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Nice job, MM. Noteworthy that all the screenshots look like comics & anime? by fucking newbie 01/04/2014, 3:46pm PST
I know nothing of brawlers and admit my ignorance here freely. Hopefully it didn't look like I claimed to know what the fuck I was talking about in terms of mechanics in that other post, live and learn I guess. When you dismissed the one game that didn't look much like the others, was it because the Cartoon Network look is also common? It was rare to me, maybe it's common enough not to be at all noteworthy. Thought I actually saw something relevant for a second there =(

If it IS rare, it seems worthwhile despite its mechanics. Hammerfight won me over in large part thanks to its look and its tone, the feel was fucking annoying sometimes but weird ritual combat between greasy arabs giving each other concussions and worse worked for me. I figured that, the physics, and the mouse-only novelty were why you had fun playing.

Here's where I figure you either didn't care because it was irrelevant to the game's level of fun by that point or didn't notice because it was irrelevant to your interests: the Castle Crashers poster advertised not a game but a team of luchadores, as did the Mario Brothers poster and all the other shit except the ones that tried to reinvent meme jokes. There was a thematic element that was this nerd chic vintage bullshit that was made to appeal to the intersection between twentysomething internet curmudgeons on remix culture sites and a slightly younger bunch of internet hipsters on social media sites, both of which have a good likelihood of having spanish as a second language - this seems like a vaguely interesting move by an indie developer to me, either because someone thinks those kids are potentially gonna be steering design decisions or because these developers are those kids now.

Or maybe it seems like a stupid move, but when it comes to whose tastes drive design decisions I'll take this bunch over a glut of otakus any day of the week. Is there a reason not to?

I guess if you're playing it, it's made for you - which made your praising a western-made game's mechanics gratifying (who isn't tired of weeb aesthetics? Worm, probably.) but rendered dismissing another western made game's aesthetics kinda odd.
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Mischief Maker's big PC brawler roundup by Mischief Maker 01/03/2014, 9:27pm PST NEW
    Thanks! Downloading these now. Have you played kung-fu strike? NT by Last 01/03/2014, 9:36pm PST NEW
        I have not. NT by Mischief Maker 01/03/2014, 9:57pm PST NEW
            Should I include S O R R in the article for the front page? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/03/2014, 10:04pm PST NEW
                Sure. If caltrops.com tips off the IP owner, we're bigger than we thought. NT by Mischief Maker 01/03/2014, 10:12pm PST NEW
                Also, here's some screenshots to liven it up: by Mischief Maker 01/03/2014, 10:55pm PST NEW
                    Nice job, MM. Noteworthy that all the screenshots look like comics & anime? by fucking newbie 01/04/2014, 3:46pm PST NEW
                        Re: Nice job, MM. Noteworthy that all the screenshots look like comics & anime? by MM 01/04/2014, 10:44pm PST NEW
                            Re: Nice job, MM. Noteworthy that all the screenshots look like comics & anime? by fucking newbie 01/05/2014, 4:27am PST NEW
                                You alone get it, fucking newbie by Mischief Maker 01/05/2014, 9:52am PST NEW
                                    found the link, playing it now by fucking newbie 01/05/2014, 2:29pm PST NEW
                    How many times did you jerk it to Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae? NT by 8=====D ~ ~ ~ 01/04/2014, 8:26pm PST NEW
                        Hard to nail down an exact figure, it keeps increasing. NT by MM 01/04/2014, 10:29pm PST NEW
    Re: Mischief Maker's big PC brawler roundup by fabio 01/04/2014, 1:20am PST NEW
    Re: Mischief Maker's big PC brawler roundup by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/07/2014, 6:33pm PST NEW
    Well since I've got some time, here's a revised draft. by Mischief Maker 01/15/2014, 11:00am PST NEW
        Re: Well since I've got some time, here's a revised draft. by Jerry Whorebach 01/17/2014, 1:07pm PST NEW
        Posted! Thanks, MM NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/21/2014, 11:22am PST NEW
            If you've got a moment... by Mischief Maker 02/12/2014, 9:05am PST NEW
 
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