Retail version of Machinarium comes with some extra goodies

I rather like concept art. It gives you a visual window into the creative process behind the game, how they came to their ideas, and what "could have been" but was ultimately revised.

The MGS2 art book was fun to explore because of how many ideas got trashed when making that game, drawings of female Vamp, unused characters, etc.

It's like Developer Commentary in the form of "a picture is worth a thousand words".

I guess replying doesn't work too well with Internet Explorter 8? What?

Weird, you have to click "reply" twice.

What was exactly going in your mind when you came up with that name? Actually, you know what? Nevermind.

I wholly endorse his name.

It's not a good name, but it's not very bad either... idk

I am Kung Karl XVI Gustaf, aka The Swedish Chief or Hans Majestät, and i approve his name.

It's just a name. Who cares?

I didn't like samorost 2 and I loved Machinarium. Machinarium has a coherent world, story and puzzles while samorost just seems like someone's lsd trip half the time.

It is an infinitely more involved game than Samorost, so I'll definitely concede that appreciation of that game isn't required. But it's still not going to win anyone over looking for a narrative driven graphic adventure game like Monkey Island or Beneath a Steel Sky.

Listing two ends of the point-and-click adventure game spectrum and calling one of them "Bullshit" though is enough to throw one off. Especially considering Machinarium is much closer to the "bullshit" end than it is to Monkey Island.

Try the demo though, it'll be enough to form a decent opinion towards the game. You'll be able to decide for yourself whether you like it or not.

Wasn't bad. It's definitely better than Samorost, since it had actual puzzles rather than "CLICK EVERYTHING UNTIL SOMETHING WORKS". Still not worth 20 dollars, but for sure not as bad as I was expecting from reading your post.

As an aside, I liked the artwork but I'm still not a fan of that Flash-esque animation. The backgrouns were very nice, though.

I sure think it's worth the $20. I paid less cause of the steam sale but overall it's worth it. The game is clever, interesting and unique. I mean it's not very long and it IS a point and click but it has such a great atmosphere....very well designed game.

You could always try the demo and see if you like the game.

First reply-fail I've had on Joystiq.

*Points wand at comment* OBLIVIATE!