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Just Watch This Crawl Trailer, Okay?

THIS is how how you make a video game trailer.

Mar. 4 2014

Posted by: Patrick

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okay

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Looks like Dark Souls Invasions got its own game.

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Looks fucking great.

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This looks like a lovechild of Dark Souls and Sword and Sworcery. If that's accurate, this game has my attention.

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Oh my God, that was a good trailer.

TOYAY

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This is a great trailer, indeed. Love the animations, especially the roll. Animations in the pixel style are so great now, this along with Hyper Light Drifter and Rain World are absolutely tops.

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Looks pretty rad

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so intense O_o

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Wow. In this era of obscure abstract teasers trying to generate interest in things by withholding information, it's so refreshing to see a trailer that communicates exactly what the game is in a beautifully stylistic way, and still keeps me intrigued to see more.

Got my greenlight vote instantly.

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Yes, that is a really good trailer.

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Style reminds me strongly of Terry Cavanagh. Looks really clever! I don't usually like multiplayer but I might have to give this a go.

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Sounds like an average night at my weekly D&D game.

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Damn man.

That's sweet.

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Pretty awesome. VoiceOver was hilarious :)

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That was pretty awesome.

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Holy shit! This looks amazing. The style in this trailer, jesus christ!

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O.O Holy shit yes. Such an awesome concept.

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I hate these trailers with no game play footage :)

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Holy shit.

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Edited By Do_The_Manta_Ray

Great. Yet another opportunity to manipulate my friends into spending money.

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Holy shit, my every sense is overwhelmed.

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Beholders don't shoot generally shoot shit out of their main eye. It's antimagic which itself is a major pain to deal with, but it's the smaller eyes that are going to petrify/disintegrate/charm/etc your ass.

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That voice actor did one hell of a job.

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Indie As Fuck

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Hopefully we'll be seeing on Unprofessional Fridays soon enough.

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Aaaaand it's just been greenlit on Steam.

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That was fucking great, has my vote!

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Yep, that is one damned good quality trailer. :)

multiplayer only? or do i misunderstand?

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Saw Blow tweet this earlier, blew me away. Do hope they get online into the final product though.

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This is fucking great

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This looks incredible.

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oh cool a game where you play the dungeon master?And take over the players role if you kill him? O_o

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That is one of the best trailers I've ever seen. Wow!

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Awesome trailer and looks like a cool game. However I have a strong aversion to fake low-rez. Especially tilted pixels are a pet peeve of mine. It makes it painfully obvious that it is just a trick and makes me think of cheap flash games instead of awesome pixel graphics.

I know I have a problem and I'm probably in the minority but it hurts my eyes =P

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Jesus, that was fucking fantastic. The idea behind the game sounds really cool.

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Sold.

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"This is HOW HOW..." XD

Also, this looks dope.

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My God, what a trailer. I mean the game looks very cool, but damn son THAT is how you sell yourself.

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Looks like Dark Souls Invasions got its own game.

@meanl3r said:

This looks like a lovechild of Dark Souls and Sword and Sworcery. If that's accurate, this game has my attention.

Alright, I give, what the fuck are you guys talking about? How is this anything like Dark Souls?

I gather it's not even meant to be played single player, so these aren't really "invasions". It sounds like you join a multiplayer game, and essentially take turns being the human. One person is the human, while everyone else controls enemies and traps, trying to kill the human so they can become the human.

Maybe I'm wrong and the game is totally playable as PvE by yourself, but given that literally every second of the trailer showed a player-controlled ghost fucking with the human, I sorta doubt it. That seems like the entire point of the game. Seems like it would always at least be 1v1, if not 3v1.

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wow!

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Edited By Regal

Awesome trailer and looks like a cool game. However I have a strong aversion to fake low-rez. Especially tilted pixels are a pet peeve of mine. It makes it painfully obvious that it is just a trick and makes me think of cheap flash games instead of awesome pixel graphics.

I know I have a problem and I'm probably in the minority but it hurts my eyes =P

No I feel the same way. I often do like that 'last century' look but they should take the aesthetic and evolve it to make it more appealing to look at.

The art looks good given the restrictions that they arbitrarily impose on themselves. I don't think that's good enough in many cases. It was creative but has become a crutch.

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That guy doing VO killed it and this was brilliantly edited.

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I expect this trailer is more exciting to watch than the game is to play.

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Maybe I'm just old but what's supposed to be awesome about this trailer?

It looks alright as far as gameplay goed, I guess, but you guys made me expect... I don't know what I expected but it sure wasn't a bunch of gameplay with a voice-over.

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I need someone to hold me.

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@assinass said:

This is a great trailer, indeed. Love the animations, especially the roll. Animations in the pixel style are so great now, this along with Hyper Light Drifter and Rain World are absolutely tops.

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Agreed. For a while it felt like this pixel style would get played out, but not even close, not with this attention to detail.

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It just got my vote on Greenlight. Seems like another awesome local multiplayer game