NG: DEV Game: Kraut Busters - MVS Pre-orders open

[mjmjr25]

The latest NG: DEV game was announced earlier today.

It is largely getting panned for being a Metal Slug clone.



More screenshots and info:
http://www.kraut-buster.com/screens.html

Personally, i'll be grabbing this on AES. I'm not sure why a MS clone is a bad thing...MS is great fun, and this game will have an actual chain-scoring system.

[irixith]

Isn't "kraut" a bad word?

...and from the screenies, it looks like a Metal Slug clone, but with less interesting art.

[dsheinem]

are they done with Dreamcast ports? Still waiting on the last one iirc...

[mjmjr25]

Isn't "kraut" a bad word?

NG: DEV is a German game developer and it is a WWII based game. So, of the criticisms (if this is one) i've seen so far - this one hasn't been mentioned.

@dsh - The XYX port was panned as being rushed and inferior to the neo releases - they essentially said they did it for DC fans, but it was an afterthought - all of the development (and real money to be made) is on Neo hardware. I think the official stance is if they can't put their full attention to it - they won't do it. So, for now, I do not think there are official plans for a Razion DC release.

[ninjainspandex]

Interesting, I'd love to get the MVS kit of this but I just can't justify the price tag.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Maybe I'm an idiot but I don't see anything about an AES version on the website...

[mjmjr25]

Maybe I'm an idiot but I don't see anything about an AES version on the website...

The do pre-order on MVS first. The MVS carts will have a USB port for bug-fixes and updates, etc. Almost every game developed will have bugs at some point - at big companies of course this is fixed before release after months of testing (usually), for small developers, bugs are discovered weeks / months after release. To combat this, NG: DEV releases MVS first w/USB port for updates. Once all bugs are worked out, they make the AES release the final build. AES typically comes up for pre-order a couple months after MVS. The LE will be 449 Euro and the CE 499 Euro, if past practices continue.

[jfrost]

Looks pretty ugly.

[mjmjr25]

Looks pretty ugly.

...ok.

It's "early beta", it's more showing the engine than anything. They acknowledge there is a lot of work to be done. They pretty much work game to game...and have to fund it along the way. I don't think anyone is claiming a masterpiece here yet and for many, way too close to MS, but ugly isn't anything that has been said about any of their games to this point. So, i'm optimistic...

[Gunstar Green]

Isn't "kraut" a bad word?

Finally a game all great grandpas can get behind.