Double Fine's foray into free-to-play is just the latest example of a business model taking precedence over good game design.
"This is a list of my five favourite android games currently available on the Play Store. These are games I can easily recommend and that I believe you won’t be disappointed owning. However, I have chosen not to go too casual, so games that you all may love such as ‘Candy Crush’ (which is a bad game) or ‘Plants vs Zombies’ (which is a good game) won’t be here." Says CalmDownTom
Hardcore Droid:
"Double Fine’s Android debut, Dropchord, was the last thing anyone expected, but Middle Manager of Justice is exactly what you’d imagine a Double Fine phone game might look like. Originally released on iOS last year, it’s a free-to-play sim game, not unlike so many others out there, but with Double Fine’s trademark focus on humor and personality. Double Fine sometimes gets the reputation of putting personality and style over gameplay, but that could be just what this genre needs."
CraigieH says: "After the disappointing performance of 2009’s Brutal Legend, respected developer Double Fine has seen much critical and commercial success following it’s decision to focus on smaller, downloadable titles.
Middle Manager of Justice is the company’s new free to play game that contains all the trademarks of Double Fine’s recent output: High concept ideas that have a strong vein of irreverent humour."
That's a bummer. I prefer living in world where Double Fine can do no wrong.
No part of playing a video game as a middle manager sounds fun to me :P
Ugh, I cringe every time I hear some of these games coming down to "waiting a lot or paying a lot." Bad design!
i been playing this game and i love it. dont listen to this review