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[Ocean Dweller]

Here's the trailer!

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

I'm in. They've earned my trust.

 

[Bartski]

what the

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Well this is.... definitely not something I expect from the devs of Blasphemous.

 

[SJRB]

Wow that was a surprise for sure. Such a drastic departure from Blasphemous but it's cool that they're trying new things.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I mean. It looks cool. But I don’t wanna play it. Haha. If I had more gaming time I could see getting into it.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Here's the Steam page for the game since I think that OP mistakenly linked to Blasphemous II instead.

Anyway, wishlisted since it looks interesting.

 

[AJUMP23]

Interesting

 

[Little Chicken]

 

[near]

Looks like a real time strategy stealth game, with 5 unique characters each with specific traits and abilities where you play to there strengths each day on individuals runs to achieve a long term escape plan. Promising. Wishlisted.

Edit: Might end up a day one, I'm liking what I'm reading here.

Each playable character possesses a fully realized set of traumas and phobias. To effectively navigate the monastery, you must be mindful of each character's mental health.

Triggering these traits depletes a character’s sanity, ultimately triggering a traumatic event with negative effects such as paranoia, dementia, or bouts of violence; fundamentally changing how the afflicted character is played.

 

[EruditeHobo]

Awesome.

Absolutely in on this.

 

[ADiTAR]

very innovative. That's how you do it, you start off by copying gameplay ideas and creating a good game of your own, creating a pipeline, and then venture into new ground.

Indies continue to deliver.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Though not similar, I'm convinced they had Eternal Darkness in mind when making this.

It looks very interesting.

 

[TexMex]

After Blasphemous 2 I don't care what it is, I'm there day one.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'm in. This is much more my style lately. Been playing a lot of tactical stealth SRPGs.

 

[BbMajor7th]

Going back to their roots. Thier first game - The Last Door - was an episodic, point and click style horror game and it was genuinely excellent.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Is this like The Cave? The game from Doublefine where you pick a few characters from a list and use their abilites throughout the enitire game?

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Looks good. Cool they are branching out and trying new stuff.

EDIT: Oh I guess they have done this type of game before. I missed it!

 

[Seider]

Im sure this game takes inspiration from "La Abadía del Crimen", a spanish game launched in the eighties for Amstrad CPC, Spectrum, Msx and Pc.

 

[Barakov]

Looks interesting but it's probably not my cup of tea. Still have to get around to playing Blasphemous 2.

 

[Roberts]

I can see Stoic vibes in this. I'm in.

 

[Ferdimage]

I was so excited to see the thread specially after playing both 1&2, and completely loving it.
But this is not what I expected.

Currently playing Moonscars, so I'm content for now.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

That looks interesting. On my radar now.

 

[dreamstation]

Loved Blasphemous but glad they are trying something different. Would hate to see them keep churning out the same stuff for a decade.

 

[Prekk]

Loved Blasphemous but glad they are trying something different. Would hate to see them keep churning out the same stuff for a decade.

Yes. Let's stop doing what we're really good at. Good call.

This looks alright but hopefully there will be a Blasphemous 3.

 

[Seider]

The game was announced three years ago. There is a video on Youtube three years old.

 

[Toots]

Looks like a real time strategy stealth game, with 5 unique characters each with specific traits and abilities where you play to there strengths each day on individuals runs to achieve a long term escape plan. Promising. Wishlisted.

Edit: Might end up a day one, I'm liking what I'm reading here.

Each playable character possesses a fully realized set of traumas and phobias. To effectively navigate the monastery, you must be mindful of each character's mental health.

Triggering these traits depletes a character’s sanity, ultimately triggering a traumatic event with negative effects such as paranoia, dementia, or bouts of violence; fundamentally changing how the afflicted character is played.

So you can put woke stuff in a game and make it interesting.
Managing your mental health in a gameplay perspective instead of only using it as virtue signaling plot point (im looking at you dust born) is a good idea.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Blasphemous devs picking up where Mimimi left off? Is that what I'm seeing? Because I fucking LOVE Shadow Tactics and Desperados.

 

[Madonis]

This sounds pretty impressive and creative. Let them cook.

I'm sure they'll do something closer to Blasphemous eventually, but they've already made a sequel. Time to diversify their projects.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Obligatory...

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Art style is intact for sure...but to so drastically change their genera is a "bold move Cotton".

Music in the trailer is great, while I will probably bounce off this in less than an hour I am more than willing to give them the money for the amount of effort they have put into previous titles.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

Art style is intact for sure...but to so drastically change their genera is a "bold move Cotton".

Music in the trailer is great, while I will probably bounce off this in less than an hour I am more than willing to give them the money for the amount of effort they have put into previous titles.

great quote hahah

 

[Ocean Dweller]

This sounds pretty impressive and creative. Let them cook.

I'm sure they'll do something closer to Blasphemous eventually, but they've already made a sequel. Time to diversify their projects.

 

[Lupin3]

Sure looks interesting enough.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

Sure looks interesting enough.

different

 

[Sooner]

The creators of Blasphemous making a game like this is.... well, blasphemous.

 

[EviLore]

Looks cool, I’m in. Glad that they’re taking some risks instead of sticking to the same formula.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

There is now a demo available for The Stone of Madness

 

[dreamstation]

edit

 

[Ocean Dweller]

A nice video interview with the developers of Blasphemous discussing their new title, The Stone of Madness

Stone of Madness allows us to "embrace failure, and we won't hold you back", according to The Game Kitchen

We interviewed the game's director and producer to find out what it's been like to tackle development at the halfway point and what to expect before the game launches on 28 January.

www.gamereactor.eu

 

[killatopak]

wait a minute. Aren't they also the ones doing the new Ninja Gaiden?

 

[near]

wait a minute. Aren't they also the ones doing the new Ninja Gaiden?

Yup. That looked quite cool too.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

wait a minute. Aren't they also the ones doing the new Ninja Gaiden?

yep!

 

[Plague Doctor]

The demo was decent. I personally don't like the new format as much as metroidvanias though. YMMV.

 

[Zacfoldor]

The second I saw this I knew immediately that I would love this game the rest of my life.

Sometimes you just know.

10/10 my bros. Wishlist.

 

[simpatico]

Has there ever been a good 2D stealth game outside of NES Metal Gear? I loved their last two releases, but this one is going to have a hard time winning me over. Blasphemous 2 fixed pretty much everything I didn't like about 1. Sadly I don't think enough people gave it a shot after the problems with 1. Made it much more MetroidVania and less Souls.

Oh shit there's a demo. Guess I can just find out!

 

[Punished Miku]

Has there ever been a good 2D stealth game outside of NES Metal Gear?

I finished Disjunction this year and thought it was really good. Its on sale on Xbox now for $1.59.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

I finished Disjunction this year and thought it was really good. Its on sale on Xbox now for $1.59.

same

 

[Ocean Dweller]

Pre-orders are now live


(Switch pre-order coming soon)

 

[Madonis]

That's cool, I'll get it eventually but do want to read or see some reviews once it is available.