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[CreeperBlocks]

YESSS a Barkley Sequel. I need to beat the first one

 

[Fandangox]

10/10 trailer

 

[timetokill]

It's been way too long since we got a game from Hironobu Del Toro

This is going to be magical

 

[Lunar15]

I'm excited, but since it's paid, they can't reference real people and use the game music like they did in the last one.

I think these guys are clever enough to give them the benefit of the doubt, but that stuff was a big part of the first game's comedy.

 

[Sou Da]

I don't trust this game to be anything more than a string of epic maymays.

 

[Orayn]

I don't trust this game to be anything more than a string of epic maymays.

I'm not worried about that at all. The first game created far more memes than it repeated, and if you read their KS backer updates you'd see that ToG is digging pretty deep into surreal humor and old, obscure games for their inspiration on this one.

 

[PSqueak]

Getting the original game from gaf is one of my earliest memories of this forum, this shall be good.

 

[Dram]

I'm kind of surprised that Barkley never sent the team making the game a cease and desist letter.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Isn't this game actually Barkley 3?

 

[PSqueak]

I'm kind of surprised that Barkley never sent the team making the game a cease and desist letter.

I thought he was pretty cool with parody.

 

[Alec]

Oh God yes.

 

[Orayn]

Isn't this game actually Barkley 3?

More like Space Jam 3, since that's where most of Barkley Gaiden's story came from. Shut Up and Jam just provided its name and some battle sprites.

 

[foxuzamaki]

This trailer is fucking brilliant.

 

[chrisPjelly]

I thought he was pretty cool with parody.

Has Barkley ever commented on his "popularity" on the internet though? I'd love to see that

 

[Myggen]

That's fantastic.

 

[pizzacat]

What if this is frog fractions 2?

 

[PapaJustify]

10/10 - would play game.

 

[finley83]

Oh damn no-one posted the theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWKQiZVBtu4

 

[Insert Disk Two]

I read this as "Berkley 2". As in "Project Berkley 2". Why do I do this to myself

 

[AuthenticM]

This is terrible and not funny.

 

[Purkake4]

Straight into my veins.

 

[Icyflamez96]

Never heard of this game before but the teaser copying the FFVII Remake teaser is awesome.

 

[DeadPhoenix]

I'm not worried about that at all. The first game created far more memes than it repeated, and if you read their KS backer updates you'd see that ToG is digging pretty deep into surreal humor and old, obscure games for their inspiration on this one.

Yeah, I knew most of these guys back in our GamingWorld.net days and parroting memes is the kind of shit I think they would hate. Now, parodying that kind of shit is another matter...

 

[Rockk]

Glad we finally got a release date! Can't wait! The first one was legitimately of the best RPGs of the last 10 years.

 

[Hot Coldman]

They should have saved this trailer for the PS4 port announcement.

 

[Nachos]

I don't trust this game to be anything more than a string of epic maymays.

You clearly never played the first game, then.

 

[Pacotez]

Great trailer!
Barkley 2 released before the last guardian and FFXV!

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

Incredible. Can't wait to slam again.

 

[Squishy3]

It's been said but people should play the original game if you know nothing whatsoever. It's a free download, it's fairly short (probably 5-7 hours for a first playthrough) and is a legitimately good RPG on top of being hilarious. Brush up on your b-ball lore tho.

http://www.talesofgames.com/related_game/barkley-shut-up-jam-gaiden/

Go in completely blind, don't look anything up and be amazed.

 

[Russ T]

Also, when I originally heard about Shut up and Jam, a friend of mine told me it would only really be entertaining if I was into basketball.

This is unequivocally false. It is a great game. I definitely missed some queues, but I've seen Space Jam a million times and honestly that's all I needed.

 

[wmlk]

I'm gonna love this being a huge basketball fan. I just need it to have all those references and likenesses. I'm hoping that's not all gone for the sequel.

 

[SirPenguin]

The original Barkley has a Final Fantasy meets Super Mario RPG feel to its combat. It's absolutely worth playing for the setting + combat. Barkley 2 is going in a different direction and will likely be something like Diablo meets Borderlands

It's hard to explain the appeal of Barkley lore. It's this style of surreal absurdity that takes itself so seriously and so sincerely that it forces the player to buy into its universe.

 

[thetrin]

Hahaha, I love it. What an incredible parody. I just tweeted Liam from Tales of Game's to show my appreciation.

 

[ArjanN]

This is terrible and not funny.

Nah, it's pretty funny if you're in on the joke, i.e. have played the first game.

 

[Tye The Czar]

Am I the only one who thought the FFVII Remaster trailer's voiceover sounded like it was translated in the pre-Woolsey era of RPG translations?

Spoiler

Or FFXIII?

 

[spuit*11]

Kickstarter update with some screenshots.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...quel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam/posts/1335376

 

[Tye The Czar]

Kickstarter update with some screenshots.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...quel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam/posts/1335376

The screenshot captions are priceless.

 

[PaulExcellent]

Holy fucking shit.
I cry.

 

[Aurongel]

Mother of God.

COME ON AND SLAM.

 

[TheSadRanger]

Kickstarter update with some screenshots.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...quel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam/posts/1335376

The rewards are something else

At the $100 level, in addition to all the previous rewards, you get a custom, full-sized Cyberdwarf body pillow to spend your lonely nights with. Though his knotted b-ball skin is rough, his touch is tender and his luscious applebottom is shapely domed. The Cyberdwarf body pillow ships with pillow case only, pillow not provided. Warning: Cyberdwarf is a well-established tsundere.

 

[Avenger54321]

I can't wait for the Liam & Pat from Two best friends play to play this. Their walkthrough of the first game was great.

Linl to the Playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57hJfweW_2tm2u4zIbi-bcQB8bgP1gdK

I can't wait to see their reaction to this trailer.

 

[Dryk]

Would be better if it was Japanese

 

[JonathanNemo]

Was this filmed in San Jose.

I swear I've seen those terrible roads before.

 

[Aizo]

The rewards are something else

I want it, but I also fear it.

 

[djtiesto]

Had the chance to meet with the developer at Otakon 2 years ago and play their SRPG take on basketball minigame (it's kinda like Blitzball but was still in development)... A little disappointed that the combat and gameplay is moving away from a traditional structure with Paper Mario combat into a more action-oriented western RPG, but the western RPG genre is ripe for parodying at this point (can't believe nobody ever has done it before this).

 

[Mupod]

Kickstarted this, all I can say is it's about damn time.

I think the original is the hardest I've ever laughed at a video game, like the 'jesus fuck I can't breathe' kind. And yet it's actually a legitimately good RPG.

 

[Dark_castle]

I want it, but I also fear it.

Sounds like my love life.

 

[Dartastic]

Holy shit, wow. Biggest disappointment of PAX so far. It plays like Jurassic Park on the SNES with a roll mechanic. It's not a turn based RPG anymore. You walk around and shoot stuff.

 

[Miker]

Holy shit, wow. Biggest disappointment of PAX so far. It plays like Jurassic Park on the SNES with a roll mechanic. It's not a turn based RPG anymore. You walk around and shoot stuff.

That was my worry when I first saw the KS pitch. How was the writing, though? I can tolerate okay combat if the rest of the game is up to par.

 

[nded]

This is terrible and not funny.

Wrong.

Holy shit, wow. Biggest disappointment of PAX so far. It plays like Jurassic Park on the SNES with a roll mechanic. It's not a turn based RPG anymore. You walk around and shoot stuff.

Personally, the turn-based battles were just things I tolerated because everything else about it was so fascinating and weird. As long as it gets the tone right I'm okay with what I played at PAX today. There was also the grid-based tactical b-ball battles which looked interesting.