Weird, I'd take Kyle for the person that'd call it Game of the Year or something.
Weird, I'd take Kyle for the person that'd call it Game of the Year or something.
The good stuff, yeah, but this feels like they never learned anything after Billy Hatcher
This, I played a ton of platformers on PS1 and can't remember anything as bad as this.
You can still jump on them (I found this out when trying to use tornado wolf on enemies), though that doesn't fix the issue of having to change to a character who can jump in the first place, assuming you have one as I assume later stages may not let you have a jumping character.
If anything, instead of 80+ costumes that do mainly one thing, they should've had like half the costumes that do more. Make the wolf also be able to do the ground pound & the dragon also able to do a flutter jump with its wings. It feels like they took Mario Odyssey's concept but decided to apply Lego game logic to it in that so many different abilities are spread across so many damn characters, thus requiring a ton of switching just to do basic things. But least with Lego games, it's much quicker to switch & you can hold more characters at once.
Also, this is unrelated to gameplay, but I'd rather have characters turn INTO the creatures with maybe personalized design elements.
They look really fucking stupid in those costumes.
That is the only proper way to deal with this game. SELECT DELETE and CLICK.
is that with everybody(Excluding the dragon?)? I tried to do it with the pumpkin costume and could not hurt them and took damage if anything.
Really? Oh, guess that's only for certain costumes then. Because I did it with the Clock Gear costume and it worked
To be fair, I didn't really explore this too much outside of 1 instance but I chalked it up due to that but I know Zonic mentioned above that it can be done with the werewolf wind costume so maybe some costumes give you it, others don't!
Is that the one that extends? I don't think that one counts as a jump.
Yeah, I was trying to land on enemies I think after the extend, guess some of the costumes don't work in that regard.
Just went and watched some Billy Hatcher vids on YouTube to remind myself what that game was like. Game looks all around better then Bilan in everyway and it's from almost 20 years ago... Let's let that sink in.
Think I may dig out the Gamecube and play some Billy to get the Naka fix I was hoping to get from Bilan.
Think I may dig out the Gamecube and play some Billy to get the Naka fix I was hoping to get from Bilan.
No.
The game is actually that bad. It controls terribly, looks awful and the camera is so bad that it's actually making some people nauseous.
Holy shit, this is the game. This is the post-boss dance scene, down to my reaction at the end.
Tried it yesterday.
The opening cutscene is nice, and that's the only nice thing I can say about it. Reviewers are going to have a field day with this one I think.
The opening cutscene is nice, and that's the only nice thing I can say about it. Reviewers are going to have a field day with this one I think.
I'm getting the impression that the concept for this game is quite influenced by Mario Odyssey. "People liked Mario's transformations? We double down on that! Peope liked Jump Up Superstar? We'll have a song and dance after every boss!"
Oh god he did exactly the same as I did, they were cheering me on to delete the game lmao.
by itself, it's fuckin weird, but with the rest of the game, it elevates the demo to fever dream levels
I really hope this is an older demo and they've got time to address feedback before it releases in March. There are so many small things that would make a huge impact, like instantaneous costume switching.
so tons of people in this thread have posted legitimate and common criticism which you seem to be ignoring, so let's flip it and have you actually defend the game rather than just say it's not that bad?
because it's really not an uncommon sentiment anywhere on the internet that the game is underbaked and has a ton of questionable design decisions, but rather than claim we're piling on after experiencing it ourselves why not address that instead
Downloaded, played and deleted. It didn't feel as much bad as it was just terribly boring and not very fun or exciting to play. Character design was also kinda ehhh.
Honestly I feel like tightening up the character movement (much faster/instant speed ramp when you begin to move, less maintained momentum as you turn/stop moving), speeding up the character by a bit (somewhere between 30% and 50% based on watching YouTube videos at double speed) and allowing instant costume switches while running would do wonders for the feel of this game. There are bigger issues that would be a lot harder to address (mediocre special stages and very mixed art quality, to name a couple) but just getting the player feeling snappier would be nice, I think.
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The person who said the gameplay is like putting a square block into a square hole is spot on
that's all the game is
even if a lot of issues were fixed all the game is, is "use this power up to reach this"
idk how they thought that would be fun
I mean, maybe it would be, in a super simplistic way, if the animations and movement were remotely satisfying but they aren't
Unfortunately the game has charmed me in a very weird way. I MAY get it when it's $20
In April
that's all the game is
even if a lot of issues were fixed all the game is, is "use this power up to reach this"
idk how they thought that would be fun
I mean, maybe it would be, in a super simplistic way, if the animations and movement were remotely satisfying but they aren't
Unfortunately the game has charmed me in a very weird way. I MAY get it when it's $20
In April
If you have a high DPI density set in Windows, you must edit the executable properties and set high DPI scaling to the Application. Then the other videos modes will unlock. I've tried it at 1440p.
It has no unlocked framerate though. Although I have a 120 hz monitor, it's only 60fps.
Yep. I feel like swapping costumes mid air could be cool, too, although that'd completely break level design.
LOL! I thought of this guy too when I got the bat costume. It's literally the same name.And there will always and forever be just one Aero Acrobat in gaming.
Yeah, that would certainly be fun, but maybe a bit too destructive haha.
They'd need to rework the level design for this but I really wish they would. Another comfort feature would be edge grabbing and climbing but I feel like that'd be an even bigger ask.
Gave the demo a whirl on Switch and I think it's gonna be a pass for me. Echoing others' criticisms about character movement speed and the costume switching.
It's also rough graphically on the Switch between a frequently sub-30 fps frame rate and the lack of AA that makes everything have jagged or shimmering edges. I only played it in portable mode, so I don't know if it exhibits the same flaws docked.
I'm also not a fan of losing a costume if you get hit. They should just institute some sort of standard HP system - be it hearts or whatever - and leave the wardrobe alone. It's aggravating to lose a costume you find out you need later, meaning you have to backtrack to reclaim it before you can proceed.
It's also rough graphically on the Switch between a frequently sub-30 fps frame rate and the lack of AA that makes everything have jagged or shimmering edges. I only played it in portable mode, so I don't know if it exhibits the same flaws docked.
I'm also not a fan of losing a costume if you get hit. They should just institute some sort of standard HP system - be it hearts or whatever - and leave the wardrobe alone. It's aggravating to lose a costume you find out you need later, meaning you have to backtrack to reclaim it before you can proceed.
I played it, honestly I didn't think it was as terrible as people are making it out but it's certainly not in the class with top of the line platformers out there, wasn't particularly challenging at all... I feel like this would be a great game for kid maybe? My kids enjoyed watching me play and had no problems picking it up, so maybe it's meant for that audience instead of the typical gamer gamers. I'm not going to say every game that isn't to my exact tastes is bad, I feel like this would be maybe a good pick for a young audience.
That is always a bad argument.
There are tons of Games, Movies, Books out there that are aimed at children that are, you know good actually.
For the movement speed some stuff may need adjusting but the other stuff I think is realistic without impacting the level design!
Meh.
Just the same, there are tons of games, movies and books out there that are aimed at children that are... fucking terrible IMO.
Doesn't change the fact that kids might like it.
Yes but realize that your defense is "well people who don't know any better might like it"
Anyone, kids included, "might like" anything. Including the many decent to very good family friendly games out there that will be competing with this. Kinda puts us on a dead end to discuss the game's merits on those terms.