# The Princess Bride Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128 "2007-12-15T20:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/21 "2007-12-16T23:25:38Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] I think his point was that it shows absolutely nothing about the game and gameplay, just something that looks like snippets from an animated movie. [/QUOTE] Nope, I wasn’t getting anything but the splash page. Hafta check my settings. Just playing, **Hal**. Hope you didn’t mind. Turns out I was missing something. ETA: It turns out a lot more is available, if you _scroll down_. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/22 "2007-12-17T03:44:33Z")
[QUOTE=Omi no Kami] What really sets off alarm bells are the phrases “excellent writing, dialogue and storytelling” and “great characters and story”. [/QUOTE] I had an alarm bell sound off for me when i read: Inigo … "depth and breadth of skill render him extremely **danderous**. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/23 "2007-12-17T15:29:27Z")
They couldn’t even get the real Wallace Shawn? He can’t be _that_ expensive, and even if he is, he should be punished for _Happily N’Ever After_ by doing this game for free. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/24 "2007-12-17T17:23:28Z")
I do not hold high hopes for the quality of this game. From the synopsis: “Over 15 minutes of movie-quality story animation.” Has the person who wrote this marketing text actually played any RPG put out in the past 5 years? We should torture them inform them by making them watch play Xenosaga, with its several hours of cutscenes… 😃 Oh, and since movie quotes seem to be de rigeur here, to the pain! ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/25 "2007-12-17T22:53:53Z")
Well, whether or not R.O.U.S.es are in the game, they are apparently in [Indonesia](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22290101/?GT1=10645). ---
**Author:** ![JohnnieEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/26 "2007-12-17T23:35:55Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] inconceivable! [/QUOTE] “anybody want a peanut?” 😃 the game isn’t free, so it’s not for me… ---
**Author:** ![JohnnieEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/27 "2007-12-17T23:38:11Z")
Inigo Montoya: That Vizzini, he can **fuss**. Fezzik: Fuss, fuss… I think he like to scream at **us**. Inigo Montoya: Probably he means no **harm**. Fezzik: He’s really very short on **charm**. Inigo Montoya: You have a great gift for _rhyme_. Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the _time_. Vizzini: Enough of that. Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, are there rocks _ahead_? Fezzik: If there are, we all be \*dead. \* Vizzini: No more rhymes now, _I mean it_. Fezzik: Anybody want a _peanut_? Vizzini: DYEEAAHHHHHH. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/28 "2007-12-18T01:16:47Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] My name is Inigo Montoya. You pwned my father. Prepare to die. [/QUOTE] Bravo! Now - the perfect PB game would allow you to take on different roles at key times (sword fight as Inigo, Wrestle as Andre The Giant, puzzles with V). Better yet - make it an open ended game and let me decide to forget Buttercup and just keep on as the Dread Pirate Roberts! ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/29 "2007-12-18T03:34:31Z")
[QUOTE=Algher] Better yet - make it an open ended game and let me decide to forget Buttercup and just keep on as the Dread Pirate Roberts! [/QUOTE] You mean, more like the book? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128/30 "2007-12-18T03:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=SlickRoenick] I had an alarm bell sound off for me when i read: Inigo … "depth and breadth of skill render him extremely **danderous**. :dubious: [/QUOTE] Well, he was Head and Shoulders above the rest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-game/430128.md?page=1)