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Veterans from Rare's "golden era" of game development announce Tamarin for PS4 and PC
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I feel like you've buried the lede here, this is basically Jet Force Gemini 2 with a David Wise soundtrack lol. I did a double take when I saw the gun-toting ants ripped from JFG.
Would be nice to know which Rare veterans are working on this exactly, the website doesn't give much info.
Would be nice to know which Rare veterans are working on this exactly, the website doesn't give much info.
looks more like Conker to me
I dunno about this, just saying ex-Rare personnel isn't enough
Game sounds interesting, but the cartoony character designs, in addition to not being particularly memorable, don't mesh very well with what look like stock UE4 realistic outdoor environments on default lighting settings.
yeah that got a WTF from me too
what
yeah that got a WTF from me too
Ok, loved Rare's golden era and I'm all in if it turns out to be a good game. The trailer, however, didn't really sell me. The gunplay looks janky and the platforming, while it looks like it controls well, doesn't look very interesting. Hoping to be wrong.
The targeting reticle, enemy designs, enemy formations, the way doors unlock after you kill everything in a room/area, and even the boxes are all straight up JFG stuff.
YL is actually a decent game on Switch, and is at least a fully formed video game. this just looks like someone put Conker and Jet Force ants in an Elder Scrolls map on UE4.
Rare's best N64 game (with the only possible competition of Blast Corps). I'm intrigued.
I can't help but shake the feeling that this looks like one of those Unity Asset Flip games. I know that really does the team a disservice, but this game looks so damn "generically pretty". like a bunch of assets were bought and combined with enough technical knowhow to not make it look like shit, but it looks so damn generic
Looks pretty good! Looks like what would happen if Jet Force Gemini and Starfox Adventures had a baby!
It does look low budget and quite simple with its level design. The assets also look procedurally generated/store bought but it looks decent enough. Keep your expectations tempered and I reckon it'll be a decent little game.
It does look low budget and quite simple with its level design. The assets also look procedurally generated/store bought but it looks decent enough. Keep your expectations tempered and I reckon it'll be a decent little game.
Those enemies are directly lifted from JFG.
It looks a blend of JFG and collectathon platforming but it is definitely definitely pulling from JFG.
Seeing as a lot of Rare's "golden era talent" is accounted in other studios like Rare, Playtonic, Gory Detail, Crash Lab, etc, I'm wondering just exactly how many ex-Rare devs are working at this studio. At least the other offshoot studios backed up their ex-Rare status with actual names.
Most of the offshoot studios are fairly small in size. Gory Detail only has two devs, for instance. Chris Seavor (of Conker fame) works there though, which is why that team is noteworthy.
Do you really not know? Basically Donkey Kong Country onward, until they got bought by MS. I know people like Viva Pinata and Nuts and Bolts, but I've never played VP and think nuts and bolts is an absolute disgrace, so I'm not tryna have that argument. Its ok if you like it tho
You can literally hear the exact same death noise in the trailer from JFG.
The targeting reticule is basically the same, ant enemies, the lights on doors that signify whether it's locked or not are incredibly similar.
I never thought I'd see something like this.
The targeting reticule is basically the same, ant enemies, the lights on doors that signify whether it's locked or not are incredibly similar.
I never thought I'd see something like this.
When they say the Golden Era of Rare, did they actually mean to say the Starfox Adventures era of Rare?
Other than that most of the staff or in Norway and Taiwan
https://www.linkedin.com/company/chameleon-games/people/
A quick trip to Linkedin only shows one person out of the 5 listed who actually worked at Rare, as an artist on Dk64 and Kameo.
Other than that most of the staff or in Norway and Taiwan
https://www.linkedin.com/company/chameleon-games/people/
Yep. It's pretty but the time has come and gone for this breed of Rare-esque games.
Looks semi interesting, but I'm not at all confident it's going to be classic Rare quality. Looks a bit bland and early, like it needs more vibrancy and character to the world, characters, art, gameplay etc.
There's Sea of Thieves, Banjo Nuts n Bolts, Viva Pinata, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero etc, and then there's Rare's golden era titles like Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Goldeneye, Diddy Kong Racing, Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong Country etc, eg games that were far more revered and acclaimed.
There's Sea of Thieves, Banjo Nuts n Bolts, Viva Pinata, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero etc, and then there's Rare's golden era titles like Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Goldeneye, Diddy Kong Racing, Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong Country etc, eg games that were far more revered and acclaimed.
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Looks like a mobile game for 4 years old, how on earth can anyone look at that and go "yeah, that looks like a good game"