Video: Check Out the Launch Trailer for Slain!

yup

Lots of cool wolves. But I have to wonder if it was truly too hard or not. I've played some hard games before that left me annoyed, like Dark Witch or something from the eShop. I can't see this game being hard in that way.

Often, games that are hard are hard because A) they have bad controls / game systems that make control awkward, B) they have strictly obtuse game mechanics that aren't intuitive, or C) they are overtuned to where players can make irreparable mistakes with their game data.

It's rare to have a game that's hard from a strictly skill standpoint where the players have a chance to overcome it with practice. As a note, I place Dark Witch in category A. The game was just unpunishingly hard due to the awkwardness of the systems. It wasn't as elegant as a bullet hell game, and certainly didn't have the learning curve ability of something like Undertale.

This looks great! Hopefully it isn't too hard,my gaming skills ain't what they used to be.

Whatever happened to Insanity's Blade?It looked kind of similar to this.I was looking forward to that and it was supposed to be close to release but we haven't heard nothing in ages.

@Tsurii Yes, but unfortunately most games marketing themselves on being hard do exactly that. It's, well, hard to make a game that's fairly hard (i.e. one you can "git gud" at without involving cheating). Many "Nintendo Hard" games of old were hard because you had to have had suprahuman reflexes to get good beyond a certain point, and many modern retraux games often fail to grasp where the line between "engineered to be hard but beatable" and "engineered to be brutally hard" lies.

Music alone sold me on this. Grabbing this one once its out on.. WiiU? Its not coming for 3DS, is it?

@OorWullie
I think Insanity's Blade was being developed by a one or two-man team. Maybe the stress was too much, or it was a budget thing. It's a shame, because I really wanted to play that game as well. The main (or sole?) dev used to post here. Maybe we can summon him by invoking the game's title a third time in this thread.

Insanity's Blade.

I see a new Volgarr the Vikking here ... the graphics/animations looks amazing BTW!

@TobiasAmaranth "Lots of cool wolves."

Nothing else really even needs to be said.

Awesome got that Castlevania look about it.

would be cool to know why such games often are released later on Wii U if they are ever. Is it always that much more work to get them running on it? One, PS4 and Steam are almost everytime simultaneously released.
I dunno, have the feeling this kills sales. It killed my sale for D&D 'cause i got it cheaper on Steam.

This game is just oozing atmosphere, I hope it lives up to the challenge it boasts.. and is difficult in the right kinda ways. This and Bloodstained are quite exciting for Belmont lovers.

@Mr-DNA
@OorWullie

I am right there with these guys, I have been so curious about Insanity's Blade.. I hope it still makes it to release it looked incredibly awesome!

Insanity's Blade
Insanity's Blade

(Perhaps the 3 word invocation is needed in a single post.)

Looks fantastic! Anybody who is looking forward to this one should try Salt and Sanctuary, I've been playing it non stop. I wonder if Slain will have co-op like S&S?

looks amazing!

I'll take advantage of this article and ask if anyone remembers a late '80s/early '90s MS-DOS title with a similarly metal-inspired, viking-esque atmosphere with gorgeous sprite artwork and some amounts of fanservice thrown in. I can't seem to recall the title.

It's too violent for my tastes, plus the graphics suck.

"plus the graphics suck"
Wut...?

So, the game is out on PC ... read the reviews:
https://www.gog.com/game/slain

Conclusion: the controls are terrible, the game seems unfinished.

Hope, that they will fix those things on the Wii U (if the game ever sees light on this console).

@AlexSora89

Some platformer games of that time, I do remember and played the shareware/demo versions:

1. Conan: The Mysteries of Time
2. Prophecy series
3. Lost Vikings (this is more like action platformer with strategy elements, you control 3 vikings)

These are strategy and/or rpg games:
4. Heimdall series (not really sure, but I think it had some platformer sections)
5. Hammer of the Gods (this is a strategy game, if I remember correctly)
6. Valhalla (RPG of some sorts, maybe I remember it to be very similar to Dwarf Fortress?)

Get this on 3DS and I'm SOLD.
Otherwise it'll have to be Wii U-- looks controller-smashing-awesome!

@opeter
Thanks! I'll make sure to look for them!

@AlexSora89: your welcome. Have a nice day!

hopefully they fix the problems in this game for wii u. got to get this one for sure.
and about insanitys blade...
@Mr-DNA
@OorWullie
@CCHawk
the developer told me it wasnt coming to wii u due to what was used to make the game. but this is his new game inspired by the ghouls and ghosts games and it is awesome:

@ogo79 That's a shame,I'm sure it would have done quite well on the Eshop.I'm not one to play games on my laptop so unless it comes to NX,I'll likely never play it.That Battle Princess Madelyn looks fantastic.I've wanted a remake or sequel to Ghouls and Ghosts for years but can't see it ever happening.Just had a look at his website and he said he's bringing this to consoles and handhelds first,so hopefully that includes Wii U.Cheers for making me aware of this,it's helped soften the blow of Insanity's Blade's cancellation.

@OorWullie
i know where you are coming from. insanitys blade would have been perfect for the wii u. most definitely. i dont mess with games on my pc either. this is the same deal that happened with oniken and odallus. i had high hopes for all these games to come to wii u eshop. im hoping they all hit the nx, makes sense at this point.

@ogo79

Awww that is sad news, but the G&G remake is good news at least. Can't wait to see more of that game now!

@CCHawk
yeah its sad news, im hoping it comes to nx, his games belong on a nintendo console