Real talk.Has there ever been a "spiritual successor" that actually managed to live up to that title?
Yooka LayleeBloodstained
>>740175778Yes, games like Stardew Valley and Pizza Tower revived their respective genres/ subgenres.
>>740175778According to all available metrics, Bioshock.
>>740175778That webm is troon coded. I somehow know the dev is transgender.
>>740175778is that the bat from lolivania?
>>740176093What makes you say that?
>>740175967>Yooka LayleeHell no, it was extremely poor take on collectathon formula, with lackluster level design, and boring characters.>BloodstainedThis is a better argument, but I still think it came short of Symphony of the Night. At time you get the feeling that dev team was just trying to cram shit in.
>>740175778cute feet
>>740176042Pizza Tower, definitely. I think Stardew Valley mostly got lucky that Story of Seasons / Harvest Moon shat the bed in the late 00s, and basically became a 3DS-exclusive series alongside Rune Factory. Both series were shackled to the old console and handheld markets when PC gaming was really beginning to gain momentum.I like Stardew Valley, but I don't think it's really that remarkable of a game. It has gotten better with time, though.
>>740176042Is it really a spiritual successor when it's the original guy forced to abandon the original IP?
>>740176556Sure, those things aren't really mutually exclusive it's only really relevant in the context of specific points being made.
What game is in the OP?
>>740175778>Ikaruga to Radiant Silvergun>Prototype to Hulk Ultimate Destruction>In as much as an intra-franchise subseries can have spiritual successors Paper Mario shed a lot of its SMRPG 2 origins to become its own thing.>Pizza Tower has solidified itself as a worthy successor to the nascent Wario Land series>Resident Evil is the biggest survival horror franchise on the planet to the point only serious hobbyist historians acknowledge its "Alone in the Dark" and "Sweet Home" influences>the original Perfect Dark is one of the most acclaimed games of all time, only just overshadowed because the game it's a successor to is fucking Goldeneye
>>740175778This looks like garbage but I can't quite figure out why.
>>740175778Bioshock from System Shock
>>740176778It just needs animation/ effect polish. Nothing about the animations of the characters or the beam or whatever convey any urgency or emotion.Not a big deal though, whatever this is, is super early.
>>740176647It's called Buy an Ad
>>740176093Seek help for that obsession of yours
>>740176331The two pixel spinoff Bloodstaineds were way better than the main game was, they are more on par with classic Castlevania, than Ritual of the Night is to SotN.
>>740176778you may have voted for trump
>>740177064Oh yeah, definitely agree with that. Those two 8bit games are phenomenal.
Yes, but it's rare. I would argue that Bombrush is a great example of a game that outright apes but is good enough to be considered part of the original series. If we are accepting fangames in this, there are certainly ones which are good enough, such as AM2R or SoR Remix. A lot of this comes down to how close our definition requires the game to be to the original. Like, does Troubleshooter count for XCOM, or is it unique enough?>>740175967Yooka Laylee was absolute dogshit, Did you even play it? Bloodstained, on the other hand, did not surpass the best of Castlevania but was better than the worst. The NES-styled games were also solid.>>740176042I think these are fair, though I also think they weren't trying to quite be 1:1 clones as much as something like Yooka, Bombrush, or Fell Seal.
Happens all the time.
>>740176778Post-processing layered on otherwise simplistic graphics. No hitstop or knockback-- the enemy just immediately falls. Nothing exhibits any momentum either.
>>740177151>>740176875To clarify. Something just looks wrong about the image. It just looks weird. Kind of blurry.
>>740175778Doom 2016
>>740175778I think you should slow down the animation of the roll for the first 33-ish percent, and then make it up by accelerating the other 66% to make it last as long (just to keep your design and the iframes the same), because it's always VERY jarring to see a roll start so fast like so many indies do
>>740175778Xenogears->Saga->BladeGenuinely feels like one series instead of 3 different ones
>>740175778Starhawk (2012)
>>740175778Also, even tho everything's very pretty, it's also very repetitive, and a few simple steps would easily fix that; add more world-related effects, add some leaves flowing in the wind, add some birds flying around in the sky, you could probably also have a very simple shader to simulate wind pushing around trees at random (especially the background ones, it doesn't have to be sync'd with the leaf flowing around effect btw) Also you could add a very subtle flashing of the screen on top of the mob's eye effect when he's about to attack, or maybe sound effect could be enough, but I usually like seeing both (just don't make it disorienting, bonus point if you spend a bit more time on it to only get the side of the screen from which the mob is attacking the one flashing, it's good UX) I really enjoy seeing your game around btw, when you release it, make sure to have some sort of 'supporter pack' DLC with an extra skin for the waifu, I'll buy it for sure
>>740175778Shovel Knight is a pretty good Duck Tales clone and Bug Fables is better than TTYD.
>>740175778Stardew ValleyPizza TowerImperial Gatekeeper
>>740176331>Hell no, it was extremely poor take on collectathon formula, with lackluster level design, and boring characters.>>740177234>Yooka Laylee was absolute dogshitSo exactly like Banjo Kazooie then.
>>740175778Deltarune
I will now buy your game
>>740175778Source on webm? Looks comfy
>>740177560kys. That's not even funny.
>>740176114flyff also had one like this.>>740178871seethe and cope, you're in the minority even on this contrarian site.
>>740179075That doesn't make me wrong faggot.
>>740178797I think it's an unnamed wip
>>740178797guy posts on /v/ gamedev threads sometimes.
>>740175778Souls games.Original WoW and warcraft 3.Some FF games.First few pokemon games.Lisa.Yakuza.Fallout.Blazblue.DDLC.
>>740175778feels like a cross between wind waker and megaman legends
>>740176313>>740177016>indie dev - strike one>programming - strike two>obsessed with childhood media well into adulthood- strike three>female protagonist - strike fourTROON ALARM AT CRITICAL
>>740175778Supreme Commander. Would have been a direct sequel if not for licensing issues.
>>740180508You get em, soisis
>>740175778how to make models like this?
>>740181409use ai
>>740175778Why would somebody go out of their way to program, 3d model, play, and record this derivative nothing of a "game"? There’s nothing shown here worth anything.
>>740182645it's called having a soul
>>740176093lolIt's 100% obvious that this was made by a transvestite with mental problems, but I can't really explain why either. Maybe it's the pink filter on the image, I don't know.
>>740182960>>740176093Oh, and something about that reminds me of GZDoom, which has become the transvestites favorite engine ever since some kind of brain virus took over DoomWorld.
>>740180508>>programming - strike twowhat, do you think games just magically spawn out of nowhere or something?
Depends.Spiritual successor of a game known for its gameplay? DozensSpiritual successor of a game known for its story?Never ever
>>740183071Programming has a high overlap with AUTISM which has a high overlap with Transgenderism.
>>740177730because it was meant to be one, it's just that in the first ones they stopped getting money and had to redo the project. Fans of the saga can connect the dots between all of them. Blade 2 kinda acknowledges Saga anyways.
>>740183601yeah and literally every single piece of software, videogame or otherwise, is programmed. Does that mean everything is done by trannies in your eyes?better stop using technology then
>>740180508>>programming - strike twohow do you know it wasnt vibecoded?
>>740182960>>740176093I think because it's trying to be overly cutesy and girly, but in the way that a dorky emotionally immature male would think. Protagonist has Femboy vibes rather than actual femininity and is their self-insert.
>>740177016You will find no one who thinks about trannies more than antis. Literally all their neurons are devoted to thinking about them 24/7.
>>740176778>>740177496it's the whatever post-processing color LUT he's using. the slight purplish-reddish hue the environment is shifted to is an assault on the eyes for a natural environment. it would fit if the skybox reflected what the lighting is doing, i.e. a nice, late sunset reflecting on clouds, but it isn't. it's a blue sky which is also being shifted towards the same LUT which adds to the visual assault.see pic related.
>>740182851This is nothing. Every single aspect of this video is bland generic white bread nothing.
>>740183743Vibecoding is still programming, just shittier.
>>740175778Bomb Rush CyberfunkGravity Circuituhhhhhhhh
Being a critic is literally the lowest wrung of the creative ladder
>>740178780Sauce?
>>740175778BAR and supreme commander. I'm actually surprised at how good it is
>>740175778How do you fuck up shaders so bad that every fucking game is a desaturated blurry gray mess
>>740175778poe is just better diablo 3
>>740185490mushi024
>>740185748Apples and Oranges.POE is an autistic rare loot grindan simulator with autism systems, autism crafting and autism inventory management, Diablo 3 is a numbers go up pinball scoring incremental game that grades you on how many orders of magnitude you can make your big dicked damage numbers.
>>740177417>La-Mulana is 20 years old this month
>>740175778Gunvolt/Luminous Avenger iX.
>>740185960thanks
>>740175778Risen
>>740185969They just took diablo's formula and made it more fun. Literally better diablo.
>>740176778>unfinished prototype is not finishedAmazing revelation you had there anon
>>740187143Then don’t show it to me. I don’t want to see your faggot “My First Unity Game” tutorial project.
>>740187235Fuck off retard
>>740187316You’re the one showing me your elementary school crayon drawings equivalent of a video game.
>>740175967>Yooka Layleethat's bait
thank you for your feedback, I really appreciate it.
>>740187143Its not because its unfinished, there is something deeply wrong with the way it looks. The whole image looks incredibly weird, some kind of weird filter or something.
>>740175778Mana Khemia
>>740175778-Castlevania & Bloodstained-Suikoden & Eiyuden-Patapon & Ratatan-Bakeru & Goemon-Natsu-mon & Boku no Natsuyasumi>Pending release-Wild Arms & Armed Fantasia-Shadow Hearts & Penny Blood (is it still alive?)-Gang of Dragon (is this even still alive pt 2) & Like a Dragon-Blood of Dawnwalker & The Witcher 3-Holy Horror Mansion & Yo-kai Watch-Physint & Metal Gear Solid
>>740175778Astlibra Revision / 2D YS>>740176552>I think Stardew Valley mostly got lucky that Story of Seasons / Harvest Moon shat the bed in the late 00s, and basically became a 3DS-exclusive series alongside Rune Factory. Both series were shackled to the old console and handheld markets when PC gaming was really beginning to gain momentum.What are you saying is pretty much the reason why spiritual successors are a thing.Dead/deathbed franchise + 3rd party inspired by it>I like Stardew Valley, but I don't think it's really that remarkable of a game.It is.Stardew Valley is a Story of Season dream game that came true. None of the jank, good controls. My only complaint is the portrait art for character which is 100% worse than Story of Seasons. Music wise it's as good as Story of Seasons. You have no idea how happy I was when I played Stardew Valley and pic related wasn't an issue.>t. been playing Story of Seasons since the very first game on the SNES
Based kannadev
>>740175778Cities Skylines and Stardew Valley were so successful that they basically/actually killed the series they were inspired by
>>740188396What is that image depicting?
>>740175778bug fables.
