Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Deathwill be available today through Xbox Live Arcade and Steam. The game is an homage to blockbuster films, comic book heroes, and action games with its focus on “relentless high-octane combat, exotic and danger-filled environments and epic set pieces.” Plus, it has its tongue placed firmly inside its cheek. Players take on the role of Marlow Briggs, a no-nonsense hero who has “never shied away from danger or trouble,” as he runs about Central America in a quest to defeat an industrial evil. To make matters worse – or more exciting, depending – he is bound to an ancient Mayan Death Mask sidekick “who’s had no-one to talk to for 2000 years.” Awesome. Developed by Zootfly, Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death is available now for £9.99.
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Total Biscuit nailed it....I kinda like it also.....it knows it is an over the top mess of a game...but combat is good and it is a huge spectacle!! Plus it is $15...win/win
Fuck if you want something done best not leave it up to a supercilious pom whose desperate efforts to inject yawn sub text into a straightforward and entertaining game make him come off like the pseud tosser he is.
This game is a mob of fun - a good combination of hack n slash n simple platforming with a bit of humorous repartee goin on underneath. It aint tryin to be the cgi equivalent of moby dick or any other blow too hard crap.
This soggy biscuit bloke is so busy tryin to find inner meaning & whining about the developers putting all their effort into gameplay n humour, cause he wants 157 bullshit radio buttons n sliders to press to 'optimise' his machine of course he can't see the fun in the thing.
Old soggy can't even pull off a move so simple its an insult to call it platforming.
The reason I'm pissed is that his ignorant patronising wank, might put some peeps off a great outta the blue game which deserves applause not circle jerk cynicism from an idjit who seems resentful that the developers didn't give him the usual hand job he's grown accustomed to getting from ubishit et al.
I grabbed the rld version & played the 1st chapter then slipped steam the ackers 4 it cause it is a helluva a lot better n more fun than most of the AAA games around this year as well as being far more realistically priced.
Its not a gow or gol rip- it is an original "Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death".
Sorry I just hate these self appointed net critics who behave like games have to be designed exactly with them in mind to gently pull their pud while they 'the great critic' delivers pronouncements on em written in stone.
Those who choose to forget about the technical stuff that is or is not goin on under the hood will get a big kick outta this game.
Fuck if you want something done best not leave it up to a supercilious pom whose desperate efforts to inject yawn sub text into a straightforward and entertaining game make him come off like the pseud tosser he is.
This game is a mob of fun - a good combination of hack n slash n simple platforming with a bit of humorous repartee goin on underneath. It aint tryin to be the cgi equivalent of moby dick or any other blow too hard crap.
This soggy biscuit bloke is so busy tryin to find inner meaning & whining about the developers putting all their effort into gameplay n humour, cause he wants 157 bullshit radio buttons n sliders to press to 'optimise' his machine of course he can't see the fun in the thing.
Old soggy can't even pull off a move so simple its an insult to call it platforming.
The reason I'm pissed is that his ignorant patronising wank, might put some peeps off a great outta the blue game which deserves applause not circle jerk cynicism from an idjit who seems resentful that the developers didn't give him the usual hand job he's grown accustomed to getting from ubishit et al.
I grabbed the rld version & played the 1st chapter then slipped steam the ackers 4 it cause it is a helluva a lot better n more fun than most of the AAA games around this year as well as being far more realistically priced.
Its not a gow or gol rip- it is an original "Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death".
Sorry I just hate these self appointed net critics who behave like games have to be designed exactly with them in mind to gently pull their pud while they 'the great critic' delivers pronouncements on em written in stone.
Those who choose to forget about the technical stuff that is or is not goin on under the hood will get a big kick outta this game.
Fuck if you want something done best not leave it up to a supercilious pom whose desperate efforts to inject yawn sub text into a straightforward and entertaining game make him come off like the pseud tosser he is.
This game is a mob of fun - a good combination of hack n slash n simple platforming with a bit of humorous repartee goin on underneath. It aint tryin to be the cgi equivalent of moby dick or any other blow too hard crap.
This soggy biscuit bloke is so busy tryin to find inner meaning & whining about the developers putting all their effort into gameplay n humour, cause he wants 157 bullshit radio buttons n sliders to press to 'optimise' his machine of course he can't see the fun in the thing.
Old soggy can't even pull off a move so simple its an insult to call it platforming.
The reason I'm pissed is that his ignorant patronising wank, might put some peeps off a great outta the blue game which deserves applause not circle jerk cynicism from an idjit who seems resentful that the developers didn't give him the usual hand job he's grown accustomed to getting from ubishit et al.
I grabbed the rld version & played the 1st chapter then slipped steam the ackers 4 it cause it is a helluva a lot better n more fun than most of the AAA games around this year as well as being far more realistically priced.
Its not a gow or gol rip- it is an original "Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death".
Sorry I just hate these self appointed net critics who behave like games have to be designed exactly with them in mind to gently pull their pud while they 'the great critic' delivers pronouncements on em written in stone.
Those who choose to forget about the technical stuff that is or is not goin on under the hood will get a big kick outta this game.
You didn't listen to a word he said did you? God why.
Just tried this game expecting something hilariously terrible, and instead I got a cheesy, dumb and yet surprisingly entertaining piece of s..oftware
It looks bad and cheap, the animations are just indecent, the story is (what story? ) but I feel dirty to say that the gameplay is quite addictive. An hack 'n slash with platforming, divine powers and the biggest amount of explosions ever seen in a video game. I'm not joking, Bay would be really proud of this
Well, I had this sitting in my list of games for a while with very little progress done in it. I decided to continue today and I found myself playing it for hours, until now, when I finished it. This game is actually really damn good! I'm just amazed that a team like this, that nobody heard off managed to make a game with such polished combat. It's not an innovative game by any means, it rips-off games left and right in every respect, not just gameplay, but it does so in a very good way. Also, getting a specticle fighter right is not that easy, which surprises me even more. The combat is extremely satisfying, especially with the dual wield and Kusarigama-like versions of the weapon. It also helps that everything is very responsive. People expecting good story from this will find none. This game just takes the concepts of cheesy and over-the-top and goes ballistic with them, every fucking second! The final boss (which looks like a mix of Samael, Tirael and probably others too) battle is so bloody ridiculous... you basically punch the final boss to death. Yes, I'm dead serious... only to get some Sands of Time bullshit after it that I can only hope would mean some sequel in the past, haha! And of course, after that you will get what are probably the most ridiculous credits of all time. Those credits will kick your fucking ass. You might even rage quit at the credits! I fucking loved this game. Graphics wise I really feel like they did a good enough job considering the low budget and the fact that they aimed for it to be an XBLA title. It uses a lot of low quality assets I guess, but the lighting and effects are a lot of time good enough to make the game even impressive. The soundtrack is I think the only thing I can really fault this game for. It's not bad, but most of the time it's extremely uninspired and doesn't really complement what's happening. This reminds me in many ways of X-Blades which I absolutely loved. That game wanted to be a cheap DMC clone and it succeeded in doing so, at least in my opinion. This does the same thing, but instead it's a clone of God of War and a pretty good one at that. I liked the first God of War, but I kind of had enough of it already at the second one, which I still haven't finished. I kind of had more fun with this than with God of War, simply because it's so fucking ridiculous, all the time!
I really recommend others to try this as well, it was quite a blast for me and it made me laugh quite a few times, either with the humour or the over-the-top cheesiness.
Hehe, this game was indeed a nice surprise. Non-stop cheesy action and combat, and atmosphere coming straight from the 80s. Priceless. And yes! That final boss fight was simply brutal
I wonder if we'll see a sequel one day, the ending was quite "open"
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