Quick Look: Road Show: Yar's Revenge

I really like the art style. Anime fits rail shooters.
 
Probably immediately bump it up to hardcore since it was looking pretty tame, but it did get relatively hectic at points. Seriously though, crank this shit up to 11. Rail shooters should always be crazy, in-your-face, full of enemies (though not necessarily crushing on the first level) and whatnot. The one bit that killed me was when the game basically stopped and made you wait for ships to pass by. No, you should go fight those ships and a hundred robo-suits should come out and try to murder you at the same time or something. 
 
Potential. Hopefully later levels add the crazy.

I liked Yars Revenge when I was a kid, this new version does nothing for me

" "We didn't want to simply make a Yars' Revenge HD Remix" What a fucking moron. This guy clearly doesn't know his target audience. Also, not being sarcastic when I say this, it's 2011. I need voice acting in my on-rails shooter, not text. I can't read text and pin point enemies at the same time. C'mon, Starfox 64 had voice acting, it's simply inexcusable for there NOT to be voice acting in an on-rails shooter. "

Looks alright, camera moves slower than I would have liked.

" Soo... it's a rail shooter. With generic anime art. Way to go guys. "

This looks amazing.

I think Atari going marketplace is a good move, can't wait to see if they bring back Berserk! My childhood favourite. Well only cause it was either that or Pac Man.  

This actually looks pretty cool. Having seen the gameplay I am down.
 
On the down side, I don't like four armed people. Creeps me out.
 
Edit: Okay, having watched the whole quicklook I am totally sold.

Hmmm, doesn't really look like it has the oomph that other rail shooters like Sin and Punishment have.  I don't know about this one.

God I hate these commenters, complaining about shit you're not even going to buy.  Fucking morons.  This is why gamers are always depicted as incredibly whiny and douche-y babies.

Bar Yarglar? Is that the alien counterpart of Bob Loblaw?

" *Sigh* We have 'reimagined' Tic-Tac-Toe. You can play as either  the righteous 'Captain O' or the dastardly 'Baron Von X'. "

" God I hate these commenters, complaining about shit you're not even going to buy.  Fucking morons.  This is why gamers are always depicted as incredibly whiny and douche-y babies. "

I don't hate this game. I also don't know if "rail shooter" is the best description of games like this. Maybe "dual free-floating rail" DuFFeR. I like that.

" I don't hate this game. I also don't know if "rail shooter" is the best description of games like this. Maybe "dual free-floating rail" DuFFeR. I like that. "

" I think Atari going marketplace is a good move, can't wait to see if they bring back Berserk! My childhood favourite. Well only cause it was either that or Pac Man.  

"

I hope to see more of it further on in development cuz right now it doesn't look so great.

Lots of haters in the first page of comments.  I kind of like it.

Looks okay.
 
The real problem is that the background moves too slowly.
 
Even if it's empty space like the boss battle, the clouds in the background should be flying by faster.  
  

It would also be nice if the boss hid in the clouds and shot missiles and then reappear. 
 
 
They need to play more Japanese Shumps to spruce up the presentation. Especially the already mentioned Sin and Punishment.

" @RoyCampbell said:

"This may be the first Quick Look I can't watch all the way through. At 6 minutes in, I'm callin' it! "

Im glad im not the only one, there was just something..missing, idk. The game needs something to be interesting, it just seems way too slow.  "

Man this looks bad.

I do appreciate the artistic approach, but all things considered, I don't think this looks very good.

This is very disappointing. Even to this day the original Yars' Revenge is unique and timeless. To see what Atari have done here - make an anime on rails shooter where, seemingly, not much happens at all - it's just very sad. An iconic game that was a system best seller deserves so much more than this.
 
A legend of video game history is being brutalized here folks, all for the sake of a few bucks.

Can't be a good sign when the dude talkin for your game talks about how they didn't have enough time/resources on more than one occasion.

This looks interesting, I am always up for an on rails shooter. The only thing I would say is that they should speed it up a little.

I like the grafix :)

This game needs to have some guy yelling at me that my health is low or that I am about to take down the boss.

As someone who played the hell out of Yars' Revenge for 2600 as a kid, my reaction was this.  YARS' REVENGE!!!!  YEAH!!!  Anime style....errr....rail shooter.....ewwwwww.  I was truly excited for a minute there.  I hate rail shooters and anime, so I guess I'm not the audience for this game.  Which is odd, because I am the audience for Yars' Revenge.  I went through and played a few hours of Yars' Revenge a year ago on my PSP, and I still had fun with it.  That was one of the best 2600 games.

" As someone who played the hell out of Yars' Revenge for 2600 as a kid, my reaction was this.  YARS' REVENGE!!!!  YEAH!!!  Anime style....errr....rail shooter.....ewwwwww.  I was truly excited for a minute there.  I hate rail shooters and anime, so I guess I'm not the audience for this game.  Which is odd, because I am the audience for Yars' Revenge.  I went through and played a few hours of Yars' Revenge a year ago on my PSP, and I still had fun with it.  That was one of the best 2600 games. "

I like good rail shooters. This... looks too slow. I hope they have enough time to speed it the eff up!

Anyone else get the feeling that the Yars' connection was shoehorned in at some point mid-development?  
 
All that talk about 'putting in references where they make sense' sounds like them trying to slot a triangle shaped block into a square hole. Not at all like something designed from the ground up as a re-imaginig of the series. 

My god... it's like Sin & Punishment, except even more boring.

doesn't look too bad. The art style kinda reminds me of ikaruga(I'm a big fan in case you didn't see my name). The game moves too slow though, hopefully the higher difficulty will be a lot more chaotic

it looks interesting, but gameplay concept doesn't look appealing to me

 Ick. Almost fell asleep during this Quick Look - twice.  Game just looks really boring and bland unfortunately.

Something about the way enemies fly at the screen is throwing me off.

looks a bit slow for a game of this type, even on the hard difficulty.. although i'm sure that was an early level. overall it seemed like kind of an awkward quick look, because really, what is there to ask about a rail shooter?

When did Yars Revenge become Space Harrier?

Wow, it's like Panzer's Dragoon but not.  And it's a downloadable. Nice. Just as long as they don't try and come out with this at $15.00.  But $5-$10 I'd probably be in.  Definitely at $5.

I'll be all over this one.

I really hope Atari has learned how to market games. They've been pretty bad at it the last few years. 

I like the idea of the anime artwork, but the gameplay looks repetitive and boring...

Is it me, or does this game seem too quiet? I mean, I know the sound is down so we can hear them talk, but I'm barely hearing anything. The gun doesn't make much noise, there's no background beat. The only time you hear anything is when an enemy explodes, and even that seems muted.

hard mode didn't seem much harder