Quick Look: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

@ZeForgotten: No amount of attention is enough. ;)

Also, do you have a quote of them wanting to do the theme? That's pretty interesting.

This game's soundtrack is a cooperation between Chris Hülsbeck and Machinae Supremacy (who totally need a page on this site because they've been involved in several video games at this point). Anyone who says anything bad about it has no fucking taste in music.

The music in this game is fantastic.

I am pretty sure that vocal Giana fanbase is the entirety of Germany, Giant Bomb.

Germany Do Care.

@ZeForgotten: No amount of attention is enough. ;)

Also, do you have a quote of them wanting to do the theme? That's pretty interesting.

@machinsupremacy @giantbomb next time you replace your bombcast intro music ... Let us do it :)
 

Giana Sisters are 420 friendly. BLOWIN GRAPES YO

@HulkHanson: While you have to switch between the sisters (or really it's the "forms" since they are just different versions of the Giana sister and Maria is the sister she is trying to save) there's an option to set it so you just hear the "cute" style or the "punk" style of the music.

@HulkHanson said:

I don't think I'd ever switch from the red haired one, that's pretty good "butt rock". Gimme all dat double kick.

You can choose in the settings if you want the music to change when you switch sister, or if you want one of the two soundtracks to play throughout the entirety of the game.

@ZeForgotten said:

@Chakralius said:

@ZeForgotten: No amount of attention is enough. ;)

Also, do you have a quote of them wanting to do the theme? That's pretty interesting.

That is true.
Also
From November 1st 2011

@machinsupremacy @giantbomb next time you replace your bombcast intro music ... Let us do it :)

Was a long time ago. They've also quoted Giant Bomb a bunch on twitter.

Doubt they'd still be up for doing that now that Patrick has called their music "butt rock" lol.

@SexVicar said:

I am pretty sure that vocal Giana fanbase is the entirety of Germany, Giant Bomb.

Germany Do Care.

Well not me or anyone I know, eventhough we're gamers in the right age.

Here in Hungary we didn't really get consoles(or at least not people i grew up with in the late 80s early 90s), so it was C+4, C64 and PC for me. I've never played any Mario games ever, but i did play Giana quite a bit in the olden days. And it was glorious.

@ZeForgotten said:

@Chakralius said:

@ZeForgotten: No amount of attention is enough. ;)

Also, do you have a quote of them wanting to do the theme? That's pretty interesting.

That is true.
Also
From November 1st 2011

@machinsupremacy @giantbomb next time you replace your bombcast intro music ... Let us do it :)

Was a long time ago. They've also quoted Giant Bomb a bunch on twitter.

Doubt they'd still be up for doing that now that Patrick has called their music "butt rock" lol.

Machinae Supremacy is not buttrock

I've never heard the term "Butt Rock" before.

Huh. This actually looks far more interesting to me than the last couple of New Super Mario Bros. games. I dig the music too.

That's not butt-rock.... Look up the word again genius.

@xite said:

I've never heard the term "Butt Rock" before.

butt rock is basically sonic adventure music

machinae supremacy is not butt rock D:

This looks like a lot of fun!

@Rox360 said:

This game's soundtrack is a cooperation between Chris Hülsbeck and Machinae Supremacy (who totally need a page on this site because they've been involved in several video games at this point). Anyone who says anything bad about it has no fucking taste in music.

they probably do, they also did the entire soundtrack for Jets'n'Guns, which is actually how I heard of them.

e: also, they aren't really butt rock, like at all. Closer to some kinda metal probs.

@gladspooky said:

"There's no reason to collect crystals at all."

"Oh, I gotta get more crystals to unlock this level..."

Didn't say that. Try again.

This looks pretty cool. Like an improved version of what 2D-platformers used to be. It seems like you could get a good flow through the levels if you wanted to as well.

@lobsterman said:

Here in Hungary we didn't really get consoles(or at least not people i grew up with in the late 80s early 90s), so it was C+4, C64 and PC for me. I've never played any Mario games ever, but i did play Giana quite a bit in the olden days. And it was glorious.

In Hungary, games play you!

Okay I don't wanna be that guy, but duuuuuude.

Patrick died like a million times in 20 minutes and I usually don't get annoyed by that kinda stuff but this was almost incredibly. Maybe Brad isn't the worst quicklooker at GB anymore, in terms of dying in quick looks. Brad has actually gotten a lot better at quick looks it would seem. It's probably all those breaking brad segments.

Patrick might be the new Brad.

This comment thread is now a poll of location, console you had as a kid and if you have played The Great Giana Sisters before.

Sweden, Amiga 500, Yes

Australia c64/amiga/megadrive hell yeah!

I may actually pick this up. Wasn't expecting to be into this game.

It took a while but now I totally love the term "Butt Rock".

@YARN: Also Sweden, had an Amiga 500 (later an Amiga CD32) but also a regular Nintendo. I did not play Giana Sisters as a kid but tried it a few years ago and thought it was bad.

@YARN said:

This comment thread is now a poll of location, console you had as a kid and if you have played The Great Giana Sisters before.

Sweden, Amiga 500, Yes

Sweden, NES/C128, Yes (Mario before Giana though)

I also like to ad I don't understand why people were so negative on this game. It looked cool, seemed to be a quite nice plattformer. I mean... why the "Who is this for?" comments? Seem like a totally OK or more game.

This is some victorious fucking Metal. Definitely not "butt rock."

I think of butt rock as 70's mainstream hard rock, i.e. Bad Company and Bob Seger.

Type "butt rock" into Wikipedia, and it re-directs to 80's Glam Metal. Shitty spandex-wearing party music.

@Castiel said:

Okay I don't wanna be that guy, but duuuuuude.

Patrick died like a million times in 20 minutes and I usually don't get annoyed by that kinda stuff but this was almost incredibly. Maybe Brad isn't the worst quicklooker at GB anymore, in terms of dying in quick looks. Brad has actually gotten a lot better at quick looks it would seem. It's probably all those breaking brad segments.

Patrick might be the new Brad.

But it's ok that he died that many times because it wasn't a FPS with a scripted moment. It was a platformer with set game design. It's different.

Like everyone else I definitely cringed every time Patrick referred to Machinae Supremacy as "buttrock."

Absolutely not.

All the more unfortunate that the Machinae Supremacy guys are probably going to watch this video.

@xite said:

I've never heard the term "Butt Rock" before.

Me neither. It was pretty obnoxious the second time he said it.

Game needs more wubwub, obviously.

This game looks a lot better than I was expecting.

wtf is "butt rock"?

This game looks way more interesting than I would have expected it to be.

This actually looks more innovative than anything Nintendo has done with the 2D Mario series in forever. The graphics and music are great too.

I'm pretty sure butt rock was a term coined by AV Club-type media bloggers to describe the very chugging, grunting, overwrought grunge-derived hard rock of the 90s and 2000s. Bands like Creed and Nickelback, known for a certain sludginess-- particularly in their singing style, which suggests a constipated, groaning sort of discomfort.

Soaring, melodic guitar solos are more of a metal or even hair-metal (aka "cock-rock") element.

I only make this distinction because I think the term is very evocative in its original usage, whereas just using it as a substitute for "shitty rock" or "ridiculous rock" is a total waste of a really good phrase.

THE MORE YOU KNOW

just watched the medal of honor quick look. this game seems so refreshing compared to what i last saw

No experience with this series but this is now on my steam wishlist.

Holy shit, I didn't know Machinae Supremacy produced the music for this! That explains why it is absolutely fantastic.

Butt rock, my ass.

music sounds like Fist of the North Star

"so far collectables are just to.... collect things..."

*stops video*

welp time to walk the dog.

@calumlittle: Did you seriously just call people losers just because they enjoy a certain genre?

As a fan of Metal, Patrick totally seems like the kind of person who would hear it and call it "butt rock". Also, I'm SURE this quick look will go a long way towards bucking the trend of Patrick hate. Keep on keepin on Scoops!

EDIT: Holy shit, looked up the guys behind this music, their other stuff is pretty great too. Machirae Supremacy on YouTube for those with the proper tastes.

Butt rock? More like butt voice, because you're talking out of your butt, Patrick! Because your butt, you know, has a voice and it sounds like a butt so it's a butt voice!

Could "Pulling a Patrick"* be a new term?

*When someone gets stuck on a somewhat simple block/platforming puzzle for fucking MINUTES!

Other than that great QL! Patrick always seem to have something interesting to say about videogames and he has been a breath of fresh air on this site especially with very triggerhappy duders like Jeff and Brad. It can just be a hazzle to watch him actually playing said games.

I'm so glad this exists. Thanks for solidifying my purchase.

@YARN said:

This comment thread is now a poll of location, console you had as a kid and if you have played The Great Giana Sisters before.

Sweden, Amiga 500, Yes

pacific northwest USA, C64 - Amiga 500 - PC, yeah I played it and it was awesome.

P.S. Thank you Europe for all the excellent arcade-style games over the years for the C64 and Amiga. and the great mags with demo disks.

The use of the term "Butt Rock" did not endear me to Patrick any further.

Of course, this game actually looks pretty neat. If I had a functional gamepad instead of the bootleg 360 controller that barely works, I would consider purchasing it.