Penny Arcade 3 is "fine" -- it's unique and solidly done, but ultimately just gets bland quickly.

User Rating: 7 | Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode Three X360
By Swoosie | Review Date:
Penny Arcade 3 went in a new route -- old-skool turn-based 8-bit style RPG. It's a cool concept, and it retains the humor and silliness of the other PA games. But ultimately, it gets really repetitive because there's just not much story to propel you along, and the humor lacks the laugh-out-loud moments of the first two games.

The good:
* The core RPG gameplay is solidly done, with some interesting add-on skills, appropriately silly weapons and skills, and a good variety of unique and funny monster types.
* Not too long -- you'll finish in 6-10 hours
* The graphics -- considering it's intentionally the old-skool 8-bit style, look great.

The not-so-good:
- Gameplay gets old -- there's just not that much variety, and you'll use some very simple strategies to crank through most of the monsters without much trouble.
- The humor is a little flat and tame for Penny Arcade -- if you like the over-the-top crude humor of the webcomic or the other PA games, this one will feel bland to you.

Overall, it's not bad. It just wasn't fun enough for me to keep on playing.
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