Monster Boy - Monster World Spiritual Sequel

**mollipen** · 31 Jan 2015, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name

While not a fan of the art style, it doesn't seem any worse than any other indie game that isn't shooting for an 8 bit look. Looks very European to me.

I don't know, I think Flying Hamster II was looking not too shabby in terms of art style.

Maybe it IS the fact that it kind of looks European to me, and I pretty much think all Euro games form that era looked terrible.

**YellerDog** · 31 Jan 2015, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by Melf

What is it with shitty artwork in modern sequels to 16-bit games? Rocket Knight Adventures, Commando 3, now this. Why do they always feel that they need to completely change the art style?

Everybody wants to 'put their own stamp' on something, only they're not as good as they seem to think.

**Fe 26** · 31 Jan 2015, 04:42 AM

yall need to cut that out. Send out a memo to your art buddies

**Yoshi** · 31 Jan 2015, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by shidoshi

Maybe it IS the fact that it kind of looks European to me, and I pretty much think all Euro games form that era looked terrible.

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edit: For the record, if you don't appreciate Psygnosis art, there's no hope for you. I'm sure there were other good ones, but they stick out to me.

**NeoZeedeater** · 31 Jan 2015, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Yoshi

edit: For the record, if you don't appreciate Psygnosis art, there's no hope for you. I'm sure there were other good ones, but they stick out to me.

Yeah, I think a lot of better European art back then came from the darker fantasy and sci-fi stuff (Psygnosis, Delphine, Novotrade, etc.). The colourful mascot platformers didn't usually fare as well.

**Some Stupid Japanese Name** · 31 Jan 2015, 11:33 AM

I guess my CDi platformers are rubbing off on me. I just don't find this stuff that offensive. But I'm also just looking at it as its own thing, not comparing it to previous WB games. I'm sure that's where most of the disconnect is coming from.

**NeoZeedeater** · 31 Jan 2015, 11:37 AM

I was looking at it as its own thing when it was Flying Hamster 2. But now that it's pretty much the real deal after over 20 years, I'm more critical.

**Frogacuda** · 02 Feb 2015, 04:04 PM

Apparently this is not the only licensed Wonder Boy game in the works right now. On NeoGAF, Omar Cornut, who worked on Tearaway and Soul Bubbles, said he left Media Molecule to work on a new Wonder Boy project, but it's further away than Monster Boy.

It seems like perhaps Westone's bankruptcy has created more opportunities for the license rather than less.