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  New Legends is a beat-em-up that came out in the first years of the original Xbox, and it's likely you've never seen it before. This game was not well-received! The graphics are lackluster even for the time, and so is the sound design. Even so, I still enjoy running through it. The combat is simple fun and the AI and gameplay itself can be wonky as hell, much to my enjoyment. As is the genre standard, we will be fighting leagues of enemies at any given time. Plotwise, there is a revenge story as well as a bizarre attempt to meld science and fantasy together. Modern technology is blended into ancient warfare in a very jarring way that makes it hard to figure out what's happening. Sometimes we'll be fighting guys with swords in an environment that says 15th century China, and then tanks just come rolling up. Demon children with super powers and magical swords exist, but so do rocket launchers. Controls: They work well enough, and the combos are varied and weapon-specific (though I usually opt for ones that let me loop attacks indefinitely). There's a fair amount of variety in the weaponry too, but ultimately the combat is not very complex. As long as you are not on the floor, you can instantly parry and disrupt most enemies. If they start blocking, you stop hitting them or use power attacks, lest you get parried back. The camera is controlled by the 2nd analog stick but it goes crazy sometimes, especially indoors. Madithen and TieTuesday join me for this LP! Neither of them have seen any of this. We recorded the whole game in 2 days so I'll keep those updates comin' fast!     Episodes:
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In the grim darkness of the future, they wear coconuts as shoes.
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May 19, 2016 18:29
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I thought "ninja running" couldn't look more hilarious. Then I saw ninja running with a sword and a gun. Thank you New Legends!
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May 20, 2016 02:25
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I don't remember this Tomb Raider spin-off.
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May 20, 2016 02:30
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This is one of those games I rented multiple times when I was younger. The active portraits is something I remember the most; they get especially silly with the movesets of some weapons.
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May 20, 2016 02:57
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I loving lost it when Tao's portrait started dancing around at 8:12
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May 20, 2016 04:57
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The sword trails from when you're attacking combined with the attack animations makes it look like everyone's ribbon dancing.
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May 21, 2016 01:07
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Do the demon kids get explained at any point, or is it just some Genghis Khan esque "Oh he hosed whatever was around" type things?
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May 21, 2016 01:36
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December Octopodes posted:Do the demon kids get explained at any point, or is it just some Genghis Khan esque "Oh he hosed whatever was around" type things? Life Finds A Way
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May 21, 2016 04:58
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I'm sad I missed out on getting to join the video as this game looks fuckin' weird.
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May 21, 2016 05:44
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 #2 - Some Kind of Siege ... Here's an official background of Sun Soo at a marvelous 1024x768 resolution, because I know you all wanted that poo poo to print out and hang on your wall! 
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May 21, 2016 19:44
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  Kinda weird one, but it's nice to see a Chinese setting, there's not enough of those.
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May 21, 2016 22:53
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I see the Secret of the Tiger Claw is that Sun Soo now knows to become Vega.
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May 21, 2016 23:55
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Catsworth posted:I'm sad I missed out on getting to join the video as this game looks fuckin' weird. Maybe next time, Catsworth! Bloodwake is still on my agenda. 
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May 22, 2016 05:26
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This game seems decidedly bad. How long is it?
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May 22, 2016 11:23
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Wanamingo posted:This game seems decidedly bad. Not too long. My footage added up to a bit over 5 hours.
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May 23, 2016 03:32
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Breakin' out! #3 - Some Kind of Prison Break
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i love boo and i hope he is able to succeed on his quest of defeating china which is a cool fight i have made fanart of!
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This has been pretty funny so far. Man, those menus! Going by the sound effects, there's more action in pausing and trying to find your weapon combos than in the actual game! You could dub your own kung-fu movie just moving the d-pad around.
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May 29, 2016 04:20
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 #4 - Some Kind of Mountain Pass ------------------ Here's an official boo poster for you to put on your fridge:  what a handsome devil
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May 31, 2016 18:45
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Has anybody else already given up on trying to follow the plot?
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I mean, it's a really basic riches-to-rags-to-revenge story, so
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tlarn posted:I mean, it's a really basic riches-to-rags-to-revenge story, so in the year 2400!
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That loving wall holy poo poo. It just gumby slides on outta there my god.
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I've figured out what's been bothering me about this game's entire... aesthetic. It feels like the logical progression of what N64 titles would look like if the system had Halo, Project Gotham Racing, Amped, and DOA3 were released three months earlier, and all of them are immensely more visually impressive than New Legends. It's kind of astonishing, really.
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 #5 - Some Kind of Factory Have some Boonanas 
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Incoming transmission from Boo. Looks important.
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 #6 - Some Kind of Dragon Trap
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Smite told me to post in this thread if I'm watching this LP so here is me posting in this thread since I'm watching this LP. EDIT: but this game is pretty drat dumb. God that AI for helping with the trap. D_W fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Jun 10, 2016 |
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I pretty much skipped the original xbox and everything on it, outside of a few notable games like Halo. This game certainly looks terrible and bland to play, with a few goofy odd design choices like the camera portrait thing.
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Nighthand posted:I pretty much skipped the original xbox and everything on it, outside of a few notable games like Halo. This game certainly looks terrible and bland to play, with a few goofy odd design choices like the camera portrait thing. Did the Xbox original really even have that many good games?
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Not really, no. Most of the decent games on the system were either late enough they were basically early 360 games, or weren't console exclusive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games
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Nighthand posted:Not really, no. Most of the decent games on the system were either late enough they were basically early 360 games, or weren't console exclusive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games Scrolling through the list of exclusives, the only one that really stood out to me was Metal Wolf Chaos. Which, honestly, is more than enough to justify the console's existence.
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Can someone post a big ol screen shot of that dragon's face? Its horrifying.
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I have a lot of old Xbox games. Most of them are okay I guess. I really liked Fuzion Frenzy, which was basically Mario Party with some real nice mini-games for 4 players. Brute Force is another decent game that supported 4 players and that was appealing at the time. There were a few other ones, and a lot of forgettable junk. And then there's the exclusive New Legends which is responsible for selling 8 million Xboxes worldwide. Talking about level design, what they tried to do here with the dragon and didn't quite pull off is more appealing to me than a lot of the other stages, where I'm just running from swarms of guys, or worse, being forced to fight them. The mountain level we're in now is passable only because the AI (AND TOPO) keep falling off. Smite fucked around with this message at 11:34 on Jun 10, 2016 |
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Smite posted:I have a lot of old Xbox games. Most of them are okay I guess. I really liked Fuzion Frenzy, which was basically Mario Party with some real nice mini-games for 4 players. Brute Force is another decent game that supported 4 players and that was appealing at the time. There were a few other ones, and a lot of forgettable junk. And then there's the exclusive New Legends which is responsible for selling 8 million Xboxes worldwide. You can't just mention that and not talk about the beautiful character design, 
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ishikabibble posted:You can't just mention that and not talk about the beautiful character design, This isn't the overwatch thread though The main xbox exclusive I remember (and have on a shelf next to me) is Azurik. I can't remember if it was garbage or not, it's been so long.
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ishikabibble posted:You can't just mention that and not talk about the beautiful character design, For a second, I thought that was a Jet Set/Grind Radio game, but it's not. I've never even heard of this game, but that looks like quite the diverse cast. I hardly know anything about Xbox games in general, but between what's been mentioned and New Legend, it doesn't seem like I missed out on much. Still pretty funny to watch. Edit: I decided to play around with the lion. I thought I'd just use my non-dominant hand and see how that goes because the game put just as much effort. Thought it would be fun. Then I figured it shouldn't be too painful for me to quickly doodle up the silly image with my right hand while touching it up just a teensy bit. But then something crept up inside me and I did an old meme with it. I'm sorry.  (Left hand)  (Right hand)  (I'm so sorry) Akogare Zephyr fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Jun 10, 2016 |
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