Showing posts with label fighting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fighting. Show all posts
11 January 2012
The Black Heart
Gaming Genres: Fighting
Story Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Action, Post-Apocalyptic
Graphical Styles: 2D, Cartoon
Platforms: Windows
Pricing Model: Free,
Developer(s): Andrés Borghi
Publisher(s): Andrés Borghi
Initial Release Date: October 31, 2009
Website(s): Homepage
Description:
There is another world apart from ours. A world that was once beautiful but now is a hostile place ruined by war and hate. A blood stained world...
Humans have ignored the existence of this other world because their destinies have never been bound to it...
But that is about to change since the king and creator of the other world has been murdered. His strength and will had disappeared as the time passed, turning him into and old and defenseless being.
However, that didn't change the fact that within him the incredible power that allowed him to create that other world still existed. Because of that he was attacked by an entity called Final: A powerful creature that emerged from the infinite chaos that exists in the space between both worlds. In a single attack he ripped the king's heart and ran away with it to the depths of chaos.
It is said that the one that succeeds at freeing the power within the heart will be given an extraordinary strength; a power that could end all that exists if it falls into the wrong hands.
Opinion:
The Black Heart looks great with its classic horror film style graphics. I cannot say that I am much of a fighting game fan, but this one seems to have garnered quite a lot of praise and seems well put together.
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Indieness: Indie
Play?:
04 November 2011
Super Smash Land
Gaming Genres: Retro, Fighting, Offline Multiplayer
Story Genres:
Graphical Styles: 2D, Cartoon, Pixel Art, Retro, Minimalist
Series/World: Super Smash Bros.
Platforms: Windows
Pricing Model: Free
Developer(s): Dan Fornace
Publisher(s): Dan Fornace
Initial Release Date: September 14, 2011
Website(s): Homepage
Description:
Super Smash Land is a remake of Smash Brothers as if it came out for the original gameboy. It uses the same color scheme, resolution and controls. However, the engine is smoother and allows for 4 player combat. The roster is small and inspired by Smash 64 with Mario, Kirby, Link and Pikachu heading the front.
Opinion:
The Super Smash Bros. series is my absolute favourite multiplayer game and Super Smash Land definitely has some of the appeal of its predecessors. The biggest issue is that normal attack and special attack has been combined into one button with some moves producing normals attacks and others simply producing special attacks, which really does make fighting a whole lot harder and less satisfying. Of course, shields and dodging is out as well, which is really unavoidable under these circumstances but fits with the minimalistic, simplified, style.
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Indieness: Quintessentially Indie
Play?: Should Play
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2011,
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action,
cartoon,
dan fornace,
fighting,
free,
graphics-retro,
minimalist,
multiplayer,
offline,
pixel art,
quintessentially indie,
retro,
sep,
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