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[Banjo-Kazooie]

It's actually coming out on like...everything

Steam (PC/MAC/LINUX), Xbox One, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Occulus Rift

http://aztez.com/press-information

 

[CaptainTiptop]

ok i get it, ps4 does indie.

can i get my AAA announcements now please ?

inFamous is literally out this week...

 

[ricen-beans]

Played it at PAX Prime last year, it was he most impressive game on the indie alley.

The combat is legit, and the promise of strategy elements outside of fights is really compeling.

Glad it wasn't locked down as an MS exclusive, as a Vita version is my ideal place to play a game like this.

Sweet that's good news! Is the combat as good as Guacamelee? Where you're forced to use different moves and combos? Or more like a button masher where u can get away with mashing random buttons?

 

[Nocturno999]

Nice art style.

 

[MercuryLS]

Are we ever going to get to the stage where this is bannable? Just the most ignorant bullshit currently doing the rounds on GAF.

Indie games are not at the expense of AAA titles. Sony are not MAKING THE FUCKING INDIE GAMES.

There are too many small minded idiots out there. Better to just ignore them.

 

[Moobabe]

There are too many small minded idiots out there. Better to just ignore them.

GAF would be a quiet place if that were the case.

Ah well - looks cool, be interested to see the RTS bits before I made a call on buying it though.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Nice art style.

Agreed! This is looking very good.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

That description sounds awesome as hell. Has anyone played this before? I'm assuming it's been released on PC prior.

EDIT: Just saw the art style. Blegh. Looks like crap. Something akin to Guacamelee was what I was expecting. That would have been incredible.

 

[CrackPebbles]

Why are you nerds talking about the artstyle? how about those sick NG black Lunar esque sound effects with that spear weapon in the trailer. FUCKING RAD!

Ive been reading these developer blogs, man I like this guy. Article after article analyzing the genre.

 

[Shengar]

Why can't this be done on the ps3? Why ps4 / vita combo only?

Sony want indies move already to PS4. While PS3 still receive support from publishers especially Japanese, expect the (western) indies to flock on the PS4 and Vita.

 

[Makai]

What's up with the hatred for indie games?

 

[Moobabe]

What's up with the hatred for indie games?

Because Sony is obviously turning down AAA releases in favour of indie games.

DUH

 

[Hoo-doo]

New games announced nearly every other day. Awesome.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Why are you nerds talking about the artstyle? how about those sick NG black Lunar esque sound effects with that spear weapon in the trailer. FUCKING RAD!

Ive been reading these developer blogs, man I like this guy. Article after article analyzing the genre.

Yep. Reminds me of Tragic13 breakdown of Combat systems prior to Darksiders 2 release.

Cant wait.

 

[kenjisalk]

Sweet that's good news! Is the combat as good as Guacamelee? Where you're forced to use different moves and combos? Or more like a button masher where u can get away with mashing random buttons?

I'd say it has more diversity to the combat than Guacamelee, but it's hard to tell how much depth there was from the time I spent with it. It felt very Devil May Cry esque in terms of how combos chain together.

 

[VLiberty]

Because Sony is obviously turning down AAA releases in favour of indie games.

DUH

That's what most people seem to think. Bah.

 

[ricen-beans]

I'd say it has more diversity to the combat than Guacamelee, but it's hard to tell how much depth there was from the time I spent with it. It felt very Devil May Cry esque in terms of how combos chain together.

Even better. Thanks

 

[Monty Mole]

So many indie games. It's going to become like Steam where there are so many games is impossible to know what's garbage and what's good

It does seem to be getting to XBLIG level of quality for some of the recent announcements. But the good stuff will still rise to the top regardless, I wouldn't worry. After all, there are charts and 'featured' games on the PS Store.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Guys, check out the devs YouTube channel. Lots of cool info on weapons specials and enemy types.

You cant see whats going on well because of the combo indicators but this video shows the potential of the combat system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMpu86LT4V4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Terbinator]

It's actually coming out on like...everything

Steam (PC/MAC/LINUX), Xbox One, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Occulus Rift

http://aztez.com/press-information

Now I'm conflicted which platform to buy it on.

Spoiler

further evidence of that PC/Vita cross-buy needed.

 

[Storm Chamber]

I'd play that on Vita

 

[CrackPebbles]

Some cool stuff.

Enemy stuns into full combo, Hitbox looks big on the sand kick, but the exclamation point gives you a chance to dodge. (the enemies step dodge is sooooo fluid)

This reminds me of NG Black head stomp (IFRAMES ALL DAY)

Spear Counter

 

[Agent Gibbs]

do we have any infor on the expansion of the civilisation? i came in expecting an age of empires style isometric map of the civilisation and got a video of some beat em up....which on its own looks alright

its caught my interest but i want more info

 

[FriedConsole]

Looks like a 2D Madworld. No thanks. I did not like that game at all. I had a hard time looking at it.

 

[Mondy]

God fucking damnit.

My backlog is getting RIDICULOUS now.

Looks like a 2D Madworld. No thanks. I did not like that game at all. I had a hard time looking at it.

I agree Madworld sucked, but this art looks much cleaner and easier on the eyes.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Looks damn good. I like the art, but more importantly, the gameplay looks dope.

 

[Prince Vultan]

Oh... nice looking art style and the combat looks decent.

I'll keep an eye out.

Don't read the comments.

I... read the comments

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Some cool stuff.

Enemy stuns into full combo, Hitbox looks big on the sand kick, but the exclamation point gives you a chance to dodge. (the enemies step dodge is sooooo fluid)

This reminds me of NG Black head stomp (IFRAMES ALL DAY)

Spear Counter

Im going to have so much fun with this game. The combat system looks extremely fleshed out.

 

[CrackPebbles]

Im going to have so much fun with this game. The combat system looks extremely fleshed out.

Yeah im impressed!
The eagle enemy type seems really fleshed out, It can attack you mid air-combo so there is some risk to styling out on mobs

Also in the spear counter gif some enemies on the right have exclamation points over them before the counter, wonder if its a projectile, maybe a jump dodge? (since in the trailer an exclamation was on an enemy before he jumped) does an enemy jump have invincibility in some instances?

damn this looks promising.

 

[Coolade]

I wonder what the price point will be. And how many enemy variation types there are.

 

[NastyBook]

Some cool stuff.

SHIT! I thought the guy with the sweet ass Dudley-esque punch combo was the player. Now I'm somewhat slightly disappointed.

Spoiler

This game looks awesome.

 

[Jigolo]

Yeah I'll go whichever is native res and 60 fps between PS4 or Vita. (pls be Vita)


Blacks on Vita will look glorious because of the OLED screen. Just needs native res and 60 fps

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

I wonder what the price point will be. And how many enemy variation types there are.

There are at least 5

1) Dudley boxer
2) eagles
3) Priests
4) Grunts
5) Jaguars

Plus on the devblog he mentions that each enemy has 3 variations. Normal, Distinguished and Legendary. Each being bigger and harder to beat than the last.

 

[The Last Wizard]

do we have any infor on the expansion of the civilisation? i came in expecting an age of empires style isometric map of the civilisation and got a video of some beat em up....which on its own looks alright

its caught my interest but i want more info

The dev said they'd talk about the empire soon when someone asked in the comments on the ps blog.

This looks really good, there's gonna be a flood of great indie games for the ps4 starting at the end of the year.

 

[TomShoe]

This looks like an upgraded version of Ryse.

HEYOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

 

[AwShucks]

Looks like a 2D Madworld. No thanks. I did not like that game at all. I had a hard time looking at it.

I loved MadWorld. But I'd say that sure while the art style is similar, this being more of a 2d plane helps and yeah MadWorld always seemed a bit sub par on the crispness.

 

[mreddie]

Had a chance to play it during a Indie game thing in Phoenix, it's was awesome, I played it with the Oculus Rift, it was insane.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

"Aztez" as a word irritates the shit out of me for some reason, but provided the performance isn't terrible, it looks pretty interesting.

 

[nampad]

The information really got me interested as the Vita is missing a turn based strategy game. Unfortunately, the trailer only showed the beat em up gameplay, which looked ok.

 

[BigDug13]

I need more memory cards to hold all these games.

 

[viveks86]

Wow! Very nice! First time I'm hearing about it. Love the art style and combat!