Looking for a recommendation since non-official official patches....

[yamsi3467]

Guys,

I've been on the fence about getting this game. I love these kinds of games, but all the negative reviews are troubling. The working being done to finish this game are promising and ambitious. Can someone tell me if this is worth getting now? Will development continue?

Any light shed will be appreciated!

[Sangria Technotruck]

Double Fine has said they are done with development and will not be doing any more work on it.

Some users are creating a mod to fix the bugs and add new features. They've been working on it for about a year or so now, and sound like they're still planning to work on it at least in the near future.


If you've played a lot of other games like this already, I'd wait until it's on sale and then try it out (it was 0.99 in December, so it'll probably go on sale at that price again at some point). It's not worth the full price, but it's good for a few hours of fun while you try and figure out the game mechanics.

[Skenners]

I actually agree with dchill. If its cheap, go for it.

-Skenners

[Nadlug]

If its cheap (and i mean pennies cheap) go for it if you honestly have nothing better to spend money on.

Basicly if you can turn a profit on the cards it might be worth it.

[Rat13]

If it’s on sale it’s worth the price. I bought this in the Double Fine bundle so I paid $1.25 for it in the end. Even without the “unofficial” patches it’s worth it at that price. I played for many hours without the patch with no real trouble. Without the patch this is a playable game, even enjoyable.

However I would recommend immediately getting the patch if you do purchase this game. Having recently installed the patch my love of this game has increased. Janitors are a real game changer.

Was the “finished” game actually unfinished? I’d have to say yes. At the same time Double Fine’s “finished” version was playable. It just lacked depth and a lot of functionality. That’s where the patches come in though.

The potential of this game combined with the state of its final build seems to have attracted a lot of passionate people that want to fix this game. Their work speaks for itself; I have every confidence that in time this game will be everything Double Fine wanted and more.

[yamsi3467]

Well, I bought it. In a 45 minute session, it crashed 8 times. Six of which lost all my progress. This was with the 1.07.01 patch. I have received a refund.

[Skenners]

add on the rock.lua file.

or wait until 1.08

-Skenners

[Rat13]

Originally posted by Skenners:

add on the rock.lua file.

I thought that might have been his problem, but he already claimed his refund.