Bugsnax Impressions
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Archeological dig of prehistoric Bugsnax ancestors.It really looks like utter crap to me. I wouldn't be surprised if the end reveal of why the Bugsnax and body horror exist, is a veiled tribute to Event Horizon or some shit.
Seriously, wtf is this?^^^
Knack was a great game, it just wasn't what people were expecting or wanted. It was God of War for kids but people were judging it as a platformer.
Bugsnax is a puzzle game inspired by hundreds of niche historical games like Dark Cloud, Pokemon Snap, Viva Pinata, etc, etc. It looks genuinely fun for people who like something a bit different as well as being packed with the style of humour that Young Horses became known for.
Sure seems like it. If we could invent a power source that runs on irony, I'm pretty sure the "fanbase" around this game could light up a large city for months.
Looks great to me, one or two of the overtly negative comments I keep seeing are a bit on the strange side. It may be not someone else's cup of tea, but lets not dump on it because of that.
Damn didn't know it was only PS4 at this point, and digital... blah, might just get it and then have to get the hopefully boxed PS5 version later.
Damn didn't know it was only PS4 at this point, and digital... blah, might just get it and then have to get the hopefully boxed PS5 version later.
It's a low budget indie game that could indeed be ported to Switch. At no point has it been claimed otherwise AFAIK. But next gen consoles would suck if their library would consist of only AAA games with fancy graphics.
Personally I could not care less about Knack. My interest in the game is not ironic. Bugsnax seems to scratch the same itch as say something like The Untitled Goose game did. It seems to be a really well made comedy game and we have far too few of those.
No? This looks like a fun comedic adventure game. With some light Pokemon Snap/Ape Escape elements. It seems really funny and fun so yeah of course people are excited for it.
It's embarrassing people who don't like funny games keep trying to compare this to something completely shit like Knack.
Yeah, that would be #2.
Thing is, I just played through Demon's Souls a few months ago. I'm certainly hyped for the remake, but I'm more hyped for an entirely new game. I'd also consider myself more of a fan of Fromsoft than the Souls ip.
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Believe it or not, but everyone dont like Souls games.
Absolutely not, this looks charming and actually interesting.
How is being interested in this game ironic? It's literally a different game with a different genre, different gameplay, different art style, and a completely different developer.
Obviously anyone who likes thing I don't like is being ironic. Differences in opinion aren't real and if it seems like most people are excited for a thing I'm not excited for then that's just lots of people being ironic!
It's a cute adventure game that's 25 dollars. Some of y'all are just jaded as fuck. I don't know how you can't possibly wrap your head around people looking forward to this over when it's so easy to find odd looking games that find fanbases these days.
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yeah they are. Game is hilarious. I saw where one of the flying bugsnax almost ran away with the trap I was dying lmao.
I was originally ironically interested in this game. But then I kept on listening to the music, and kept on visiting threads, and started developing interest more and more over time, and now I'm fully onboard.
The last trailer fully sold me on Bugsnax. The gameplay looks legit and I'm also in it for the story and humor. It looks like a hilarious, fun adventure.
Btw, these graphics are so much better than the trailer shown in June.
The last trailer fully sold me on Bugsnax. The gameplay looks legit and I'm also in it for the story and humor. It looks like a hilarious, fun adventure.
Btw, these graphics are so much better than the trailer shown in June.
I just liked the opening song initially but honestly the gameplay looks really cute. Reminds me a bit of Viva Pinata except more like a first person exploration game.
Looks pretty great to me, and I am usually not a fan of quirky games! But a lot of great creativity on show here.
Look up the word Niche in the dictionary and there will be a picture of the Souls games. It's my niche, but it isn't most people's. Spider-Man is what's going to move the most copies at launch, if I were to guess. As for Bugsnax - hard pass. This launch's Knack seems accurate. No thank you.
I love the comparisons to knack, like just because people didn't like knack its like they ignore that there is a whole other market that isn't them to cater for. Absolutely living in a bubble stuff going on.
Souls isn't really niche anymore. DS3 sold over 10 million copies.
the souls series has sold 27 million games and popularized an entire genre. it's really not that niche anymore
The "stop liking what I don't like" energy is strong with this one.
Personally I had zero interest in Knack, but am super excited for this. The comparison honestly doesn't even make sense. What do they share in common other than a colourful and non-realistic artstyle? Knack was a simplistic action platformer while Bugsnax is a first person adventure puzzle game. I have to imagine this is that old chestnut where some people see cartoony graphics and immediately feel insecure about the idea of playing games they (incorrectly) perceive as being for children.
LOL absolutely, except this legit looks a thousand times more interesting than Knack
Hah, is this game really being compared to Knack? Completely different games and scenarios even since Knack was a PS4 exclusive.
I was uninterested until I saw the gameplay and now I am quite intrigued. Not grabbing a PS5 and don't want to support Epic so will be getting this on PS4 at release
I was uninterested until I saw the gameplay and now I am quite intrigued. Not grabbing a PS5 and don't want to support Epic so will be getting this on PS4 at release
Trying to compare this to Knack is quite the stretch...
I've been interested in this since one of the devs cited Ape Escape / Pokémon Snap as an influence.
I've been interested in this since one of the devs cited Ape Escape / Pokémon Snap as an influence.
Yeah but demonsouls is going to be a game that sells well due to graphics but people won't bother playing very far in due to difficulty. I expect that to be the first game traded in at GameStop above all else.
It's one thing to say a game doesn't appeal to you or you think it looks bad, but the "anyone who likes this is being ironic" takes are just obnoxious.
People know what Soul's is by now. I doubt anyone is going to buy this just because it looks great.
Everyone on this forum knows not everyone outside of it
Anyway, Bugsnacks seems like a good game for younger people in the house hold, doesn't have to be for the hardcore and it's good that Sony has that variety on deck for launch
This.
I never played knack and never plan to. Some were just forced to like it i suppose. Lol
I just watched Gregg's impressions and wow I didn't see this coming. I had no clue what this game was like all of you but it seems it has more meat to its bone than originally thought. It seems like there has been a lot of effort to flesh it world out from graphics, to voice overs to gameplay and charm. Its also a budget title? Wow.
I will likely get this game within the 1st year. Looks like it will be so much fun.
It's a puzzle/adventure game with an interesting concept and good writing and acting. Why is it being compared to a painfully mediocre and very ugly beat em up? Like for real what makes this anything like Knack other than the fact that it's releasing at a console launch?