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Penny Arcade Adventures Series Cancelled
by Chris Faylor, Mar 29, 2010 12:00pm PDTAfter two outings, the interactive adventures of Gabe and Tycho are no more, as Penny Arcade artist Mike "Gabe" Krahulik told Joystiq "there won't be an Episode 3."
A four-episode series inspired by Krahulik and Jerry "Tycho" Holkins' game-centric webcomic, Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 debuted on PC and Xbox Live Arcade in May 2008, followed by a PlayStation 3 release and then Episode 2 in October 2008.
Back at GDC 2010, developer Hothead revealed that sales of Episode 2 were roughly one-third those of Episode 1, but that it still planned to complete the series.
"Hothead has DeathSpank and they have a chance to do something really cool with it," explained writer Holkins. "I think they could've made DeathSpank and Episode 3 but...I know [Episode 3] would have suffered...we'd rather not do it than do it half-assed."
However, that doesn't mean the storyline of Penny Arcade Adventures will go unresolved. "We're going to finish that story but it's going to be on our website," Holkins added. Our main goal at this point is to make sure that people aren't left hanging on a narrative side, and to allow Hothead to do the best they can on their project."
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Though I did feel that the second episode wasn't quite as funny as the first, it was still worth it overall just for the PA humour.
I think they should try again with a different, non-episodic short game.
What was with that battle system? They took one of the worst aspects of JRPGs and put it in their game. It was a huge let down. I would have loved a straight up point-and-click adventure or even a mashup of gameplay tropes.
I came to a surprising realization while playing episode 1, that their "universe" really didn't amount to much. I love the comic and the creators behind it, but there's a lot of focus on those main characters with the side characters having little to no depth. This is very apparent in the game.
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Half Life maybe. Like if the last episode ever comes out I'll grab them.
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I guess since Episode 2's sales were lower they made it a lower priority and just never got back around to it.
The second one got buried in the holiday avalanche iirc. shame.
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