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Thou hast lost an eighth!
Reviews for Broken Age are beginning to come in -- and both the ones I've seen are pretty half-hearted with their praise, both giving unflattering comparisons to XCom (which happens to be on sale today at Steam).
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell at PC Gamer gives the game a score of 75 and writes:
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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell at PC Gamer gives the game a score of 75 and writes:
And Ben Reeves at Game Informer gives it an 8.0 and says:There’s more to Double Fine’s latest than what it gleans from XCOM, which is just as well given that it doesn’t quite glean enough to be a serious rival. In a nutshell, it’s all about the perils of badly organised sex.
Massive Chalice’s handling of character genetics is its strongest feature by far. There’s something both ugly and beautiful about how the game perverts one of XCOM’s staple sensations: the fondness players build up for the troops under their charge. As your 300-year (15-20 hour) reign wears on, you’ll come to look at heroes not with affection but the brisk eye of a cattle trader. Is it worth marrying this spindly greyhair to a 16-year-old, in hopes that he’ll crank out one last sproglet before the reaper arrives?
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Massive Chalice is like a well-bred animal that hasn’t been properly cared for; it might be an impressive beast if it weren’t buried beneath a layer of shag.
Playing matchmaker in Massive Chalice’s tiny kingdom is far more compelling than I ever suspected... I spent hours comparing my heroes stats, making sure they were compatible with each other and hoping to weed out genetic traits (like dimwittedness) that were making my armies weak.
While Massive Chalice isn’t much to look at, I couldn’t wait to see this century-spanning adventure through to the end... With more polish, Massive Chalice could have been one for the ages.
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