THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: chronovore on January 26, 2014, 02:23:51 AM

Title: Nidhogg
Post by: chronovore on January 26, 2014, 02:23:51 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnNZJptALO0

This game is loads of fun. Tug of war between two players, fencing and punching and kicking each other while scrabbling across varied terrain, trying to reach the other's end zone. It's $14.99 on Steam right now. Anyone else playing it?
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 26, 2014, 02:27:12 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eujfnKmIXYA

Giant Bomb had a fun quick look of it.



Game seems cool. I know this is going to make me sound like a dick though but I can't pay that price for a game like this. I'll pick it up on cheap sale on steam in the future.
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: archnemesis on January 26, 2014, 02:29:11 AM
To me it just looks like a Prince of Persia inspired mess. I was surprised to see it review so well.

Edit: Or am I thinking of the original Sid Meier's Pirates combat?
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 26, 2014, 02:34:15 AM
I think its look like a fun mindless simple little arcade game that would be really fun in smallish doses.

Pretty much the same way I feel about something like Divekick.

Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: brob on January 26, 2014, 03:16:08 AM
GOTY contender, most def

Cloud level is poop tho
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: Damian79 on January 26, 2014, 05:06:39 AM
I think its look like a fun mindless simple little arcade game that would be really fun in smallish doses.

Pretty much the same way I feel about something like Divekick.

It look like somewhere between smash bros and divekick.  Closer to smash though imo.
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 26, 2014, 08:35:50 AM
I want this and sports friends on ps4
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: tiesto on January 26, 2014, 11:09:47 AM
I remember going to Babycastles (an experimental indie arcade they used to have in NYC) once or twice and seeing this game there, that was some 3-4 years ago. I'm guessing that was a prototype or something... and now the game is finally released?
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 26, 2014, 12:03:54 PM
I played this at GDC back in 2010 I think, it was an amazing drunken party game
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: chronovore on January 26, 2014, 12:30:23 PM
I played this at GDC back in 2010 I think, it was an amazing drunken party game
There's a reason I found a drinking-related video to showcase it. It does seem like some imbibing would add to the fun here.

Related: I am not nearly so excited about playing this on the internet against randoms, as I am about playing locally with a physically present opponent.


GOTY contender, most def

Cloud level is poop tho

Cloud level is poop, agreed; though there may be something to be said for more tactical use of terrain. I have only played there twice, and didn't enjoy the unstable ground and obscured visuals. Kinda like the tall grass in the forest level, in contrast.
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: brob on January 26, 2014, 12:52:10 PM
I don't mind the disappearing clouds, but the backgrounds do my head in. 
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: Enl on January 27, 2014, 06:04:07 PM
I really enjoyed the time I had playing this but it still needs some polishing up in the online area. About half of the matches I had resulted in buggy matches where hits and kills weren't being detected and players sprites quickly jumping around in the screen. The cloud stage also needs some color tweaking as it sometimes can obscure the player sprites.

Also even though the game is intentionally limited, the game is really barebones. There should be at least some more stage variety here than the 4 or 5 stages they already have. It shouldn't take that long to come up with several new stage designs with the limited pixel art and color schemes they're using.
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: CatsCatsCats on January 27, 2014, 07:25:59 PM
So it's basically a fleshed out Urban Champion?
Title: Re: Nidhogg
Post by: chronovore on January 28, 2014, 02:10:15 AM
So it's basically a fleshed out Urban Champion?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlak-NInAaU

 :o