Happy the game is finally arriving. It looks rough, as one might expect after such a long development time, but the heart appears intact so it's a day 1 for me.
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'Ghost Song' Now Published by Humble Games + New Trailer (Targeting a 2022 Release) [Update: PC Demo Released]
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Thanks guys for your comments! Some things I can't comment on yet but I think there'll be news coming that'll please most of you who are asking about certain things.
With respect to what kind of game it is -- While it may have some superficial similarities to Super Metroid, it's not very Metroid like at all beyond that. There's a mix of melee and ranged combat, stats, levels, equippable items, and some mechanics that I think are kind of their own thing. I hope everyone likes it!
With respect to what kind of game it is -- While it may have some superficial similarities to Super Metroid, it's not very Metroid like at all beyond that. There's a mix of melee and ranged combat, stats, levels, equippable items, and some mechanics that I think are kind of their own thing. I hope everyone likes it!
Hey, just wanted to congratulate you again on this. I was there for the Kickstarter, and it is amazing to watch the entire development unfold. Just incredible persistence.
I'm definitely in…I'm assuming that glass tube was an homage to Super Metroid but the game itself seems quite different in terms of tone etc. What you're describing about the gameplay sounds awesome.
What about level design? Does the map look somewhat like this:
A bit like that! I'll admit the game isn't as huge as Hollow Knight though!
Day 1. Don't care if it ends up on Game Pass, don't care what price. Give me the iam8Bit LTD Collectors Edition Vinyl set even. Idgaf.
Thanks! :)
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I remember you kindly sent me a beta key on Gaf. Happy to see you finally reaching the finish line. Can't wait to play it.
Woohoo! I also originally backed this game ages ago and I'm super excited to finally see it reaching release. The atmosphere always looked and sounded great, and it still does!
I don't expect it to come out for the WiiU (lol) but I sure hope it's not PC and Xbox only.
I don't expect it to come out for the WiiU (lol) but I sure hope it's not PC and Xbox only.
When I backed this game on KS, I was planning to play it on the Vita lol. Not mad it though. The dev has been pretty communicative and up front and the improvements to where it was years ago have been pretty significant and evident.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot they post here lol.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot they post here lol.
It's really funny to me that this game was announced just as the Metroidvania was ascending to the top of the indie development genre mountain, and is being released (maybe?) literally dozens of titles later into an incredibly crowded field. I'm a backer and looking forward to giving it a shot, but feel if this game had been announced a year ago I wouldn't care about it one bit. Yet another Indie Metroidvania. Oh, this one's moody and atmospheric? It's like the Squidward "feeling adventurous today, are we?" meme.
Now we just need Heart Forth Alicia, Radio the Universe and Adam Gryu (creator of "A Short Hike") untitled Paper Mario-like!
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Haha, it was actually *just* short of the Wii U stretch goal.
I've played a bit of this and I can't say I'm really feeling it much as it is right now. I just can't help but see right through the game and see it as the "Super Metroid in the mold of Hollow Knight" descriptor as being too literal and feel a lot of extreme déjà vu with virtually every aspect of the game right now, all while not really feeling like a lot of the elements to the game are coming together to feel like they all belong to each other in a cohesive manner. And while it's impressive that he managed to do this practically all by himself, you can really see a lot of the seams as a result with how harsh the cuts are with transitioning from one screen to the next or the lack of a proper left/right artwork for your character that makes it look silly when you swap sides while aiming. Surprisingly underwhelming given how it was originally pitched.
Judging by his last post on the site that got him perma'd, for very good reason:
A disgusting turn of events, to put it mildly.
This game would've been cool five years ago.
I'm over losing your shit when you die outside of actual From games. Also someone let some indie devs know that enemies are allowed to drop hp lol.
I'm over losing your shit when you die outside of actual From games. Also someone let some indie devs know that enemies are allowed to drop hp lol.
Definitely agree that the cuts between screens are way too harsh.
