“We’re aiming to be as authentic as possible, stylistically: an 8-bit color palette, 320x180 pixel resolution, and a soundtrack composed in Famitracker

Well, NES games did have big limitations in the ROM size, so I guess that is a area where is better to everyone to not pursuit authenticity too much. Altough it would put a big smile in my face if there was a port of this game to make it run on real NES hardware.

I too wishlisted it.

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John Carpenter's movies do have a "B Grade" quality on them, but that should not stop people to give them a chance. They can have a great screenplays and casting choices. Besides The Thing, another example is Escape From New York. A film that not only influenced others that came after it, but heavily inspired Hideo Kojima in the creation of Solid Snake in his Metal Gear series.

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Quoting: CatKiller~10% of game sessions on Steam are done with a controller, and ~24% of those are with a PlayStation controller (and it's a personal peeve when games just have Xbox glyphs). You definitely don't want to miss out on those, plus it's an accessibility thing for some players. Glad to hear you're on the case.

Just surrender to XYAB, you dirt console peasant.

Jokes aside, I used to think like you when I got a DS4 controller. But with time I realized it is unproductive, since you will get screwed in the game if you stop to think about where the button is. It is specially confusing when you play a game that have Xbox symbols, then another that have Playstation symbols.

Now that I have a 8bitdo Pro 2 joypad, and this one have Nintendo's YXBA symbols, I just forget about it and treat it like a Xbox controller, pressing the appropriate button from muscle memory. Much faster and hassle free.

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Lets hope this one will not have the same level of bugs the previous games are infamous for.

While it is spoken on Ukranian, there is official subtitles in Russian, so at least there is rope it will be a option in the game.

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The original Gears of War is what I think Konami should have aimed for a 3D Contra game. The last one is back to its 2D roots and while it play great on Linux, I think it lacks some sauce.

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I played the demo and, its okay. It controls like a mouse and keyboard shooter, so with a twin stick joypad it feels a bit off. And if you are looking to scratch a Desert Strike itch, forget it, the controls and overall vibe of the game are not near that one.

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I wonder what Windows users excuse to not jump to Linux will be. We even have a big name anti-virus now...

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And one more time, don't pre-order anything. The warnings are there for anyone to see.

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Quoting: kuhpunktInteresting to see that the devs apparently had so much pull that they talked Ubisoft into releasing it on Steam - with no Uplay Account nonsense being required.

I wonder how long that will last. I will be the least surprised Picachu if it gets out of early-access and suddenly a Ubi account becomes mandatory.

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Nice, whishlisted. Just hopping they can get a good game out of a unusual idea. Not all indies trying something different managed to pull it off. I hope this one does.

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