Unfinished: Galak-Z: The Dimensional 03/21/2014

I get where you're coming from, but I think Patrick using a term he's familiar with as an off the cuff remark during a Quick Look is different than if he'd used it in a written article/preview/review.

@mithical said:

Personally, I don't mind his personality or what he writes about at all. Dude is alright.

The only thing that bothers me is when he wants to understand a more obscure/niche genre, barely puts in any time, and then says "Oh man, I totally get it now". Like when he played Monster Hunter for like 9 or 10 hours. While that's more than the rest of the GB crew, I also know there are other game journalists for whom Monster Hunter is much more of a passion and have sunk dozens of hours into the series, and I respect their opinions on the series more than Patrick's. Ditto for his strategy game fling, where to his credit he played XCOM and Fire Emblem Awakening, but both of those games are the most streamlined they've ever been and they're on the simpler end of the strategy/tactics game spectrum.

Anyway, maybe I'm extrapolating too much, but "invincibility frames" seems like it's in the same camp. Patrick is not the guy who plays hours and hours of Street Fighter and cares about frame data. I don't think he's some expert who knows where the invincibility frames are in the Dark Souls roll so he can wait until just the right moment almost every time and then roll through an attack.

That being said, I'm not sitting here going "Fuck Patrick's opinion on all games". He put enough time into Spelunky, for example, that he knows his shit pretty well and he clearly isn't just bullshitting when he talks to people about it. By his own admission, though, that's a weird anomaly and he's usually not much of a technical gamer who really cares to know every in and out of a game system (especially if it's a multiplayer game), and instead he is usually more into narrative-focused games.

@seminormal said:

Yeah, you're probably right.

So uh, is this not coming to PC anymore? I could swear they announced it as a PC game as well way back when. I'd be really disappointed if it wasn't, since it looks totally amazing even at this point in development.

Really loving the art style and the trappings of a late 80's anime. Gameplay kinda reminds me of Pixel Junk Shooter as well, the physics-ness of it, shooting out lava to hurt enemies and shit going flying everywhere. Looking pretty cool.

More Japanese-esque video games need credits like this.

There's been quite a few interesting Playstation exclusives shown lately. This looks really nice. I really should get a PS4.

Looks pretty rad, probably gonna get this.

Stopped watching when they said Sony only. No PC, no care...

This looks great, definitely going to pick it up when it comes out.

Man, the more I see of this game the more I want to play it. Love the little animation touches.

That's a blanket statement you probably don't really mean. For example, I would've said the exact same thing until I found Indie games I really like, such as Thomas Was Alone, Hotline Miami, Spelunky, Gone Home, etc. Don't give up on Indie games; they cover such a wide gamut that I'd be really shocked if there literally wasn't something for everyone under the Indie umbrella.

I demand that this game gets a PC release!

This game looks like a lot of fun.

Word.

Interesting. I like all the environmental stuff, that's smart...but Luftrausers is cooler. ;)

I saw this at PAX in august and was super impressed. The story stuff seemed really cool (the 80s anime vibe is just freaking awesome), so I really hope they keep that stuff even though its procedural generated now (which makes sense when you think about how the combat and enemy dynamic works).

This was my favorite PS4 game at PAX, I hope this gets a PC release date soon because I don't want to spend 450 (fuck you Canadian dollar) on a ps4 just to play this.

The credits were fan-fucking-tastic

@lordloc said:

C'mon, read between the lines, you two.

If Skulls of the Shogun eventually made its way to Windows 7 PC after being locked up on 360 and Windows 8 for like 6 months or a year or whatever, I'm pretty fucking sure that Galak-Z is coming out on PC some amount of months after the PS4 version. But right now they're just going to talk about the PS4/Vita version to make Sony happy.

I see a lot of love in this game. I also demand Doom-shotgun sound bytes upon release.

THOSE SWARMER MISSILES.

THOSE CREDITS.

ROGUE LIKE LIKE LIKE

This looks incredible.

Gentlemen, you had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.

Looks good. I'll buy it the day it comes to a platform I use.

This game looks hella rad. 17-bit bringing another good time, it looks like. I quite liked Skulls of the Shogun and Galak-Z seems like it's shaping up quite well.

Exactly. This happens often enough people should know at this point. And Sony (or any big publisher/platform holder) providing help and funding to smaller devs eventually benefits everyone in most cases. So everyone stop being grumps, just support cool games!!! (and plus I appreciate having portable Vita versions of all these experiences)

Wow, wasn't too excited for this but it looks absolutely awesome. I'm in!

I like everything in this except the pilot's voice. I'll definitely be grabbing it.

Shouldn't this be an Unfinished EX video instead of Quick Look EX?

never really liked or played these types of arcade games but this does look cool ,best explosions ever.

super impressive flight model

I really wasn't expecting much but damn, i love this guy's design philisophies and the game looks like a ton of fun.

Still waiting for my G-Darius re-release but until then a shooter like this will help me cope.

Man, I wish that when you kill an enemy, that little pilot window would show one of those anime shots of the cockpit and pilot glowing, and then exploding.

This looks delicious

Stop being so bent out of shape with someones choice of words, you will live a better life.

Looks cool, hate anime, so the characters are horrid, and over here it'll be called Galak- Zed. which loses it's point.

American's never think of that.

@bisonhero: Patrick used the term "invincibility frames" correctly.

And no, using the term correctly does not make you an authority on fighting games, Street Fighter, or anything of the sort. To come to that conclusion is ridiculous.

This looks cool, that guy was good at talking and playing.

Really really like that art style.

I cannot get enough of watching the pilot move as he steers.

Looks super awesome.

That would be sick. Might be distracting, though.

I am legit excited for this game. I love roguelikes and shmups and this just looks like it controls like a dream.

@bisonhero: dude, when the pointed out the dodge, the first thing I wondered was "oh cool, there are i-frames". Patrick has been in the video game industry for quite some time now, I'm pretty sure he knew what i-frames were before playing Dark Souls.

Really glad 17-Bit was able to stop back by and show this off. This game looks fantastic. Everything from to design to execution.

Now to wait for a long time for a Steam version.

We don't care what rat-hole you live in, so we'll call it whatever we like. Galak-Zee it is. ZEE ZEE ZEE!

GB only wants to do EX quick looks when it feels right. Well, this one did.

Galak-Zed is still a cool name. Wanker.

Everything about the style of this game is incredible! Definitely gonna pick this up when it comes out.

I find it kinda funny that the main character basically has a Zeon helmet though.

This looks fantastic, will pick this up on PS4 and vita

I want this.

Sold!