Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!

Take the avocado, a few capers, leeks and mangosteen. Rub on a fine grater, mix and season with linseed oil and pesto sauce. Add sodium chloride to taste. Give a try to get pudding bosom enemy and do not mention in the interrogations, where they took the recipe.

About punitive cooking we remembered for a reason, and because the action adventure game Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?! It takes place in space, inhabited by anthropomorphic vegetables. And “recipes” as its confusion as the one that is shown above.

Built ship vegetables, and looks just like a human.Built ship vegetables, and looks just like a human.

Gameplay it is such utter arcade variation on FTL . You are traveling on a randomly generated galaxy on their own spaceship and pumped his crew, as well as engage in turn-based battles and / or perform text quests. And all the gameplay elements well balanced: the complexity of the battles grows smoothly, and earned their money and resources are never redundant.

Each fight is preceded by a kind of monologue.  Unfunny and useless, as a rule.Each fight is preceded by a kind of monologue. Unfunny and useless, as a rule.
Each fight is preceded by a kind of monologue.  Unfunny and useless, as a rule.Each fight is preceded by a kind of monologue. Unfunny and useless, as a rule.

If the improvement of the ship compartments and pumping crew practically linear – Know yourself sets new modules yes unfasten money on learning new skills – in terms of weapons of setting Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?!It gives a wide scope for imagination.

Schemes guns, which can be assembled and installed on your ship, a great many, and each has its strengths and weaknesses. You can equip your pot a couple of weak lasers, reducing the health of the spacecraft modules for each shot.

You can set mortar, causing slight damage to all modules of an enemy ship or a laser gun that can cause great damage to one of the selected module. And then there are instruments that impose effects on an enemy ship or positive on your own.

Variants of the combat equipment – weight, though not all of them are viable: setting a bad set of tools, it is possible to blow in the battle with harmless at first sight the enemy. Although, you can always try to run away from the battlefield and to correct errors in the equipment of his crockery.

The cat eats vegetables in the universe, that he so fat?The cat eats vegetables in the universe, that he so fat?
The cat eats vegetables in the universe, that he so fat?The cat eats vegetables in the universe, that he so fat?

Good organized and “global” gameplay: the player is constantly moving between star systems, driven by fleet sinister space “Eclipse.” Time to study each system is given less than needed for its full consideration. Therefore it is always necessary to choose which of the available planets to explore, not forgetting about the performance of story quests.

So we reached the part of the story, which, in contrast to the gameplay, everything is not so simple and clear. The game tells the story of a pair of sisters who went in search of his legendary grandfather, spiced up with a portion of jokes and fun. Here are just a heroine Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?!– potatoes, and they travel through the universe, populated vegetables. That would be fine, beating developers “vegetable” the essence of his world themed jokes and references. But no, the only thing that reminds us of the plant-derived characters, it is their appearance and rare mention of the “right club” in the dialogues. No podkolok of fear of the Colorado potato beetle, pesticides abuse or pun that “on this potato uniform sits well” in the game. But in it there is a quest where the heroine overeat hallucinogenic mushrooms, and there is space cat, which is nothing but his “space” from the usual cats no different. Replace in the Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?! anthropomorphic vegetables anthropomorphic animal or anthropomorphic carbon compounds – the game does nothing to lose and nothing to gain.

Parody, reminiscent of pirated copies - standard in the universe vegetables.  It's not just about the game.Parody, reminiscent of pirated copies – standard in the universe vegetables.It’s not just about the game.
Parody, reminiscent of pirated copies - standard in the universe vegetables.  It's not just about the game.Parody, reminiscent of pirated copies – standard in the universe vegetables.It’s not just about the game.

And in general, the local humor and inventiveness originality does not shine. Jokes for the most part it’s not that bad, but expected and often primitive, template characters and references to popular images too straightforward. For example, there is a text adventure, a character whose “Doctor Who” series written off with the hero. So, this character looks like a doctor, appears in a situation typical of the Doctor, and reads a monologue that sounded like an excerpt from the “fan fiction”. And any attempt to make fun of him, as well as communication with the characters storyline, there is no trace. And so that’s “easter eggs” game packed to capacity.

Battle in the Holy Potatoes!  We're in Space ?!  arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.Battle in the Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?! arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.
Battle in the Holy Potatoes!  We're in Space ?!  arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.Battle in the Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?! arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.
Battle in the Holy Potatoes!  We're in Space ?!  arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.Battle in the Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?! arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.
Battle in the Holy Potatoes!  We're in Space ?!  arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.Battle in the Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?! arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.
Battle in the Holy Potatoes!  We're in Space ?!  arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.Battle in the Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space ?! arranged simply, but can tighten for hours.

Again, it would have given the developers from the humorous tone and would create a normal space adventure – the project would not have lost anything important. Although it is recognized that the local sense of humor does not cause irritation and is not slipping into vulgarity, it is just some kind of … bland. But this can be attributed to individual perception, because the concept of funny at everyone, and the author of these lines – is no exception.