16-Bit Platformers Based On Halloween And Evil Dead Announced For Switch (2024)

Should I be afraid of what these games will be/play like? I mean, the franchises are awesome, so the games should live up to them

Also somehow WayForward is involved

Looks like a scary good time. Might have to give this a chance when it comes out.

That's interesting but man, why not make the two games cross over? Unless they do and that's the "exclusive content" for grabbing both.

Maybe like a Zelda Oracle thing where you get a secret code after beating one to change the story in the other. Also locking not only playable characters, but characters with "their own story" to preorders is an odd choice, though it'll surely be available within a few months of release.

They look pretty fun but a little pricey. I’ll have to see what the reviews are and how much bang for your buck you get. They’re two of my fav horror properties so I may just have to get em…

@IceClimbersMain At the end of the trailer it seems to suggest they do cross over if you get both. Lol.

Wait so, is this one of the Halloween games.

This isn't going to be another Ninjabread Man/Anubis II/Rock N' Roll Adventures scenario where it's basically the same game under the hood, but they just swapped out the graphics, is it? Because that's what it looks like.

I'm sure the games will be fine since WayForward tends to do good stuff, but the whole thing comes across as interchangeable and generic. Here's hoping that's not actually the case.

I love the idea of this game but I am not paying what they are asking for. The box art looks like it was made by a small child on their phone.

The over the top gore works very good for evil dead, not so much for Halloween. In all the good Halloween movies the brutal stuff is more suggested than seen. Halloween 1,2 and 4 are my favorites and I can’t think of a scene with a truly messy gruesome death scene.

My GOD the licensing involved 😆
Ok... didn't see this coming. And WayForward is involved? And John Carpenter was involved? This is a lot to take in. Fist impression I see a modernized Splatterhouse. Not sure why Mike is sho-ryu-ken-ing victims but hey... I'll see what the review is talking about. I might just be up for these and this RetroRealms series.

Wow, these actually look really freakin cool. Hopefully they turn out to be good.

I wonder if Bruce Campbell will be lending his voice talents? That's something he's traditionally done in most Evil Dead games.

Yeah, I'm all over this.

These are clearly not 16 bit.

This here is my BOOMstick!

Anything Evil Dead is insta-buy for me. Looks like it should at least be cromulent platforming fare. (edit: Wayforward is developing, I'm not worried about lack of quality with their name on it).

Wow These Games Look Absolutely Amazing. I Sure Hope They Eventually Do Freddy, Jason, Chuckie, Etc... PLUS The Legendary WayForward is Involved So You Know They're Going To Be Gems Of Course! I Don't Think They've Made A Bad Game Really.

Looks amazing wooo

Surely a standard edition will surface without all of the unnecessary tat. You don't license these mammoth properties only to sell overpriced boxed editions to the minority of diehard fans.

Give me a physical with both of them on there, YES PLEASE!!!!
Love Evil Dead

I
CAN'T
WAIT!!!!
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Anyone here recommend the Evil Dead show the game is based on? I've only ever seen the movies.

AGHHHH.
Yes!

I was so bummed we didn't get the latest Evil Dead game on Switch despite it being announced as for it.

Hold on this actually looks really fun lol, the pixel art is also amazing as well, I might actually pick this up.

@Kingy Gosh YES! It is wonderful. It is so funny and well done. It is the best version of Ash in a way, as Bruce Campbell is able to use all his experience since then to play it even better.

@OldManHermit He normally does and he said he is always open to voice him, but retired from him in live action. I would have thought they'd show it off though. Be a bit sad if we don't at least get a 'groovy'.

October 18th is also the day Bruce Campbell's new show Hysteria comes out! Well, he has a role, not HIS show, but he plays the Chief of Police. It will be on Peaco*ck.

I'm a sucka. Gonna pre-order so I can play as Kelly too.

Nice but not 16 bit at all

There is also this shared yesterday by your sister site pushsquare by a strange coincidence: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/08/random-youll-wish-scrolling-beat-em-up-resident-evil-survive-was-a-real-ps5-ps4-game

I actually prefer not to play as Michael Myers but as one of his potential victims. The horror element of it is gone if you are controlling the killer.

Kind of interested, but those prices for these kinds of side scrollers seems a bit high. But it's WayForward work... yeah, that's going to be hard to resist.

Not for me as I'm far from a horror fan, but they do look great so I'm happy for those interested!

Is Carpenter really “intimately” involved ?
The fact that Michael Meyer’s main mode of transportation isn’t teleporting when his victim’s look away makes me think the man himself is giving the game a cursory glance and muttering, “Whatever, it’s fine.”
Michael only walks as an affectation.
The Evil Dead films are top-shelf entertainment, but i’ve never seen the series.
Way Forward is hit-or-miss for me.
Don’t get me wrong though, i am a horror fan, and i will probably be picking these up.

lol

The Evil Dead one looks fine, but is it too much to ask that a side-scrolling Halloween game has at least a little bit of atmosphere to it, like the Splatterhouse games?

Then again, Halloween is the same franchise that saw its famously immortal lead get defeated by Busta Rhymes, so what do I know?

I love how it costs more to get the bundle.