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Strider (Capcom/Double Helix, PC/PS4/XB1/PS360, 2014) [Open World, Orig Devs, Video]
- Thread starter ezekial45
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Given Double Helix's track record, I'm a bit skeptical of the quality of this release.
Hope it doesn't turn into Remember Me, where people were so convinced to play devil's advocate against obvious facts that they bought the game against their better judgment. Best to analyze properly.
Hope it doesn't turn into Remember Me, where people were so convinced to play devil's advocate against obvious facts that they bought the game against their better judgment. Best to analyze properly.
Who's these "lots"? Paid reporters and some handful of biasgamers who can't really say something bad about the game? No, I'll wait until legit players give honest feedback about the game. The same thing happened with CODpaideclassified with the Vita and we all seen how that went. Honest, feedback
Lol. So now all the good impressions are from "paid gamers"? You're trying way too hard here.
I didn't realize the people behind SFxT were making KI.
They'll also most likely come to this with respect to the franchise they are working on, unlike NT who didn't give a flying fuck about DMC, the characters or even the fanbase.
Unlike NT, DH has acknowledged their crap. So they know what their weaknesses are and hopefully how to address them.
I'm not saying you can't be skeptical, by all means do so; I just think it's bullshit you guys are trying to tear it down before it can even prove itself. That, is an extreme reaction and it's unfair.
I can see how frustrating it must be for Capcom and DH folk who worked to get this out, and have you guys jump down their throats the moment you get it.
Troubled Bat
Member
OMG, A New Strider!! Today is the best day of the year!!
Today is the best day of the year!!Who's fault is that for their reputation?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
We can only judge what we know. What we know is that DH has made a lot of shitty games. What we know is the gameplay design shows bullet sponge Strider fighting through bland environments with incredibly weak sound design and far too zoomed in camera so you can't even see the enemies in front of you before you get lit up.
It's frustrating for me as a fan of Strider 2 who wanted a sequel for the longest, and for it come out looking like a a kinda boring/flashy castleroid. Shit works both ways.
GutsOfThor
Member
That.......was.......BEAUTIFUL!
While it may end up being just like that in the final game, the gameplay we saw had godmode on, notice how his life never drops below 40, even when he's at 40 and still being hit, in that case why would he bother dodging stuff? The boss should have killed him if not for god mode, so I assume they didn't want to die during the presentation, which could mean the game is kinda hard which is good.
Again, it may end up being just like that, but we can't say for sure based on footage with god mode on.
Did anyone ever play Cannon-Dancer / Osman? Same director and many staff from the team that made Strider. Very cool and rather bonkers unnoficial follow-up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKZulh9qpew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKZulh9qpew
Whipped Spartan
Member
Can't wait for this loved Strider on Genesis.
I have wanted to play this for a long time actually.
Nocturno999
Member
This game looks like an average indie game.
Seriously Capcom, stop outsourcing your beloved franchises FFS.
Seriously Capcom, stop outsourcing your beloved franchises FFS.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Hey come on let's be fair! If we just forget about everything they've ever made up until now, they're a perfectly trustworthy developer!
Ingueferroque
Banned
An open world? For a side scrolling platformer?
Why are Double Helix working with these huge licenses? Where is the pedigree?
Why are Double Helix working with these huge licenses? Where is the pedigree?
Yeah it's not like they built a completely new team to work on it, have been letting people play at nearly every trade show for themselves and getting mostly positive feedback on it. Nah can't be that.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Honestly? It looks like strider. It was always basic as hell.
I think the problem here is MVC has raised your expectations on how a strider game should look like.
I think the problem here is MVC has raised your expectations on how a strider game should look like.
abstract alien
Member
Damn, this post is great lol
point is people praise anything everytime, doesnt exactly mean anything, and i'm actually looking forward to this, doesnt mean i have to instantly praise it or not be cautious about it
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Not sure what kind of vanilla ass ports you've been playing, but Strider was a sight to behold. A goddamned sprite filled wonderland of intricate detail.
Strider 2 was no slouch either. Sure, LOL PSX 3D environments, but what was there looked pretty damned good. And it brought the Playstation to its knees over and over again. Shit moving and scaling all over the place. It was one of the best looking 2.5D action platformers for its time.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
its not like its a game that isnt out yet with 3 playable characters
Osman is very good, but hard as hell. It devours quarters like crazy.
KDash31987
Member
Especially on the last level, where it suddenly changes up the continue rules and you no longer respawn where you die, and instead have to start over from the beginning of the section you're in.
Great game otherwise, though.
Just reminds me of SFxT where I thought I was the crazy one saying how the game looks bleh and everyone was praising it and hyping it pre-release. Then the game came out, the new game smell wore off and people were disappointed.
I would like to be wrong since that means another good fighter in the sea getting play.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
A side scrolling 2.5 Metroidvania Strider!?
Is this the real life!?
Best Capcom game of the decade so far.... confirmed(?)
Is this the real life!?
Best Capcom game of the decade so far.... confirmed(?)
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
I want to believe dis gon be gud. Not holding my breath for Double Helix though.
baphomet
Member
They're both definitely as basic as it gets as far as gameplay. Strider 2 is literally press attack as fast as you can to win.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I played KI and it's legit good. I'm not worried at all.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
I thought he was talking about graphics. I was talking about graphics.
Game play wise? They're arcade games.
RadarScope1
Member
I approve of all this. More Metroidvania please.
Bob Coffee
Member
Should have been arc sys devloping. Not-contra hardcorps upraising proved they could do 2d action games good. I think they would have been a better choice for strider than double helix
this, dude was straight running into bullets with impunity in the gameplay vid.
The trailer was ace, but I'm not sold on the gameplay vid.
justjustin
Member
It's awesome to see Strider is back because I like the character, but I'm sad to see it won't be anything like previous games. The original Strider is such a triumph because it felt like the developers imagined the most exciting action scenes possible and strung them together. It was the type of game where tons of work was put into something the player would only experience for a few seconds in a very specific way; a tightly choreographed and exciting game that was meant to be played over and over.
While watching the game footage for the new Strider, I did not see anything bad about the game and it looks fun to play, but-- being a Metroidvania-- it won't have that tightly directed feel of the original. I know it's pretty much impossible to make a 30-45 minute action game that takes weeks to beat in our contemporary game culture but I would have been really excited to see that. I'm looking forward to this game for other reasons; not as a game that picks up where the originals left off, but as a decent game featuring a character I like.
While watching the game footage for the new Strider, I did not see anything bad about the game and it looks fun to play, but-- being a Metroidvania-- it won't have that tightly directed feel of the original. I know it's pretty much impossible to make a 30-45 minute action game that takes weeks to beat in our contemporary game culture but I would have been really excited to see that. I'm looking forward to this game for other reasons; not as a game that picks up where the originals left off, but as a decent game featuring a character I like.
Yes, I think that's part of the reason why people are so upset. Thank you.
On second thought, some of the comments here are on the money. The game doesn't seem to evoke that sense of thrill that Strider 2 had. The colours are also too washed out. I ran Strider 2 through the epsxe emulator and I'd have to say this new Strider doesn't seem to have that same visual flair and use of colours the old one had. Hiryu still has very stylish animations, but there is something missing. Sorry for the bad filters on the sprites, but you get the idea.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
Who comes up with this stuff
That game world is a bunch of random ass shit thrown together to make something that looks very unique and interesting although very weird
I love it
Felt like someone was on acid when they came up with that opening cinematic
This is the price you pay for open worlds.... The spectacle of the scripted scenario like the original arcade game is lost.
I love metroid and exploring but I'm not sold on the idea of making Hiryu an explorer from the trailers just yet.
Need more P* like action in my Strider
