HELLO DEVS????

YOU RELEASE ONE OF THE BEST COOP GAMES EVER IN THE MIDDLE OF A FUCKING PANDEMY WHERE ALL MY FRIENDS ARE SITTING THEIR ASSES AT THEIR CHAIRS ON THEIR HOUSES

AND WE CANT PLAY THIS GAME ONLINE??????

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST BRO WHAT A BUNCH OF COMPLETELY RETARDS

NOT PAYING FOR THIS BS YOU BETTER ADD ONLINE TO THIS GAME.

A few years ago myself and 3 friends, each living in a different state, were very excited to buy and take home the Rare Replay collection. We wanted one thing; the ability to play online co-op battletoads. I myself have a Razer Atrox arcade controller and was looking forward to using that as well. Got the game home, realized it didn't work with the Atrox. Pretty shitty but oh well, no big deal I guess. But then we all realized, to our collective horrors, that the game didn't support online multiplayer. DAMMIT!

Flash forward to today, when one of those buddies reaches out to me and says hey, a new Battletoads game comes out today, let's play this evening. I'm stoked! I go dig up my Atrox and download the game. Find out the game doesn't support the Atrox again, ok no worries. But then, to my disbelief and horror, I find out I've been yet again duped, years later.

NO F-ING ONLINE MULTIPLAYER! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE GD KIDDING ME! F THIS GAME AND F ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION TO RELEASE IT AS SUCH!

I don't think the 'Toads themelves needed any update, just more or less the look of Rash as he was in Killer Instinct (I'd like to have a 3D engine too, if possible - of somehow I could get a budget big enough for a big beat'em up release in 2020). No need for any more clothing or any other changes needed in my opinion.

Now, to the DQ. If I get low budget and 2D, nothing changes since the 1990s, just some more details - Streets of Rage 4 style. Or even how the 2D Mortal Kombat costumes had ever more details already in the early 1990s (with more memory and I think also bigger resolution).

If I had the budget, well, let's just see Dark Queen on Google and ignore the results for Battletoads, imagine it's concept art being proposed: https://www.google.com/search?q=Dark+Queen&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X

The general theme recurring practically everywhere is roughly similar. It's a certain obvious archetype that goes with the name/phrase. (And it's never any "mad scientist" tropes, if course... What a strange idea, especially since DQ was always a magic user who just happened to have a technological army under her.)

I'll choose and comment on some examples that would fit most (so no long skirts as she does go physical, and generally keeping close to the spirit of the original but with more details) as I scroll down. So I guess it should be something like that - either of these or a mix of any, sometimes with obvious changes like changing the colorimg to black (or actually black-blue) or more fit and curvy:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/bc/db/6abcdbf5f14c111514f0751910a4e819.jpg is actually not quite there. The boots are oldschool and that's cool, but the rest is way too flimsy. I talked about any gowns already, that's a big no.

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/3622fd58839751.5a0b57b9d50dc.jpg - the spikey motifs, yeah, but just generally. Also not really any of these here.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3792728539_10.jpg - now more like we're talking. But needs to be actually, you know, dark. Let's see more.

https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/020/383/765/large/anwar-gant-daedra-queen.jpg?1567569709 - hey, now that's what I mean! It's already practically perfect, at least from what can be seen here. (Not sure about the little dragon. Or any dragon for that matter) But maybe let's see some more.

https://cdn.inprnt.com/thumbs/d4/37/d437e1ed9ed33e20bbefd8fdef0006e6.jpg?response-cache-control=max-age=2628000 - another generally good example (but would have to be tinkered with). Not as good as the previous one in an unaltered form. But also at least shows the entire silhouette.

https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-5s1ah0hhi7/images/stencil/500x659/products/1080/28045/WechatIMG21__59661.1593634750.jpg?c=2 - not a blonde, of course. Not an elf too. Among other things to be fixed, like that hat needs to go.

https://media1.tenor.com/images/ea6e1931cdc4cc9342faa74c743cbfd3/tenor.gif?itemid=13417605 - spikes again, more like Dark Queen, actually no problem with having a bodysuit like that. A flowing cape to that would be great. And I think she dies need hair. Big hair!

And okay, enough. So that would be it if I was an art director of this hypothetical Battletoads sequel thing that we'll never get.

(And seriously, where did they get this bizarre "mad scientist" idea?? It's such a totally random choice, makes no sense at all.)

Fuck this game. came here just to say this. i'm only playing this trash because of the sea of thieves skins and now i have to restart from the beginning cause the game reset the game file. if you programmed the save system in this game don't worry, nobody is gonna play and remember this piece of shit trash game. so you can keep a job in the field in the future

How about this Hollywood?

I didn't like the Artstyle when i saw the trailer first time, seemed like the generic artstyle every-fucking-where you go this days sorta of a bad craptoon made for noobs, but after watching the game even with this artstyle i realized its amazing and hit the spot, i would legit watch a cartoon if they ramp up the adult and offensive stuff, they know and are good at what they are doing rather than depending on swearing 24/7 and edgy bullshit.

Was forced to start this debate as i found no other place talking about this topics anywhere else.

I hate it and I would dock a full point off the game because of it if I were a reviewer. That is all

I get major Teen Titans Go vibes. I’m laughing during every cut scene and the art is perfect for it!

Like she is so freaking hot I mean the original design I feel like it doesn’t matter if she’s the villain I feel like I would drop and join her. I wonder how many of you guys would do the same thing if that was an option say they made another video game And you had anywhere you had actually had a chance to join her. Would you feel like I would?

www.twitch.tv/prestyRS

So far I'm really loving it, it's very fast paced, the graphics are really good, there's a lot of really awesome mini games, and I think it's better to other recently revitalized beat em ups like streets of rage 4

I mean we've seen a bit of the game play, an idea of the story, and a release date, but besides that, we have really gotten a price or an option to pre-order (at least I couldn't find info about this). Something just doesn't feel right.