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Gimme Axiom Verge Right Now

Put this video game right into my damn veins.

Apr. 30 2014

Posted by: Patrick

In This Episode:

Axiom Verge

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@bumpton said:

@ironscimitar said:

Sony y'all.

@clapmaster said:

Who do I give my motherfucking money!? Oh wait I don't own a Vita or PS4 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

@ghost_cat said:

One Sony to rule them all.

Wat? Everything I see says it's coming to 360 and PC as well...

Seems real silly if there's not gonna be a PC version.

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It's kind of weird seeing the term "Metroidvania" used in a trailer. I thought it was more esoteric than that. Oh well. This looks neat though, I'll grab this and...

When? 2015?

Fuck.

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@dryker: RIP Bill Hicks.

But seriously, this game looks pretty great. I haven't been too jazzed with a lot of the metroidvania style games of late so here's hoping this one is a big win. And also: dat music.

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@b33 said:

who did the music for the trailer?

Thomas Happ. He's the programmer, artist, designer, and composer for this game. He's been working on it alone for over 4 years. Hell, his studios name is Thomas Happ Games.

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next year? bullshit.

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going cross-eyed

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Yes please.

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The character design looks extremely dumb and out of place. The trenchcoat looks silly too. Everything else looks fucking fantastic though. I really hope it comes to Steam.

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A year out still, but I'm always down for Metroid.

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"a metroidvania to nostalgia-gasm about"

This might be the worst quote i've ever read.

It may be bad, but I feel it's accurate.

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That 2015 sure pulled the rug from under my feet...oh well, hopefully I'll still be just as excited about it as I have been now.

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Damn...it always amazes me how 1-man teams can produce these games. This looks incredible. And the music is sooooo gooood!!!!

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Mite b cool

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I get this feeling that I'm one of those people who is sick and tired of indie games trying to sell themselves through nostalgia for popular old games.
Try doing something new and exciting, and maybe then I'll be excited. (Not to sound too negative. Visually this game does look pretty cool.)

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Welp, this looks fan-fucking-tastic.

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@bumpton said:

@ironscimitar said:

Sony y'all.

@clapmaster said:

Who do I give my motherfucking money!? Oh wait I don't own a Vita or PS4 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

@ghost_cat said:

One Sony to rule them all.

Wat? Everything I see says it's coming to 360 and PC as well...

Seems real silly if there's not gonna be a PC version.

Apparently Sony pretty much saved the game:

"So you can understand where I’m coming from when I say that Sony’s Pub Fund was one of the best things ever to happen to me (and to Axiom Verge). I can now work on AV full-time, which has a whole host of benefits, not the least of which being the fact that development is going at light-speed compared to before. And since it’s headed to PS4 and Vita, it’ll be exposed to way, way more gamers than I ever imagined."

I don't think that necessarily rules out a PC version, but if so I imagine that's the reason.

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The dev is really cool, and the game plays even better than it looks. He's nailed it.

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This is finally coming out? Awesome!!

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This is going to cause so many broken controllers/mice/screens/relationships

...

I'm in

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First I've heard of this—looks nice!

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Can't wait to play this on my xbox one

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Edited By manicmyna

nope I won't be buying, the current thing for making pixelated 16bit looking games might be nostalgic but they have this nasty habit of looking like complete arse on my massive tv screen whilst not being that much fun to play either, Mercenary Kings I'm hold you up as an example of this BS trend

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@starfoxa: Looks like its coming to everything, which is exciting. Sony platforms at the end because presumably sony paid for or at least promoted the trailer. They have done that with other games too, like hyper light drifter.

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This really reminds me of Metroid. Good job !

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I have dug the metroidvania stuff alot recently, should be fun to say the least

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Hope to be seeing more of this.

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No PC? No Purchase

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Yeah, looks maybe a little too much like Metroid. But it also looks pretty impressive for one dude having made it.

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The hero's sprite looks like Patrick!

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Doesn't look anything special to me.

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@redhorn said:

"This could be the next Metroid."

But, uhh... it looks like several Metroids ago, not the next one.

It looks like a Metroid fanfiction, not "Metroidvania." Do you think anyone could come up with a stupider name for these kinds of games?

Make the levels semi-random and call them metroguelikes?

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damn that song is so awesome, i need to download it

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@ildon said:

Apparently he's been working on this by himself since 2010.

Yah if one guy made this entire game by himself then that is really impressive. Move over Phil Fish, there's a new king in town!

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God, I want it now

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This made me go listen to the Metroid Prime title screen music

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Looks kinky.

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So this and Ghost Song are gonna be on a lot of GOTY lists i suppose.

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The game looks great. But the gaming press quotes are the absolute worst that "games journalism" has to offer.

"Take my money now"......blech

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"One of Indiestatik's 100 most anticipated games of 2014".

"Yo none of this chaff is chaff. All wheat, we swear."

Anyway this game looks rad.

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This trailer made me excited about this game again. I've been glancing at the dev's website for the last year or two and this is first really nice new thing to come out in a while except a few gifs and screenshots.

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Metroidvania is an understatement. Those look like straight up Metroid graphics.

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So glad to be owning a PS4 right now.

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This looks like it might finally be the indie Metroid-style game I've been waiting for. It nails the atmosphere without being too slavish to Metroid and bumps up the grit (the opposite direction Nintendo went with Metroid after Super). I hope the gameplay and level design matches the quality. There's reason to be hopeful based on how superb every aspect shown so far has been.

VERY looking forward to it... but 2015! Argh!

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This looks pretty awesome obviously, but I'm not a fan of the way they used all those quotes.

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Looks aight

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@49th said:

halo rip-off much?

Warhammer 40k rip-off much?

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This looks fantastic.

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@49th said:

halo rip-off much?

Warhammer 40k rip-off much?

Science-fiction rip-off much?

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Edited By stryker1121

Someone send me a check or money order for a PS4, please. PM me if interested.