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Shadow of the Beast (PS4) being shown at PSN press event
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Infernal Monkey
Member
I expected a side-scroller, but still figured it'd somehow get a retail release as a proper reboot. This'll be sent to die on PSN.
U.u I really don't see how anyone could think that. Small studio revive 2 decade old 2D side scroller, and expect it to be 3D?
I expected a beat 'em up / action sidescroller with some platforming bits.
And no as far as being "sent to die"; it would be the other way around.
An expensive worldwide retail distribution for a game that isn't a big-budget AAA game, a household franchise or an action-adventure game with mainstream market appeal would be a bigger financial risk than distributing it on PSN. This won't be sent to die on PSN.
Opposed to flying off the shelves of Gamestop and Best Buy? All those kids clamoring for a Shadow of the Beast reboot. Their dads, wistfully remembering the Amiga, picking it up for a Christmas present. Something they can do... together.
This game was never going anywhere except PSN.
Well, looks like I'm eating my words from earlier. Honestly thought this title was going to be a long time resident of development hell.
Might get a retail release in Europe at least.
Might get a retail release in Europe at least.
Stiflers Mom
Banned
ehh
and
These pictures are missing a blimp flying around ..
Doesn't give me a "Shadow of the Beast" vibe, will wait for the finished product...
SotB looked a lot more colourful and crazy...
DeviantBoi
Member
That's better than showing a video unrelated to the actual developer designs and then firing said developer.
A 2.5D sidescroller was already expected if you saw the reveal trailer. Absolutely nothing hinted about a 3D third person game a la God of War. Just watch it again. You can clearly see how he kills the enemies from side to side and the camera moves not even once behind the character. People should stop with their wishful thinking and get the facts straight.
Nightengale
Member
Which is only further cemented when in the PSBlog post that went up after that reveal confirmed that it was developed by Heavy Spectrum, whom, no offence, is in no way big nor experienced enough to develop a full-fledged 3D action game at the scale it needed to be.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Right, a Sony backed reboot of a cult classic title will be " sent to die " just because its only on PSN?
Just like Octodad selling hundreds of thousands of copies, or Hotline Miami 2 which is profitable or Transistor that sold 600k across PC/PS4.
May want to rethink that whole idea that just because it is digital only it will somehow not sell well.
Upon further contemplation have you finally realized how stupid that comment is?
Hawaii Jeff
Member
Amiga nostalgia hitting me hard!
Would it be possible for them to include the main original music theme? That would be sweet!
Would it be possible for them to include the main original music theme? That would be sweet!
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Looks a little too cartoony.ehh
and
I was thinking the same, but Amiga version did all those puzzles in Beast 3 just fine with a single joystick button. Those were some of the best puzzles ever put into an action game, and I hope they will have that here as well. Combat was the part of Beast game I can safely say I cared about the least.
Kind of not succeeding in that either. That artwork is too genious/abstract to be put in typical game graphics IMO. You'd need like 0.1% top industry talent to make that work, and I don't really think these guys are exactly that.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
I hope they'd include all three original games, nicely emulated. It's amazing how hard is to get those things running with perfect Amiga-smoothness on emulators. I've pretty much given up on that.
do you guys remember the controls for Shadow of the beast on Amiga..?
Here is the control scheme for Game nr. 1..
here are the controls for game nr. 2.
and game nr. 3..
And here are the ones for the reboot.
Can't wair !
GIANKRATOS
Member
Nice. Hope to see a gameplay soon
Ya brings back allot of memories. parallax graphics and awesome music in Shadow Of the Beast.
My Amiga is still in my Garage. Lol
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
WOW can't wait for this. Hope they captured the music of the original.
StrongArmSteady
Member
FINALLY!!! ABOUT FUCKING TIME SONY...
pics look ok...need MOAR
First time I saw Shadow of the Beast on Amiga was in a computer store in Chicago. Was so floored by the graphics.
The Genesis was about to launch but had not actually hit stores yet. SotB on Amiga looked like something from the arcades since I was used to seeing & playing games on Atari 7800, IBM PC AT, Master System and NES.
I realize now Amiga had been out since late '85 but #1 I was a kid, #2 there was no internet to speak of and #3 I didn't start reading video game & computer mags until '89 anyway. So I learned of Shadow of the Beast and AMIGA in the same day.
I've been looking forward to the PS4 reboot since before launch. Ever since the announcement.
Very happy to learn it's sidescrolling and not God of War.
Please be metroidvania.
bananafactory
Banned
Oh wow, Shadow of the Beast is playable already?
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
Banned
qa_engineer
Member
For some reason I thought this was going to be a triple A big budget title, you know, since they took the time to announce it on stage at E3.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Ten Pints
Bolds well for a fall 2015 release. Im ready
Let's hope a cheat code won't cost us ten pints this time around
Quoting myself from the old thread about those pictures:
Looks fantastic so far!
Dissecting the screens and controls:
- "Wrath of Aarbron" tells us that the main character name and possibly his story arc is kept intact from the first game.
- The fact that L2 and R2 are not mapped to any functions reeks of Vita port or Remote Play planned compatibility.
- The controls looks a lot like God of War. I assume there is some depth to the area of gameplay - kinda like God of War, with a fixated camera (why else would you map dodge roll to the right stick?)
- The screen of Aarbrons' rage mode animation looks amazing. My inner teen screams
- Visual design is spot on translated from the previous games. Can't wait to see more areas.
- The first teaser trailer already had the intro music of the first game playing faintly at the beginning (you can hear the trademark flute) so we can definitely expect more throwback moments... YAY!
Have you somehow not been paying attention to Sony's approach?
Plenty of downloadable games are getting the spotlight. As they should.
Then again, none of the previous games had a desert level...
thats because the places in the 3 games were more like a mix of several types of levels at once. like, the stage where they are roasting the monster and you lure him into the spikes in sotb3 - it's like a combination of a desert, some savanna plains, a forest, and the ewok village all at once.
really fantastical settings.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Arrrghhh!
2.5D?
I was hoping it would be full 3D gameplay. Not just a side-scroller.
2.5D?
I was hoping it would be full 3D gameplay. Not just a side-scroller.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
it was not announced at e3