Comments on: Here Comes The Summer: Venture Arctic Free

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:53:04 +0000

Only on the pc will “narwhales no longer get stuck” show up in patch notes.

Console patch notes are always “m15/alien gun now causes 10% more damage”.

By: antonymous

antonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:42:14 +0000

Not really great game game. Basic idea is good, but it’s all based on repetition. Also still a bug there, my narwhales get stuck in rocks.

Hint: expand your land by freezing the water, the puffins love it out there.

By: clive dunn

clive dunn — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:12:26 +0000

I love that trailer. SPRING! SUMMER! AUTUMN! AND WINTER!!!!!!!!!!
One game, four great seasons!!!!

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:34:59 +0000

Echoing Andy: Really free. Download and unlock quickly!

By: Andy Schatz

Andy Schatz — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:06:12 +0000

This is Andy Schatz, the creator of the game. The demo will not relock, it is really free. I’m just glad people are finally playing! It’s been a struggle to get people to try it out… people assume just because it’s about a supposedly “educational” topic, that it’s not fun. I don’t watch Planet Earth to educate myself; I watch it because it’s freakin cool. :)

By: DuBBle

DuBBle — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:05:45 +0000

Thanks Andy. You answered my question so gently I hardly felt like an idiot at all :)

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:48:14 +0000

yes DuBBle you are supposed to activate the demo :)

By: DuBBle

DuBBle — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:48:46 +0000

There’s a good chance I’m just being an idiot but I can’t find the download link anywhere, unless I’m supposed to be activating the demo? It didn’t come in the email after I made my ‘order’ :(

By: Dizet Sma

Dizet Sma — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:50:06 +0000

Downloaded and installed, but kept getting some type of hardware ‘Guru Meditation’ message on startup.

By: Hmm-hmm.

Hmm-hmm. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:24:12 +0000

I’m not much of a sims-person, but I liked this when I tried the demo (althugh I believe I failed majorly). Thanks for the heads-up.

By: Tei

Tei — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:56:15 +0000

I must download it. If only, to replace all textures by matrix scrolling text ones, and pretending I am growing my own “Dark Crystal City” virus cyberfactory.

By: Pink Cigarette

Pink Cigarette — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:45:52 +0000

I’ve played this for about five or six hours so far, over a couple of days, and I really like it. Contrary to caesarbear’s opinion, I have actually learned a few things about Arctic and sea life that I hadn’t picked up from the Discovery channel.

Anyway, regardless of the educational content, it’s actually quite good fun trying to juggle everything. Plus it has Puffins. PUFFINS. And when they die, they go all Sims stinky and float away on the ocean currents. Haha. I hear there are lemmings in here too at a later level…