New indie CRPG: Charles Barkley: Shut UP & Jam: Gaiden!

[Julio]

Source: Kotaku

You ever play Charles Barkley: Shut Up And Jam? You like RPGs? Check this: Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. The game's spiel says it all:


The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the "B-Ballnacht". Thousands upon thousands of the world's greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of chaos and order. Among the few ballers and fans that survived the basketball genocide was Charles Barkley, the man capable of performing the "Verboten Jam"...

Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk. Joined by allies along the way, including his son Hoopz, Barkley must face the dangers of a life he thought he gave up a long time ago and discover the secrets behind the terrorist organization B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S.

A tale of zaubers, b-balls, and atonement; brave dangers unheard of, face spectacular challenges that even the greatest ballers could not overcome, and maybe... just maybe... redeem basketball once and for all.

Download link: http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=1460

Official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F1cOvZ3nS8

Note: I'm about 3 hours in and already it has shown more adventure-game and CRPG influences than most recent commercial releases in the genre. I love the different ways Barkley can utilize his abilities and tools to overcome puzzles or explore areas. So far the dungeon designs seem quite logical.

 

[Schauman]

And it is canon!

Nothing better to do, time to smoke this then.

 

[ghostdog]

shit, this is great !

I'm playing it.

 

[Volrath]

It's called survival of the fittest, if you can't slam with the best, then jam with the rest.
-Charles Barkley


GENIUS

 

[DarkSign]

Why does Larry Byrd have brown hair and a fedora? I thought he was blond and had a porn 'stashe?

 

[Jasede]

Why this was put into retardo I'll never know. It's definitely an RPG, and a fun one too.

 

[Julio]

Because El Dee's a disgusting nazi commie i.e. The New Rex.








I asked him in PM and apparently he thought the game was made-up.

 

[DarkSign]

Fuck that. KC's the new Rex. Now everyone should have fun in PS with his face.

 

[Murk]

This game rules, I spent like 2 hours on it today, and it's seriously fucking awesome.

 

[MetalCraze]

what the fuck is this shit?
what the hell did they smoke?
this game is retarded
I want it

 

[Julio]

The mere idea of neo-shekels is sheer genius.