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The Behemoth announces...

Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Games and Technology
BattleBlock Theater.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHV5n6AkSI

Oh my.


http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=2130
Having shipwrecked on a mysterious island you find yourself both betrayed by your best friend Hatty and captured by the locals. All of this is happening while being forced into deadly performances. This however, is just the start of your problems.

BattleBlock Theater is our upcoming third title for the Xbox Live Arcade. Website to follow in the next few days and as we inch closer to the release of the title we’ll be unfolding more of the story online.

Enjoy.

-Emil-

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  • Fort1tudeFort1tude Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    im confused and aroused

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Good netcode or it didn't happen.

    (Will buy this anyway)

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    day oooooooooone

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I remember being unimpressed after seeing footage of what I guess was this game before they gave it a proper title. It's definitely looking a better now.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Please someone describe the video without a single word or phrase alone. D:

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Won't get this until I hear it's actually playable online.

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  • TheUnsane1TheUnsane1 PhiladelphiaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    This is so day 1.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    Please someone describe the video without a single word or phrase alone. D:

    The Prisoner meets Death Race meets Castle Crashers meets The Running Man


    edit: Meets cute fuzzy cartoon animals

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    This looks....pretty medicore.

    I mean, the trailer has some sweet epic orchestration, and I love me some Castle Crashers, but....ummm....this appears to be a free to play flash co-op platformer. Is there anything interesting about, I dunno, the play mechanics or something? Tell me there is something to this game other than "Lets Be The Guy" game made by semi-famous indie developer Behemoth.

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    yes, let me tell you all about this game from the two minute trailer I just saw

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  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Well that certainly looked good. I love The Behemoth.

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  • klokklok Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    My favorite part of Burtletoy's post is when he compared it to a flash game in the first sentence so I didn't have to read the whole thing to realize he is an idiot.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    MrDelish wrote: »
    yes, let me tell you all about this game from the two minute trailer I just saw

    Tell me about the trailer, man! DUDE. MAN.

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    MrDelish wrote: »
    yes, let me tell you all about this game from the two minute trailer I just saw

    Tell me about the trailer, man! DUDE. MAN.

    I was talking to the guy asking for details of the gameplay, but what I saw was the best kind of animation making everything about the game seem awesome though it may not be and I will still think it is awesome because of said animation.

    As for the gameplay, it seems to be much more platforming that Castle Crashers was. I can't really explain much more. You should just watch it instead of being dumb and at work/school/prison/wherever you are that you can't watch it

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    MrDelish wrote: »
    yes, let me tell you all about this game from the two minute trailer I just saw

    Yes. It was a trailer for a game. And it looked average. I'm confused.

    I mean, yes, I know they are a good developer. But I don't see anything to write home for in that trailer. Maybe I missed all the amazing sweet parts that everyone else saw.

    Sorry I'll stop fouling up your "We Love Behemoth" thread with my lack of gushing optimism.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    MrDelish wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    MrDelish wrote: »
    yes, let me tell you all about this game from the two minute trailer I just saw

    Tell me about the trailer, man! DUDE. MAN.

    I was talking to the guy asking for details of the gameplay, but what I saw was the best kind of animation making everything about the game seem awesome though it may not be and I will still think it is awesome because of said animation.

    As for the gameplay, it seems to be much more platforming that Castle Crashers was. I can't really explain much more. You should just watch it instead of being dumb and at work/school/prison/wherever you are that you can't watch it

    2D animation looks great with the framerates / resolutions we can achieve these days. More devs should take advantage of it.

    I'll probably set the video to load up while I do something later tonight. Knowing the animation itself is key gets me interested.

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    The phrase "it looks like a free flash game" could be applied to plenty of XNA and XBLA games, and asking about gameplay details when what's in the trailer already seems interesting (to me, at least) is kinda absurd.

    That, and I absolutely adore the animation, so this will be a day one purchase for me.

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  • elevatureelevature Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I love Behemoth. The bit at the end was great. Day one!

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    "Looks like a free flash game" is a really mean spirited thing to be saying in the first place. It's not as though every independent developer can afford the studio-size to make big huge things for consoles.

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  • elevatureelevature Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Didn't Alien Hominid start as a free flash game before they put it on consoles?

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    elevature wrote: »
    Didn't Alien Hominid start as a free flash game before they put it on consoles?

    Yes. And sorry, it wasn't a critique against free flash games. I love them and they are 90% of what I play on my PC. What I as trying to say was it looks like N+ or Jumper, but with a lot less jumping mechanics. Thus I would rather not spend money on it, but again it was a trailer and thats why I asked if anyone knew anything interesting about the gameplay other than what they showed, because it didn't grab my attention.





    Edit: However if the game had a sweet composed score (like the trailer), I'd totally buy it. The only reason I enjoyed Modern War 2's single player was because of Hanns Zimmer. I'd love it if some platformers took a cue from that and tried being more epic in their scores.

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  • TheUnsane1TheUnsane1 PhiladelphiaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Not to mention The Behemoth has a pretty distinct art style that I am fairly sure fans would be upset to see go. ( know I would.) It looks like a 2d platformer with some pretty neat concepts and possibly some team based co-op or competitive gameplay options too.

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I find that usually, flash games have pretty back moving/jumping/collisions mechanics and are glitchy. When a small dev makes a console game, it usually has a more polished feel.
    I am one of the few persons who did not like Alien Hominid HD because I felt the controls had that little annoying "flash-game" feel to it.
    Castle Crashers, however, was pretty awesome.

    I'm assuming the devs are gaining more experience at making console games with each one they make, and that this game's platforming and battling mechanics will be up to par. The Behemoth's style of animation is pretty damn cool, too, and I have a 1400 points card lying around that I had no use for.

    Now I know what I'm getting Day 1.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So this is a new game, not an evolution of "Game #3"?

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    So this is a new game, not an evolution of "Game #3"?

    Looks pretty much like an evolution of "Game #3" to me, actually.

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  • DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Well yeah

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I wish it were more like Castle Crashers (what a great 4 player co-op game) but I like what I see.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Ok, this looks really fun:

    http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-09-battleblock-theater/56942

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Burtletoy, it ain't our fuckin' job to sell this game to you

    Anyway, looks fun.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm all over this even if it's a mediocre game, and the soundtrack is as good as Castle Crashers was.

    That game turned me into a big 'ol newgrounds whore, constantly trolling for great tracks. Usually my search ends in failure, but I keep coming back hoping something awesome will pop up.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    Ok, this looks really fun:

    http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-09-battleblock-theater/56942

    Dude sounds like he's baked.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    It looks like a decent puzzle platformer, but can someone explain how the whole theater aspect comes into it? I'm really not grasping the connection between the gameplay and the story at all.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Burtletoy, it ain't our fuckin' job to sell this game to you

    Anyway, looks fun.

    Sorry that I had the audacity to ask if anyone knew anything about the game other than what was included in the trailer. I didn't know we weren't supposed to talk about videogames in the videogames thread.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    SageinaRage wrote: »
    It looks like a decent puzzle platformer, but can someone explain how the whole theater aspect comes into it? I'm really not grasping the connection between the gameplay and the story at all.

    Some kind of gladiatorial contest. Captured slaves are forced to battle each other for the amusement of a bunch of spectators. Fight in an arena to collect little bars of gold, avoiding traps while trying to push enemies into them.

    I would imagine the "story" ends up being your character trying to beat everyone else and secure your freedom. They mention the guy running the theater is crazy, perhaps you have to work your way up to defeating him.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    SageinaRage wrote: »
    It looks like a decent puzzle platformer, but can someone explain how the whole theater aspect comes into it? I'm really not grasping the connection between the gameplay and the story at all.

    Once again, it's pretty much The Prisoner meets Death Race meets Castle Crashers meets The Running Man.

    Have you seen The Running Man? That's pretty much the theatre aspect of it.

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    Three years later and this comes out tomorrow. I didn't even know!

  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    Whaaat, tomorrow?!

  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    yep!

  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    Holy shitfuck, I can't believe there wasn't any news about this game since that trailer.

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    Pretty much every three months since this was announced I have been looking for it. I don't know what the fuck took them so long, but at last!

    What is this I don't even.
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