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Double Fine Wants You To Get Trenched

Tim Schafer's downloadable blitzkrieg rages on without prejudice!

Mar. 2 2011

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

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DOuble Fine bringin it raw, son!

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Hopefully this fill my Armored Core void.

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If it weren't for the voiceover and knowing its from Double Fine, this would totally look like D-grade crap.  Looks like an xbox 1 game.

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Edited By Ravenousrattler

well i do like customizable mech games

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From what I can gather this is a co-op tower defense game with ground combat.

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Double Fine are clearly GB fans. Check out 1:00 in. Abe Lincoln in a mech

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Double Fine's killing it!

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Anything to do with mechs, I'm in.

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Double Fine making a downloadable mech game?  Count me in!

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Wow, check out Double FIne! And what's the over-under on someone doing an AT-AT looking Mech?

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Interesting.

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Ooooh looks interesting. Sort of like Chromehounds/Front Mission Evolved but not dumb.

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This ones isn't jumping out like Costume Quest & Stacking did, yet... time will tell

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Robots, aliens, and double fine? ALL IN ONE GAME?! Sign me up!

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@OldGuy said:
" @pwnasaurus said:

" who is doing the voice over? he sounds so damn familiar i can't put my finger on it. "

Unless my ear for voice actors is fritzing out it's Tom Kane who has done bajillondy things (most recent video game Batman: AA as Commissioner Gordon) "
Also the asylum warden, i think. And the spirit of arkham.
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@Jimbo: Calling it right now, one of the Steam sales will bring a Double Fine pack for a stupid price. 
 
If I'm wrong...well....I'll not use Steam again!* 
 
*Note: Will not actually be followed through with :P
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I like Double Fine and Tim Shafer as developers, but for some unknown reason i don't really like playing their games...

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Lincoln sighting at 46 seconds.
 
I still can't believe these games aren't coming out on Steam... you know, where most of Schafer's old fanbase is.  If Super Meat Boy can make more $$$ on Steam than it can on XBLA then there's no reason Double Fine's games can't do well there.

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A mech game by Double Fine...I'm buying it.

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Edited By EchoForge

I love the downloadable games idea, but I would love a four-pack collection on disc by the end othe year.

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This is how you do a mech game in this era, make it small, downloadable, accessible. Then if it goes wrong and nobody likes it you haven't wasted all that money developing an in store purchase AAA title, and if it goes right you can pump money into DLC and potentially a AAA sequel.  
 
...Me want... 

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Haha, I really like the comparison of a bliyzkrieg to double fine's recent set of dl realeses. Very cool, Brad.

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oh wow these guys seem to know what they are doing.  I want to play this!

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Crazy a double fine Mech game and it sounds like its got an interesting online component.

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Is that an aircraft carrier with mech legs? YES!

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what the fuck?! why isn't this coming to PSN?? Damn you microsoft!!!

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I don't think there has ever been a mech game I liked.

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I'm in! At least if it's not a gold subscription online multiplayer thingy - because I unsuscribed from that.

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Oh, YES.  Gimme! 

GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!

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Do Want

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@ImperiousRix said:
" Sheesh, is how did Double Fine get on such a roll?  Now this game looks great, also! "
They split the team up into a bunch of smaller teams working on multiple projects at once
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Why would the US government wait for the army and navy to be destroyed before busting out mechs......

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When can I buy this?

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Yesss, customizable mech game!

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@MormonWarrior said:
" @thatguyfosho:  I guess it's possible. I think the games are all funny and charming, but...I think they're horrifically boring games at their core, or at best derivative and nothing special. I really enjoyed the story and characters of Psychonauts overall, but I absolutely hated playing it. And I really, really love platformers. Brutal Legend is funny too, but...not very fun either. The twenty minutes or so of Stacking I played was just a mess - the character's too close to the front of the screen or something. I hate the look of it. Anyway. Opinions. I'm not trying to troll. I just don't get the crazy love people actually have for the "games" behind Double Fine. "
Actually your stance is pretty understandable since you've explained it like that. The stories and characters are often what shine through the otherwise mediocre gameplay that inhibits most of their games.  Sorry for attacking you in such a manner, I might be retarded too after all ¯\(·_o)/¯
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@ImperiousRix said:
" Sheesh, is how did Double Fine get on such a roll?  Now this game looks great, also! "
I dont get the complaints about the speed of text in DF games... 
 
People must read really slow for it to be an issue...
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This looks fucking AWESOME. Double Fine is just KILLING it lately.

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Cooool, can't wait!

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Gotta love Double Fines focus on Downloadable games simple because they always have something new and engaging. They got me with WW1 mechs against aliens to be frank.

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So it's a mech/tower-defense game? Set in alternate universe WWI where aliens invade?
 
Sounds absurd enough to be an awesome double fine game.

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Well this looks crazy. Not sure it'll be fun to play from just looking at it, but it has my attention.

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If anyone can make this happen in a video game form, it's Tim Shafer. I don't even care if it's an outer space shark, just make it happen!

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@thatguyfosho: 
I guess it's possible. I think the games are all funny and charming, but...I think they're horrifically boring games at their core, or at best derivative and nothing special. I really enjoyed the story and characters of Psychonauts overall, but I absolutely hated playing it. And I really, really love platformers. Brutal Legend is funny too, but...not very fun either. The twenty minutes or so of Stacking I played was just a mess - the character's too close to the front of the screen or something. I hate the look of it. Anyway. Opinions. I'm not trying to troll. I just don't get the crazy love people actually have for the "games" behind Double Fine.
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Man, I want to say this will be awesome but... their games always look awesome.  It's just weird mechanics and strange design choices that make me uninterested.  I'll hold my opinion until they actually tell us what exactly this game is.
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Coop Mech fights against glowing alien starfish who aren't vampires?  I'm a wizard and I'd buy it.

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Yes. definite purchase.

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Looks pretty awesome, but it also sounded like they were hinting at tower defense elements. I am interested either way.

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seems like a weird genre to enter into.

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Sheesh, is how did Double Fine get on such a roll?  Now this game looks great, also!

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And lemme guess: no voice acting and you have to speed read like JFK.