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alf717
Member
Talk about weird Modus sponsors his video and they are also publisher?, for this new double dragon.
As for the game. The art style looks a little meh not really my thing.
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ThatStupidLion
Member
Indie budget vs proper budget
Futaleufu
Member
Athena from The King of Fighters XII/XIII
SlimeGooGoo
Banned
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The Pleasure
Member
Reported for extreme wrong think.
NoLootBoxDev
Member
Questionable art style. It will sell (not sure how much), but at least I could have gone with something better than that.
kunonabi
Member
At least Billy isn't an overweight hobo.
Js562
Member
Yes sir Street of Rage 4 is the king right now they should've looked at it first
Futaleufu
Member
Castle Crashers was the worst thing that ever happened to the beat'em up genre
Fuz
Banned
...is this bizarro world? How did I end up here?
Fuz
Banned
They have it backwards.
They try to emulate the good old days and get those pixel look nice, while back then artists tried to get rid of the pixels as much as they could and look realistic ("realistic" in the sense that emulated reality and/or comics/cartoons that had no pixel limitations). And those limitations added to creativity immensely.
Modern artists interested in pixel art and retro feels, need to rethink their process - all of them.
This is an AMAZING documentary about it, I strongly suggest watching it:
(The whole channel is amazing, btw)
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01011001
Banned
Double Dragon is basically the Template for a brawler, before the developers go in and give it its own twist and mechanics.
it's just the most bland brawler imaginable, the bare minimum of what the genre can offer.
it's the tasteless chewing gum of side scrolling beat em ups.
Neon was way better than any Double Dragon before that, and this one already looks better than them as well.
it's the Street Fighter 1 of its genre... it layed down the groundwork, but without the fun. and somehow the sequels never tried to add anything but better graphics, until Neon came along.
the best Double Dragon game before that was Battletoads vs Double Dragon, and that was only fun if you played the Battletoads
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Fuz
Banned
Again, is this bizarro world? SF1 was fucking amazing (and it's still a fun game).
And Double Dragon 1 is a masterpiece that still shine bright today. My favourite Beat'em Up, I replay it every now and then and I always have a blast.
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01011001
Banned
it's the worst game in a sea of games that are hundreds of times better.
and Double Dragon is the same. sure, if you look at it in isolation, if your never played a single other games in its genre, it's decent enough.
but after playing the plethora of better brawlers it's just so stale and boring, and the mechanics feel stilted and devoid of dynamism.
Street Fighter 1 is the same, it feels so much worse than even its sequel, let alone the improved versions of it.
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MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Looks like garbage and why are the characters like funko dolls!!??
Knightime_X
Member
If the one on the right is true pixel it probably cost 20x more expensive to develop and god knows how long to animate.
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TheDuskwalker
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SlimeGooGoo
Banned
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Pasta la Vista
Member
Pass.
kunonabi
Member
Considering Double Dragon Advance is still one of the best em ups of all time that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Not that this is going to reach those heights but still. Such a shame we'll never get a DD collection with Advance, Zeebo, and the iphone game.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Don’t particularly care for the art style and I think the original games actually look better, but it looks fun and I’m willing to try it out. Big Double Dragon and beat-em-up fan here.
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ShadowNate
Member
The art is not that bad. Other than it looks like a bunch of kiddos beating to death other kiddos.
KaiserBecks
Member
Double Dragon 2 on NES was great.
Soodanim
Gold Member
That's easy: it's cheaper to do it he easy way (pixel textures on a modern 3D engine). There's also that modern devs probably don't know how to do it the original ways.
Scott Pilgrim was fun, but SoR4 is still fantastic and more beat em ups should take notes. I started playing it again recently and it's excellent. Easily the king of the genre.
ElRenoRaven
Member
If cheap enough I'll give it a shot. I loved the original Double Dragon games back in the days.
March Climber
Member
I think people here wouldn’t be so annoyed at the art style if this were on a GBA or Nintendo DS.
All this whining and nostalgia baiting is one of the many reasons why more and more modern pixel artists don’t bother anymore and just go 3D. It’s too difficult to try and win over the hearts and minds of people stuck in the past, and younger audiences don’t really care as much. So who’s left to win over?
All this whining and nostalgia baiting is one of the many reasons why more and more modern pixel artists don’t bother anymore and just go 3D. It’s too difficult to try and win over the hearts and minds of people stuck in the past, and younger audiences don’t really care as much. So who’s left to win over?
SlimeGooGoo
Banned
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SkylineRKR
Member
Looks very fun but I would prefer an art style more akin to SoR4 or Super DD.
MayauMiao
Member
Not to say DDA art was bad but the art style generally look like something from GBA title.
I am a bit surprised why they didn't let Wayforward handle it as they did an excellent job with River City Girls especially when that game had Bimmy and Jimmy Lee cameo.
Herbspiceguy
Member
Pretty disappointing, they missed the mark both in terms of graphics and gameplay. I feel DDA and DDII remake for TurboGrafx CD capture the essence of DD the best; a fast, no-nonsense brawler with dirty moves. I'm not seeing any of that in this trailer. The artstyle is lame and the moves lack punch (Billy looks like he's dancing with those kicks). DD is not about long combo's, aerials, unite attacks, bouncy enemies and collecting coins to purchase upgrades. Also random special forces guy is a big question mark.
Feels a bit tragic, yet totally in line with the franchises legacy of poor sequels, ports and remakes.
Feels a bit tragic, yet totally in line with the franchises legacy of poor sequels, ports and remakes.
Naked Lunch
Member
Abobo looks completely wrong. A travesty.
That boss was a childhood hero of mine.
That boss was a childhood hero of mine.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
This looks awful
Ulysses 31
Member
MiguelItUp
Member
I'll probably check this out, even if the art style is eh, it could be so much worse. It looks more like Scott Pilgrim than anything Double Dragon-like, especially the use of pixel art and even some of the exaggerated animations. Would've loved to see them do something like the thumbnail art, or something more... I dunno, not overly cartoon-y?
The gameplay looks fun though, and I will always have heart for beat 'em ups.
The gameplay looks fun though, and I will always have heart for beat 'em ups.
The Infectious Paradox
Member
Gamplay actually looks great but I really can't get past that art style. The guy that said kids fighting kids is right on the money. They look like ego inflated movie stars instead of hardened badasses like the old games
Edit: How the FUCK did they not use that thumbnail art
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