By Jim Rossignol on March 14th, 2012 at 8:00 pm.
Just a couple of years ago saying “the graphics are a bit blocky” was a way to put down a game, but now it seems it might just as likely be an indication of indie-success. It’s been almost a month since we last saw something from the cheerily blockular Cube World, but now it’s back with a “Monsters” trailer. That clever title should give you some clue as to what it contains, which is some monsters. A huge blocky dino-thing gets a beating from our sword-wielding block-protagonist, and there’s a strong, strong whiff of things Nintendo in there. Go take a look, this is looking really impressive.
14/03/2012 at 20:13 Chmilz says:
This really needs to be merged with Minecraft. Killing and building were meant to go together.
14/03/2012 at 20:19 Bobtree says:
I watched this on the forum thread this morning, and it looks like they’ve really put some thought into the combat. The grass blocks that are destroyed when the dino-turtle beast romps about are also a nice touch. I hope the game has some explosive weaponry.
14/03/2012 at 21:27 sassy says:
Yeah combat finally seems to be getting a bit of meat to it. Prior to this video it just looked like you ran in, attempted to aim your slashes and clicked until dead. This video showed appropriate knockbacks, the need to dodge or defend and the need for some tactics. If they build on this base they may really have something nice soon.
My god do I love that minimap! I don’t think I’ve seen any recent footage of the game where I haven’t admired it for a little bit.
14/03/2012 at 20:20 db1331 says:
It’s Bowser. Cool.
15/03/2012 at 01:18 mopnvbxee says:
Cheap swivel screen portable DV D player
http://cutin.de/OEs3
14/03/2012 at 20:30 Gnoupi says:
I need to stop playing LoL. All I could think seeing the special attack of the saurian was “DEMACIA !!!”.
Aside from that, the game still looks great, and appears to have nice fights. Can’t wait to be able to throw my money at the dev.
14/03/2012 at 20:39 Blackcompany says:
So, this game has a solid combat system, RPG elements, and the building and crafting system of Minecraft? All in one package?
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Why don’t they just name it “Free-Time-Begone” and have done.
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This seriously looks fun. Though in truth, I think during the combat, he forgot to, um, block.
14/03/2012 at 20:44 RF says:
They really need to rename it. It’s not really about being a Cube World-thingy.
14/03/2012 at 21:23 Inacio says:
Yeah, Poly World would really fit better.
14/03/2012 at 22:46 The Master Chief from Halo says:
Truly. At this point it’s an adventure game that happens to look kinda like Minecraft.
15/03/2012 at 01:15 Noburu says:
Wollay has stated he has REAL name picked out that he is going to use for the game. Cubeworld is just a temporary title. Im lazy and dont want to try and find it in his twitter feed.
14/03/2012 at 20:44 Nevard says:
Combat seems fairly strange and floaty, but nevertheless pretty promising.
It definitely looks better than the attempts made by Minecraft and the like, though I shall have to play it to form a real opinion.
The speedier Dual Wielding was the most attractive part
14/03/2012 at 20:52 Splynter says:
Wait. Did he just get XP by killing a bush?
14/03/2012 at 21:43 Dragon Master says:
And coins, nonetheless. Makes sense though, after all, the bush is of higher level than the dinosaurs.
14/03/2012 at 22:32 Skabooga says:
Well, they are harder to kill than rats, at least.
15/03/2012 at 11:35 hjd_uk says:
It was a big bush!
14/03/2012 at 22:14 sneetch says:
I love the look of that game. It’s fantastic!
14/03/2012 at 22:31 LTK says:
Man, that looks like a ton of fun.
15/03/2012 at 01:04 Ricotta says:
This is promising, unfortunately there is no where for me to throw money at this….
15/03/2012 at 01:09 Antsy says:
This looks really special! And yes, help us help you!
15/03/2012 at 01:16 Noburu says:
Not yet, he has stated he wants the game mostly finished and more polished before he lets other people play it at all.
15/03/2012 at 01:28 DarkFarmer says:
sighhhhhh CubeWorld’s so purdy.
15/03/2012 at 03:27 Voon says:
So far so good! Love the music here, the graphics are beautiful and the combat’s reminicent to Monster Hunter crossed with a jumping mechanism and skills. Or an MMO with better a combat system. The animations could improve, though. Swinging that buster sword felt a bit weak when the swings look softer than it should be.
15/03/2012 at 03:45 DOLBYdigital says:
Wow… thanks for posting this! I remembered hearing about it but didn’t check it out. However this looks like great fun! If they added an online co-op option, it would consume my life
15/03/2012 at 04:00 MrPants says:
City folk often done think they seen a dinosaur. That critter you got there, she’s a turtle. Big turtle.
15/03/2012 at 07:02 margareet says:
I think she is more beautiful.
http://kisalt.be/31vt5l
15/03/2012 at 08:47 Crazy Horse says:
According to the blog this has been entirely developed by one person and he only started in June 2011.. That’s incredible. I wish I had that kind of free time.
15/03/2012 at 11:15 Suits says:
So now it’s Monster Hunter?
15/03/2012 at 11:37 hjd_uk says:
^_^ money in bushes, do you get to walk into a village and smash everyone’s pots?
15/03/2012 at 12:09 Jason Moyer says:
The game has a great artstyle (including animation/sound/etc) but I hope there’s more to it than beating the crap out of things with 20,000 hitpoints.
15/03/2012 at 13:05 Urthman says:
The 3D monster HP bar is cute, but it takes away from the cool-looking design for the creature somewhat.