#Broken age 2 Ps4#

It is credited with beginning the Kickstarter revolution, which has so far yielded a number of treasures including Shadowrun returns, Wasteland 2 and Pillars of Eternity.ĭouble Fine's success was not unmitigated by controversy, and the indie learned many lessons along the way, as well as during its later experiments with Early Access launches.

#Broken age 2 Ps4#

It should hit PS4 and Vita, as well.īroken Age began life as a Kickstarter project called Double Fine Adventure. Those who bought the game through Steam after the first half released, or who pick it up now, should find they have access to the second half some time today, if they haven't already. Vella is also kinda one-note, being basically 'I anna find/kill Mog Chothra' for the whole game.Broken Age is finally complete, ending the three year saga of Double Fine Adventure.īroken Age Act 2 released to backers yesterday, 24 hours ahead of its general release on Tuesday, US time. Shay's first impulse on seeing the outside world is going right back to save him Mum (a really abrupt turnaround considering how little affection he's shown so far) and apart from some awkwardness in conversations he doesn't seem to feel much crushong guilt or remorse for getting a bunch of chuildren abducted by his own ignorance. We spend half the game trying to get characters together, but never seee any actual meaningful interaction.Ĭharacters don't really shape the story, being mainly plot devices there to give items or get in the way (look at how half the final puzzle is just getting two allies out of the sodding way without actually asking them) and even the main characters don't seem to change that much. Shay and Vella also seem to barely react to seeing the outside world for the first time or discovering the sci-fi interior of Mog Chothra and just say 'let's go back to the mom who smothered me and never interacted in person/let's just kill it again'. seeing Shay and Vella reconcile with the families that smothered and sacrificed them, and the families' remorse) but we never get to even see them come together. There was room for some really interesting interactions (e.g. Thing is i really wanted to like the story but it just felt really insubstantial. Still I do think other developers have accomplished a lot more with a lot less resources, so I'd be wary of buying from them again. Maybe you're right, I haven't seen the documentary. Neither has much in the way of emotional reaction to events or character development, so I'm not that interested in spending more time with them. She doesn't struggle to adjust to the idea of actually having a future and needing to decide what to do with her life now she's not going to be sacrificed, nor do we see the relationship between her and her family strained after they basically sent her to her death.

Likewise Vella pretty much just shrugs when she finds herself in a high-tech battleship and says 'let's just keep smashing things like I was before'.

Seeing Shay adjust to the outside world could have been interesting, but he doesn't really show any wonder at the outside world or trouble getting used to it, so all those revelations fall flat. I also don't really trust the writers to show us anything interesting in a sequel. Way I see it the writers aren't deliberately leaving a bunch of sequel hooks, they just failed to provide a full, satisfying ending that tied everything up properly. They show a ton of epilogue scenes in stills during the credits implying everything pretty much sorted itself out (however implausible that may be, seeing as there's nothing to stop the Thrush bombing to bits everyone who tries to use the bridge), and that a year later everyone's just celebrating like a bunch of best buds in spit of all the past human sacrifices.

Ehh, the story's pretty much over I'd say.