Double Dragon 4 is announced and it's shit

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Originally Posted by miru

Well, at least they're not ZX Spectrum or Intellivision graphics like most indies.

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Is there genuinely 1 indie game with ZX Spectrum style graphics, because i'm fairly sure there isnt.

L'Abbaye des Morts, Sinkh's Lair, Z-Exemplar and Prime Mover are the only ones I know of.

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Originally Posted by Gogogadget

Is there genuinely 1 indie game with ZX Spectrum style graphics, because i'm fairly sure there isnt.

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Not ones that a mass audience gives a flying fuck about.

Most retro-styled indies are NES graphics or what I like to call "nostalgia filtered" generic pixel art that don't really resemble any specific platform.

And I mean, I'm fine with that if your game is good or you don't have the time, money or skill to do anything else. It's just eye-rolling when it's a franchise like this that has no business doing it.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

The fact that this is not a sequel to Double Dragon Neon with WayForward Games developing is the biggest mistake I've ever seen. The original Double Dragon games are trash. I love DD Neon though. The music, HD-updated graphics, the RPG-esque gameplay, the varied levels, great co-op system, corny over-the-top voice acting and again, unbelievable soundtrack. That was everything a Double Dragon game and modern beat-em-up should be. And now they're trotting out this throwback-looking garbage. The game looks abjectly horrible, and I'm so damn disappointed because I wanted a Billy and Jimmy sequel where they beat Skullmaggedon again. What the hell is this?

I'm so disappointed at how bad this game looks.

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Double Dragon Neon 2 and Rebecca.

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Originally Posted by Gogogadget

Is there genuinely 1 indie game with ZX Spectrum style graphics, because i'm fairly sure there isnt.

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

L'Abbaye des Morts, Sinkh's Lair, Z-Exemplar and Prime Mover are the only ones I know of.

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https://i.imgur.com/9H7xfUY.jpg

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Originally Posted by Obviously

Not ones that a mass audience gives a flying fuck about.

Most retro-styled indies are NES graphics or what I like to call "nostalgia filtered" generic pixel art that don't really resemble any specific platform.

And I mean, I'm fine with that if your game is good or you don't have the time, money or skill to do anything else. It's just eye-rolling when it's a franchise like this that has no business doing it.

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I wouldn't lump "skill" into there because anyone who has tried it can tell you that it's very difficult to do good pixel art animation, especially at small size/low colors. Good pixel art is a skill for sure.

Would you guys consider this to have Spectrum graphics?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/407900

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Originally Posted by Jeckidy

Would you guys consider this to have Spectrum graphics?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/407900

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Definitely more advanced than what the Speccy could do AFAIK but the neon colored sprites on a black background are definitely a hallmark of the spectrum.

I honestly can't see any point of releasing this game.
Or maybe it's just that they went wrong with a teaser(music, editing, cinematic etc)
Nostalgic value just isn't there for me.

^ Nostalgia value is always there. Just look how well the Disney Star Wars are doing based on just that and little else.

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Originally Posted by Thief

^ Nostalgia value is always there. Just look how well the Disney Star Wars are doing based on just that and little else.

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It's there with Disney's SW but not with the Double Dragon, speaking for myself of course.

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Originally Posted by Tower of Power

Definitely more advanced than what the Speccy could do AFAIK but the neon colored sprites on a black background are definitely a hallmark of the spectrum.

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It is clearly speccy inspired. Much like the NES inspired indies all the speccy inspired ones have... rose tinted glasses to say the least :p

So I would hope this still uses 3 buttons, with jump being its own button.

If it uses the 2 button nes scheme, then that would be so stupid.

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

L'Abbaye des Morts, Sinkh's Lair, Z-Exemplar and Prime Mover are the only ones I know of.

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Good choices, although totally obscure.

Although for the most part the Spectrum couldn't even begin to run any of those, the 80s Brit computer hallmarks are all correct.

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Originally Posted by foxnoodles

It's there with Disney's SW but not with the Double Dragon, speaking for myself of course.

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Nostalgia for Double Dragon? Yeah it was good for the 80s but it's hardly the hallmark of beat em up games.

Although really, "it came out before you was born!" is an effective sales technique

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Nostalgia for Double Dragon? Yeah it was good for the 80s but it's hardly the hallmark of beat em up games.

Although really, "it came out before you was born!" is an effective sales technique

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Agreed. Though I don't mind having it.. it's still a decent cheezy game(kinda... I hope so.. well yeah..). I just can't see the point from publishers perspective. They could've done so much more with this anniversary.

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Originally Posted by Gogogadget

Nostalgia for Double Dragon? Yeah it was good for the 80s but it's hardly the hallmark of beat em up games.

Although really, "it came out before you was born!" is an effective sales technique

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I think that's why they're banking more on NES nostalgia with this than Double Dragon by itself.