Comments on: Cutest Robots: Machinarium Demo

By: JerBear

JerBear — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:36:17 +0000

The demo was great. But my problem has to do when collecting item(s) for inventory. They simply don’t show in inventory. I’ve tried the patch, but it takes me back to the demo version. Any ideas as to how I can get the items to show in my inventory?

By: Nephrit

Nephrit — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:13:09 +0000

As above… the game freezes up in like half a minute of gameplay (it means that if a new game is started, when our hero actually falls out from the “trash carrier”)… I have the latest flash (10), dualcore, 3 gigs of ram and xp pro sp3… what the hell is the problem with this?!

By: Vic

Vic — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:06:25 +0000

I have the same problem as Jeremy. Can somone help. Really like this game.

By: syllopsium

syllopsium — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:34:58 +0000

According to Games magazine, it's about 12 hours long – so about a quid an hour. Not unreasonable for a unique game. They gave it 9 out of 10 and commented that it was an experience to be savoured rather than rushing through with the hints.

By: syllopsium

syllopsium — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:34:46 +0000

Well, I've put in for the preorder. If you buy direct from them it looks like you might get a full length soundtrack that may not be available elsewhere.

It's a great indie game, and deserves support.

Yes, some of the puzzles are a bit annoying but I feel the charm and the graphics outweighs that.

I don't think you can easily price this, though. It's 12 quid or so which isn't horrendously bad for a few hours of gameplay with unique graphics. For 14 quid I could walk into Tesco and buy Oblivion and Bioshock..

The question is not so much 'does this compare to other huge games' but more 'does this provide a quality experience for a number of hours'

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:46:39 +0000

Would you consider using HTML5 Video instead of requiring Flash Player?

By: cowthief skank

cowthief skank — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:42:48 +0000

I liked. In fact, I liked so much I pre-ordered. I think the last adventure game I owned was Beneath a Steel Sky…

By: Richard Clayton

Richard Clayton — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:59:30 +0000

@PleasingFungus: re the annoying last puzzle: do you mean the moveable telescoping pole? It does actually cast a shadow that you can use to judge when it is in the right position.

By: PleasingFungus

PleasingFungus — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:02:44 +0000

Liked the atmosphere. (Beautiful artwork.) Liked the humor. (Low-key slapstick.) Liked the hint system – one, small, general hint, or a mini-game (to give you a bit of pause) that reveals a splendidly illustrated solution guide. Total class.

But… some of the puzzles were pretty annoying, especially the very last one, which I had to look up. Without depth perception, some things probably should not be asked of the player.

But, I mean, I'm not complaining. Was an excellent use of my 15-20 minutes.

By: Hybrid

Hybrid — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:10:17 +0000

The graphics are simply jaw-dropingly amazing to look at, and the music fits the setting very well. The puzzles were fun to complete and the “hint” mini game was ok even though it did reveal the entire solution. They’re pretty much saving you the trouble of alt-tabing out of the game to do a google search for the answer. I can’t wait to see what they did with the later levels. When is this showing up on Steam? cause its not there now…

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:01:06 +0000

I’m having similar trouble, except I’m not getting any animation at all. Any time I alt-tab in and out I get a new still picture of whatever’s going on at the time, but no animation.

By: Hybrid196

Hybrid196 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:51:11 +0000

Downloading / will try this out later.