Starker on 30/6/2022 at 18:24
Same here, the art is suitably cartoony and whimsical for my tastes.
henke on 30/6/2022 at 18:30
Eh, the style doesn't do much for me, but I don't hate it either. Also, eh, I'm not terribly attached to Monkey Island. Think I only ever finished the 3rd one. In conclusion: eh!
Aja on 30/6/2022 at 19:14
All of the commenters who hate the art style talk like gamergate assholes. I know it's hard not to take things personally, but these people are clearly deranged and should be ignored. What, me? I think the art style is fine. It looks like Monkey Island. Then again, I enjoyed Escape back in the day, so maybe I should be ignored too.
henke on 4/7/2022 at 11:34
The weirdoes I share an office with are at it again!
[video=youtube;R_uhTZZ41aI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_uhTZZ41aI&t=1s[/video]
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2063480/Voltage_High_Society/)
You're a prisoner cast into a walled-off prison city where men are merging with machines and you gotta punch your way to freedom! It's Escape from New York meets Tetsuo the Iron Man ok? I've played the opening bits of this and can confirm it's good stuff! Wishlist now!
Thirith on 4/7/2022 at 15:15
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Dafuq? The art style is fine. Were people expecting high budget or something?
I don't think it's that they expected high budget: they expected something that looks exactly the way
Monkey Island looks in their minds, which is an impossible goal to achieve - because
Monkey Island never had one fixed visual style. Even between
MI and
MI2, the two games that are the most similar in style, there's a difference in how VGA is used, though arguably that difference it primarily tonal. (There's more to it than that, but they're still the ones that are closest visually.) Personally
MI2 is the sweet spot for me - but regardless of what people want a
Monkey Island game to look like, all of those reactions are the kind of toxic, entitled bullshit that gives gamers a bad name. By all means, criticise the visuals, but those dickheads are just nerds who decided that they actually want to be bullies.
EvaUnit02 on 20/7/2022 at 22:59
Quote Posted by Malleus
I first heard about this project in 2016, although back then it was mostly just a concept. Now it's turning into a game. I'm hyped.
[video=youtube;8R-splyERsI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R-splyERsI[/video]
Virtually no fail conditions, i.e. no chance of failing jumps. It's pretty much a walking sim. Clearly this is aimed at the most casual of casuals. What an L, wait for a deep discount or watch a Let's Play.
[video=youtube;aqoZWIHtcAc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqoZWIHtcAc[/video]
Twist on 21/7/2022 at 01:23
Bah. Stray is charming, polished, and surprisingly moving at points. So of course all the usual suspects are complaining about it. *shrug*
Aja on 3/8/2022 at 18:49
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Virtually no fail conditions, i.e. no chance of failing jumps. It's pretty much a walking sim. Clearly this is aimed at the most casual of casuals. What an L, wait for a deep discount or watch a Let's Play.
You are a parody of yourself.
henke on 4/8/2022 at 06:20
RE: not being able to miss jumps. This was a turn-off for me when watching the gameplay trailers. I felt like if you're gonna make an animal game you gotta go all out on an innovative movement system, like Snake Pass, to really make you feel like you're something "not human". But actually playing Stray, I realize that what they have is perfect. Cats are graceful, slick, and don't misjudge jumps*. Cats are Batman, ok? Batman doesn't just fall of his ledge to this death, and neither does a cat. There are hazards in Stray, but they don't come from the platforming, nor should they.
*no, don't post that compilation of EPIC CAT JUMP FAILS, those compilations are funny exactly because of how UN-catlike they are, further just proving my point.
Starker on 4/8/2022 at 07:27
Quote Posted by henke
Cats are graceful, slick, and don't misjudge jumps*. Cats are Batman, ok? Batman doesn't just fall of his ledge to this death, and neither does a cat.
[video=youtube;33WjnZoxGxc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33WjnZoxGxc[/video]