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Quick Look: Monster Tale

If cookies give monsters experience, I know a certain blue fiend who has to be near the cap by now.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Feb. 9 2011

Cast: Brad, Vinny

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Monster Tale

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Edited By hagridore

Looks cool. Hope it doesn't pull a Hatsworth and quickly become insanely hard.

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Edited By MistaSparkle

Grrr. More games I should buy but can't at the moment.

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Edited By vinsanityv22

Henry Hatsworth was amazing. Dreamrift is an unbelievably underrated studio. Monster Tale will be triple A, no doubt about it. But the Quick Look was awesome anyway; there hasn't been nearly enough buzz on this title since it was announced. What a mistake, game journalism industry - it looks fantastic. Thx, Giant Bomb crew! ;)

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hm. 
  
Maybe. Only maybe because I am focusing on a 3DS at the moment, so we're playing the "let's not spend" game.

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Edited By ch3burashka

I still don't understand what the story, characters or gameplay are all about, but I'm really digging the music - worth buying it just for that.

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Edited By Bribo

Metroidvaniamon? 
 
Disappointed by the generic anime stylings, especially considering this is from most of the guys who brought you Henry Hatsworth, but  otherwise I am totally on board.

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I might end up getting this. It looks pretty awesome.

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Nice Parappa reference, Brad.

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This looks like a Metroid game deal that went bad
Priscilla = Evil Nintendo reference

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This game looks pretty great! "People behind Henry Hatsworth" is a great sell, and the Metroidvania nature of it looks great. And surprisingly deep.  
 
Too bad there's no equivalent to Tea Time from Hatsworth.

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Did Vinny reference Megadeth? Awesome.

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Edited By Mayu_Zane

At first I thought "Monster Tale"? Sounds lame.
 
And then I watched the quick look and changed my mind. This game seems pretty cool now.

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Edited By thebigJ_A

Now I'll never know what happens when a chomp eats chicken! Damn you Brad!!

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Edited By McGhee

Aww man, I wanna get Vinny's lullaby singing on a loop and listen to it every night when I go to sleep.

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little girls HAWT! 
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Edited By LiquidSwords

Athena + Mega Man + SOTN = Awesome! Will need to pick this up

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Edited By ironscimitar

Vinny quietly singing in the background in the beginning was magical.  Made me feel as if I was in an episode of Vinny's Corner.

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Edited By Damian

The chickennnnnnnnnn...

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Edited By DoctorSmashman

Oh God, sold.

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Edited By geirr

Amazing intro by Brad & Vinny here! 
Oh if only more asian developers would try putting their little platformers on Steam... 
I'd buy them AT A HIGH PRICE!

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Edited By MechaEspio

You didn't eat the chicken, dammit! Now I have to get the game to find out what happens. >_<

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I was worried when I a saw the Majesco logo, but I am pleasantly surprised.

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Edited By SpanxMcFranks

This game looks like it could be right up my alley. I really want to play it now.

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Oh god when Brad flipped the hell out over the dragon going on the bottom screen. Made the Quick Look for me

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Edited By reddin

This looks great.
Time to play some Castlevania in anticipation :)
But since I can't find anything about EU plans I might have to import it.

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Anyone else get a Golden Sun vibe from this?

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Edited By geekbot

This looks awesome! Me thinks I'll have to pick this one up when it comes out. Great quick look! :D

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Edited By MightyMayorMike

Voting for an extension of this quick look where Brad EATS THE DAMN CHICKEN!

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man all this pso talk is making me want to play that game.

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I want Vinny and Brad's storytelling hour, with this soothing music in the background...

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@Korolev said:
" Nice game. But why haven't I heard about this before? No ads, no interviews, no trailers or screenshots - the only time I heard about this game was on..... the bombcast? I think they mentioned it once?  I hope it does well, as it looks great, but if it fails you can chalk it up to bad marketing. "
It actually was shown in gameinformer, I saw it there first and had no real interest in it until i saw the quick look, now I want it.
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I really like the look of this. Just a shame I don't have a DS at the moment. Once I get one I should look into this.

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A Metroidvania game by DreamRift just what we needed since Castlevania hasn't been on DS in awhile.  

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vinny sings us a lullaby 
 
also they weren't kidding when they said the pets are like mags 
 
looks really good! 

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@Mayu_Zane: Yeah it's a pretty generic title and doesn't really do the game justice. I love this style of game and I look forward to playing it.
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diggin that soundtrack

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TAKE IT!!

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Is this game out already? I pre-ordered it on amazon, but I coulda sworn they said it was out in the quick look, amazon doesn't have an option for release date delivery on this one either. Maybe I'm just crazy, looking forward to when I get it, this seems perfect for my half hour DS sessions before falling asleep.

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@Sargus said:
" I totally would have written this game off it it weren't for this Quick Look, but now I'm extremely interested. Looks kind of awesome. "
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Music while battling the dragon was awesome!!

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I love listening to Brad's surprise and excitement while watching this video.  A great team-up of Brad and Vinny.  The game looks like a lot of fun, too.  I might rent it sometime in the future since I usually only buy JRPGs for my DS.

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Looks good but man that picture is too damn creepy.

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Game looks awesome. Probably wouldn't have even picked it up to look at the back if I saw it on a shelf at a store though.
 
All metroidvania games should have "METROIDVANIA!" in big text on the front so people obsessed with them like me will notice.

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Genuinely interested in this game, now if I can only find my DS...
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It must be a joy to watch these as a developer.

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ME. COOKIE MONSTER! OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!!
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Looks pretty interesting.. though the western anime style is really putting me off.  Why can't developers find some better art talent out there for at least character designs?

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That is so cool. I'm getting this.

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I glad I watched this Quick Look. I think I have just been sold on Monster Tale. Castlevania disappointed me this year since they skipped the 2 year portable DS cycle, and now Monster Tale might make up for it.
 
I know its a game mostly aimed at a younger audience, but as long as there is a decent challenge I think I'll be happy.

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@thebatmobile said:
" That's it. I'm getting a DS. "
Oh that's it. It wasn't any other of the amazing games before this. This is the system seller. Unbelievable.
 
I'm just messin' with ya. It does look pretty awesome. Me want.