes, but not interested enough to put down Dead Space 2 for it.

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12. 

    Jimu Hsien

    February 14, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    I used to stack all the time when I was a kid. It wasn’t that I was bad at riding a bike, it’s more that I always did stupid shit.

    I once skidded on my face on the road. Had gravel rash over one half of my face!

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