Shaq Fu Sequel Crowdfunder Headed by O'Neal Himself - Update
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For some actually they love Shaq Fu because it's so bad. It's one of those, "so bad it's good" sorta things from what I understand, so possibly more of a guilty pleasure. I mean hell, I'm kinda tempted to contribute to this just to see how it turns out. Because in the grand scheme of things for how the original Shaq Fu was, they'd have to try really hard to make it more of a terrible game then the original.Scarim Coral said:
Obvious stinker kickstarter is obvious.
This is destined to fail on so many levels...where do I begin?
1) The original game. (why remake this?)
The original Shaq Fu was a lazy cash-grab. That was to be expected. Anything that was even remotely popular at the time got a shitty shovelware game. (Wayne's World got a shitty video game...no, TWO shitty video games.)
But that's not the problem. If anything, the sub-shit-grade of Shaq Fu actually gives it a lot of room for improvement, which I maintain, is one of the few legitimate reasons to actually remake something.
No, the first big problem is relevancy; Shaq doesn't have it.
For those who didn't live through the 90s (or haven't heard/studied it), a brief history lesson:
Basketball owned America in the early to mid 90s. Especially 1993-1997. Especially if you were a kid in grade or high school.
(I grew up around Chicagoland when the Bulls were on top of the world. You bet your ass that basketball was inescapable.)
Games like Shaq Fu, White Men Can't Jump, Rapjam Vol. 1 (which is a basketball game NOT STARRING BASKETBALL PLAYERS), or even movies like Space Jam could have only been made in a time like that.
Which isn't to say Basketball isn't popular now; but it doesn't dominate the consciousness of the media and youth of America like it did.
To make a long story short: Game companies weren't just making basketball video games, they were making games to exploit basketball's popularity. Big difference.
The fact is, Shaq Fu is tied to a specific player at a specific time when an idea that laughably terrible could get funding.
It has no place, no business trying to make a comeback now.
2) Shaquille O?Neal is shameless.
Just look at his filmography. Look and be horrified. (and if you aren't horrified, well, I invite you to break out the booze, get some friends and prepare to laugh cry and suffer together)
The dude appeared in Freddy Got Fingered, for fuck's sake!
I don't know if this could get anymore obvious; Shaq is starting a kickstarter to wring out some cash from the last drops of his fame (or infamy). Because I know that if I had such an atrocious game associated with my name (literally in the TITLE) I would do my best to make sure people forgot it; because I have standards.
Besides, if you want a ridiculous game about a basketball superstar, just Google search "Charles Barkley's Shut Up and Jam Gaiden". It's 10 kinds of fucked up and ugly, but it's still a much better and more interesting game than Shaq Fu.
This is destined to fail on so many levels...where do I begin?
1) The original game. (why remake this?)
The original Shaq Fu was a lazy cash-grab. That was to be expected. Anything that was even remotely popular at the time got a shitty shovelware game. (Wayne's World got a shitty video game...no, TWO shitty video games.)
But that's not the problem. If anything, the sub-shit-grade of Shaq Fu actually gives it a lot of room for improvement, which I maintain, is one of the few legitimate reasons to actually remake something.
No, the first big problem is relevancy; Shaq doesn't have it.
For those who didn't live through the 90s (or haven't heard/studied it), a brief history lesson:
Basketball owned America in the early to mid 90s. Especially 1993-1997. Especially if you were a kid in grade or high school.
(I grew up around Chicagoland when the Bulls were on top of the world. You bet your ass that basketball was inescapable.)
Games like Shaq Fu, White Men Can't Jump, Rapjam Vol. 1 (which is a basketball game NOT STARRING BASKETBALL PLAYERS), or even movies like Space Jam could have only been made in a time like that.
Which isn't to say Basketball isn't popular now; but it doesn't dominate the consciousness of the media and youth of America like it did.
To make a long story short: Game companies weren't just making basketball video games, they were making games to exploit basketball's popularity. Big difference.
The fact is, Shaq Fu is tied to a specific player at a specific time when an idea that laughably terrible could get funding.
It has no place, no business trying to make a comeback now.
2) Shaquille O?Neal is shameless.
Just look at his filmography. Look and be horrified. (and if you aren't horrified, well, I invite you to break out the booze, get some friends and prepare to laugh cry and suffer together)
The dude appeared in Freddy Got Fingered, for fuck's sake!
I don't know if this could get anymore obvious; Shaq is starting a kickstarter to wring out some cash from the last drops of his fame (or infamy). Because I know that if I had such an atrocious game associated with my name (literally in the TITLE) I would do my best to make sure people forgot it; because I have standards.
Besides, if you want a ridiculous game about a basketball superstar, just Google search "Charles Barkley's Shut Up and Jam Gaiden". It's 10 kinds of fucked up and ugly, but it's still a much better and more interesting game than Shaq Fu.
After seeing some of that gameplay and that video, watching the videos themselves... I honestly want to play this. It's basically a Street Fighter-esque action game. Which is like a dream come true, to be honest.
It's funny, if you watch the videos on the IndieGogo page, even Shaq acknowledges how that game was. He knows it was terrible. And it's honestly that recognition which gives this one hope. He isn't all, "That game was awesome, people loved it". And a good action game with experienced industry veterans on the team is a great idea, IMO. It doesn't have to involve Shaq, but that isn't gonna hurt the game. If these guys were like, we are making this action game with combat in the vain of Street Fighter, I would be all over it anyway. Shaq also has a very positive media image. He has devoted large portion of his own fortune and time to several charities that actually help kids. Also, he is giving 10% off all proceeds from the game to The Boys and Girls Club of America, if it gets made and is made publicly available.Kieve said:
Some nice points you raise about the hows and whys of this stuff. But yea todays baskeball is a joke.Atmos Duality said:
I do wonder about his wallet i mean i know he does icy hot commericals i have seen them i assume he does other endorsement deals signing deals etc. if he really thinks this is a game he can be proud of put your money where your ego is and get it ade write your own check instead of pimping yourself out on tiwer and a dinner for the price of a ecno car.
Is it just me, or does this one look worse than the original? Why does he have that distended neck muscle bulge deformity? I think that this game would have been better looking with his actual body, and not some steroid-modded Hulk-body with a vaguely familiar looking face. Also, his smile was creepy as shit. The rendering will give me nightmares...Kieve said:
Ok, first thought:
WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIS NECK?!
Second, as much as I understand something like this could use a heavy dose of parody and silliness to overcome the blatant egotism, am I the only one a bit disappointed that the whole thing is ditching the storyline from the first game? Granted, it wasn't deep or original, but the designs were interesting and a little fleshing out could've made it more unique. I mean, you've got an Arabian prince, a coal miner, a martial artist trying to save his grandson, a cyborg, a voodoo priestess and her undead father, a catgirl, a spiked beastman, a dude NAMED Beast who looks like a demonic Wolverine, and the boss is an evil mummy. That's the kind of creativity on par with the wackier 90's arcade stuff like World Heroes or Killer Instinct - not necessarily Capcom-level psychotic but still interesting. Now he's just fighting ninjas? Lame. As far as I'm concerned, the game's main problem wasn't so much the premise or design, but that the mechanics were slow and dodgy. If they could just refine the gameplay and expand on the original - and damn if there isn't potential in that odd little world they set up - then it would be far more enticing.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIS NECK?!
Second, as much as I understand something like this could use a heavy dose of parody and silliness to overcome the blatant egotism, am I the only one a bit disappointed that the whole thing is ditching the storyline from the first game? Granted, it wasn't deep or original, but the designs were interesting and a little fleshing out could've made it more unique. I mean, you've got an Arabian prince, a coal miner, a martial artist trying to save his grandson, a cyborg, a voodoo priestess and her undead father, a catgirl, a spiked beastman, a dude NAMED Beast who looks like a demonic Wolverine, and the boss is an evil mummy. That's the kind of creativity on par with the wackier 90's arcade stuff like World Heroes or Killer Instinct - not necessarily Capcom-level psychotic but still interesting. Now he's just fighting ninjas? Lame. As far as I'm concerned, the game's main problem wasn't so much the premise or design, but that the mechanics were slow and dodgy. If they could just refine the gameplay and expand on the original - and damn if there isn't potential in that odd little world they set up - then it would be far more enticing.
There are going to be finishing moves? They will have my money if one of them is Shaq ripping a guys head off and then trying (and failing) to make a free throw with it for what seems like an eternity, as in Celebrity Deathmatch.
Besides, it's not like this game has a very high bar to jump, it just has to be better than the old one. If we get something that's about as engaging as the Fist of the North Star games, I'd call it a great success, especially given that they aren't even asking the price of a full game.
Did he specify whether the donations were from gross or net profits? Because one of those is a lot bigger than the other.
Besides, it's not like this game has a very high bar to jump, it just has to be better than the old one. If we get something that's about as engaging as the Fist of the North Star games, I'd call it a great success, especially given that they aren't even asking the price of a full game.
Did he specify whether the donations were from gross or net profits? Because one of those is a lot bigger than the other.
For $1000 he'll follow you on twitter? What in the fuck is the value of that? I fail to see a dimes worth of value there. I dont care what random celebrity decides to skip over my bi-annual tweets. God, its moments like this that make me want to punch this stupid digital age in the face.
Initial thought:
If they really wanted it to disassociate themselves with the mistake of a game, they should have called it "Shaq-Fist - We're not Gonna 'Fu' it up!"
What say you all?
If they really wanted it to disassociate themselves with the mistake of a game, they should have called it "Shaq-Fist - We're not Gonna 'Fu' it up!"
What say you all?
Having looked at some screen shots, in the original game Shaq looked like a reasonably proportioned human being. In the new trailer he looks like he has an alien parasite growing in his back, trying to strangle him from inside his own neck.NerAnima said:
Unless that gets toned down a bit I'm not interested.
After laughing my ass off for the required 15 mins I took this a bit more seriously...
This is just insane enough to work, from the sounds of it they are making "Godhand" and that game was fucking awesome.
A Godhand Shaqfu that revels in its own sillyness... Yes this might actually work by the gods.
This is just insane enough to work, from the sounds of it they are making "Godhand" and that game was fucking awesome.
A Godhand Shaqfu that revels in its own sillyness... Yes this might actually work by the gods.
Well...
This outta be interesting. I mean considering how badly the original did, it shouldn't be hard to make a game that's at least SOMEWHAT better right?
...
...Right?
This outta be interesting. I mean considering how badly the original did, it shouldn't be hard to make a game that's at least SOMEWHAT better right?
...
...Right?
I don't think its fair to judge something before it exists. I enjoyed Shaq Fu when I was young, it was a game I got for free when my family went to Little Ceasars for Pizza.
I don't think its fair to expect a video game project to need a reason for existing, beyond that it could be fun.
I don't think its fair to expect a video game project to need a reason for existing, beyond that it could be fun.
