Toxic Crusaders
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge started this retro licensed beat em up trend. Before a lot of them started to come out. Among the first of them revealed was Toxic Crusaders. Which is based on the cartoon show of the same name. It's no secret the older Toxic Crusaders games were terrible. You can tell this team wants to deliver a decent Toxic Crusaders game.
They also wanted to make sure it stands out among similar licensed beat em up games. I always wanted to play as Toxie in a game. I am very happy with how the game coming out so far. I do think this game going to be a surprise hit for sure. It's hard to say if it'll sell well though. I am sure Lloyd Kaufman going to be quite happy about this Toxie game.
I do like the roster of characters you play as. All of which are from the cartoon show. At this point where's Street Sharks game at? I really wanna play that since I had a lot of the toys growing up. Stuff like this was already rip offs of TMNT in a few ways. Toxic Crusaders was kinda in the middle. At the time you were better off watching the Toxic Avenger movies.
I do think Toxie deserves one decent licensed game. He ended up becoming the mascot of Troma. I felt the character should have his time in the spot light. Speaking of that, the Toxic Avengers reboot movie may finally come out this year. If it does, suddenly I'll have more reason to get this game. Toxie going to need all the help as well as hype he can possibly get.
Considering the 90s being relived period. Virtually majority of my childhood. It seems nearly everything even the strange thing from that era coming back. I do think this is going to represent the show well. I don't think they need to change much even considering the newest update. I personally can't wait to play this myself soon.
The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest
Out of the three games this one caught my attention in a rather huge way. This is essentially parody of Castlevania series especially Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest. This started as a joke they posted online. People actually became quite interested in. The developer which is one person decided to make it into an actual parody Castlevania 2 style game.
I have played some truly amazing parody games in the last few years. Also I do enjoy metroidvania games to a degree. Either pictures or videos of the game were impressive. This actually could pass as an Castlevania game. I love the main character's name so happens to be Simon Quest. It sorta comes off like derp remember that Castlevania game?
I do think this is going to be the longest of the three games. I really wanna see the full map myself. Metroidvania games are really packed with content. Excluding additional modes is mind blowing. I also liked it plays like a modernize Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest to a degree. This game is going to be truly amazing stuff.
Sometimes a more comical game is rather refreshing. I recently played through a few game that's done just that. I know some unavoidably going to compare this to several fan remakes of Simon's Quest. One of which was pretty awesome from what I seen. Castlevania Chronicles 2 is actually an fan game I wanna play.
I do hope this game has some great jokes hidden. I also wanna see some sick upgrades you can get. Yes there's a leveling system to a degree. I do like you have stuff to keep you from restarting the game from scratch. In all honestly, this game going to be a must have in your collections. No guarantee if it wins Indie Game of the Year award though.
The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest will be like how UnMetal was towards Metal Gear franchise. I do think this could be Retroware's best game in a couple years. Which is really saying a lot with their library of games. At this moment, it has a shot at AVGN 1 & 2 Deluxe. I really can't wait to play this in the near future.
Conclusion
I really do think both of these going to be way better than AVGN 8-bit. Not only that both of them are further going to get Retroware's name on people's radars in rather different ways. My expectations are quite high with both these games. Depending if Xbox gets em or not. Either Xbox or Steam as the alternative.
Steam ideally would be better for The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest. You might need to look stuff up online. It's going to be one gigantic map after all. Very easy to get lost or not sure where to use certain items. Toxic Crusaders being an beat em up the platform I play it on doesn't matter much. I do think Retroware possibly could get up to three huge hits this year is insane.
They will take you back to the past alright. Three vastly different games they're publishing. A huge chance all of them coming out this year going to be wild. I'm trying not to be so harsh on the new AVGN game. It's kinda difficult when the other two games instantly sold me on em. I am actually literately to take a chance to see where this goes.
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