Persona 5, meet your superior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpFXydY1K8k
>you will never witness the brutal murders of every person responsible for this pile of dogshit on liveleak
>>334961462
>that combat
Who woke up and thought that making combat necessarily complex was a good thing?
Its fine in Mario and Luiigi when its consistent for the most part and relies only on straightforward inputs
having seperate elaborate inputs for each character for basic attacks is just dumb
stopped watching at the combat. You going to make me do that every fight? Every attack? Yeah no dropped.
I'd say the only good thing to come out of this is going to be the soundtrack.
its a perfect example of both extremes, JRPGs tend to have overly exaggerated and goofy designs.
This is an example of trying to design your characters as simple and realistic as possible. Which can be done, but this is clearly not a good example of it.
>>334961462
I know it's supposed to be YIIK but it reads like Yuk
>>334961462
is this Jesse Cox: The Game
That main character is painfully stereotypical.
>Hipster hair, beard, and glasses
>Wears a flannel shirt
>Vinyl records
It almost feels like a parody, except they're totally serious about it.
>>334961462
>Consoles
>2 frames per second
lel
>Having to play guitar hero for every attack in an rpg
>>334962617
I'd play a Rhythm RPG
>>334961462
>running animation has like 4 frames
>muh stylistic choice
>X is the X of X!
I fucking hate these comparisons, if I buy a new IP, new series, new game in general, I want it to stand on its own. Not on the merit of its "inspirations."
>>334962008
Elaborate attacks should be very sparse, maybe only for the super attacks.
The rest shouldn't take longer than a second or two, really quick inputs.
>>334962520
Nah man, its post irony
They're being ironic about being serious about being ironic
>>334962658
Then buy this
>>334962658
this
>>334961462
>that art style
>the gameplay
>this entire project
>>334962690
Exactly my point
In M&L hammers and jumps are only one quick input whereas the special attacks are a bit more complex
Here it seems every attack requires at least three inputs
>>334962896
But M&L are shit RPGs.
>>334961462
Aside from the shitty music and terrible combat mechanics, am I the only one who gets pissed off at the battle messages?
>I attacked the monster as best as I could WAAAAH!
Shut up. Just shut the fuck up you insufferable whiny cunt. It's bad enough that they make you sit through a stupid fucking minigame with your basic attack, but then they make you listen to these fags whine too.
>>334961462
It doesn't look THAT bad, but i think the hipster motif will turn off some people.
What a horrible soundtrack.
>>334962748
>>334962658
There's a few games that use timing/rhythm as its forms of attack
One series that comes to mind, is the Mario and Luigi rpgs, in which you have to time your attacks depending on what it is, what it does, and sometimes, the size of your enemy. Mother 3's combo system revolves around the beat of the song you're listening to.
There's probably countless other examples, but all of them have something in common, they don't take as long, or drag as much as the ones shown in this video. Andt he ones shown are just regular attacks.
>>334961462
Even if I did like the style of this game, the combat they've shown so far totally kills it.
Who thought it was a good idea to have overly elaborate inputs for literally every attack?
>>334962743
>>334963113
I mean a real rhythm RPG, where fights are rhythm battles.
>>334962896
Yea, I agree. They dragged, and only for normal attacks too.
>>334962980
Not all of em. And you know what, maybe you're a shit RPG too.
>>334962980
You're a shit rpg
>>334963250
Bust A Groove and its sequel on the PS1/2.
>>334963273
>>334963315
A good RPG is Valkyrie Profile, please don't mention M&L since it's shit.
>>334961462
>nu-male with flannel shirt and vinyl record
>ebin panda
ok bro.
>>334963434
>Valkyrie Profile
I hate you, cause you're right, it is good, but you're also wrong.
>>334963113
The hipster douchebag with the records steals his attack style directly from Shadow Hearts.
>>334963642
it's not stealing it's a homage
>>334963250
You mean like Sup Consul?
>>334961462
they even stole the whole minimalistic crowd from tms#fe
>>334963434
>VP is good so nothing else can be
Ebin argument
>>334961462
>All of them look like hipsters.
How can they achieve such mediocrity in character design? Are they just self inserting themselves in the game or something?
>>334963642
Did someone say shadow hearts?
>>334963816
>we've had CAPTCHA for 6 years
>6 fucking years
>>334961462
I might have given it a look if the animations weren't so basic. It's like they saw Killer 7 ot XIII and thought that'll be easy.
>>334962617
Brutal legend had some attack/invocations that needed a guitar solo to activate, it was pretty good.
>talking shit about judgment ring battle system
Fucking underages in this board I swear
>a post modern RPG
Every single RPG is post modern by default.
Also, that artstyle fucking sucks holy shit.
>>334964225
I barely even remember a time before captcha anymore
>>334964356
This
Every RPG that doesn't have a Judgment Ring is for scrubs
>>334964165
i feel bad that I never played Shadow hearts 2 (only 3 because it was available)
>>334964273
"Some" being the keyword here. What would you think of the game if, every time you wanted to swing you battleaxe, you had to time button presses for 10 or more seconds?
It grinds the already slow combat to a screeching fucking halt, giving you plenty of time to suffer through the godawful music and the absolutely ugly art design.
>>334964225
The times just before captcha kind of sucked really, spammers and bots made up 80% of the threads on /v/ at the time it was necessary but I was naive when they said it would only be "temporary"
I guess I don't hate it.
I mean, it looks and sounds like shit, but the gameplay seems...alright, I guess.
I still think this shit is 100% SJW Pandering garbage but maybe it's better than I think
looks amazing familio, music sounds too incoherent though
/v/ hates every indie game by default so I see no reason why I should listen to their shitty uneducated opinions on this
Can't wait. Looks interesting.
Guess I at least am not as boring as the rest of you shlocks.
>>334961462
Honestly looks like exactly my kinda thing, just with a really trash aesthetic. I guess I'll have to play it and see if the garbage art direction serves any purpose or if the game is just shit.
>>334965791
this game is the epitome of boring schlocks.
>>334965791
>thinks this shit looks interesting
>calling anyone a boring shlock
l o l
>>334961462
GET
THE
FUCK
OUT
OF
HERE
>>334961462
No wonder fatlus is affraid to release piersona 5
>>334964862
The bots would make for some funny threads though
>>334961462
Is that Chris-chan on the cover?
>>334961846
Fpbp
>>334961462
>hipster is being used in a positive light
fuck
>earthbound for grown ups
>fighting a giant fetus wasn't grown up enough
jesus christ
There's limit to how pretentious a thing can look. We've gone past it.
>>334961462
... What, why was this made? Who funded this?
It looks like some big executive who had heard the rpgs are hipster games and saw a diagram of a hipster from 2007 and then was handed the pitch for this pile of wank and taught it was a great idea... And that's the only fathomably, exact series of events that could have gave birth to such a horrible thing.
>>334961462
this looks so bad its good I hope it is
Fucking, Everyone complains Japanese games haven't progressed since the early days
Then go and do a sprite change in a JRPG and sell it as a unique and quirky game.
>>334963250
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody:_A_Musical_Adventure
>>334961462
>Lowpoly
>Isn't even good lowpoly
Fucking kill me.
>>334969341
Give us a few million dollar budget and we'll gladly do it with that level of detail.
>>334969797
This was made in Blender how the FUCK are you going to justify a million dollar budget?
>3deep5you story
>shit music
>shit animation
>shit voice acting
>shut combat mechanic
Jesus, who approved this?
>>334961462
see
>>334961846
Kill yourself too, OP.
>>334961462
>That artstyle
>That "music"
>Combat that makes Legend of Dragoon look tolerable
>Post modern
Deconstructing the concept of an enjoyable game. So deep.
Looks like dogshit.
I think they took inspiration from Paper mario and FF6 with gimmick for every characters during attacks.
Except it looks slow and boring compared to their models.
>>334963250
Before the echo on Steam
>>334970404
never
ever
compare people doing some shit in their idle time in comparison to actual game development. it would be cool to actually sit around and shitpost with the occasional touch up your one asset yet theres more to that
>>334961462
western """""art"""""
Who thought this was a good idea?
>>334964165
>>334964656
Emulate it if you can, Shadow H II is fucking masterpiece.1 was shit, fight me, and I never played FtNW, is still waiting there on the shelf
>>334961462
Maybe if the game was self aware it could be decent but I don't think they are going in that direction.
>>334961462
Is that a loli on the left? Can I fug her?
>>334961462
The soundtrack makes me vomit.
What the fuck is that.
This is a perfect example of trying to do something unique with a turn based system, putting too much in and slowing the game down.
Imagine doing all that QTE shit on every battle, against weak enemies that you just want to be done with.
>>334971756
>fight me
Name the place and time anon. We'll duel like gentlemenI found FtNW to be really enjoyable. It's not as good as 2 by any means, but it isn't nearly as bad as some like to make it out. You should play it. It's deliciously weird.
Seems interesting but the animations are just too fucking choppy.
It's like a slideshow.
>rating disabled
>>334961846
>>334970882
The only one who should kill himself is you, frogshitter.
Why the fuck is Earthbound so popular with so many people trying to copy it?
I've tried to play it various times over the years and it is the original walking simulator. You literally do nothing in the game besides walk. All the fighting is done for you and there isn't even any interesting animations to keep you occupied while it plays out.
>>334972205
Yeah, I've heard FtNW is kinda good but odd, but from what I watched many years ago, the charas seem really stupid, like more stupid that gay vampire or a white wolf playing Solid Snake.
Yeah, I'll still play it one day.And 1 is still shit, except for the ending and that asylum stage or whatever, can't remember it that well.
>>334972275
This.
The game does look mildly interest, albeit a tad hipstery and pretentious, but like something I'd be willing to check out none the less if not for those awful animations. The characters move at a normal speed but their running is literally animated at 1fps.
>>334972470
EarthBound is the JoJo of video games.
I am too lazy to explain why I think that
looks like the bastard child of earthbound, persona, and scott pilgrim
Looks pretty nice
Why so many people mad? because it's not console exclusive
>>334964225
>6 years
What? Only feels like we got the new one a year ago.
>>334961462
It actually looks like it has potential but here are some problems I have
>battle system looks slow. The Bros. attacks in SuperStar Saga were smooth and fast. Here the action command minigames look like they take too long to play out
>the walking/running animations look horribly choppy. That may have been the style they were going for but it just looks bad. It would be better as a normal smooth animation
>I don't like the design of the main character. It's exactly how I imagine a hipster indie dev 'code artisan' to look like. The definition of nu-male
Other than that it looks fine
>>334972785
Then why'd you even bother posting it you worthless piece of shit?
>>334962658
>what is Mother 3
>>334971843
only if you convert to islam
>>334961462
Holy fuck that looks hideous
I really want to hate it based on it being pretentious hipster shit but visually I think it looks appealing.
Doing those inputs for every attack is going to get annoying very quick unless it's for supers or something.
If it was just a non-hipster JRPG with that funky looking weird aesthetic it'd be great but the hipster shit is really turning me off.
Worth a pirate I guess
>>334973235
To trigger autists like you :^)
nuke california into the ocean
>>334961462
I'm really turned off by the game calling itself "A Postmodern RPG." Not a fan of the voice acting either. I think the style is pretty good. The environments look enjoyable. This game looks like Earthbound x Starbucks.
I'll probably buy it when it's inevitably in a humble bundle that way even if it's shit I gave money to charity.
>>334971496
One person made this, stop making excuses for your lack of talent.
>>334961462
I demand pictures of the black chick's hips.
>>334961462
why do i have to play a fat ginger nerd
>>334969797
>Metal Slug
>Shit, Japan in the mid-90s
>AAA
People are absolutely deluded about how low our standards have gotten. MS was made in like a year and a half per game with only 18 people on the ENTIRE team. Which only beats Shovel Knight by 2.
>>334961462
No thank you.
>>334961462
Looks like shit
>>334973592
To be fair, MS was a project for an arcade game designed to eat thousands of coins by day.
They also knew that they could use most of those sprites for the sequels, making this risky investment (on cost and time) more viable.
It's Po Mo Bro! Po Mo fo sho no homo, ho.
>>334961462
why all the playable characters look like a bunch of e-celebs?
Usually I'm a fan of surreal shit but the characters look like retarded hipsters and the cliche retro/earthbound homage bits aren't helping much either.
Maybe it had potential at one point but they blew it.
I wasn't feeling it when at the beginning and after the music and battle system popped I instantly hated it.
It looks like it could be good, but I'm not spending money on it.
4/10 at best
>protagonist is a nu-male
Oh boy, do I get to watch my wife have sex with a black man in the game?
>>334961462
doesnt look as bad as i thought it would be desu
might pick it up if it goes on a sale
![Dragon Ball Super - 006 (BD) - Don't Anger the God of Destruction! A Tense Birthday Party [DragonTeam][AAD3055E].mkv_snapshot_14.11_[2016.04.18_00.58.20].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/3lfVpBB.jpg "Dragon Ball Super - 006 (BD) - Don't Anger the God of Destruction! A Tense Birthday Party [DragonTeam][AAD3055E].mkv snapshot 14.11 [2016.04.18 00.58.20]")
I went from never having heard of it to genuine excitement faster than anything else I've ever seen. I know I'm going to get called a shill or whatever, don't care. The simplistic and surreal visual design really seem interesting. The battle system seems good, too, but could easily get tedious. Without even looking at the thread, I know /v/ will hate it for 'hipster nu-male protag' and 'indieshit' minimalism, but who cares, like what you want and don't let angry fucks on either side tell you you have to hate or love something. I'm keeping an eye on this, I'd definitely pick it up as a 10-20 hours $20-$40 buy.
>>334961462
I give it an A for effort but it's trying too hard to be hipster like it's a good thing.
massive points to them for not making pixelshit
>>334975336
>that picture
>everything about this post
I don't normally call people out as shills but you are definitely not from here at least. Shill or not, get out.
>that silky, buttery smooth 12 fps
Truly this is the power of the PS4
>Toby fox is doing the soundtrack
when will the "undertale has good ost" meme end
>>334961846
It has Hiroki Kikura of Secret of Mana and Toby Fox working on the music
Enjoy pissing off a bunch of weebs and furries.
What part of this looks appealing to anyone?
>>334962896
>>334962690
>>334962008
Pretty sure combat encounters is going to be fairly sparse compared to the average JRPG. I think the goal is to make every encounter engaging and feel unique. Too bad they picked a genre that is built around being as boring and shallow as possible.
>>334974936
why doesn't she do uncensored stuff? it's not fair
>>334974936
I don't see Goro in there. No buy.
>>334976405
she said onshe also endorsed Donald Trump
>>334961462
>Postmodern
Kiss of death.
>>334976647
One would hope, but neo/v/ doesn't know what it means and they'll buy it because it is tangentially related to Undertale.
>>334961462
ugh where to begin
>elisa lam inspired "story"
>lazy unfinished graphics i'm a totally sure was will be handwaved as a "stylistic choice"
>jerky bad animations
>horrible character designs which look like the devs self inserted their ugly hipster likenesses straight into the game
>shitty undertale minigame combat
>abysmal music which makes your ears bleed
>YIIK is a retarded ass name
its culmination of everything wrong with the indie game industry rolled into one.
anything that calls itself postmodern deserves to fail
>>334961462
>1 fps animations
More like "A Pre-Modern RPG," amirite?
>Stars a fucking Nu-Male
>Ugly ass graphics
>Horrible music that sounds like a toddler designed
>Minigames for every attack
Say what you want about Undertale, but at least it was a smartly designed game that didn't overstay its welcome.
>>334976647
idk if postmodern games are inherently bad. I think it's enough to just say that the game looks like it's shit.
What the fuck is a nu-male and why do I already hate it?
>>334978125
The SJW pandering/white Knight stereotypes that look like Phil Fish, with the facial hair, glasses and the punchable face
>see cover
>cant make out what the fuck im looking at
>see title
>got hype cause i thought it was a new Y's game
I double hate this game
>>334961462
>nice music wasted on this garbage
If I wanted to play Warioware, I'd play it. This is literally Legend of Dragoon but LELWACKY
What a progressive game with a diverse cast.
Can't wait to preorder.
>>334965094
This. I'll wait to call it garbage or mindlessly kiss its ass; something gamers seem to be unable to do these days.
>>334972785
I get ya.
>>334974936
Sauce?
>>334961462
>western Persona
>art design by tumblr
>music sounds like shit
>2deep4u abstract plot delivery
I want to give it a fair shake, but my immediate reaction is hate.
>>334961462
i remember the last trailer for this looking pretty neat. this one looks hella dumb tho
>>334971756
fuck you, 1 beats 2 on atmosphere so hard, especially after Joachim joins the party 2 goes to shit
>>334961462
There's not a single person on that cover art that doesn't have a look of pure boredom on their face, who the fuck drew this shit?
>>334975559
Sorry, anon. I've been here for about a decade. My purpose isn't to convince anyone they should or shouldn't like this. It's more to just give things an honest appraisal rather than follow the hivemind's buzzwords. If it still doesn't interest you, so be it. I've definitely got apprehensions about the game myself, but my interest in the story outweighs it for the moment. It just caught me completely off guard.
>>334974936
Those bandaids aren't covering much.
>>334972785
Can someone try explaining this? I'm curious
>>334975721
I thought it was Callum Bowen. The guy who did the Lovely Planet soundtrack.
Hipsters: The RPG
>>334970404
are you aware that people need to be paid
>>334983446
Like seriously lets put this into perspective
Lets say you hire 20 guys to work full time on the game for a year and they're all gonna get $50,000 each for that year, that's the whole $1,000,000 budget for just a year of development
Quick question, what is "post-modern" mean? Isn't that just future?
>>334961846
dumb frogposter
>white people
that was cringey as fuck
>A Post Modern RPG
What the fuck does that even mean?
>>334961462
>western "games"
>>334984345
Post-modern is an art term that literally means the "metagame" of the art world.
You know all those art pieces in museums that are literally just opened and used cans of Tomato soup? That would be an example of post-modernism. It's not specifically the art piece itself that is the art, but the reactions it provokes in people from observing it. Such as anger that people would let this garbage into the museum, or the bravado of saying that it's a compelling work of a tormented person.
In the context of fantasy genre stories, usually it just means that the supernatural elements are incorporating modern day technology. Such as elves and fairies having spells that are specific to computer networks, or the dwarves building can-openers.
I fucking hate it.
Not because of the shitty combat.
Or the puke inducing music
Or the hipster theme
But because it actually looks really fucking nice which is what infuriates me the most.
>>334985701
>But because it actually looks really fucking nice which is what infuriates me the most.
i.e. "I want to jack off to the girls"
Just be honest.
>>334984345
'modernism' doesn't mean 'modern trends' but a specific kind of condensed, clear cut storytelling and art that was popular in the 60's and 70's. In reaction to that, people started making post-modernism things that were ambiguous, surreal, and demanded the audience figure out the meaning for themselves rather than have it spelled out.
in more colloquial terms, some people use post-modern to mean 'before its time' or just 'weird for the sake of weird'
>>334985819
even the girls looks like trash.
So this is how a shill thread looks like.
>>334985940
Fuck dadaism and the urinal it rode in on.
>>334985940
Modernism started in the fucking 1920 you twat, you really dont know what are you talking about.
>>334974936
better special effects than James Rolfe can do
>>334986080
Shut up nerd! Go back to flipping burgers
I guarantee they went back in and added some undertale shit before shipping it.
>>334975336
Mai being a loli now still hurts.
>>334986367
Undertale wasn't around in the year 2000
>>334961462
you know, I don't entirely hate this, but
>character design is weak as fuck
>it's a tad too gimmicky looking
>it looks like it needs a shit-ton of polish
there's a couple little things to it that look neat but I dunno if I could really care about this beyond posting this reply
>>334961462
EARTHBOUND MEETS KILLER7
>>334961462
God, the lighting and contrast in fights is so garbage.
>>334964273
Brutal Legend was advertised as a action game but people found out the hard way that it's a Real Time Strategy game.
i puked
>>334986685
Neither was mother 3
>>334961462
>Paper Mario-style input combat RPG
already better than Persona 5
>>334961462
>the word postmodern is on the package
yeesh
The music is a little ugly too. I mean it's better than what was in the other trailers tho. I don't think it looks that bad senpai. I like how the combat is like a bunch of mario party mini games.
>>334972470
I haven't visited /v/ in 8 months and I come here and see this shit and this is the worst post I've seen in years, congratulations.
>>334982895
its both and this other guy too
>>334978039
They don't have to be, like MGS2 is a post modern game. But usually when someone claims they are making a post modern game, it usually correlates with them having a huge ego about what they are doing, and usually a pretentious product, that needlessly overcomplicates very simple story elements in order to appear deeper than it is.
>>334961462
Love how are the characters are hipster/nerdy stereotypes! And the black guys all into anime like me XD
>>334961462
Looks trippy and mind-fucking enough. I'll buy it. Also that's a cool cover.
>>334961462
As pretentious this hipster simulator looks, I guess I would give it a try first. Hopefully they release a demo.
>>334961462
Maybe this game will actually be good in practice, I don't know, I'll never know, I won't play it.
But man, fuck, can we move away from this artsy stuff? Can we just go back to knights and princesses and shit?
>>334961462
I think it looksfun
>>334988630
I don't mind the artsy stuff, mostly because I'm still fed up of generic fantasy shit
>>334988848
But it's been like 10 years anon!
>>334974936
Source, please?
>>334961462
>puts ironic game coming out in date that already passed
>no realistic release date shown
>this will be getting a physical release while other more deserving indie titles get hung out to dry
>>334961462
I kind of like the art style, the music is pretty distinct and I do like RPGs set in the modern day but this still doesn't look very good. It looks like it takes itself way too seriously and doesn't seem to have any sense of humor, which I find odd since it says it was inspired by Earthbound. The mini games during combat also seem excessive. I wouldn't mind it if those only popped up during summons or limit breaks, but having them every attack would make fights take so long.
That said, I'd be willing to try a demo. Maybe it is better than the trailer made it look. I try not to judge a game before I get a chance to play it a bit.
>>334961462
I'm just hoping the game bombs.
>>334961462
>Samurai Tortoise
>Releasing summer 1999
>ginger starbucks cuck riding skateboards and throwing Vinyls
xDDD :3
>>334988630
Fantasy is literally the lowest-tier genre
If I never play a fantasy game ever again it will be too soon
>Vinyl
I want this meme to die. There is literally no point to the existence of vinyl records anymore.
How can something be post-modern when modern is the most up-to-date thing we can get?
This game looks like crap
Want a good indie JRPG?
Check Pixel Noir(pic related)
>>334989939
Nothing about the title sounds appealing.
>>334986685
man Killer 7 was an interesting look at east vs west and the different cultures
>>334989939
stop shilling your game
>>334989939
Noir Genre, detective on a rooftop, pixelshit.
Nah you're good m8
I'd be ok with the game if the main character was a hipster girl instead of a hipster guy.
>>334961462
Jesus christ that looks disgusting
>>334964273
>game about heavy metal
>not having Kurt Cobain and Michael Bolton as final bosses
disappointing
so is anyone on /v/ actually arguing FOR this game? i stopped browsing this board regularly over a month ago
>don't give them attention since they don't cause any harm
>don't fight back, it will only make it worse
>If you let them be they will get bored and jump into the next trendy thing
reminder that all of you caused this
>>334991598
>If you don't like it then why don't you make your own game?
Looks fine? Seems like one of those games that's just a newgrounds concept taken to an actual production stage. I'm more bothered by how CLUNKY everything (music, animation, combat) about it is rather than any actual style/setting elements.
>>334973431
Yup
And also there's about 15 people doing this right now(pic related) but when it started out it was only 2 guys(they're brothers) with one of them doing a lot of the animation
Maybe if this game sells a lot, their publisher can give more money to waifu bartending so they can actually finish this decade.
>>334992632
The creators of this game are also doing sci-fi bar tending?
>>334992920
They have the same publisher. Two entirely different companies though, since waifu bar devs are known to be /v/tards and used to post a lot in /agdg/
>>334992329
Cuphead is going to be GOAT
>>334964005
Which stole it from a TON of anime.
>>334991064
But it's good "pixelshit"
Like 16 bit SNES style kind of shit
And the gameplay feels like Chrono Trigger meets Super Mario RPG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn0xKJo0EaA
Also has a pretty cool soundtrack and the guy who did Secret of Mana is also contributing to this
>>334993083
Just looked that up myself. Valhalla seems like its almost done, so I don't see how this game's sales would affect it.
>>334961462
>Persona 5, meet your retarded, pretentious weeaboo cousin.
>>334991598
There is nothing wrong with them creating their own shit. The problem is when idiots try to destroy other games. If every person I disagreed with buckled down and made their own shit instead of bitching the industry would be 100 times better.
I think you're afraid of their being an actual market for these fags just like how there is a market for furfaggots and ween waifushitters.
>>334961462
Is there a name for what something is when it spends too much energy trying to look like something else, and thus doesn't look like its own thing?
Obviously theres a difference between something you spent years of your life crafting, building, refinings and finishing to create something that is of you, and something thats slap dash "I want it to look like X but must be Y"
This shouldn't even bug me.
It just sucks to see some semblance of talent and ambition going into something potentially cool, and then suddenly just being spent towards something shitty.
Like, I LIKE what I see, but I don't like what I see IN it. Anyone feel me, or am I talking nonsense?
>>334993484
I just want it now anon. Bought the game like ten times already. Venezuela sounds like a shithole so I give them a lot of money.
>>334993165
If it comes out this year(which I hope it does)
>>334993597
You're literally being a reactionary.
That character design gave me cancer. What the fuck. Who would want to play as a clique of hipster faggot cocksuckers?
>>334993816
I liked learning new words when I was young too.
I usually put them in sentences though or else people don't know what I'm talking about.
>>334993850
Now you understand how most normalfags feel about JRPG protagonists. This game is going to be a perfect parallel for everything wrong with the JRPG genre
>>334993406
Expecting me to watch that video you fucking shill.
At least try and be subtle Jesus Christ you amateur.
>>334993375
Which it stole from old Tex Avert cartoons
>all these games want to be earthbound
>completely miss the point
Earthbound was memorable for being goofy with some lighthearted emotional moments. They either use fucking internet "humor" or try way to fucking hard to be emotional. This pisses me off, I fucking love earthbound. All these games and they're shit, I just want something close to the quality of earthbound.
>>334993406
>'Good' Pixelshit
>>334961462
>cool visuals
and that's about it
i personally like the music, but i can see why other people would find it annoying.
the voice acting is shit, the "90s nostalgia!" shit is overbearing, the battle system looks cheap, and the game looks like it has too many ideas going on at the same time.
basically, a fucking mess.
>>334994135
fucking this.
earthbound will never be able to be recreated. the environment and feeling of the game was unique to the time it was released.
>>334994034
I posted it for the music mainly
Just click the pic instead
There's a demo in their kickstarter page I think(not sure if they've took it down by now but it should be there)
>>334961462
>LET'S DROP THE BASS
How about I drop this fucking game
>>334994135
But it doesn't even feel like they're trying to copy Earthbound and most people are projecting everything they see as "weird" to be "earthbound-esque"
You know guys...Earthbound isn't the only "surreal" game out there
You should check some games like Earthworm Jim or Toejam and Earl
I don't know why the character using a vinyl as a weapon triggers me so much.
>>334994590
Isn't this supposed to be in the 90's? Why would they include that?
oh, wait. the whole fucking thing is just a meme
>>334994182
If this had been released in 1993 you would have been all over it and you know it
>>334994730
Because he's a nu-male hipster
Probably one of the first games where the fucking music made me not consider a purchase
>>334994695
It literally says "Hipster Earthbound" in the video.
>>334994695
II've seen the guys tumblr, he has stated multiple times earthbound is his biggest inspiration. Your not really truly wrong but in this instance you are.
>>334994839
I meant in general not just this game
>>334961462
My opinion on this would probably do a 180 if the protagonist was a cute girl
>>334994830
https://soundcloud.com/calumbowen/yiik-a-postmodern-rpg-sammys-theme
It gets better, anon.
This is the same producer.
>>334994920
Please stop posting here.
>>334994920
/v/ everybody
>>334994730
>>334994806
It's because he looks like a character straight out of The Sims
>>334994927
hardly any better. Point still stands
>>334995021
It's a joke, buddypalAlthough I do like the music and the look of the combat. I like the visuals, but feel like it might have been better as a 2D game.
>>334975336
Id say its worth like 5 bucks, maybe 10. I wold not pay 20-40 for this. Why would you ever buy a game for 40 bucks when it as 10-20 hours worth of game play? Especially an RPG. You must either be a shill, or idiot.
It actually looks_____fun_______
Wish the battle system was faster.
I'm sure "a post-modern RPG" is tongue in cheek.
>>334975336
>Dragon Ball Super
Do you expect me to take you seriously?
>silky smooth 10 fps
>amazing soundtrack created by mashing on a keyboard
>groundbreaking graphics and minimalistic animations
>top tier character designs, staying relevant and hipster.
Where can I pre-order?
>>334994796
Probably, but it's not 1993 which makes this nu-rpg so embarrassingly bad
>>334961462
At least Reddit will like this
>>334961462
It hurts my eyes to look at this game.... not because it's bad but it's so choppy and random I'm just getting a headache watching it.
I really hope this is a bad joke
>>334995520
>nu-rpg
There's nothing "nu" about it you retard
It's an old-style RPG with well done sprites and decent music(also has some cool new shit like having the choice to not murder your enemies in exchange for some kind of reward(tho it will not always work) which I thought was kind of interesting)
Plus Detective/Noir rarely ever is a setting in RPG's so that at least makes it stand out
It's like Shovel Knight a few years ago only it's an RPG
>>334995602
The one at the right doesn't even try.
>>334995776
>It's an old-style RPG with well done sprites and decent music(also has some cool new shit like having the choice to not murder your enemies in exchange for some kind of reward(tho it will not always work) which I thought was kind of interesting)
>Plus Detective/Noir rarely ever is a setting in RPG's so that at least makes it stand out
Alright now I know you're baiting
>>334994135
I loved Earthbound because it was grounded
There was something amazing about "Hey, I'm just a kid, and heres my kid friend and kid neighbor, boy the local snakes and dogs sure are assholes HOLYSHITWHAT THE FUCK IS THAT contrasts super nicely.
The ending is what most people took away from the overall experience as its what takes the ride to its most memorable halt.
It was grounded in something real, then taken to weird places while still fitting in the context of "I'm just a kid".
It found humor in the normal and mundane, while also being weirdly introspective in a lot of places.
>>334962658
We could just have a full RPG adventure played with the DDR dance pad.
Walk around using the dance pad and enter into dance battles with monsters while activating skills when they show up on the screen.
>>334995776
This is the hardest shilling I've witnessed in a long time.
Hope they're paying you decently.
>>334995982
Crypt of the Necrodancer?
>>334995602
SHAVE YOUR FUCKING BEARD
>>334995887
>baiting
nah you're just being a typical contrarian /v/ermin
you're the same guys who always cry about who indie shit always has awful sprites and then when there's one that has decent sprites you shit on it anyways especially by using words you don't even understand like "nu"
>>334995602
Is that Lotta Hart from Ace Attorney?
>>334995520
>Nu-<blank>
Neo /v/ everyone
>>334996047
>being excited about a game and wanting to share my excitement with others=shilling
wew lad
>>334996162
No. Imagine Dragon Quest 8, but every battle is a dance battle.
Every skill and attack is done with its own song.
Need to block, perform better than the enemy's attack groove.
Do the healing dance to heal allies.
A turn based RPG where every action is done in small dances or larger ones for boss fights.
The ultimate in grinding sims and cardio
>>334996312
Pretty much
>>334996251
Well done Sprites?
They are 5 frames a second lmao.
If you think this game is good: cool.It just means you're a massive faggot
>>334996380
>It's an old-style RPG with well done sprites and decent music(also has some cool new shit like having the choice to not murder your enemies in exchange for some kind of reward(tho it will not always work) which I thought was kind of interesting)
>Plus Detective/Noir rarely ever is a setting in RPG's so that at least makes it stand out
You're telling me that doesn't sound like an advert?
>>334970710
>shit music
jesus, you must sit around listening to chopin and miles davis all day huh?
>>334996558
I said well done sprites...not well done animations you twat
This game has a budget of about 60k dollars
This is about as much animation frames as a traditional 16 bit RPG had anyways(maybe even less)
>>334995776
>also has some cool new shit like having the choice to not murder your enemies in exchange for some kind of reward
You mean like in Undertale and the SMT series?
>>334996251
Alright, I'll bite
>(also has some cool new shit like having the choice to not murder your enemies in exchange for some kind of reward(tho it will not always work) which I thought was kind of interesting)
A lot of people like to say that Undertale came up with this, but I mean, SMT has been doing it for years. Also, Pokemon.
>Plus Detective/Noir rarely ever is a setting in RPG's so that at least makes it stand out
Persona 4, Persona 5 (I think?) 999, Ghost Trick (That's an RPG technically), Hotel Dusk
>>334996679
I tend to over-explain things I'm excited about sometimes
>protag is literally a 2014 bearded hipster
does anyone seriously want to play as a faggot hipster?
>>334961462
Looks okay, but certainty won't be better than p5.
Self insert main characters are incredibly obvious and kinda annoying, qte sections look way too slow, some of the lines are pretty cringey, and gameplay / story looks like a wannabe undertale. At least the music sounds pretty good.
>>334995960
>>334994135
Earthbound series was set in the time of a near future.(90s I believe) Hence it was very relatable (especially if you were the type of kid who liked to dumb shit with your friends) and grounded.
This game however is cranking up the nostalgia factor to the max. It ends up being jarring because it's not what it is, but being what it's not. (I.e. pretentious)
>>334996994
>not wanting to play as a Nu-Male
>>334996890
Hmmm I didn't know that
But if you want to get technical then one of the 80s Ultima Games did this thought that's a WRPG
Which is why I said "rarely"
Persona 4 ain't really Noir though get real
Parasite Eve 1 and 2 are the only 2 other Noir RPG's I can think off
>>334996794
Oh boy here we go with the ad hominem.
oh so character design?
Ginger indie game dev with flannel shirt
Anime nigga with a sword
Cute random Panda
Brown haired Ramona Flowers
Elliot Rodgers with a camera
Ok bro
>>334996994
Why does it remind me of The Sims so much?
Goddammit
>>334996994
Every time a guy with that sort of beard speaks I just want to hit them in the back of the head with a bat. How is it that a type of beard can immediately tell you whether or not a guy is a smug asshole?
>>334997358
I was talking about the sprite work you retard not the art style
As in not only the sprite work in the charactes...I was referring to the sprite work in general...like the building,the bar,the alleys etc. that's pretty well done
>>334997287
You didn't say "detective noir," you said "detective/noir." As in, detective OR noir. I wasn't saying Persona 4 was noir, I was saying it was a detective game.
>>334961462
>someone actually funded this
>>334997516
>I wasn't saying Persona 4 was noir, I was saying it was a detective game.
Ah gotcha my mistake...yeah you're right there
Although I was more referring to the gritty noir style like in Parasite Eve which isn't very common in this genre(which is a shame)
>>334997287
Maybe you should actually play RPGs before you start spewing your stupid shit. Or just go back to tumblr, your choice. Either way, stop posting here.
>>334997675
>back to tumblr
right back at ya
>>334997665
are you new here or something
>>334964165
God, Penny Arcade used to be so based.
They're not god awful now but they don't ride the line like they used to. It seems like after the Dickwolves controversy they didn't want to try anymore. Imagine a comic like this being released now. It'd get them completely removed from the industry.
B>>334997503
eing 'ironically' akin to a ps1 title makes it well done?
>>334962658
Play before the echo on steam.
>>334961462
Yiik is the sound I make when I think of this game.
>>334997816
>ps1
huh?
what are you talking about dude?
>>334961462
Everything about this video hurt me to watch. What the fuck were these people thinking when they made this game "Lets take all the good stuff about Persona and Earthbound and completely fuck it all up" that's what I got from this video. It it physically painful to watch this game in motion because of the wonky looking animations on the characters and then the characters themselves dont look interesting at all.
Its all a goddamn mess.
Is the elevator thing based on the death of Elisa Lam?
>>334961462
I couldn't even make it through the trailer
god-awful soundtrack
slow monotone voice acting
animation is akin to slideshows
combat seems interesting
I'd like to think the story won't be about references and being a hipster but those characters don't give me much hope
>Not just basing the game off of the fear that all computers will explode on y2k
Missed opportunity
>>334969797
>Us
>We
Is this what I think it is?
Looks pretty good, I'll buy it.
>>334961462
>hipsters fighting with records and cameras
>black weeb fighting with wooden sword
>>334961462
Man, this is one good bait thread, OP.
>>334961462
It tries so hard.
>A small Japanese Studio commissioned by Square is capable of making a more appealing RPG then these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4zdf_qONYg
Holy shit the Japs still got it.
Why is Deviantart allowed to make video games?
>>334999284
No shit
These guys are professionals hired/founded by Square Enix...they're not deviantartshitters
>>334999284
that mage a cute
>>334999284
That actually looks way more fun this tripe.
>>334999284
>Vita version is digital only
For what purpose
>>334994024
>Now you understand how most normalfags feel about JRPG protagonists.
But those designs are clearly fantastical. They don't have a real world parallel. They don't have a culture of faggotry associated with them like hipsters.
Also I can't remember the last JRPG I played that had bad protagonist design... These days, they're all fairly subdued.
>>334961462
Don't shill this trash here.
a fucking nu-male at the center
check your white privilege you shitlord
It's certainly post-modern in the sense that it's just a bunch of shit that doesn't mean anything.
>>334994135
I'd try Lisa if you haven't yet. I've tried the majority of these earthbound-esque games and it's the only one that really captured the same feeling I got when i first played earthbound and mother 3.
It's like they rolled every pretentious indie game ever made into one.
>>334993165
>boss rush centered game with no level exploration
no. its cool but as it is its a beautiful lackluster title
Why did hipsters all suddenly start liking Earthbound?
>>334989045
>>334980701
MIDE-248
>>335001110
>suddenly
kill yourself m8
>>335001362
Yeah, suddenly. I damn sure don't remember them liking it when it came out.
>>335001110
Honestly they have moved on from it and like other shit. It mostly tumblr and starman.net that is the cancer of the community. Of course some honestly cool people like tomato and others are there but most people on those two site are just scum.
>>334961462
>3D models
>with locked animation framerate
What the fuck is this? Bioshock?
>>335001429
that's because literally no one like it when it came out. liking earthbound itself is hipster bullshit.
>>335001110
It's the cool new way of having video game cred.
>>335001484
I thought starman.net was just a bunch of people who were really obsessed with it.
>>334961462
The cover art alone makes it look like insufferable garbage.
>>335001595
It used to be a small cool little community of actual geeks but now the mother fourm part is just a section of stupidy and more people probably go the off topic section or the fucking undertale section. Why that is isn't its own site is beyond me.
>>335001978
>undertale section
>a fansite for earthbound has an undertale section
Is this the phenomenon known as "meme magic?"
>Post-modern
Nope.
>>334961462
>putting lost modern in the title
Complete trash
>>335001962
imo it is the only good thing, the gameplay/footage just looks bad
>>335000414
it's like the anti-earthbound
Earthbound was all goofy -> this is a children's game?
Lisa is... This is dark, why am I laughing?
>>334989880
Just look up what postmodern means.
Not that you'll have a very clear idea by doing so.
>>334961462
Looks like a garbage flash game you'd play on a no name website over decade ago.
>>335003001
There are many arguments as to what post-modern actually means, but as it stands now it doesn't seem to really mean anything. Unless you were to assume that it just means everything that people on every side of the argument say it means, then this game actually hilariously fits that theme.
I'm only gonna buy this game to jerk off to that black chick
>>334961462
>that battle music
This game seems like its trying for something different at least.
>>334999936
>they are all fantastical
Most are fairly grounded in modern JRPGs and being fantasy doesn't excuse pizza cutter swords and extra medium baggy pants.
>they don't have a real world parallel
Persona and FFXV are based on real world designs and Hot Topic can get fairly close to Kingdom Hearts designs. Neku is a fag lord as well.
>culture of faggotry surrounding them
Cosplay, emo, mall goth, lolita, etc. are all faggotry.
>>334972785
>>334973235
>>334973358
I can think of two things
1. Both have weird uses of color (backgrounds in Earthbound, people changing palettes every frame in the JJBA anime)
2. Everyone who got into either of them late never shut the fuck up about how much they like them.
> western faggots make a turn based rpg
> claims it's better than persona 5
mfw when they are probably fucking gaming journalists right now for 10/10 scores.
>>335005520
>Most are fairly grounded in modern JRPGs and being fantasy doesn't excuse pizza cutter swords and extra medium baggy pants.
Do you even read what you are typing? You're bitching about MODERN JRPG while using examples from a fucking FANTASY setting JRPG. Final Fantasy Tactics A2 to be specific.
>>334995273
Idunno, I don't really buy into the length=value paradigm. RPGs are my favorite genre, but not enough to pretend they're perfect and don't tend to artificially inflate playtime with grinding and/or inane sidequests. This game, with it's battle system and more experimental nature, would definitely outstay its welcome if it were 40+ hours. I'd definitely prefer $20 and it seems like the perfect price point for this kind of game, but if they to the extra mile to making it worth it, I'm not opposed to $40.
>>334995391
It's pretty terrible but that one 2-second scene made it worth the first 6 episodes. It so perfectly sums up anime in general, trying to take something that's inherently ridiculous seriously.
