Tag: skylanders

OOC: That I have! I did see it day of, and almost immediately started drawing out a reaction. I have been HELLA busy trying to catch up with commissions which did keep me from right away posting Superchargers related things, that and I felt like I should wait to get my thoughts out before all that. SO, my thoughts on Superchargers! I apologize for the huge wall of text, I’d figure I’d really get my thoughts out there, so prepare for a readin’ kiddies!

Disappointment, at least, at first. As some may remember before Trap Team’s release, there was a leak that Trap Team would be a racing game. Immediately there was backlash, I was one of those that did NOT want Skylanders to go the horrible route of BanjoKazooie Nuts’n’Bots, or Little Big Planet Racing or whatever it was called. I don’t know many people that enjoy racing games, and I’m one of them. Not a big fan. I can play mario cart and have fun, but that’s it. 

Ever since Spitfire was first leaked, my friends and I had a feeling it was racing related (as Spitfire was on an engine). I kept hoping that maybe it wasn’t an engine, but nope, as it’s known now, it be an engine. So we all saw it coming, but hoped for the best that maybe, JUST maybe, like Trap Team we were being mislead.

I come from a pretty red-neck family, my father was a mechanic and he loved to watch car related shows, dirt bike races, or whatever was on VH1 (or other related channels). It’s safe to say I was the black sheep of the family, and found such things so uninteresting I’d rather go stare at a rock. The new trailer made me feel like I was watching those shows back home, listening to some dude I didn’t know a single thing about talk about dirt bikes, another thing I could care less about, and then Skylanders. 

Honestly, the trailer left me feeling far, far more disappointed and disinterested. At least with Trap Team’s reveal, you got like a mini story! Horrible acting, but still interesting; kids finding ol’ skylanders in a dusty room and then BAM Skylanders, villains, arrrrg save the day! It was exciting and fun!

This… wasn’t. It was just like a commercial; no story, just…to quote JonTron, caaaaaaaaarrrrrrssssss. You ‘kinda’ got a feel of Spitfire’s personality, and for a vroom vroom commercial it was still pretty Skylanderized, but… it was like the Trap Team commercials you’d see AFTER the “Discovery” trailer. 

Does that mean I hate Superchargers? HELL NO I don’t hate it. I just feel that the trailer, at least from my perspective, was completely underwhelming after Trap Team’s fun trailer. I have my personal baggage with dirt bikes and cars and crap like that after coming from a family that had such a hard time trying to understand why I’d much rather draw and be by myself. Don’t get me wrong I love my family, at least portions of it. Anyway, I feel no excitement whatsoever for ‘that’ type of demographic, but I realize that’s just ME. 

And obviously, this game is not for me. Skylanders was NEVER for me, I just like it because I’m a kid at heart and I like taking a more adult twist on the characters and stories. The demographic for Skylanders is for 8-12 year old boys (yes, boys, not girls), and from that perspective, this game makes a butt-load of sense. Little boys love cars, and now there’s Skylanders WITH cars. While I’m not excited about cars, I’m far happier that this could make kids really happy. I do hope little girls aren’t deterred away, parents still heavily genderize toys so some girls might feel excluded, but as a kid… I did like cars. I liked putting my beanie babies in toy cars and making them drive around! No I didn’t play make-believe about what types of cars or car parts, but cars were still fun.

Also, after reading saffronaura‘s dA journal post about the game’s details, my disappointment started to elevate a bit. This isn’t just a racing game, but rather there are on-foot areas still, previous skylanders can still be usable, and amazingly you can still take advantage of the Traps! 

Next, after seeing the different types of cars, there’s the possibility that there are different types of terrains to race with. My husband is far more into some racing games, and he really liked Sonic All-stars Racing Transformed, which he did get me to play with him a few times. The different terrains can make up for some unique and fun level designs. Combine that with some on foot levels, this makes things a little better for me.

And then, the headliners. All three of the gimmick Skylanders, I felt, looked AWESOME. Spitfire is badass, Stormblade is just as awesome, and…I’m just calling her Flaafy until proven otherwise (…okay let’s face it I’m naming her Flaafy), even she looks cool! The thing I loved about Skylanders the most was the toys, I’m a huge collector and I just love collecting things (yaaay first gen pokemon and beanie baby generation yo!). So the upcoming new Skylanders excites me the most, I just can’t wait to see more of them. And, the story. I don’t know how it’ll effect the blog, but it’s always exciting to think of the possibilities. 

Grimaceingly excited. Yeah the car aspect is a huge buzzkill for me, I just really, REALLY don’t care about cars. But I think there’s still a LOT of great possibility to come from this game; after all, Vicarious Visions is doing this one and my favorite Skylanders game is still Swap Force, so I’m still hopefully Vicarious can make this still an enjoyable game. I don’t have to buy the cars as the game already comes with one, so I can just have that one, or one type of each car to experience the different levels.

In the end, I’m not giving this game a verdict. Not like, a FINAL one yet. I mean it was just released! I CAN’T bash this game yet. In the beginning, I HATED Skylanders; I was one of the worst haters and drew hate-art when it was announced. After some coaxing from my friends, as well as some growing up I did of my own, I decided I had to experience the game in order to have the grounds to dislike it. And wouldn’t you know, while I didn’t care much for the first two games, I discovered I liked Skylanders, and BAM here I am today. I’ve learned to do that with a lot of things, don’t judge something harshly until you’ve experienced it. So, I’m not going to whine and baw over Superchargers until it comes out, and I play the game. And I know my personal tastes shouldn’t be pushed onto others.

I apologize for the long as tits explanation, but this has been something I’ve discussed with friends and things I’ve been going over mentally ever since the leaks began. In the end, just keep in mind this game is for kids, not teenagers or adults; KIDS. That doesn’t make it a bad game, it’s not even out yet. Don’t baw at people that can be excited about this game because hay, don’t be a dick, let people enjoy things! Nobody likes the fun police. I’m staying fairly excited for the possibility this game and look forward to trying it out. Clearly, the people making the game (not the guys in suits in it for the money, or Activision), are having fun and putting their all in it, and I can’t wait to see what these people that genuinely care can come up with! Plus I agree with anon #2, I’m mostly in it to collect Skylanders, so I hope for some more badass dragons! I try to get all the dragons too lmfao x,D

…………………that, and my husband got me to see Mad Max, and holy shit, I fucking love that movie. Then just a few days later, Superchargers was confirmed. I like to imagine a mix of that movie and Skylanders…and that’s what I did for the family’s reply. MUWAHAHAHAA!

~Weird Hyenas, Mod