Sunday, February 27, 2011

PS3 Demo: Stacking

This is game in which you are a small Russian nesting doll (or matryoshka doll, thanks Wikipedia), trying to save your family.  Story be damned, you are playing one of those cute little dolls!  And you get powers by stacking into dolls larger than you!  The idea is so cute, I could practically die!

The execution, however, was a little busy.  I found myself hopping around into others, but had some trouble in understanding how powers worked, or what my objectives were.  This is a game to play to just have fun, and that's okay, but I was hoping for a little bit more. The humor is spot on with the game's motif, which is not to take itself too seriously (can you take yourself seriously when you are a game involving nesting dolls?).


I'm stuck between a want tag and not wanting the game.  The deciding point was going to be the price.  If it was cheap, it'd be a no-brainer.  The cost to unlocking the whole game is $14.99, or free, if you have a PlayStation Plus account.

While I had certainly seen the PlayStation Plus account advertised, I didn't know the details.  Access to some downloadable games (like Stacking) for free, and others for a discount; also some custom avatars and backgrounds, and a few 60-minute full-game demos.  Sounds interesting, except...

...$50 for a year's subscription!?

Don't get me wrong, it sounds like it would be a good deal, except the perks (I looked through them all) kind of suck.  If things got better, I'd seriously consider it, but for now, I'd much rather shovel over $15 for a fun game about nesting dolls than invest in a subscription that offers me very little.  In fact, even the $15 seems a bit too much now... sorry Stacking, but your demo was adorable and fun.

1 comment:

  1. I don't have plus since I don't download too much, however if you do have it the discounts on games are more than worth it, there is more than 100 dollars in discount.

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