Quick Look: Blackbay Asylum

This game looks fucking awesome

Are we referring to Illbleed among those weird Dreamcast games? ;)

Dan Ryckert is in that video.

I might agree with you here. The difference between this game and Deadly Premonition is that Deadly Premonition was a good game (story, tone, presentation, goofiness) behind some dated graphics and bad interface. Blackbay Asylum doesn't hold a candle to it, as much as we might want another experience like that. It's just kind of terrible.

I do have a higher tolerance for watching someone else play a bad game, however, and if Vinny does it, I'll watch because he's way more funny and entertaining than the game could ever be.

Swedes also made Cry of Fear, which is fantastically scary.

NATIONALITY WILL BE NO EXCUSE HERE.

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This game didn't actually come out it's just a figment of Vinny's imagination.

I might get this when it's on sale sometime. It looks dumb but in a good way...

This is like if all the albums I listened to in high school got together and made a point and click adventure game.

And people wonder why 8- and 16-bit graphical homages are so prevalent in the indie game scene.

Also, yes, Thomas the Tank Engine is what that face is.

@kubqo: I feel the same way about it but I doubt that it was intentional though.

I was really, really, really tempted to post "Hey! At least it's not sprites or SNES style!" as a joke. But I had a feeling that would probably get out of control, and I don't actually mind 8-bit or 16-bit style. But yeah, the thought had occurred.

Y'know, this doesn't seem especially well-made, but I guess it seems almost entirely put together by one guy doing everything to make a 3D point-and-click adventure/first person mashup. I can respect that. And it really does have an odd charm to it.

Certainly a little steep on the price tag, though.

This game looks cool to me, and a ton more interesting then Alex gives it credit for

I love that Vinny's the adventure game guy of the crew. His willingness to be enthusiastic about trying anything is perfect for them, and going from his top 10 lists he really does like the genre a lot.

This game's got gumption and chutzpah and other strange words, and I want to know where it goes from here.

For all its faults it still has a "Skip Cutscene" button.

Mmm, graphically this game is really nailing the 1999 vibe. It looks positively Half-Life and Deus Ex era.

Vinny, why …

Uh, I find this far more interesting and a better step in the indie game development scene than yet another Cave Story 'inspired' 2d retro puzzle platformer with the quirky mechanic and the chiptunes. I'd play this ten times over before putting a second glance at Owlboy.

And that's totally cool for you. I'm just saying: this game doesn't look good. Which is predictable. Because we can't expect every person scrapping a game together in their spare time to be a great impressionist, or whatever.

i heard about this on the game of the year podcasts and never watched the quick look when it was released. my body is ready.

It's quick looks like this just just show what a gem of a human being Vinny is.

"...but the thing didn't say Dough, it said... Doug."

"shhhhhhh"

I can see this game having some interesting ideas, but man the execution seems to be the most horrifying part.

I think my favorite part of this is the beginning when Vinny asks Alex to guess what kind of game this is and then says we'll get in here so that I can show you that this is in fact... a point and click adventure game.

Thanks for telling me about Owlboy!

I've thought way more about this game than anyone probably should and I think I've figured out how to articulate my thoughts on it:

I'm not scared by this game, I'm scared of this game

my favorite quick look