[Talbain]

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[TXTSWORD]

The combat looks really gratifying if you're the amazon or the dwarf. Not sure I'd want to play any other class. Can't imagine it feels good.

[This Machine Kills Fascis]

What I said in the E3 Afterthoughts thread:

[This Machine Kills Fascis]

Oh shit, I just realized that this has different planes of combat, supports multiplayer, and probably won't have circular levels (like most belt scrollers, but unlike Odin Sphere and Princess Crown).

Damn, I wasn't thinking of this as an update on Golden Axe, before. I...I may need to get this.

[Loki Laufeyson]

if this were on 360, i'd buy it. but it's not, so

[This Machine Kills Fascis]

Oh wait, it's only on PS3 and Vita?

Man, I'll probably never play it.
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[Persona-sama]

TMKF, if you think these character designs are embarassing, kill yourself get out.

My body is ready for Vanillaware's take on Capcom's D&D arcade brawler. I just hope it won't be grindy as fuck or have boring level designs. Speaking of which, I think Odin Sphere and Muramasa would've been better games as belt scrollers too.
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[This Machine Kills Fascis]

I just think boobs and asses should be humanly possible, is all.
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[Dark Age Iron Savior]

http://www.1up.com/news/vanillaware-george-kamitani-dragon-crown

[secondpillow]

The boobs and asses may be freakish, but they're freakish in a pretty novel way.

I'm with persona on this. No one is approaching this type of game with the level of aesthetic polish of vanillaware. Long live whatever this thing is.

[Loki Laufeyson]

all game character designs are embarassing. why can't the just wear a plain shirt and sensible shoes? why can't everything be steamrolled into a tasteless beige mush?
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[Persona-sama]

[TXTSWORD]

Man these are some really interesting ideas they are playing with. I'm excited to see how this turns out.

[Tulpa]

I don't think these designs are interesting, just ugly. They look like inflation fetish porn given a conceptart.org digital art gloss and animated as paperdolls in flash.
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[This Machine Kills Fascis]

Yeah, I'm not really a fan of the aesthetic overall (which is a shame, because I thought Odin Sphere ranged from "beautiful" to "neat cartooning"), but I'm not all that bothered by it.

I just want to be clear that I'm not viscerally revolted by the designs or anything, and if I were playing all by myself I wouldn't care. It's just that--realistically--I don't play games in a dark closet all alone, so it's nice if I don't feel embarrassed when someone walks by the screen.

This is mostly moot, since if I ever play the game it probably won't be for several years, but yeah I wish they didn't go so overboard with the boobs. I know the guys are equally exaggerated, but--y'know--it'd be nice if playing the game in front of non-gamers wouldn't make me feel anxious.

Edit: And yeah: the paper doll thing is starting to get a little much. Would doing a game like this with lush, KOFXII (or SF3) style character sprites be an insurmountable task?
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[Talbain]

I love the aesthetic, but I'll readily admit to being a fanboy of Vanillaware.
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[Touran]

Froth levels apporaching dangerous heights

Those d&d arcade games capcom produced are among my favorite aracde games

The concepts sound interesting, I just hope they come out more mechanically sound - right now they strike me as gimmmicky
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[Sniper Honeyviper]

i thought i was a fanboy of vanillaware before i actually played odin sphere.

still looking forward to this anyway, but i can't help but feel it's just going to turn out another flop. hopefully multiplayer will smooth things over.

[This Machine Kills Fascis]

Man, I will defend Odin Sphere to my death. Though I don't think there's any way to describe the joy of Odin Sphere that wouldn't make it sound hopelessly complicated and turn off everyone except JRPG nerds who love convoluted systems. But they introduce that stuff gradually, I swear ;_;

I don't know why a small developer like Vanillaware wouldn't go multiplatform with all their current gen games. Maybe for a small company it's too much time and/or effort to port?
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[Sniper Honeyviper]

odin sphere is a game that punishes you for doing combos.

even disregarding its numerous other faults, i just can't endorse a game like that.

odin sphere does not have "convoluted systems"! the inventory and gardening work in a really straightforward fashion. it's not a NIS SRPG or a cave shooter! i believe you're going to have to explain this one a little better.

also, fuck the game's forcing me to play twenty hours with the same character. i never even got to try anyone beyond the rabbit dude.

[T.]

warily optimistic. though i really doubt that even at its best it will be a better capcom-d&d-esque belt-scroller than igs's games
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[Sniper Honeyviper]

while we're on the subject of vanillaware, does grim grimoire have any redeeming qualities? it came out almost alongside odin sphere, but got completely ignored for being a console RTS.

[Tulpa]

It has a plot entirely about having sex with students
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[Sniper Honeyviper]

well then!

[Rud31]

fuck yeah.
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[Tlon]

I shoulda bought a PS3
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[Persona-sama]

[Talbain]

[Tulpa]

[haze]

Muramasa is probably their best game so far; it feels like it accomplishes exactly what it was aiming for. Odin Sphere was alright, just dragged out way too long for an action-RPG.

this game better also have restaurants with intricately animated food. perhaps even multiplayer dining?!

[sponkmonkey]

I eat up everything Vanillaware does so I really don't care what this game is and does until I get to play it.
If it's Vanillaware, give it to me. Same with Ace Combat.


That aside it looks pretty good!

[Auptie]

Any idea if this will be a disc or PSN release? I somehow feel a digital release would end up being heavily ignored.

[sponkmonkey]

I can't really see something that's also one the vita getting a disc release, but who knows? They could put both on the PSN store or just the PS3 version and use cartridges/memory cards/whatever the vita's actually using for the other.
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[Martial Loh]

Don't have a PS3, but I'd consider getting a PS-Vita if more good stuff like this comes out for it.
Liking the character designs...though the prudish reactions to them are totally expected/possibly-warranted!

[Bennett]

[Takashi]

[ionustron]

so has Vanilla ever done a 2-player game?

Aside from whether you'd want someone to see you playing this game, Odin sphere had some pretty gnarly slowdown frequently. I don't know how next gen will handle this stuff or if they didn't know how to optimize for ps2 or whatever. I'm not too too concerned about this because shmup ports seem to be improving this generation.

However, beat 'em ups tend to thrive on that communication aspect. That's the point of being arcadey, so it'll be interesting to see if it ends up being online co-op only or if you have to have a ps3 and a vita to play together in the same room or something.

Durability is just a big pain in the ass income dump though. I DO like the weapon slipping, but breakage for primary weapons is one of those Diablo gold/timesink things I'd like to see just go away.

(Don't get me wrong I love in brawlers when there's pick-up armor that's temporary, erodes with every hit, soaks some damage. I also love when character designs evolve over time (Knights of the Round,) but MMO style armor and paperdoll equipment screens (heh) I hope will not be done.)

(and yeah count me on the ugg designs side of the line but that's obvious.)

[Mikey]

[sponkmonkey]

[shnozlak]

Im all for this chunky choppy animation it makes a screen full of colorful moving stuff really easy to visually track. I could really use a belt scroller for my PS3, this is excellent.

Is boob witch the only offender?
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