General Gaming Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (From the Developers of Blasphemous) | Coming 2025 to PC, Switch, PlayStation and Xbox

[Keyser_Soze]

 

 

This one deserves it's own thread.

[crispy4000]

This looks like way more fun than the Blasphemous games honestly.

[vaxick]

Could be fun, but this is also one franchise that made a flawless transition to 3D, making me want more of it.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

7 minutes ago, crispy4000 said:

This looks like way more fun than the Blasphemous games honestly.

 

I think the significantly increased gameplay speed relative to the Blasphemous series probably accounts for some of that.

[crispy4000]

I'm here for it.  It's cool we're getting both this and Shinobi by indies.

[Dre801]

As someone who's a big fan of the old NES Ninja Gaidens, all I can say is "HELL. YES." 

[Kal-El814]

Looks much more like Fastphemous than any previous version of Ninja Gaiden, but I like Blasphemous quite a bit so I’m in. 

[Dodger]

I should play the Blasphemous games

[Best]

I was a huge fan of Ninja Gaiden on NES but I no longer enjoy 2-D side scrolling games. 

 

Imo making games like this is a cop out from developers. 

[Keyser_Soze]

23 minutes ago, Best said:

Imo making games like this is a cop out from developers. 

 

This is the kind of game this particular developer makes though.

[Best]

20 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

This is the kind of game this particular developer makes though.

 

And? 

[Keyser_Soze]

30 minutes ago, Best said:

And? 

 

It's like saying people who paint buildings red are cop outs. So someone who owns a building wants the building painted red and gets red painting experts to paint the building. Is it a cop out to get the best person to do the job you want?

 

I mean either this dev can make a living doing what they do best or go out of business because making a 2d game is a cop out. 🤷 (or worse make some horrible 3D mess of a game)

[Best]

6 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

It's like saying people who paint buildings red are cop outs. So someone who owns a building wants the building painted red and gets red painting experts to paint the building. Is it a cop out to get the best person to do the job you want?

 

I mean either this dev can make a living doing what they do best or go out of business because making a 2d game is a cop out. 🤷 (or worse make some horrible 3D mess of a game)

 

You don't happen to work for the game kitchen do you? 

 

It's just my opinion. If this was 1988 I'd be hyped af. 

[Greatoneshere]

2 hours ago, Best said:

Imo making games like this is a cop out from developers. 

 

How is making games in a specific genre and/or style a cop out?

[Keyser_Soze]

2 hours ago, Best said:

You don't happen to work for the game kitchen do you? 

 

It's just my opinion. If this was 1988 I'd be hyped af. 

 

I would love it if I was.

I think you're discounting the skill involved in making pixel art, especially the type they do. This is like a lost art so to do something like this is quite impressive.

 

I think your current mindset, well maybe not yours in particular, is thinking we have moved past Nintendo pixels, which I think a lot of people got tired of that kind of pixel art. This is way beyond that though. Aesthetically pleasing, animated fluidly. This is the kind of art I tip my hat to.

 

Plus calling this kind of art a "cop out" is a slap in the face to your fellow Pennsylvanian @MarSolo who graciously made a stepee bear.

[Best]

5 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

I would love it if I was.

I think you're discounting the skill involved in making pixel art, especially the type they do. This is like a lost art so to do something like this is quite impressive.

 

I think your current mindset, well maybe not yours in particular, is thinking we have moved past Nintendo pixels, which I think a lot of people got tired of that kind of pixel art. This is way beyond that though. Aesthetically pleasing, animated fluidly. This is the kind of art I tip my hat to.

 

Plus calling this kind of art a "cop out" is a slap in the face to your fellow Pennsylvanian @MarSolo who graciously made a stepee bear.

 

I understand where you are coming from. And I'm not trying to discredit the talent in making these types of games. The more variety and options in games is always a good thing. I'm just not a into this type of art direction. 

[MarSolo]

Take it from me, THESE PIECES:

 

Mario Maiale (@mariogmaiale) • Instagram photos and videos

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38 likes, 10 comments - mariogmaiale on December 4, 2024: "“Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs...” #diehard #xmas #christmas #johnmcclane".

 

Mario Maiale (@mariogmaiale) • Instagram photos and videos

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34 likes, 8 comments - mariogmaiale on December 12, 2024: "“Happy trails, Hans.” #diehard #johnmcclane #hansgruber #alanrickman #climax #painting #digital #art".

 

…were A LOT easier to make than THESE:

 

Mario Maiale (@mariogmaiale) • Instagram photos and videos

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4 likes, 0 comments - mariogmaiale on August 14, 2024: "It’s been mind racking to get back into this as well as still doing my regular drawing, but somehow this has gotten more fun...

 

Pixel art ain’t a cop out.

 

[Best]

That's really impressive!

[MarSolo]

Thanks!

 

Took a break from game designing to do some holiday art, finished those two pieces from Die Hard, now moving on to something from Bad Santa, Scrooged, and the Night Before.

[Best]

2 minutes ago, MarSolo said:

Thanks!

 

Took a break from game designing to do some holiday art, finished those two pieces from Die Hard, now moving on to something from Bad Santa, Scrooged, and the Night Before.

 

Do you sell your work? It's on a professional level and that die hard piece on the glass would sell like hotcakes. 

[MarSolo]

1 minute ago, Best said:

 

Do you sell your work? It's on a professional level and that die hard piece on the glass would sell like hotcakes. 

It’s on my to do list to set up a shop, don’t worry.

[Keyser_Soze]

12 minutes ago, MarSolo said:

Thanks!

 

Took a break from game designing to do some holiday art, finished those two pieces from Die Hard, now moving on to something from Bad Santa, Scrooged, and the Night Before.

 

Reindeer Games?

[MarSolo]

14 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Reindeer Games?

Wow, I haven’t seen that flick since it came out!

[eventide11]

I will be ALL. OVER. THIS. I've always had a soft spot for Ninja Gaiden and side scrollers and these 2 genres absolutely lend themselves to one another. The 3D games were good then they got okay then they got bad IMO so I love to see this go back to it's roots. And the music in that trailer was excellent, another staple of the Ninja Gaidens on the NES

[legend]

The combat looks very intense, and this is one of the rare games, along with Sea of Stars, that falls under my "pixel art that is inspired by the past aesthetic, not a slave to the limits of the time" label.

[Best]

31 minutes ago, legend said:

The combat looks very intense, and this is one of the rare games, along with Sea of Stars, that falls under my "pixel art that is inspired by the past aesthetic, not a slave to the limits of the time" label.

 

I agree. I shouldn't have said what I said earlier in this thread. 

[Mercury33]

If I wanted to play a pixelated side scroller I’d play the original. Dumb. 

[Best]

27 minutes ago, Mercury33 said:

If I wanted to play a pixelated side scroller I’d play the original. Dumb. 

 

 

Can't have that opinion around here. 

[TheLeon]

Those old games are a fucking nightmare to play these days. I vastly prefer a retro-style game with modern design sensibilities. 

[Best]

11 minutes ago, TheLeon said:

Those old games are a fucking nightmare to play these days. I vastly prefer a retro-style game with modern design sensibilities. 

 

I agree with this. It's crazy how difficult NES games were to control.