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[Paul Eres]

the colors look eye-straining to me too but i'm sure it's intentional -- you can't make a game look that way by accident. as much as tom sennett says he hates art games and that he's a funware engineer or whatever, most of his games are art games

[ThePortalGuru]

If Runman was an art game, then I'm the Queen of England.

[Paul Eres]

that's obviously wrong because runman was an art game and you are not the queen of england

[mcc]

that's obviously wrong because runman was an art game and you are not the queen of england

How can you be so sure?

[cullinaire]

There are some things you just have to be willing to stick your neck out for.

[Paul Eres]

yeah but in the absence of reviews of the games or knowing anyone who bought and played the game all i can do is say 'i won't buy it unless there's a demo'

[falsion]

I know a lot of people are on a first name basis here. But I've never really been a big fan of any of this nepotism. Buying a game based on a person's name alone doesn't work out for me.

I agree with Paul, I have to see how the game plays first, which is hard due to the lack of a demo.

Thus I can only judge based on screenshots and the trailer, both of which really hurt my eyes and make it hard to focus on what's even going on.

[Noyb]

Nepotism?

Never met the dude, but from playing his previous games anyone can see for themselves that Tom Sennet has a good design sense that carries over to this latest game. If people are buying his game based on his "name," it's more that they trust him to make a fun game based on the strength of his previous work.

[falsion]

John Romero was once the guy who designed the levels in Doom, rather than the "Daikatana guy." A name isn't enough to judge the quality of a game. Just sayin'.

Plus the TIGSource front page at one point used to be full of nepotism and games hyped up based on name alone. I remember seeing things like this one game that a forum member here made overnight just to test out Construct (I think?) and one of the front page editors hyped it to be his next big thing. The guy unfortunately had a lot of explaining to do when a bunch of people complained about it not living up to their expectations. No offense guys, but you aren't exactly the best at recommending games.

Though to be fair, the front page is doing a much better job these days.

Anyway, give me a demo and I'll make up my own mind. But right now all we have is some screenshots and a video both of which make it really hard to see what the game is about.

[knight]

I understand what everyone is saying. I didn't actually post it here because it was from Tom Sennett but more with the intention of showing people what I though looked like a cool game. I have now changed the name of the topic to the actual title of the game rather than who made it. No nepotism was intended. Also I agree that the lack of demo is annoying but if you want more information try reading the rps review as others have suggested.

[falsion]

I understand what everyone is saying. I didn't actually post it here because it was from Tom Sennett but more with the intention of showing people what I though looked like a cool game. I have now changed the name of the topic to the actual title of the game rather than who made it. No nepotism was intended. Also I agree that the lack of demo is annoying but if you want more information try reading the rps review as others have suggested.

It's just me, not everyone. Sorry. You didn't have to do that, although I still stand by the fact that there's no demo and not much to judge this game on other than screenshots and a video. The RPS link isn't really a review either, more like "hey, the guy who made Runman made a new game and it's 10 bucks!"

[Paul Eres]

so has anyone in this thread actually bought it? and can describe it?

[teomat]

Uhmm, I bought it.
It's fun but it's kinda hard to describe.
You have to collect a few atom looking thingies (which can be seen in the video), then you get the bigger atom thingy that spawns and gain superpowers. Then you fly around the level and kill the baddies. And then you go on to the next level.

I'm not completely sure if it was worth the money, but it is fun. Dunno.

[shig]

sorry but the trailer kinda looks like shit

[Superb Joe]

Uhmm, I bought it.
It's fun but it's kinda hard to describe.
You have to collect a few atom looking thingies (which can be seen in the video), then you get the bigger atom thingy that spawns and gain superpowers. Then you fly around the level and kill the baddies. And then you go on to the next level.

I'm not completely sure if it was worth the money, but it is fun. Dunno.

a profound tableau. to bear witness to such a crisis of consumer confidence, sheltered, shivering in a blanket of indecisiveness. where were you. where were you when it all fell apart. it has been tortured, ulcerated, inflamed by your bilious attitudes. it is in pain. it is painful. and you add insult to injury and distend it with hot air. you inflict this but ultimately i suppose you view it as necessary. when next we meet it shall be as enemies.