Indie game Crypt of the Necrodancer gets spinoff called Cadence of Hyrule, features Zelda characters

scroeffie1984 · Mar 20, 2019

but why jumping and not walking looks dumb

masagrator · Mar 20, 2019

scroeffie1984 said:
but why jumping and not walking looks dumb

Because it's a rhytmic game.

Tigran · Mar 20, 2019

scroeffie1984 said:
but why jumping and not walking looks dumb

You know what looks dumb? Someone who doesn't read the thread.

Arras said:
It's to match the rhythm based gameplay. You can't really have characters normally walk from space to space, it would take too long. You need a snappy movement to make sure it's easy to stay on the beat, and a hop is the best way to do it. The only real alternatives are straight up teleportation and a very quick slide, and neither of them seem like much of an improvement, especially when you get items or characters that move 2 squares without touching the one they moved over.

Bernhard · Mar 21, 2019

lookin forward playing this gem^-^

gnmmarechal · Mar 21, 2019

Well, this I want to try out.

DAZA · Mar 21, 2019

Wow, that does look good snes style.. shame about the jump animation.. guess they want the game to last longer by jumping rather than running around

DAZA · Mar 21, 2019

Wow, that does look good snes style.. shame about the jump animation.. guess they want the game to last longer by jumping rather than running around

Vhestal · Mar 21, 2019

This offsets the frustration of the Switch not having a morsel of Persona's "Dancing" series.

Bladexdsl · Mar 21, 2019

hmmm a 2d zelda game...with random dungeons...and dungeon crawler elements
don't know what to see about this...except......

lordelan · Mar 21, 2019

Never heard of the original and I'm not into rhythm games (if this is one) but I'll try it out. The "old" Zelda soundtrack from the trailer sounded just f*cking amazing.

The Real Jdbye · Mar 21, 2019

lordelan said:
Never heard of the original and I'm not into rhythm games (if this is one) but I'll try it out. The "old" Zelda soundtrack from the trailer sounded just f*cking amazing.

If it's anything like Necrodancer then it's sort of a rhythm game. All movement is tied to the music but it doesn't really feel like that's actually adding anything to the gameplay at least from gameplay I've seen (haven't played it)

DarthDub · Mar 21, 2019

My hype died a bit when I read rhythm game.. Hope it's good!

Arras · Mar 21, 2019

DarthDub said:
My hype died a bit when I read rhythm game.. Hope it's good!

like Jdbye said, it's not a traditional rhythm game at all. The whole rhythm aspect mostly serves as a timer to keep the turns going in what is essentially a turn based game on a grid. There's even a character that ignores the rhythm aspect altogether, turning it into a straight up turn based dungeon crawler.

Xzi · Mar 21, 2019

This is amazing. Clearly the dev is a huge Zelda fan, because that's a loving re-imagining of the 16-bit Zelda style. Very out of left field.

DarthDub · Mar 21, 2019

Xzi said:
This is amazing. Clearly the dev is a huge Zelda fan, because that's a loving re-imagining of the 16-bit Zelda style. Very out of left field.

Seems more Minish Cap-like in my opinion. Looks lovely regardless.

Bladexdsl · Mar 21, 2019

from what i've seen i don't classify this as a real rhythm game. rhythm games involve pressing buttons to a beat at the right time like them crappy just dance or guitar hero games this is not like that. the gameplay is similar to chocobos dungeon from what i can see. so it's really a turn based dungeon crawler (the best kind)

an actual nindy game i'm interested in gotta be a 1st

Clydefrosch · Mar 21, 2019

scroeffie1984 said:
but why jumping and not walking looks dumb

Bladexdsl said:
from what i've seen i don't classify this as a real rhythm game. rhythm games involve pressing buttons to a beat at the right time like them crappy just dance or guitar hero games this is not like that. the gameplay is similar to chocobos dungeon from what i can see. so it's really a turn based dungeon crawler (the best kind)

an actual nindy game i'm interested in gotta be a 1st

it is actually like that. you press the directional buttons in rhytm to move. if you miss the beat, you're not moving (but i think most enemies will) and if you keep the beat and keep on moving and attacking without missing it, you get a bonus on gold find such (gold buys you stronger weapons, keys, armor hearts and such), so you really want to be constantly in motion, while keeping track of the enemies and their moving patterns to move in and attack at the right moments.
also, every state is basically one song. so you cant just jump in a circle for a minute or two either.

the jumping is because you do play on a grid, like mystery dungeon games, but making characters 'walk' at that speed (the beat can get pretty fast) would look even sillier.
also, think of it as characters dancing to the beat instead of walking

leon315 · Mar 21, 2019

So how this game will be distributed?
Have we get base game 1st then buy this as DLC? or is this a standalone game beside Crypt of necromancer?

Bladexdsl · Mar 21, 2019

Clydefrosch said:
it is actually like that. you press the directional buttons in rhytm to move. if you miss the beat, you're not moving (but i think most enemies will) and if you keep the beat and keep on moving and attacking without missing it, you get a bonus on gold find such (gold buys you stronger weapons, keys, armor hearts and such), so you really want to be constantly in motion, while keeping track of the enemies and their moving patterns to move in and attack at the right moments.
also, every state is basically one song. so you cant just jump in a circle for a minute or two either.

NO BUY

migles · Mar 21, 2019

Bladexdsl said:
NO BUY

and is there a reason on what you do not like? or you gona just leave like that?

like i said to chary, crypt of necrodancer is a game that people should try, its kite fun. if you don't enjoy it, then move along, but at least give it a change

nWo · Mar 21, 2019

Going to give Necrodancer a go in the meantime.

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