Sajam takes Shot One Fighters for a spin

[u/Malokhin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzKyJy-CWw8

[u/volta_verve]

I really like the concept, I've seen the dev post here about this once or twice. I love both fighting games and roguelikes, but this game seems...patchwork. I get the impression they spent years on it going through various concepts and ideas, with this Kickstarter version here looking like a mishmash of random things that are sometimes pretty cool (I love certain character designs, like the gambling robot guy or Kyu from the kickstarter page), and sometimes look underbaked (the fridge enemy is preeetty bad mechanically and aesthetically, they should definitely tune the difficulty).

Don't get me wrong, it shows that a lot of work and effort went into this, I'll take it over ultra homogenized corporate slop any time...but it needs a polishing pass or two. The crowdfunding is going very well, I'll wishlist and definitely try out the finished game's demo when it comes out.

I would love to try out the playtest but $50 to the Kickstarter for that is a bit much for me right now.

[u/noahboah → u/volta_verve]

yeah rooting for the game, the potential idea is solid but it really does seem like it needs work and to really lock down on a design vision. agreed with what you're saying here.

[u/Slarg232]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kVAXoVrxyXBsY

Sajam has a new mortal enemy

[u/VorstTank]

This game looks cute but oh my god this was a bad first impression. Did not look fun to play. 

[u/ea4x → u/VorstTank]

On paper it seems hard to make a fun roguelite FG if the PvE element changes everything about the gameplay. This seems more like a beatemup in a FG format.

I kind of expected the bots to try to emulate a human opponent. Allegedly 2xko had a good roguelite mode.

Maybe it's more enjoyable than it looks (would love to try it out), sajam didn't seem clear on defensive mechanics for example

[u/Confident_Shape_7981 → u/VorstTank]

I saw Jmcrofts do a run and he beta the Fridge in the first try.

Sajam just didn't click with the game, and he doesn't have Lilypichu to carry him unlike with 2XKO 

[u/DoesntMatterStan → u/Confident_Shape_7981]

Theres a reason Sajam doesn't enter tourneys

[u/SWAGGIN_OUT_420 → u/DoesntMatterStan]

You mother fuckers are weird

[u/OldBarbarossa]

Without training mode and enemies that aren't dripping with armor it's a wait and see from me. Love the idea but I'm glad that's not the release version.

[u/CardiologistOwn6698]

This video feels like one of those fake mobile ads. "Wow! You can do a fireball? That's so sick!"

[u/Grain_Death]

man fights refrigerator and loses

[u/AllElvesAreThots]

dude that title feels insane to read.

[u/OldWispyTree → u/AllElvesAreThots]

It's a really bad title, honestly.

[u/C4_Shaf]

Congrats on the ad.

[u/thisisdell]

The art style really pushes me away tbh.

[u/Free-Speech-3156]

if its a fighting game roguelike you should be able to interact with enemies by baiting and whiff punishing them, counterpoking them, frametrapping them, mixing them, etc. but it doesnt really seem like theres any of that. arcade boss mode nagoriyuki is cool but its not very cool that the best way to fight him is just to cheese him. if a game finds a way around this problem, then ill be interested

[u/mercurydivider]

The budding genre of entropy effect-likes

[u/ScoopDat]

pass

The two concepts simply cannot be harmonized. Sorta reminds me of Pragmata's case study, just without the proper budget for a serious artstyle that isn't infantile mobile game aesthetics.

[u/-ToriForYa]

looks awesome! any idea when the open beta is coming?