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1000 Hours of Glitch: A Review

I've recently passed a personal milestone of 1000 hours played according to Wakoopa (I know the game tracks this as well, any chance we could get a few more badges for time played?), and I thought I'd celebrate by writing a review of Glitch.

1000 Hours of Glitch: A Review

It may not be all that informative to existing players, as I mostly cover new housing (in painful detail) and basic gameplay mechanics, but if you want to get people to sign up, and would like to show them some reasonably comprehensive demonstrations, my review might just do the trick.

I'm open to any comments or concerns, favorable or unfavorable, and plan to write more Glitch reviews in the future concerning new content as it's released.

Posted 8 months ago by Jus​tin Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Holy smokes. Thanks!

    Hopefully we won't obsolete this too badly ;)
    Posted 8 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Very well written.... Hope your Tuesday quote about "imagination" come's true and not the 2 week's Stoot posted earlier :)
    Posted 8 months ago by 2020smoke Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like it a lot! But you left out the grumpy batterflies, and the piggie-plop method of crop seed obtainment. Both of which I am rather amused by... wait, they both involve poop! Sheesh, I'm four.
    Posted 8 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good job, Justin.
    I miss you all, and if this statement makes sense for you, good, if not, ignore it.
    Posted 8 months ago by Palindrome Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I enjoyed it :)
    Posted 8 months ago by EarthtoGrace Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @stoot OMGOMGOMGOMG You read my review? =D
    Obsolete it as much as you like. As I said, I'll be reviewing the new releases as well, so I'll just pick up on the changes then. ;)
    (I'm used to the changing nature of beta stuff, which is possibly one of the reasons I cover it so often - so posterity can look back at my reviews to see how things once were)

    @2020smoke My intent wasn't at all to contradict what stoot said. I started writing the review last Thursday (before the two weeks estimate), and so myself and others can look back on past predictions, I don't alter them if they don't come true. =P
    The Tuesday guess was based on approximating the previous end of the month estimate, combined with the fact that a lot of major releases have been on Tuesdays.

    @Jenny I've added the piggy plop method to the review, but I've really only covered animals the user can place, as well as the fox and sloth (I used the word "primary" in my review, as I also left out crabs, which if you count Crabato Juice as something you can "harvest" would also make crabs a harvestable animal). While I'd like to say my review's comprehensive, there's actually a fair number of things I didn't cover (kinda surprised nobody's mentioned that the only mention I make of cubimals is that their values cover a broad spectrum). Ultimately, it'd be impossible to cover everything, and a prospective new user would probably want, above all, an overview of core gameplay mechanics (even though I deviate from this quite a bit because I spent about half the review discussing housing, because all the major changes in the game so far relate to it in some way, and new housing is awesome). That said, if my review were truly comprehensive, it wouldn't leave anything for new users to discover for themselves. There's some sort of balance to be struck between being comprehensive and encouraging discovery. No clue what that balance may be though. xD
    I admit that dwelling on a "pet" subject like housing is a flaw, as I've read reviews that spend too much time on the same thing and became incredibly frustrated reading them, but it's usually unavoidable to focus on the topic you're most interested in.
    Posted 8 months ago by Jus​tin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Excellent review, and the illustrations are a great addition!
    Posted 8 months ago by Mollie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am not wikipedia inclined or capable but you are right about it Justin, that Glitch wiki article u linked there is off track & incomplete. Anyone able/interested in fixing it? It doesn't represent the game well.
    Posted 8 months ago by Dagnabbit Rabbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well done Justin.  Looking forward to your "new review".  Like your style!!!! It's direct, it indicates it's your opinion and let's the reader draw their own conclusions.  My favorite style.  Great work.
    Posted 8 months ago by AlmostSilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What's the wiki link?  I can edit it from home tonight.
    Posted 8 months ago by Zoethor2 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • en.wikipedia.org/w/index.ph...

    The intro paragraph is kind of a joke
    Posted 8 months ago by MarbhDamhsa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good job Justin! Brilliant read, going to forward it to a couple of my friends prior to the live release : ) : ) : )
    Posted 8 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, sorry - thought you meant the Glitch wiki, not actual wikipedia.  I leave wikipedia editing to others.
    Posted 8 months ago by Zoethor2 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice job Justin!
    Posted 8 months ago by Dee Licious Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm terrified to see how long I've played.
    Posted 8 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ugh. That Wikipedia article. Every time I read it, I cringe. :(
    By the looks of it, it accurately describes the game... as it existed two years ago (I lol'd at the blob people - most of the other artwork seemed pretty good in those screenshots, but... glitchen actually looked like that? 0_o).
    That said, from random things I've heard, it seems as though if we were to update the Wikipedia article to describe the game as it is now, it'd seem just as nonsensical to people in another two years as the current article does to us now.

    Also, thanks all! Glad to hear you liked the review. Looking forward to writing some more (c'mon new content =P).
    Posted 8 months ago by Jus​tin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Edit Wikipedia if you must.
    Posted 8 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love the review! If I were hearing about Glitch the first time, I'd definitely be intrigued from your descriptions and the pictures!
    I also started playing Glitch after reading a review. The wikipedia article is really horrible, after reading it (before I started playing) I was not impressed... glad I tried and asked for an invite anyways! :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Omnika Subscriber! | Permalink