FIGHT!

Ok more seriously which one?
Trine 2 has the bonus that I already like the series from Trine; and the visuals are darned pretty. Sadly my machine won't run it full spec so I won't get all the wonderous pretties, but still lots of solid simple puzzling fun!

Machinarium - has interesting looking visuals; probably harder puzzles and things and er probably runs full spec without any problems. (and that's about as much as I know about it - oh wait its got robots in it too).



so yeah which one???!?!?!!?

Machinarium is strictly a thinking puzzle game. Find this tool or that, add them to inventory, figure out on what to use it later on, figure out how this machine works and what you can do with it, etc... It's charming, entertaining and not very long. According to Steam, i finished it in 9 hours (though it should have been around twelve, since I played the first puzzles at a friend's house).

I've only played the demo of Trine 2, the visuals are gorgeous (a shame if your comp can't play it in full glory) and it seems to have the same humor and kind of puzzles from the first. You can jump and have certain skills, move from point A to point B using them all, timing your jumps and interchanging characters. You also get local coop and internet coop (though any adventure game like Machinarium can be played "co-op" if you have a patient friend watching you play and throwing advice your way).

So they're pretty different, with Trine 2 adding some action in the mix and more timing and skill with your keyboard, while Machinarium will get your brain juices flowing. It's pretty much what you feel like playing right now.

Well, Trine 2 isn't on Gog. Hopefully it will be released, since GoG already has Trine 1 and the devs say they're "contemplating DRM-Free versions" for Trine 2...
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/trine_2/post8

Those games are very different anyway: since you've apparently played Trine 1, you know it's a pure platformer, with terrain and physics based puzzles. Well, n°2 is the same (maybe the puzzles demand a bit more thinking, at least in the demo, I haven't tried the full game).

Machinarium however is purely a point-and-click game. It's rather low-tech (made in flash), but very pretty. The puzzles in it are more traditional: fetch objects, combining them, asking NPC for help, etc. What's special is that there aren't any dialogs: characters don't talk, just think (you see images above their heads). So, you're not given a lot of info about your objectives, but on the other hand everything is very intuitive, and funny to figure out. Apart from that the soundtrack is great!

So, I'd recommend getting Machinarium now, and wait for a possible release of Trine 2 on GOG.

Amen, brother!

Trine 2 is on sale right now. Machinarium is constantly super cheap in sales generally. Snag the sale item and grab machinarium later. Not like it's going to rise in price.

I haven't played Trine 2, but if it's anything like Trine then it's probably fantastic. Machinarium is, at least in my opinion, point and click perfection. It's also hard (although there's an ingame walkthrough that's brilliantly integrated), and a little short (insert penis joke here). So it won't be for everyone. It really does. It's hard to quantify what's so amazing about the game... just that it's one of those things that reminds you what it was like to be a kid.

Seriously, I know that people are always bringing up Braid as the game that defines the "indie games as art" thing... but to me, Machinarium beats it in every way. Yes, that includes story, artstyle, and music.

Machinarium took me 6 hours according to steam. I played it on new years eve, oddly enough there were fireworks going off when I finished.

It is a beautiful short game, that you will enjoy. More like renting a movie than buying a game. I assume Trine 2 would be more for the gamer than the art enthusiast.