I Changed my Mind about Derek Yu's UFO 50

[@XanaGear]

Working on a video going over all 50 games (yes we know about every single one) so I’m glad we got you back. I think you liking it and covering it will do a lot for the game.

[@devin1917]

Could you please unban me on your twitch and discord I think

[@jetstreamsampai474]

Ban him twice

[@XanaGear]

@@devin1917 feel free to put in an unban request, weirdest place to ask

[@pch1370]

Retro games without the jank of retro games? Sign me in.

[@ItsameAlex]

actually they're including it in to make it feel more realistic

[@theforce0977]

small correction on the vampire survivors section, it actually isn't the first of its kind of genre. It was heavily inspired by a mobile game called magic survival.

[@karmatose]

I've had this in my wishlist for what feels like years now. Glad it's finally got a release date. I really enjoy smaller pick up and play style games so I'm really hoping it is up my alley.

[@brettsmith260]

Oooh comes out on my birthday i guess it was meant to be. I never had consoles as a kid, i grew up playing one of those 2000 shareware games cds on my family's 486 packard bell. This is right up my alley.

[@Boamere]

You've got good taste btw. Enter the gungeon goes hard

[@LeggomyMeggo84]

Oh my gosh I need this. There are a couple NES cartridges that had multipacks of games on them that were legitimate licensed developers for Nintendo, but the games were all tiny and most of them were glitchy and unfinished. I think one of them was the Cheetahmen or something. These look amazing. I’m quite the opposite with the look of games as long as it plays well. I love a well-made game with a simple retro aesthetic, so I would be all over this.

[@daneelaart]

i'm just wondering why this took so long, it's making me want to get my hopes up for the metanarrative which could be an incredible concept for an action 52 parody game, but it's probably not gonna be anything bombastic

[@melephs_cap]

Why it took so long to...make 50 games while working on Spelunky 2 for much of the dev cycle? I think the team simply made good games and that takes a while. Also if you read the Edge magazine coverage they say the game has taken about the same time as they estimated it would have taken the fictional company to make 50 games, funnily enough.

[@BAKAGAlJIN]

I'm an NES kid, too, and this definitely had an Action 52 vibe to it. I also wasn't really looking forward to it... more or less looking forward to when it was finally finished, so there is the remote chance he gets working on Spelunky 3. After I watched the presentation, I definitely got a bit interested. The concept around them all being connected by the fictional company is intriguing. I'll give it a chance for sure and happily hand Mr. Yu my hard earned dollars.

[@wafflesaucey]

He has saiid he doesn't currently have plans to work on a spelunky 3.

[@BAKAGAlJIN]

@wafflesaucey yeah, and I figured it's because he's dedicating all his time and energy into UFO50 and fatherhood. Still, now that it's ready to be released, maybe a few years down the line we'll hear it's in development.

[@wafflesaucey]

@@BAKAGAlJIN he said he’s planning to go back to solo development and to experiment with new ideas.

[@SolarFaith]

Is that the Pilot?

[@NeonColored]

it is indeed

[@elijahsinclair7219]

That very special game will very likely be “Valbrace”. If you read the Edge magazine article about the games, I think Valbrace will probably stand out to you.

[@DeegoAegis]

It looks like a fun time. But unless one of the games is Cheetahmen III it won't be a GOTY contender.

[@MisterMountainMan]

I didn't even know this was happening but you've got a pretty interesting perspective on it that I wouldn't have thought of myself.

[@JeffLau0217]

In Derek Yu we trust.

[@joseluismendoza374]

I didn't even know about this until now. I'm willing to try it out though

[@ElCatrinAudiobooks]

So you like rpgs, roguelikes and i saw L4D1 in that library. i would HIGHLY recommend trying out Deep Rock Galactic, i think you will like it.

[@ItsameAlex]

I'm excited for thos.

[@vonheer7418]

I recently picked up an old Intellivision console and a number of games. Ufo50 will probably hit a similar vibe to me as I'm feeling right now experiencing an 'obscure' games library. I actually think Ufo50 could work sold as an mini console similar to the NES-classic or Atari flashback style of modern plug-in-play consoles.

[@melephs_cap]

Yeah, I was always gonna follow this game because Derek and his pals worked on it, but I am getting more and more sold on it myself. Most of the genres don't really appeal to me (especially since I don't have anyone who'd wanna play the mulitplayer modes), and I'm not sure I trust Derek to craft a very complex metanarrative given he doesn't historically do prewritten story. But I think it will be a one-of-a-kind experience, and I absolutely trust the team to deliver a few really satisfying games to anyone interested enough to pick it up.

[@victoonix2802]

It's funny that you didn't know you were playing pirated games as a kid on the NES. I was the exact same but with Playstation games.

[@ItsameAlex]

who was getting you the pirate games?

[@victoonix2802]

@@ItsameAlex I went with my parents almost every week to a kinda low-end shopping center that sold pirated games. As a kid, I thought those were official. I'd buy a PS2 game for like 1 dollar.

[@OurGlorious_Leader]

Nice

[@TheStardustConspiracy]

I’ll give it a go

[@DanielLosada-f9e]

Young Charles Hernandez Eric Lee Scott

[@devin1917]

Awesome !! Yknow what else is awesome sir? 7 days til Elden ring dlc !!!!

[@MeganGrant-s9j]

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[@cyclepro0145]

Wow nice ❤

[@Sirmenonottwo]

I felt this way when I saw this too. The Xanagears of the world will defend it and say it is great before it even comes out. Wii sports is probably the best non 8-bit style game pack game that has ever come out. Warioware and Mario Party also come to mind as game pack games that are good. Fusion Frenzy on X-box was a fun one and the PlayStation EyeToy was also fun.

[@thewolfgabe3656]

UFO50 Its Action 52 but actually good

[@ariloulei814]

I'm glad Derek Yu found a way to monetize the products made from Game Jams. It's odd that game devs do those Game Jams to make neat 1 note ideas that at best need to be fleshed out by another 3 or 4 years of development and many more mechanics/levels. This collection just looks like what a average day browsing through a random Game Jam Submissions in all honestly. Probably alot more polished and some are full length RPGs, rougelites, and Metroidvanias but mostly looks like a bunch of fleshed out game jam ideas that were long enough of games for the NES and Arcade days but couldn't pull even $5 from the random player browsing the steam store for each individual game.

[@Boamere]

Honestly I still don't care. I'm not interested in 50 small games.

[@melephs_cap]

I do believe at least one is a longform RPG (i.e. around 20 hours long) and many will be very challenging like Spelunky, so "small" is a matter of perspective. But fair.

[@Peastable]

They’ve explicitly said they aren’t minigames. Your decision is your decision, but I think it’s worth looking into it a little more as you don’t really seem to understand what the product is.

[@Boamere]

@@Peastable I’ll have a look at reviews when it comes out but nothing about the trailer interests me.