Deadlands ripoff?

[eijibayushi]

Seems like they ripped off a few ideas from Deadlands, a tabletop RPG...

[Seewhyseeoh]

Looks like they ripped the 2 faces of the logo off too!

Ahem Jonah Hex Ahem....

[Robotic Ursine X]

Weird West isn't exclusive to Deadlands, but it's a very good example of it.

[dngn_rdr]

Originally posted by Seewhyseeoh:

Ahem Jonah Hex Ahem....

When I first saw the image that's what I thought but no sign of any DC logo.... wonder if DC have seen it yet because a court case may be in the future.

Looks good but recommended specs are out of my reach until I upgrade - I'm on win7 32, 4G RAM, Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 and GeForce 9500GT... anyone know if that'll reach minimum??

[eijibayushi]

Oh yeah if you make a dude who looks like Jonah Hex, you can get a lawsuit.

[Gloomseeker]

Considering how awesome Deadlands is I'm really looking forward to learn more about the game.

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, is it not?

[eijibayushi]

Originally posted by Gloomseeker:

Considering how awesome Deadlands is I'm really looking forward to learn more about the game.

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, is it not?

Until you get sued.

[The Petulant Platypus]

I get more of a Dark Tower vibe from the game, especially the wonderful artwork and that predates Deadlands by a significant margin *shrug* These sort of games are very niche, to keep it in the Weird West sort of setting you are going to feel and see a lot of familiarity.

[Thuzar]

The game has that sort of vibe that is non-existent on the video game market (at least as far as PC goes). And since we won't get Red Dead Redemption (and the expansion with the zombies) on PC, Hard West would be the second best choice for the people who love the Wild West setting mixed with the supernatural. Also, I doubt that we will EVER see an official Deadlands game, so thank God that the devs at Creative Forge decided to create this game - I can honestly see it as the first game in the long running video game franchise.

Wild West themed games aren't getting much exposure sadly, even if they are considered as sought-after titles. Take Secret Ponchos for example - the game is getting its release on the 29th this month, yet there is little to no exposure of the game. I'm sure that the fans of Spaghetti Westerns and fighting games would be deligthed to play this game, it's just that Steam tends to focus more on triple A titles to showcase and promote instead of these little gems that may one day blow up to become the long-running successful franchises.

And for those who don't know about Secret Ponchos, here's the link to their Steam Store page:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/265750/

EDIT: Also, if you buy a copy of the game before the game is released (29th of September), you get +1 free copy of the game, which you can give to your friend/trade away - 2 Secret Ponchos licences for the price of one.

[Seewhyseeoh]

Thanks for the link. Shame it's multiplayer.....

[eijibayushi]

Is there melee in this game too?

[Thuzar]

Originally posted by eijibayushi:

Is there melee in this game too?

Depends on the character you are using - for example, Matador is almost purely melee (the only ranged ability being tossing the banderillas at the enemy - toss two in a row and you can insta-execute a guy by pinning him down and giving him coup de grace with your sword, but it is quite difficult). Some characters also have melee option with their secondary ability (Killer's hunting knife, Wolf's pounce with the dagger), some have melee AND ranged option with their weapons (Warmonger).

Anyway, Secret Ponchos is having a lot of style, and the skill cap is non-existant for those that wanna get competitive - a true fighting game set in the Spaghetti Wild West. Also, there will be a single player mode (called the Arcade mode) for training with your selected character and beating Bosses, but that will be rudimentary at first (will evolve if the game is successful enough).

[eijibayushi]

I'd like a Samurai character in the style of Toshiro Mifune in Red Sun with Charles Bronson.

[Thuzar]

The lead artist for Secret Ponchos is Jose Lopez, and he had already created a character that you speak of - Mariachi Samurai

http://orig07.deviantart.net/1984/f/2010/364/a/b/ab55172c4f9227c9686b61e81eb9f215-d35zvx5.jpg

I think that, if enough hype and demand would generate about this character, he might make it into the game much like Yoda/Darth Vader/Ezio Auditore made it into Soul Calibur as guest chars (remember - Secret Ponchos is, after all, a FIGHTING game at its core, just like Mortal Kombat/Street Fighter/Soul Calibut and many others like them, just with a different take on the genre).

[eijibayushi]

Hell yes. I would play that guy lol. No AFRO Samurai? Racist! :-p But I honeslty wanted a normal, Japanese guy Samurai. Or make a white guy with samurai gear and call him "The Weaboo Kid!" lmao

[Thuzar]

Maybe Hard West has some sort of a samurai/Mifune-inspired character which you can recruit/play as a protagonist of one of those 8 scenarios. It's Wierd West setting after all, so anything goes (well, ANYTHING except the sci-fi kinks).