Comments on: Gaulling: Asterix Demo

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:50:27 +0000

Four, according to your link. Huh, never knew.

By: terry

terry — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:05:09 +0000

Three apparently, two of which passed me by completely. Tintin on the Moon on the Spectrum was the one I was thinking of, a mysterious title considering the game ends with Tintin arriving on the moon and doing approximately bugger all on the surface. The game was mostly about untying Captain Haddock who would blithely run around the shuttle getting captured and extinguishing fires which appeared around the shuttle, for some unexplained reason.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:50:16 +0000

There was a Tintin game?

By: ishatra

ishatra — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:47:41 +0000

I saw a full trailer for Olympics today for the Wii, it looks pretty awesome to me, the “Sam Fisher” character and the “paper mario” is a riot. I got me a PAL copy and I can’t wait to play it when I get home. (which won’t be until Saturday, sadly. )
Note, it’s standard 2P co-op bashing, and then, appropriately enough, olympic mini games.

By: Jens Arnesen

Jens Arnesen — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:37:22 +0000

Slappeh: TF2 has a comic look, but it’s not based on a comic the way Asterix is.

Anyway. It’s odd that such a large amount of studios doesn’t seem to bother with the fact that demos will, in many cases, be a person’s first impression of the game – why put more money and attention in the box art if the demo is terrible? Which one will make or break a sale?

(Granted, Bioshock and its lovely metal box would’ve had me sold even if I hadn’t played the demo first, but that’s a special case. It was very purdy!)

By: Al

Al — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:48:37 +0000

What about best demos ever, as a counterpoint to the worst? Has anyone actually done better than “Cannon Soccer”, the two level custom demo for Cannon Fodder, the first level of which “pitched” you against a heavily armed football team and their thuggish supporters?

By: Andrew Mayer

Andrew Mayer — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:18:45 +0000

Well it’s a shame that this is so bad. Asterix is a good license that could probably lead to some fun games if handled well.

Menhirs and Boar for everyone!

By: Slappeh

Slappeh — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:30:30 +0000

Mr.Brand says
I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a comic/cartoon-based game since North & South on the Amiga :/

What about TF2!!!

By: Chris R

Chris R — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:20:39 +0000

But Jim! You’re here keeping us entertained… that’s gotta be the toughest job there is.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:11:37 +0000

We’re very lazy. Actually *I’m* very lazy. I’m the only RPSer not busy working on something at the moment.

By: The_B

The_B — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:55:14 +0000

Jim: It’s not like I didn’t send an email about Speedball 2 or anything… *ahem*

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:40:57 +0000

A post about the Hellboy demo would be ace.