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[JustP_Gaming]

Yesssss!! Another hot exclusive to play on gamepass they've already given me the gem of recore, the exhilarating gameplay of state of Decay, the shiver me timbers of Sea of Thieves, the awesomeness of next Gen destruction of Crackdown 3. I'm loving it Micro, keep it up and I'll be a fan forever

You conveniently leave out Forza Horizon 5 and soon to be Gears 5!?! Keep the fantastic skewed posting.

 

[Gamernyc78]

What does Nintendo have to do with this franchise?

You conveniently leave out Forza Horizon 5 and soon to be Gears 5!?! Keep the fantastic skewed posting.

Gears 5 doesn't look fun to me at all just a continuation of same formula, I'll pass. . Gears 4 was so boring I dropped it after three days. Forza? The best IP they have but I don't really Play racers but u got the hint with my post, that's all tht matters

 

[JustP_Gaming]

Gears 5 doesn't look fun to me at all just a continuation of same formula, I'll pass. . Gears 4 was so boring I dropped it after three days. Forza? The best IP they have but I don't really Play racers but u got the hint with my post, that's all tht matters

Yeah the hint is you are a serious hater. At least post the truth when you post.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Yeah the hint is you are a serious hater. At least post the truth when you post.

Yeah bro I'm a hater bcus there just tons of quality games in tht eco system Trust me if there was my Xbox would get alot of play unfortunately so sad but don't be mad it's just an inanimate plastic box it's isn't giving u coochi

But proud warrior defend thy honor Phil will contact you shortly for your prize of chivalry lol

 

[mcjmetroid]

Wow. I thought people were exaggerating but then I watched the video.

The thing that jumped out at me is the clumsy gameplay. You cannot tell where you can hit someone or not.

 

[Elenchus]

Absolute trash. Should be boycotted. Would love to see a petition letting Phil know loudly that this is unacceptable. Not kidding either. If anyone is interested in pulling that together DM me.

 

[cireza]

4-5 wortwhile non-Forza games in 2 gens.

for the past 1.5 gen.

So which is it ? 2 gens or 1.5 gens ?

Microsoft made only 4-5 good games (except Forza) in 2 or maybe 1.5 gens ?

Do you feel that you are a warrior who needs to make justice on the internet ?

 

[Psykodad]

So which is it ? 2 gens or 1.5 gens ?

Microsoft made only 4-5 good games (except Forza) in 2 or maybe 1.5 gens ?

Do you feel that you are a warrior who needs to make justice on the internet ?

Xbox 360 + Xbox One = 2 gens, 1.5 was more specific.

A bit hyperbolic, but yeah, doesn't seem far off with worthwhile games. Especially not compated to Sony or Nintendo.

And I'm far from someone who strives for justice on the internet.

Anyway, I'll leave it at this.

 

[trufflepigg]

The quality of this seems unacceptable to be showing off as a new MS exclusive, pretty embarassing. I won't be playing this, or looking at any more clips, I couldn't even finish this clip, it's truly atrocious and the devs and publishers should be feeling really ashamed, we don't even need to feel bad, this is a poorly managed crappy looking game that deserves to be blasted. It's using a famous IP, with proper management this could make MS a lot of money.

Damn, wtf is going on at MS? Is this a part of the newly acquired studio's they were bragging about years ago, is this the fruits of all of those promises?

Brutal, there is really not much to play on Xbox right now. I have game pass, been playing Prey last night after a thread on GAF, great game multiplatform of course. Halo is garbage now, Gears looks meh, Forza is whatever.

 

[Alebrije]

Franchises killed this season :

Battletoads

Commander Keen.

 

[Danjin44]

Those aren't even remotely similar to Battletoads.

Cuphead took nearly a decade to develop and assuredly cost multiple times what Battletoads cost to develop.

You don't really think it just time and budget that makes CupHead and GIRIS looking 1000x better than this? Both those games have very talented animators working on those games and Battletoads just looks terrible all fronts and I don't think its about just about being "cheap".

 

[Nero_PR]

After seeing this I fear to ask for an Earthworm Jim remake by any developer if they go this route.

 

[molasar]

After seeing this I fear to ask for an Earthworm Jim remake by any developer if they go this route.

It is in development by the original team, exclusively for Intellivision Amico.

 

[Barnabot]

They are doubling down with these calarts style. Don't blame us if the game doesn't sell well then.

 

[Rat Rage]

perfect gif! lol

 

[Nero_PR]

It is in development by the original team, exclusively for Intellivision Amico.

Now that I see this I looked into it and it says that Doug TenNapel is working in the project too. The guy is totally nuts in a bad way. From what I remember he was involved with Gamergate and some other shit movements. And sadly I won't get the Amico, I don't much nostalgia for Intellivision :/

 

[Dlacy13g]

Did people really expect more from this?

 

[molasar]

Now that I see this I looked into it and it says that Doug TenNapel is working in the project too. The guy is totally nuts in a bad way. From what I remember he was involved with Gamergate and some other shit movements. And sadly I won't get the Amico, I don't much nostalgia for Intellivision :/

I still like his art. Have you heard about his 'EARTHWORM JIM the Comic Book!' project?

EARTHWORM JIM the Comic Book!

The epic comic book story of Earthworm Jim told for the first time by the creator of Earthworm Jim! | Check out 'EARTHWORM JIM the Comic Book!' on Indiegogo.

www.indiegogo.com

 

[Dane]

It looks horrid for a battletoads game, if it was a new IP it would look good.

It makes me think, either Microsoft are allowing the whole "independence" thing as an experimental, meaning that if shit happens, they are going to do a 180 and prove that their interference from the early days was what brought great exclusives, or they are going to allow it and just deal with it.

 

[Jack Videogames]

It's surprising how much better the video feels when sped up 1.5x.

 

[SlashBringingHasher]

the animation looks good, graphics are nice

tho wth is that gameplay? it looks delayed and slow as hell.

 

[SkeletonQuays]

I'm just surprised in this day and age they can't make the hit boxes to extend a few ingame feet either direction on the z axis to facilitate the need to be exactly in line with a pixel thin sprite on a 2d plane. This seems so archaic.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

4k/60fps video:

Our first day at Gamescom was pretty busy with appointments but a bit disappointing in terms of video capture. We weren't allowed to record a lot of games but we still have a few things to share. We'll start with Battletoads which was playable in 4K

Our first day at Gamescom was pretty busy with appointments but a bit disappointing in terms of video capture. We weren't allowed to record a lot of games but we still have a few things to share. We'll start with Battletoads which was playable in 4K on Microsoft's booth and we brought you back...

www.gamersyde.com

The NES version looks better.

HORRIBLE , HORRIBLE GAME.

Its like if was made it by millennial lazy Guys with the crap artstyle of these days or something, there is no soul of Battletoads of NES, SNES or even arcade..

And the gameplay give me Fall to sleep.

Thank you Xbox, to ruin a Cult franquicie

 

[Fuz]

If they sell 0 copies it will be 1 copy too much.

 

[BusierDonkey]

If they sell 0 copies it will be 1 copy too much.

That's a very likely possibility in Japan at least.

 

[quickwhips]

I literally dont follow who is attacking whom or where animation starts or ends for that matter. Never happened to me with the original game.

To me it looks like the people playing are just bad at the game. Lots of punching thin air. I dont think its hard ti line up attacks in this from the video.

 

[CrustyBritches]

It's surprising how much better the video feels when sped up 1.5x.

I liked 1.25x best, but you're right it feels waayyy better.

This is a MS game, so hopefully it goes straight to Game Pass. My boys and I will still have a good time with it. We played the 4-player TMNT arcade game together and it wasn't great in comparison to the originals, but we still had a ton of fun. My only concern is that it doesn't look fast and mashy enough.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

- Horrible Art style
- Too Slow
- Insipid Music
- Dont have any form of sprites and the "morph attack move" you cant know what a hell is a weapon or robot (?), is a weird form
- Enemies are unspired.

 

[petran79]

Battle Beast looks better and it is 24 year old

 

[RavageX]

Every TIME I scroll the main page and see this, I instantly get angry.

It's like someone is intentionally making this game bad, it CAN'T be an accident. WHO would think the Dark Queen should look like that?? WHO thinks that the toads should turn into sharks or whatever else????

 

[Deleted member 738976]

They aren't even complex to draw yet they managed to fuck up every design on purpose just to look as shitty as every other modern cartoon these days. Fuck cal-arts.

 

[demigod]

the animation looks good, graphics are nice

tho wth is that gameplay? it looks delayed and slow as hell.

Your fox tail is showing.

 

[Keihart]

The look in 3d was already achieved and almost everybody liked it, why don save time and go with that look instead of going for shitty animation. I get that making sprites is hard these days, but com'on! MS already had a modern look that worked

 

[Ivellios]

What is even more weird is how on some parts of the video it takes forever for 3 players to defeat one weak enemy, just because he takes forever to get up

 

[Rat Rage]

This is a prime example of how NOT to resurrect an old franchise.

 

[JimiNutz]

Looks like it needs another 12 months minimum. MS should save this unit it's ready. I don't think anyone will be upset if this is delayed.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[brap]

WHO would think the Dark Queen should look like that??

 

[Scopa]

They all look as sufficiently wankerish as expected. Rainbow flag tshirt and all. Predictable.

 

[Tesseract]

should've used lofi sprites i think, not really digging the art

as me brudda nut said i think it needs another year in the kitchen

 

[Bodom78]

After recently playing River City Girls and Fight'N Rage, seeing this is even more painful.

 

[dirthead]

I'm not going to judge developers on physical appearance, but the bottom line is that they fucked up this game hard and got basically everything they could have got wrong wrong. It should be scrapped and started from scratch with a different team that can actually make a good beat 'em up.

 

[brap]

I'm not going to judge developers on physical appearance

I wouldn't if they didn't look like such stereotypes. Dude on the right is an enigma though. Could be some secret neo nazi spy or some antifa guy.

 

[sol_bad]

The woman is the character designer and she mentioned something about dealing with diversity.
bleeeergh

 

[abcdrstuv]

Idk, I saw the Killer Instinct character model and imagined a new game as some kind of modified/innovative Gears formula - like, take a cover-based shooter, make it a little more like a brawler, like 60-40/70-30, and add verticality to the mechanics and level design somehow - like, you can hop up to higher platforms for cover and jump back down, dive underwater for cover, or swim and pop up elsewhere in the room.. or hop and stick to the walls temporarily, something.. Easier vaguely imagined than done, but given the aesthetic and the need to do something fresh and big with a 2d property in 3d space..

The other 3d transition possibility for 2d brawler/sidescroller games - I thought this could work for Final Fight - is an open-world or semi-open (Gears 5) game where you navigate a 3d world (say, the streets and alleys of Metro City, for FF) w/ some adjacent roleplaying, puzzle-solving conversation tasks (think LA Noire, or The Wolf Among Us) that work thematically, and then adjacent to the space are enemies who confront you, or bait you, sucker you in, etc. - at which point the plane shifts to a 2D fighting game , maybe different enemies shuffle in and out of the action, tag team style..or - Def Jam: Fight for NY would be maybe a better model..

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

What happened with this game? We haven't really seen anything for a year or so.

 

[CrysisFreak]

As someone who doesn't know the original and also doesn't get the appeal of such games (like Street of Rage?) why is everyone hating on it?
Not my thing but also not exactly vomit-inducing imho.

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

As someone who doesn't know the original and also doesn't get the appeal of such games (like Street of Rage?) why is everyone hating on it?
Not my thing but also not exactly vomit-inducing imho.

I think the gameplay looks fine - I just don't think it captures the vibe of the old games at all.

Battletoads were "cool" and "edgy", but this stuff just looks like sanitized generic saturday morning cartoon.





Whereas for me at least, Streets of Rage 4 looks like it nails the vibe/look/feel of the old games really well

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I think the gameplay looks fine - I just don't think it captures the vibe of the old games at all.

Battletoads were "cool" and "edgy", but this stuff just looks like sanitized generic saturday morning cartoon.





Whereas for me at least, Streets of Rage 4 looks like it nails the vibe/look/feel of the old games really well

BT was always cartoony and goofy, but always had a more detailed look to it.

The new BT look is like the studios cheaping out making ghastly plain looking anime versions of Thundercats and She-Ra so they could churn out the artwork faster.

On the plus side, it's a GP freebie. No way I'm paying $10-20 for that.

 

[HaveButOneLife]

What happened with this game? We haven't really seen anything for a year or so.

Do we really want to see it? I want it canceled.