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[Durden77]

Sweet. This could be great. Namco has really been great with modernizing Pac-Man's gameplay, so I don't doubt they're on the right track with this.

 

[tim.mbp]

GOTY material.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

Inspired premise!!

 

[@MUWANdo]

I imagine they're planning more for this year, seeing as the trailer gives away a 35th anniversary logo.

Maybe more games besides this? A pretty silly looking game, though. Cute.

Bandai-Namco put out the call for indie devs to make pitches based on classic Namco IP; the initiative was JP-only, but I kinda suspect this game is part of that same initiative.

 

[ODDI]

I love Crossy road, looking forward to this.

 

[Hours Left]

I see a new ghost.

 

[PurpleSquid]

looks neat! hope it isn't littered with horrible microtransactions though

 

[pizzacat]

Jeff gerstmanns goty

 

[Zubz]

I know that this game is mechanically another Endless Runnner mobile game, running from the kill screen, but I love the concept. Consider my interest piqued!

 

[Bloodrage]

What on earth does an outside mobile developer making this game have to do with whether or not a new Ridge Racer is made by Namco proper?

Leave your "reasoning" at the door. A new Ridge Racer needs to be made.

 

[Azure Dream]

Running from the killscreen is pretty clever. And it doesn't just look like a Crossy Road reskin, even though there are similarities. Very nice.

 

[visiblemode]

This looks very good, but input method is pretty important for Pacman...hmm...will wait for the reviews. Keeping my fingers crossed, though, I really want this to be good.

 

[Converse]

Man, "Hipster Whale" is still the worst name for a dev house I've ever heard, but this looks fantastic. Pac-Man is best when he just does his Pac-Man thing, and this does that with a simple, nerdy and fun little twist. Good stuff.

 

[RadarScope1]

Cool concept but I'm doubtful they can translate the tight 4-way controls that define Pac-Man into the mobile space. I felt like Crossy Road, as good as it was, never quite made that leap. We'll see. I will absolutely give this a try.

 

[L00P]

Does this mean a playable Pac-Man in Crossy Road in the near future?!

 

[mrklaw]

Day one. Love Crossy road. Although I will probably never top my current high score of 650ish, I still keep collecting my presents every day to unlock the new characters. They just did an update too, so I need to figure out how to unlock the secret characters.

 

[DICKS AHOY]

The idea's genius but I'm unsure about it only being on mobile/tablets due to the controls.

 

[Htown]

hope it's better than Crossy Road

I lost interest in that game pretty quick

 

[RiccochetJ]

Hopefully Bandai Namco will allow Hipster Whale to go with the purchasing/ftp model they used with Crossy Road.

 

[Dalek]

That trailers great purely for the ghosts reaction.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Paccy-Man

Yeah, that's not a name that would fly here in the UK...

 

[Robert at Zeboyd Games]

New footage: https://youtu.be/Vl5t5mf7Yts

Looks promising.

 

[jroc74]

I see a new ghost.

I'm was gonna say Sue....reading now she was introduced in Ms. Pac Man. Might be nothing.

 

[Bsigg12]

New footage: https://youtu.be/Vl5t5mf7Yts

Looks promising.

Hot damn this looks awesome.

 

[Dryk]

What a great idea. Looks fun.

 

[maxcriden]

New footage: https://youtu.be/Vl5t5mf7Yts

Looks promising.

Wowza. Looks super fun. Sign me up! Thanks for the link, Robert!

 

[infiniteloop]

Looks good

 

[Zubz]

New footage: https://youtu.be/Vl5t5mf7Yts

Looks promising.

Oh, definitely!

 

[Off-Kilter]

New footage: https://youtu.be/Vl5t5mf7Yts

Looks promising.

Holy shit

 

[Mcdohl]

Pac-Man 256/2 Days

 

[Ingueferroque]

This looks gorgeous.

 

[batbeg]

Looks way better than that shitty arcade game I played at Dave & Busters the other night. Mobile 1, Arcade 0.

Seriously looks cool though. I thought it looked boring at first then the numbers started creeping in.

 

[corn_fest]

New footage: https://youtu.be/Vl5t5mf7Yts

Looks promising.

Looks amazing!

 

[Jotamide]

That looks amazing. First time ever I've been hyped about a mobile game.

 

[Luke_Wal]

This game looks freaking sweet. I could stand for a little more CEDX influence (get some hot beats in there), but that's something I'll be downloading for sure.

 

[MulderYuffie]

Can't wait for this game.

 

[iosefe]

looks great, just downloaded Crossy Road due to the hype

 

[Emperor Bohe]

New footage: https://youtu.be/Vl5t5mf7Yts

Looks promising.

this looks dope as fuck.

 

[vagabondarts]

New footage: https://youtu.be/Vl5t5mf7Yts

Looks promising.

looks like an absolute blast to me.
Looks like a fun Pac- Man evolution

 

[infiniteloop]

The Pac-Man meets Crossy Road game "Pac-Man 256" is out now on iOS:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1002340615

.

 

[Krejlooc]

This looks fucking awesome, but hopefully this won't mean the end of the Pac-Man CE/DX/etc. line, because those are some of the best games ever.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Where ye be on Andrew?!

 

[8bit]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.bandainamcoent.pacman256

 

[L.O.R.D]

Android version is up
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.bandainamcoent.pacman256

 

[LiquidMetal14]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.bandainamcoent.pacman256

Android version is up
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.bandainamcoent.pacman256

Done and done.

Played it for a few before work. Not bad.

 

[Krejlooc]

Android version is up
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.bandainamcoent.pacman256

fuck yeah

 

[A.D. Skinner]

"5 downloads"

Aw, haha.

 

[maxcriden]

I'm not very good at it, but it's fun. Controls take some getting used to as someone not well versed in Arcade style touch controls.

 

[RoadHazard]

Those guys do make very visually sharp games. Crossy Road looks great in its voxely simplicity, although it's extremely shallow gameplay-wise (like all infinite runner-esque games, I suppose). Somewhat interested.

EDIT: Lol, this thread is old as hell, and the game is out. Oh well, downloading I guess!

EDIT: It's fine I guess. A Pac-Man-themed Crossy Road, pretty much. As expected. Very F2P-y. With UNSKIPPABLE VIDEO ADS, goddammit. Nah, no more.

 

[infiniteloop]

booo, has credits that run out. You can watch ads/buy more.