singlespace Posted June 12, 2014 So Nintendo just announced they're making a turn based strategy game for the 3DS headed up by Hitoshi Yamagami and Intelligent Systems of Fire Emblem / Xenoblade fame. The game is set in a steampunk world where aliens invade and Abraham Lincoln creates a steam powered task force to investigate and fight off the aliens. Apparently the art style is inspired by silver age comics and we'll get to see footage of it tomorrow. Steampunk Abraham Lincoln. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted June 12, 2014 This game is kind of ugly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted June 12, 2014 A bit more than kind of! Truly ugly. One might say: fuck ugly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singlespace Posted June 12, 2014 This was not was I was expecting when they said silver age comic inspired aesthetic with cthulhu-esque monsters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted June 12, 2014 Yeah me neither. it looks like a n64 game lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ihavefivehat Posted June 12, 2014 It's a bit messy but I bet it looks at least somewhat better in motion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted June 12, 2014 You're probably right, but usually I can at least picture in my head how something might look a little better in motion. I kind of hate everything about those screenshots. Even the bottom screen UI. I just really really dislike it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BusbyBerkeley Posted June 12, 2014 The ground textures in that first screenshot remind me of LoL. Also 3DS games always look like shit in screenshots. Excited to hear more about, but also I want Metroid or F-Zero. Hmph. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RubixsQube Posted June 12, 2014 First, the game is definitely called "Code Name: S.T.E.A.M." Also four-ish screenshots of an in-development game isn't really enough for me to call a game "fuck ugly." You know, from the actual information shared about the game, it seems pretty neat, and considering it's from the Intelligent Design guys, I'll bet it plays really well. I'll hold off judgment until I see the game in action. It's new IP from Nintendo, a company a lot of people charge with just retreading old ground all the time. I'm not a huge fan of the title, which reminds me of PROJECT H.A.M.M.E.R., that weird cancelled Wii game from years back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted June 12, 2014 I calls em like I sees em. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RubixsQube Posted June 12, 2014 You must be a hell of a first date. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted June 12, 2014 It's kind of got an Elite Beat Agents thing going on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted June 12, 2014 On 6/12/2014 at 3:02 AM, RubixsQube said: I'm not a huge fan of the title, which reminds me of PROJECT H.A.M.M.E.R., that weird cancelled Wii game from years back. When I first heard the title Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. I thought it was a Codename: Kids Next Door game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cbirdsong Posted June 12, 2014 3DS games always look way worse in screenshots than they do in motion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted June 12, 2014 On 6/12/2014 at 4:18 AM, Merus said: It's kind of got an Elite Beat Agents thing going on. I noticed that too, but I think EBA and Osu! Tatake! Ouendan were both much better looking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boris Stoke Posted June 12, 2014 Word on the street (a street in LA I guess) is that the game is very similar to Valkyria Chronicles. So that should make a couple people happy. I'm not digging the look either, but I was thinking more of the uniforms those dudes are wearing. I don't think the game actually looks ugly. I want to see steampunk Lincoln. But I won't be happy unless we get some cybernetic Frederick Douglass in there too. DIVERSITY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted June 12, 2014 I think the gameplay sounds super rad for what it's worth. But I still think it's repulsive, graphically. I am of course withholding full REAL judgment for when the game is released. I'm not stupid enough to believe that's final or that it's not possible for it to look better in motion. But I sure ain't optimistic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Griddlelol Posted June 12, 2014 I do love the Valkyria Chronicles style of play, but The setting seems odd. Who are the bad guys going to be? Confederacy? British? Communists? Robot hitler? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted June 12, 2014 Aliens! The enemies are aliens. Also, they're showing it on their Twitch stream right now: http://www.twitch.tv/nintendo Let's see how it looks in motion, compressed and sent over the internet to my computer monitor! ... Interesting, it's still got grid-based movement and attacks. Did Valkyria Chronicles work that way, or was it just full freedom? Stream got boring fast, but whatever. Game looks marginally less ugly in motion. I'm still not a fan of it. C'est la vie. Can't like everything! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singlespace Posted June 13, 2014 Valkyria Chronicles was straight up analog movement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singlespace Posted June 13, 2014 Nintendo posted the Treehouse live stream so here's about 45 minutes of footage and discussion: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
