Quick Look: Rock of Ages

Pretty much sold on this based on this QL. The price seems appropriate, too (on Steam at least).

Looks amazing.  I think I'm going to pick it up.

I was interested before, I'm much more interested now. 
 
Looks fun, and made for an entertaining quicklook :)

...oh shit, it's out today.

Looks really simple, but well done. Might pick this up. Never played Zeno Clash.

I'm actually less interested in this game after seeing this QL. It looks like the maps get to a point where the rock is more of a chore to control, than actually fun. Patrick and Ryan were constantly coming to a dead standstill, and lumbering their way around obstacles. It just doesn't seem particularly fun.

- Scott

Dammit Ryan, why did you wait so long to deploy? You could have had him!

Looks more fun than I expected.

You know it's a strategy game when you're choosing between cows and catapults.

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This game is going to rock.

So... somebody made Odama again. Without the voice control.
 
Ok. I can get into that.  

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I really want this game, but I just got this gut feeling the PC version is going to control like complete shit. Anyway, here's hoping for a TNT of this game.

Zeno Clash was a PC exclusive for 6 months, so I doubt it.

I hope so. Just jaded on that kind of stuff on smaller games like this as the last dozen or so I bought were unplayable mess with a KBM. Really don't feel like throwing away another $10.

PCs use 360 controlers.... this "controls on pc will ruin the game" argument is about 6 years overused

I play games on PC because I despise playing games with a controller and prefer a MKB. This "Herpa derp! Just plug in a controller you idiot! It's fine for me so why can't it be fine for you?" argument is about 6 years overused.

FACT: Some games control better with a gamepad. If you can't deal with it then don't play those games, rather then blaming a bad port instead of your inflexibility.

My only complaint so far is that your defenses don't do nearly as much damage as I think they should, sometimes it feels like it just comes down to whoever finishes 3 runs down the mountain first, and that you want to mainly cause the other player to waste time by knocking them off rather than trying to damage them with catapults and such.

That splitscreen action was actually very fun and intense to watch whilst the singleplayer wasn't really as interesting.

I get such a big Monty Python vibe from this game's art style.

That large tower on the right is the Tower of Babel.

Cmon DAVIS, skeeball was pretty cool.

Can't wait for this to come to the PC; looks like a blast. Thanks for the quick look, guys.
 
Edit: It's out on the 7th? Sweet!

I play games on PC because I despise playing games with a controller and prefer a MKB. This "Herpa derp! Just plug in a controller you idiot! It's fine for me so why can't it be fine for you?" argument is about 6 years overused.

Looks like an AWESOME split screen game.

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damnit Kessler.

this game looks awesome i hope they do a TNT for it or maybe a scrub league, yeah i think a head to head scrub league would be awesome and this looks like a great game for it.

Looks like a lot of fun in split screen.

I think Patrick may in fact be a Rock of Ages hustler. He roped Ryan into thinking he knew nothing about how to play, and then places his defenses in the perfect positions to cause maximum frustration and has an almost flawless run the last time, hitting the shortcuts with precision.

@Tarsier said:

@Scotto said:

@Dangerlove said:

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@mrpandaman said:

@Tarsier said:

@Scotto said:

@Dangerlove said:

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I thought this was going to be really dumb, and i was right but in a good way.

the more i watched the more interested i got. looks kinda cool.

@crusader8463 said:

I play games on PC because I despise playing games with a controller and prefer a MKB. This "Herpa derp! Just plug in a controller you idiot! It's fine for me so why can't it be fine for you?" argument is about 6 years overused.

That thinking is so completely flawed. Expecting all input methods to be equivalent as long as the developer tries hard enough is absurd. At best, maybe this game could have some kind of trackball/trackpad support to control the direction of the rock. The only way for a mouse to have any control over the rock would be to force an overhead perspective, and then let you move the cursor around the ball and have the ball move towards the cursor. But the developers may not want that perspective on the gameplay, or want there to be a cursor on the screen while rolling. Mice are good for camera movement in first- or third-person or overhead views, or for issuing commands while in those views, but are less practical for direct character movement. Some games need analog controls, for precise movements, in such a way that a mouse is not ideal. For example, any game where you control a sphere (this game, Super Monkey Ball, etc.), or any driving game ever, is severely limited when using a standard KBM setup.  Specific controllers exist for a reason. They've been making flight sticks, racing wheels, and gamepads with 1-2 analog sticks for PCs for years, because there are games that require analog precision, and not in a way that a mouse can really replicate.

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@Scotto said:

@Dangerlove said:

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get that game on steam or psn right now mister cuz i wanna play it

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@Scotto said:

@Dangerlove said:

@Scotto: You can clearly see your user name above your post. Why did you feel the need to sign off at the end?

What is it with Giant Bomb users, and constantly feeling the need to comment on the fact that I sign my posts? It's a habit I picked up from years of signing posts on Usenet, and it's completely harmless, so get over it.

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troll face and forever alone boulders are DLC. 
 
is it a "rock"ing good time?

The music reminds me of the music in Bully, for the record, Bully was awesome!

THIS GAME LOOKS GREAT 
 
and the sound design is soooo sooothing. the period music, the sound of the rock and the fire, it's all just... ahhhhh...

Completely into this. 

@mrpandaman said:

@Tarsier said:

@Scotto said:

@Dangerlove said:

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DEEPLY WRONG! DEEPLY WRONG!

This looks great, I love me some Marble Blast, and while this could be a lot more complex than that, as long as I get to roll down a hill as fast as I can I'll be happy.

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@mrpandaman said:

@Tarsier said:

@Scotto said:

@Dangerlove said:

@Scotto: You can clearly see your user name above your post. Why did you feel the need to sign off at the end?

What is it with Giant Bomb users, and constantly feeling the need to comment on the fact that I sign my posts? It's a habit I picked up from years of signing posts on Usenet, and it's completely harmless, so get over it.

This is about the tenth time I've had someone on this particular website point it out, as though it's worth commenting on.

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-Spartacus

-NO I'M SPARTACUS

Goddamn this game looks like pure genies. 
 
Will buy!

The Quick Look sells another game...

@Red12b said:

@mijetman said:

@mrpandaman said:

@Tarsier said:

@Scotto said:

@Dangerlove said:

@Scotto: You can clearly see your user name above your post. Why did you feel the need to sign off at the end?

What is it with Giant Bomb users, and constantly feeling the need to comment on the fact that I sign my posts? It's a habit I picked up from years of signing posts on Usenet, and it's completely harmless, so get over it.

This is about the tenth time I've had someone on this particular website point it out, as though it's worth commenting on.

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-Scott

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- Matt

-Spartacus

-NO I'M SPARTACUS

Game looks awesome and this has been one of the best QL's in a while 

...Balls of Steel

Am I the only one mildly annoyed by the way Patrick says "attributes?" It seems like he says it like the verb when it's the noun...

This game is weird, wonderfully wonderfully weird. I approve.