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Looks amazing! I just dont get it, what type of game is it:p Even though the art is very different it almost gives me a creepy vibe like American Mcgee's Alice
 
There seems to be a problem with the PC version. Because Machinarium is a flash game, those who use CCleaner are finding they're losing their save files because CCleaner deletes them!

:p
 
I was thinking of checking this game out too. (The online demo is cool.)

Arstechnica has a positive review of it here.
 
This game is gorgeous. I'm only on the third screen but I'm already in love with it. It rivals World of Goo and Braid.
 
Played and finished it over the weekend, very good game. Didn't need any hints...just hard enough, but not too hard.

--Eric
 
For those who want to know what kind of a game they are going to play before download, the site is really lacking information. Especially the FAQ. Anyone care to be informative? :)
 
Overall the game has some puzzles you've probably done before. While there is no Tower of Hanoi in this game, it's those kind of puzzles. Those are the in your face kind of things. The rest of it plays out like an old school adventure game; getting items, combining them, and using them for some purpose. Overall it'll probably run you a good 5 hours to beat which isn't bad. For me I'd say it is worth $20 but would probably feel better to most around $10. The story isn't great but it's there if you wish. The art and music are great but I think you can get a feel of that from the demo.

The whole game is done in Flash so you can easily try the demo at their site. All of the hints you'd need to beat the game are in the game although you have to play a little mini game to open the walkthrough each time. While you primarily use the mouse for everything, most of the mini games can be played with the arrow keys and space bar. I didn't realize this till later... some of the mini games are kinda hard with just the mouse!
 
Overall the game has some puzzles you've probably done before. While there is no Tower of Hanoi in this game, it's those kind of puzzles. Those are the in your face kind of things. The rest of it plays out like an old school adventure game; getting items, combining them, and using them for some purpose. Overall it'll probably run you a good 5 hours to beat which isn't bad. For me I'd say it is worth $20 but would probably feel better to most around $10. The story isn't great but it's there if you wish. The art and music are great but I think you can get a feel of that from the demo.

The whole game is done in Flash so you can easily try the demo at their site. All of the hints you'd need to beat the game are in the game although you have to play a little mini game to open the walkthrough each time. While you primarily use the mouse for everything, most of the mini games can be played with the arrow keys and space bar. I didn't realize this till later... some of the mini games are kinda hard with just the mouse!

Thanks for the info! I saw the demo but it looked like something I had to download, hence my question. :)
 
I've been playing this every night with the family and we're having a blast working out the puzzles together. It rivals even Wii Sports for an enjoyable time.
 
I've been playing this every night with the family and we're having a blast working out the puzzles together. It rivals even Wii Sports for an enjoyable time.

Same here. My wife is not a big fan of games, but when she what I was playing she couldn't help herself. Just the right amount of difficulty.

I went ahead and bought their other game for $5, mostly just to give the makers some more support.

Of course, I would have been better off spending the evening learning CSS, but that can wait another night, right :)
 
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