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[Sinatar]

...and boy does it look like utter shit.

http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_billyblade_tot.html

How exactly does steaming dung like this get funded?

 

[Mejilan]

Why is this happening?

 

[Gattsu25]

damn...I thought you were linking to a PoP2 trailer :\

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

I don't know that it's a POP rip, the arabian parts certainly are but I think that's the point. The pirate and snow parts look like Dark Alliance.

I think it might be a beat-em-up of sorts, the arabian stuff looks like they got carried away.

 

[raYne]

:lol... Oh man.... just... :lol

Arabian theme + "Temple of time" + the exact same traps (bladed spinning columns) = PoP no matter how much pirates and snow they put in.

 

[Sinatar]

I don't know that it's a POP rip, the arabian parts certainly are but I think that's the point. The pirate and snow parts look like Dark Alliance.

I think it might be a beat-em-up of sorts, the arabian stuff looks like they got carried away.

Watch the combat, the traps, and the general way it looks to play, its very PoP.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Watch the combat, the traps, and the general way it looks to play, its very PoP.

I just kinda think the number of spinning spike traps is going to drop off pretty heavy in the artic areas.

 

[belgurdo]

Reminds me of that Dreamcast version of Prince of Persia visually, except they actually put SOME effort into that game

 

[Tenguman]

At least the fighting looks more fun

 

[Matlock]

I thought I was transported back to when Ico was first announced.

 

[shpankey]

you sure this just isn't the gamecube version of PoP 2?

 

[demon]

WOW. You know this game is gonna be badass with a character named Billy Blade.

If this were four or so years ago this game would look hella fun to me.

 

[dark10x]

I thought I was transported back to when Ico was first announced.

/me kicks Matlock in the throat

 

[Chrono]

you sure this just isn't the gamecube version of PoP 2?

... ???

Is that supposed to be funny?

 

[TheGreenGiant]

why ripoff a c- game at best.

:runsaway:

 

[john2kx]

good art.

 

[I Work For UbiSoft]

Well its preaty bad other than that...

 

[8bit]

Billy Blade and the Temple of Time? That's the real name?

 

[I Work For UbiSoft]

Yeah that's the real name.

rip of sands of Time

 

[aoi tsuki]

That trailer is hilarious. It's an obvious PoP rip (or PoP-inspired as the devs would say), but "Billy Blade" in this setting has about all the believability of "American Ninja".

 

[open_mouth_]

At least the combat looks more advanced than POP 1

 

[M3wThr33]

Come on! The pressure traps are a dead giveaway.
Not to mention the alliteration in the title, enemy-scaling attacks and main character's name.

Too bad it looks like its crap because combat is NOT the reason PoP kicked ass. It looks like they took the trap and fight concept and run with it throwing in a BGA game with pretty poorly shaded graphics.

Whatever it is, it's destined to suck ass.

 

[olimario]

 

[Ranger X]

OMGWTF...
If UbiSoft didn't know about this game, next Monday they will!!

 

[TekunoRobby]

The name alone will guarantee this game will be the best of this gen. Even the artwork and subtle beauty the game exhumes is miles ahead of any other product.

 

[krypt0nian]

you sure this just isn't the gamecube version of PoP 2?

You're not even good at this anymore.

 

[shpankey]

oh shaddup mr. sensitive

 

[Mike Works]

1) Billy Blade and the Temple of Time is the best name since Billy and the Clone-o-saurus (WHAT WERE YOU THINKING)

2) Love the CLING CLANG sword effects when he hits the wolves in the head. They must be metal wolves.

3) Do you remember one of Eternal Darkness's touted features being the excellent camera system, how it was pre-determined in some areas, it'd glide through the rafters, giving you a cinematic experience, yet not obstruct your view? This game looks like it has all of those features minus the cinematic experience and lack of obstructed view, mixed with a Sonic Adventure camera. And ass.

 

[Grey Fox]

GOTY!

Seriously though,it just looks like a dumbed down kiddy game,where you just run around and spam X at everything and collect the crap they drop.

 

[Littleberu]

Why put on a coat if you're barefoot in snow?

 

[belgurdo]

Why put on a coat if you're barefoot in snow?

Logic has no place in BILLY BLADE AND THE TEMPLE OF TIME-coming next Spring!

 

[Agent Dormer]

Man, I can't wait to play this one! And then shattering the disc into a thousand pieces to spite its creation.

 

[Stuggernaut]

The logo looks like something too....

 

[Jim Bowie]

This looks like PoP? It just looks like generic 3rd person action pap.

 

[sykoex]

Actually this looks like a cool, simple game for little kids to play. If it scores around a 6 or 7 I might get it for my little sister to play.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

lol @ nerlaska.

 

[Sinatar]

Expert treasure hunter and renowned sword master, Billy Blade, sets out on an expdition to discover the legendary temple of time and steal the mythical crystal of ages. The shimmering stone of supernatural powers that is said to be a controlling device that can open portals in time. When Billy finds the time crystal, somthing goes terribly wrong and his friend Kong the monkey becomes trapped inside it!

To save Kong, Billy must solve the riddle of the temple and defeat the guardians of time! His new-found quest sends him back in time to the frozen wastes of the ice age, the sand-swept cities of ancient Persia, and the swashbuckling shores of the Caribbean.

:lol:lol:lol

 

[Gek54]

Wow, they even had the balls to list 'Persia' as a world.

 

[Mike Works]

Kong the monkey?

This has GOT to be some inside joke within the industry. There's no way that any developer can be THAT uncreative.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

Kong the monkey?

This has GOT to be some inside joke within the industry. There's no way that any developer can be THAT uncreative.

didn't pick that up.. but this is funny. I guess the phrase "Donkey Kong" for gorillas + apes is ingrained into gamers; the Ape Escape monkeys were nameless

 

[pilonv1]

They've even lifted the end of level things too haven't they? Very uncreative indeed, it's like a really bad Level Design 101 course. "Ok we've got the sand level, now we need a beach, snow and pirate ship stage with skeleton pirates. Make sure you slide all over the ice on the snow level. It's passe now but but in some bullet time. Put in a stealth level too, and something with monkeys."

 

[Necroscope]

Why? This is pretty shameless.

 

[TTP]

*cancels pre-order*

 

[Escape Goat]

*preorders*

*preorders 2 copies*