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ParanoiaDragon

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Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« on: June 26, 2014, 09:44:38 AM »
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/shovel-knight-review-roundup/1100-6420761/

It looks fantastic.  The main bummer for me, is that I don't have a Wii U or 3DS, & would get it on Steam, but I'd much rather wait till it is the PS3/4 or Vita.
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2014, 10:01:45 AM »
Got the Wii U version, it's a retro game done right....now someone needs to bang out a PCE port :P

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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2014, 11:26:12 AM »
I haven't been playing my 3DS a whole bunch lately (sadly). Will definitely give this a try soon!
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2014, 12:32:37 PM »
Wow, this looks great! I really wish the Wii U/3DS had cross-buy games like the PS3/Vita... not sure which version to get, darn it. :-k

 
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2014, 01:17:22 PM »
Got it on WiiU. It's brilliant!
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2014, 01:36:37 PM »
I must be the only person here who thinks it doesn't look all that good... but I think that of all "retro for retro's sake" games. Can't stand the sound either.
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2014, 01:41:09 PM »
Quote from: The Old Rover on June 26, 2014, 01:36:37 PM
I must be the only person here who thinks it doesn't look all that good... but I think that of all "retro for retro's sake" games. Can't stand the sound either.

Could do with more background scrolling, but then it would stray from it's "retro" roots I guess wish 16-bit was the go-to for retro instead of 8-bit feels a bit limiting.

As for the sound, I think it's amazing, limited but full range on that limit....


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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2014, 01:46:41 PM »
Oh yeah, if it looked and sounded 16 bit, it'd still be retro. Why do so many assume that NES-era graphics and sound are the upper limit for "retro"?
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2014, 03:22:00 AM »
Playing this last night, I was actually thinking it looked more like a Turbo or Genesis game. Sure, it's styled like an NES game, but the color palate reminds me of Dragon's Curse, or other Wonderboy games.

But the game is crazy fun. I've played for about an hour and love it.
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2014, 03:51:43 AM »
Looks cute and fun to me.  Port it to PC-FX and I'll buy it.  :mrgreen:
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2014, 09:38:32 AM »
I only played it a little.   The movement is kind of slow compared to the stuff I've been playing (lol, Ninja Spirit), but it's pretty solid.

I'm glad it was finished.  It's about time all these Kickstarter games finally come out.
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2014, 10:38:16 AM »
Is there going to be a version of the game in other consoles?

I can see why they would go for that color palette, makes it easier and quicker to turn around and calls the NES nostalgia button.
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2014, 06:06:41 PM »
maybe on le 3DS. is there a JPN DL?
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2014, 08:12:30 PM »
Quote from: Tatsujin on June 27, 2014, 06:06:41 PM
maybe on le 3DS. is there a JPN DL?
It's available on 3DS as well and pc through steam it's not just the wii u.No idea if it's u.s only and if it has a JPN release.
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Re: Shovel Knight, a sweet new retro game
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2014, 11:56:04 AM »
Watching this got me interested until I noticed that it's like Nintendo only or something?
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