Fun Game, But...

[Eguzky]

I find the game is marred by the straight-up lifting of ideas/content from other games & media.

* I've seen Ornstine & Smough from Dark Souls.
* The Pine Resins from Dark Souls.
* Repair Powder from Dark Souls.
* The Owl Library boss is from Avatar: The Last Airbender. It even tried to bury the main characters, just like the one in this game says it will do.
* The Iron Maiden with the returning bullets from Enter The Gungeon.
* Death is literally Death from Diablo 3, complete with sickles.

Like, they're not shout outs; They are just the characters/ideas ripped wholesale from other media.

[Double]

I do agree that the game would be done a service if the features were simply more original. I get that references are the point of the game, but even the death screen is lifted from Hades. There's so much potential behind this half-game half-homage that might be allowed to shine if it could just commit to being a full-time game.

[Double]

Originally posted by CrimsonKing:

its actually "easter eggs" but gamers of todays dont even know what that means.

The game does have easter eggs, like Tyler's Robe. But the Maneaters from Terraria or the Death screen from Hades or the Lead Maidens from Enter the Gungeon... those aren't easter eggs, they're just verbatim the source material, which isn't all that cool. It's fine to take inspiration, but it gets to a point where it just looks like rebranded laziness.

[Motionist]

Originally posted by Double:

Originally posted by CrimsonKing:

its actually "easter eggs" but gamers of todays dont even know what that means.

The game does have easter eggs, like Tyler's Robe. But the Maneaters from Terraria or the Death screen from Hades or the Lead Maidens from Enter the Gungeon... those aren't easter eggs, they're just verbatim the source material, which isn't all that cool. It's fine to take inspiration, but it gets to a point where it just looks like rebranded laziness.

The issue with your statement is when you say "those aren't easter eggs". This is blatantly false as it LITERALLY fits into the definition of the word. That would LITERALLY be like you saying "this isn't a video game", when objectively it is a video game. You might not agree with how the artist made his art, but to say something isn't what it objectively is, is pretty stupid.

[Franz]

There are two levels to this discussion - which btw keeps getting necroed:
One: is this plagiarism? No it is not, and we discussed above why it isn't.
Two: do you like what the author did with easter eggs/homages/whatchamacallits? This is the realm of opinions, and everyone is free to have one. Debating it, as if one opinion is worth more than the next, usually nets you nothing but frustration. You do you tho ;)

[Moonlight]

Originally posted by Franz:

There are two levels to this discussion - which btw keeps getting necroed:
One: is this plagiarism? No it is not, and we discussed above why it isn't.
Two: do you like what the author did with easter eggs/homages/whatchamacallits? This is the realm of opinions, and everyone is free to have one. Debating it, as if one opinion is worth more than the next, usually nets you nothing but frustration. You do you tho ;)

Lol true

[TheWashableBomb]

Pfff, originality is overrated. Everything is a derivative from something else at this point in time, not matter what. Ideas are finite.