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Re: Nice job, MM. Noteworthy that all the screenshots look like comics & anime? by MM 01/04/2014, 10:44pm PST
fucking newbie wrote:

Here's where I figure you either didn't care because it was irrelevant to the game's level of fun by that point or didn't notice because it was irrelevant to your interests: the Castle Crashers poster advertised not a game but a team of luchadores, as did the Mario Brothers poster and all the other shit except the ones that tried to reinvent meme jokes. There was a thematic element that was this nerd chic vintage bullshit that was made to appeal to the intersection between twentysomething internet curmudgeons on remix culture sites and a slightly younger bunch of internet hipsters on social media sites, both of which have a good likelihood of having spanish as a second language - this seems like a vaguely interesting move by an indie developer to me, either because someone thinks those kids are potentially gonna be steering design decisions or because these developers are those kids now.


Maybe you're new to indie games, but meme joke overload is par for the course in that area. I tired of it right around Zombie Smashers X2 in the part where you enter the interweb to beat up the Vampire Nazis who took over FARK.com by pummeling them with gigantic windows icons.

If you hadn't gone all hulk smash, you'd have noticed the game I come down hardest on is probably the most weeaboo of the bunch, and I grumble about other games forcing their awful aesthetic down my throat because Japan still has a near-monopoly on excellent action gameplay.

Hammerfight was a borderline case, but I ultimately decided it wasn't a brawler because the enemies are bots and the game was clearly designed with multiplayer as priority #1.

If it's of any consolation, the aesthetics were the reason I took a chance on Guacamelee in the first place, it's the gameplay that soured me on it and as Fabio pointed out, it's the same awful gameplay decisions that ruined by beloved Devil May Cry franchise.
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Mischief Maker's big PC brawler roundup by Mischief Maker 01/03/2014, 9:27pm PST NEW
    Thanks! Downloading these now. Have you played kung-fu strike? NT by Last 01/03/2014, 9:36pm PST NEW
        I have not. NT by Mischief Maker 01/03/2014, 9:57pm PST NEW
            Should I include S O R R in the article for the front page? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/03/2014, 10:04pm PST NEW
                Sure. If caltrops.com tips off the IP owner, we're bigger than we thought. NT by Mischief Maker 01/03/2014, 10:12pm PST NEW
                Also, here's some screenshots to liven it up: by Mischief Maker 01/03/2014, 10:55pm PST NEW
                    Nice job, MM. Noteworthy that all the screenshots look like comics & anime? by fucking newbie 01/04/2014, 3:46pm PST NEW
                        Re: Nice job, MM. Noteworthy that all the screenshots look like comics & anime? by MM 01/04/2014, 10:44pm PST NEW
                            Re: Nice job, MM. Noteworthy that all the screenshots look like comics & anime? by fucking newbie 01/05/2014, 4:27am PST NEW
                                You alone get it, fucking newbie by Mischief Maker 01/05/2014, 9:52am PST NEW
                                    found the link, playing it now by fucking newbie 01/05/2014, 2:29pm PST NEW
                    How many times did you jerk it to Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae? NT by 8=====D ~ ~ ~ 01/04/2014, 8:26pm PST NEW
                        Hard to nail down an exact figure, it keeps increasing. NT by MM 01/04/2014, 10:29pm PST NEW
    Re: Mischief Maker's big PC brawler roundup by fabio 01/04/2014, 1:20am PST NEW
    Re: Mischief Maker's big PC brawler roundup by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/07/2014, 6:33pm PST NEW
    Well since I've got some time, here's a revised draft. by Mischief Maker 01/15/2014, 11:00am PST NEW
        Re: Well since I've got some time, here's a revised draft. by Jerry Whorebach 01/17/2014, 1:07pm PST NEW
        Posted! Thanks, MM NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/21/2014, 11:22am PST NEW
            If you've got a moment... by Mischief Maker 02/12/2014, 9:05am PST NEW
 
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