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[Slain!] Look at this game. Look at it.

CenoCeno pizza timeRegistered User regular
in Games and Technology
Self-described as an homage to the gory hack n slash games of the 80s and 90s.
Players control Bathoryn, a hero in a Gothic world, seeking to liberate seven great towers.

Bathoryn must battle his way through a doomed land packed with gruesome pixel art foes before ascending (or sometimes descending) each tower, defeating puzzles, traps and monsters alike. At the heart of each keep, he must confront a mighty overlord. Defeat it and Bathoryn’s quest continues. Fail, and you’ll die gruesomely - mauled by werewolves, disintegrated by floating monstrosities, squashed by great weights or torn apart by hidden blades. And you will fail...

Reminiscent of classics like Altered Beast, Shadow of The Beast, and Ghosts 'n Goblins, the difficulty of the combat and platforming can best be described as... brutal. Save points help but they're rare. So it's down to you and your ability with a sword.

Coming to PC in July, other platforms (including Wii U) in October.

It looks real purty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltqO5O7VUcw&feature=youtu.be

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Some gifs too /drool

http://i.imgur.com/8NVkaFE.gif
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GrfwDHqxHJw/VUUX8OKOIzI/AAAAAAAABow/xRrAMSXclUg/s330-no/Shoreinslame6.gif
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I just found out about this game and am now super excited, for the art style alone.

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  • AumniAumni Registered User regular
    Yeah that looks right up my ally. Really digging the traps they showed in the trailer.

    http://steamcommunity.com/id/aumni/ Battlenet: Aumni#1978 GW2: Aumni.1425 PSN: Aumnius
  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    Need to watch the trailer, but the gifs alone sold me. Hell, the description did it for me.

  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    That looks really really good, but I'm hoping some of those general combat sound effects in the trailer aren't final. They sound a bit weak and don't have a lot of impact.

    A lot of it reminds me of Volgarr the Viking, which is itself an homage.

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    korodullin wrote: »
    That looks really really good, but I'm hoping some of those general combat sound effects in the trailer aren't final. They sound a bit weak and don't have a lot of impact.

    A lot of it reminds me of Volgarr the Viking, which is itself an homage.

    Just what I was thinking. I hope its not quite as focused on difficulty and leans more towards Castlevania-style exploration

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