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    Mark Leung: Revenge of the *** (Indie RPG)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by SparhawkJC, Jan 7, 2011.

  1. SparhawkJC

    SparhawkJC Notebook Evangelist

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    What is this I don't even:

    <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OkaTiBHPiw8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OkaTiBHPiw8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width='480' height="385"></embed></object>

    markleung.com

    Downloading the demo, if it's anywhere as ridiculous as the trailer I'm picking this up.
     
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  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    all i can say is lol.

    looks stupid funny, but that alone cant carry the game it still has to be fun to play and have good mechanics/music/controls etc.

    reminds me of monty python humor some, I love those movies.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jan 7, 2011
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  3. Ruckus

    Ruckus Notebook Deity

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    Ruckus, Jan 7, 2011
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  4. Alexrose1uk

    Alexrose1uk Music, Media, Game

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    Erm, lets parody everything we can think of from WoW to McDonalds and build an indie RPG around it. Sounds like a plan...
     
    Alexrose1uk, Jan 8, 2011
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  5. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Sounds better than any plan I've ever come up with ;)
     
    Pitabred, Jan 8, 2011
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  6. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What did I just see?
     
    usapatriot, Jan 8, 2011
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  7. s2odin

    s2odin Merrica!

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    Am I the only one who wants to play this?
     
    s2odin, Jan 8, 2011
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  8. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    I'd want to play it if my brain hadn't liquified and sloshed out of my nose.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Jan 8, 2011
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  9. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Is that you, Warriors fan? ;)

    [​IMG]
     
    Pitabred, Jan 8, 2011
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  10. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    It had more of a pinkish tinge, to tell the truth.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Jan 8, 2011
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  11. AznImports602

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    Exactly...
     
    AznImports602, Jan 8, 2011
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  12. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Finally, a game where I can kill cute animals.

    Is there pre-orders available?
     
    rschauby, Jan 8, 2011
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  13. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Look at the site. You can get it for like, $13 right now
     
    Pitabred, Jan 8, 2011
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  14. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I got the game, its pretty buggy almost what I would call a beta state.

    I guess its to be expected as a indie game with just probably a small team of guys. However some of the areas its lacking are so trivial that I dont know how they didnt get it right.

    I have 2 issues upfront.

    1.) had no sound in game except videos, I found the problem right away via looking at the games config files.

    It was defaulting to the wrong sound device, it would choose my soundcard and not my DAC that I use as my windows default. So I had to edit that config file to the right device.

    2.) Video quality (the cut scenes) is just brutal, I mean horribad. I volunteered myself to redo all the videos in the game if they can supply me the original source files. its XVID & PCM audio right now. I am sure they wanted a small file size to keep the games installer small but I can encode to H264 & AAC and increase the quality 5 fold and get rid of all the horrible artifacts and things without increasing the size one bit.

    Just need to make sure people have the right codecs to play H264 & AAC (most people do these days and it can be part of the games installer)

    Other than that, I can tell this is going to be a pretty funny game and perhaps a lot of fun.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jan 9, 2011
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  15. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    If you do that for them, ask if you can have a cameo. I'll pay money to see you whaling on a dog's anus.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Jan 9, 2011
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  16. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    lol a cameo, I think the game is a sealed deal but if that was possible the question would be do I show up as ViciousXUSMC, or my new title adorned on me, the TECHNOVIKING.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jan 9, 2011
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  17. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    ViciousVIKING. Best of both worlds.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Jan 9, 2011
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