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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...

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The NES version looks better.

 

[ljubomir]

The NES version looks better.

Oh yes it does.

 

[Wesleyalucard]

Never underestimate Microsoft power to destroy franchises.

 

[Skyr]

 

[DESTROYA]

What have they done!

 

[Deleted member 738976]

Just cancel it like the GBA game... It wouldn't be the first thing you've cancelled from Rare Microsoft.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Honestly looks like a browser game, some kind of Cartoon Network / Adult Swim throwaway. Only difference is you can tell the animations have more frames, so I guess credit to the devs for that.

 

[Kazza]

I wonder what is going through the developers' heads when they see a ratio like this:

 

[Bullet Club]

Honestly looks like a browser game, some kind of Cartoon Network / Adult Swim throwaway. Only difference is you can tell the animations have more frames, so I guess credit to the devs for that.

That's what I was thinking, it looks like a Flash game.

 

[Mochilador]

Looks sexy. Can't wait to play it.

 

[jshackles]

What have they done!

 

[Vow of Silence]

Old Battletoads - meh.

New Battletoads - MEH.

 

[Pejo]

The movement is too slow, it's very difficult to tell which plane you're on in relation to the enemies because every character on the screen is a different size, the combat looks slow, every move is an exaggerated animation instead of just the finishers from the NES game, it just looks awful.

And then there's the art, which sucks.

 

[JimmyJones]

This, Windjammers 2 and Streets of Rage 4 all have shitty graphics. Can we go back?

 

[molasar]

This, Windjammers 2 and Streets of Rage 4 all have shitty graphics. Can we go back?

And Paprium won't be finished.

 

[mejin]

 

[//DEVIL//]

jfc . its exactly this. i couldnt even finish the whole video. so fucking horrible. kill it with fire before it spreads.

talk about talent MS has .... NOT ffs kill it

 

[johntown]

They need to scrap this hot garbage and start from the ground up and look at the old games for inspiration.

 

[Naked Lunch]

Somewhere Guardian Heroes is rolling over in its grave.
This 2d flash looking trash artstyle needs to go away forever (for this and many many other new games) - and the gameplay looks vomit inducing.

 

[WindomURL]

haha what a nightmare. Sad, really. It looks like the devs' hearts just aren't in it.

 

[Otterz4Life]

I could forgive it all if the gameplay was faster. There’s too much animation in the attacks and waiting for enemies to get up.

 

[ResilientBanana]

It's too animated. Castle Crashers looks much better than this. Just give me a 4K update of that with new levels.

 

[Petrae]

Between this and Streets of Rage 4, I find this new style of visuals offputting enough to not buy either game despite liking older games in each series.

Developers can have their own vision, but when it doesn’t line up with my own expectations, I choose to avoid the games.

 

[MayauMiao]

At least Adobe Flash will still be making money from Xbox.

 

[tkscz]

Good lord, its so sluggish and all their attacks have too much wait time. This isn't a fighter, it's a beat'em up. It should be fast action, smooth and quick hits, but they all walk like they are wading through mud. So many of their moves have waits in them, like Rash's shark dive having that huge moment when he's off screen, the fuck is that? In a fighting game that could work, but not a beat'em up. Someone really needs to play the arcade BattleToads for reference.

 

[RavageX]

Whoever thought this was a good idea, should be shot. I'd be ashamed to show this off to people, especially people who have played the old school games.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Looks like a flash game...
Will pay 1€ for this.

 

[Pidull]

I can barely tell what the hitboxes are, this looks just terrible. They also totally fucked up on visual and audio feedback for when your attacks hit the enemy or not.

I feel sorta bad because the devs clearly tried with the art, this never should have been greenlit to begin with.

 

[Mista]

This, Windjammers 2 and Streets of Rage 4 all have shitty graphics. Can we go back?

Streets of Rage 4 looks wonderful to me

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

I cannot finish watching this horrible video. The creators of that abomination should be prosecuted with crimes against humanity.

Ok, I guess I will have to study game development and create something better, which by this standard won't be hard.

 

[Ristifer]

Streets of Rage 4 looks wonderful to me

Same here. And unlike this game, you can actually tell what's going on.

 

[Vawn]

This looks horrible. Ugh.

 

[Anki]

 

[Danjin44]

This video makes appreciate how good Cup Head looks and how they worked their ass off to make it look as it does.

 

[Vawn]

Thanks to GamePass our games no longer need to be good, they just need to be cheap to produce.

 

[quickwhips]

Looks like a flash game...
Will pay 1€ for this.

Cool cause its on gamepass? I think it will be fine and people shit on everything.

 

[Space Runaway]

Not only is it visually unappealing but it's slow as fuck too.

 

[ChuyMasta]

This gotta be Pre-Alpha footage right? Devs barelly got a running version of the game to show and will gather feedback before the Alpha goes into full production.

 

[Klayzer]

The gif I was waiting for.

 

[Gamernyc78]

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

 

[Klayzer]

This video makes appreciate how good Cup Head looks and how they worked their ass off to make it look as it does.

And Ori. I would put Cuphead and Ori against anything put out this gen. Two of my favorites games this gen.

 

[Birdo]

Looks like it was animated by a Youtuber.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Why does it look slow motion?

 

[Gamernyc78]

Why does it look slow motion?

Using cloud compute lol

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Gamernyc78]

Lol

 

[thief183]

It doesn't look that bad to me.... why all the complaints?

 

[Danjin44]

It doesn't look that bad to me.... why all the complaints?

Well it’s all subjective and it happens that majority of people don’t like the artsyle.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Bro I'm watching this video and tht slow movement had me wanting to throw a controller I don't have at the screen. Plus shit just looks so generic and uninspired.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

We NewGrounds now.