Grapple Buggy Trailer

Posted by Brandon "BMcC" McCartin Wed, 13 May 2009 18:26:00 GMT


Oh. My. Goodness.

Blaster Master meets Bionic Commando, with sexier physics and disturbing visuals? Yes, please. Not only is this the best XNA Community game I think I’ve ever seen (though, I’ll admit, my experience with XNA games is limited), it may be the best game ever? (Sure, I’m exaggerating here. But only slightly.)

My very first thought when I saw this was, “Hey, that looks like one of Arne’s concepts!” Could this be the dream game he’s been waiting for? I mean, supposedly it “features dynamic decision branching, and multiple, story-driven endings.” Does that mean free-roaming exploration? I sure hope so.

Find more at creator Nathan Fouts’ website, Mommy’s Best Games.
Also, his dev log can be found here, and is now added to the DevRoll, natch.

(Thanks again Offworld!)

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  1. AGuy said 43 minutes later:

    Oh man, this looks pretty awesome. Grappling hooks, awesome art style, driving, killing things… looks like everything one could hope for in a game!

  2. Paul Eres said about 1 hour later:

    The environments artist is pretty great:

    http://lawvart.com/

  3. MisterX said about 1 hour later:

    It really looks very good. Unfortunately, I’m likely never going to own an Xbox 360. I’m fine with my PC.

  4. moi said about 1 hour later:

    Yeah just saw it. Looks much better than his previous game. Looks like he has a really nice engine, all he needs now is an artist.

  5. John Evans said about 1 hour later:

    Now THIS looks pretty cool!

  6. Teknogames/Beau Blyth said about 1 hour later:

    The game looks fun, but I am just not fond of gross graphics. They get old after a while.

  7. Rad Spencer said about 1 hour later:

    Your number’s up! MONSTER!

  8. avoidobject said about 1 hour later:

    Sorry, I just had to do that.

    Besides the similarities to Bionic Commando and Blaster Master, pay close attention to that mini-map. Doesn’t that look familiar from somewhere? Why yes! From the looks of it, that is a Super Metroid style mini-map!

    Will this be an open ended metroidvania style game? Awesome!

  9. BMcC said about 2 hours later:

    I pray that it will!

  10. AGuy said about 2 hours later:

    Oh man I didn’t notice the xbox live part somehow. ;_;

  11. Paul Eres said about 2 hours later:

    I’d say it looks like it’ll play more like Blaster Master than Metroid.

  12. avoidobject said about 2 hours later:

    No, no, no. I know that. But that mini-map. It looks just like the kind used in Metroid. I wonder if that means anything gameplay wise?

  13. phubans said about 2 hours later:

    Wow, another reason to get a 360 I suppose… Looks amazing!

  14. Pyabo said about 5 hours later:

    Oh man… All terrain vehicle driving on organic constructs… this totally reminds me of Wheeled Warriors. Did I just date myself?

  15. MikeK said about 7 hours later:

    N I C E !!!!

  16. Eli said about 8 hours later:

    For discernible reason (I suppose other than the focus on planet vs. vehicle) this reminds me of Vangers.

    Also, plants eating cars - excellent.

  17. Eli said about 8 hours later:

    For - NO - discernible reason. The lack of sleep is finally getting to me.

  18. God at play said about 9 hours later:

    Nice mix of gameplay going there. Wish I had an Xbox too. :/

    The art style is interesting, agreed, although it gets pretty visually confusing because of all the similar colors going on at once. I think it’d work much better if the backgrounds had some more atmospheric color to them, i.e. less saturated and tinted a little more toward a single color.

  19. Ivan said about 10 hours later:

    Said it once, say it again: the only thing missing for the Xna community is a Steam for its PC distribution.

  20. Fuzz said about 11 hours later:

    Those graphics are fantastic.

  21. Eclipse said about 14 hours later:

    I’m the only one that thinks that the graphics sucks? :\

  22. nullerator said about 14 hours later:

    What a waste to release these things on the 360. I can’t even buy community games where I live.

  23. Ilya Chentsov said about 15 hours later:

    I’m the only one that thinks that the graphics sucks? :\

    Well, I think it kinda sucks. Crapple Buggy, hehe.

  24. Ezuku said about 17 hours later:

    sighs. I feel like I own the wrong platform sometimes (PC).

    Anyway, the graphics look pretty cool, hopefully they’ll be varied enough, the gross graphics could get old very quickly if overused.

    But hey, it’s awesome that somebody else here played Vangers :D. That game was awesome.

  25. Quazi said about 17 hours later:

    i dont like gross graphics either, they remind me of r-types graphics.

    the game looks cool, but its not really like that concept of arnes, that game looks like Cortex command with a blaster master tank and character.

  26. soulja said about 18 hours later:

    Ain’t no point to this comment, just typing words, commentin on shit.

  27. Ivan said 1 day later:

    If you loved blaster master (like I did) I don’t know how you can hate the graphics… They’re awesome for that style.

    Would people rather the game be 3d or what?

  28. Dustin said 1 day later:

    I immediately was reminded of Weapon of Choice from that trailer. Guy has a very distinct style, I guess.

  29. Eclipse said 2 days later:

    Blaster Master 2 had awesome graphics, this game has poor drawn stuff imo…

  30. SG said 2 days later:

    Immediately thought of R-Type, which is far from a bad thing.

  31. J said 3 days later:

    I’d rather the game be PC. As much as I want to play games like this and Behemoth’s “Game #3”, I’m not going to buy a 360.

  32. leeham said 3 days later:

    needs more low-cut panties

  33. BMcC said 3 days later:

    Yes you are, J. :P

  34. Impossible said 4 days later:

    Looks cool. I would have liked to see art a little different than weapon of choice. The organic gross monsters with funky colors was interesting, but its not particularly appealing and doesn’t help differentiate the game from weapon of choice. The gameplay looks better\cooler than Weapon of Choice.

    Hopefully he can get a proper Live Arcade deal this time and bypass the shittiness of community games.

  35. MikeK said 6 days later:

    Cmon’ guys, i’m sure theres many more games it reminds you of, or looks like etc..! dont quit now! i’d love to hear more about what it reminds you of.

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