So today we take a look at another Indie Fighting game and this one is Knock Off: The Battle for Imagination. Take all your classic action figures from the 80s and 90s, and put them into a fighting game and we got Knock Off! Very unique premise and a very beautiful looking game(watch in 4k why not!?) its certainly quite unique as we cover in the video! They are also running a kickstarter to help out with the game if you wanna check that out, linked in the video description. Indie fighting games have been doing quite well lately and Knock Off looks fantastic so give the vid a watch and find out what its all about!
They're the Young Mutated Lizard Warriors named after famous composers Wolfgang, Bach and Ludwig. They fight the Palm Clan and their evil leader The Grinder! (Not joking, from their website)
Yea, the visuals and models look really good but i think the animation needs alot of work, which is the most important part of fighting game visuals. But still this is very impressive for an indie fighter
@@RoialBrawl I was thinking that some of the animation "jank" was intentional to match the theme. These are action figures with limited articulation after all.
@@TheAmberFang i got that but i dont think the movement is the issue, i paused the video a few times and well to me (i know very little of animation) the characters moved correctly but it still seems off
@@RoialBrawl For an indie fighters it's honestly one of the BEST looking games I've ever seen. If you had told me a bigger company had done this I would have still thought the game looked excellent.
The aesthetic of this game is just stellar. If you hadn't told me this was a game you could have fooled me into thinking a screenshot from this game was actually an ad for a toy line from some long lost toy catalog. They even nailed the little deformation and seams of the plastic molds, too. Just incredible.
The beauty of the character design is in the FUSION! Conan + He-Man = Kronan TMNT + Battle Toads = Wolfgang Street Sharks + Biker Mice f/ Mars = Biker Barracuda And so on. . . PERFECT💯 Must Play 4 any 80's baby😮🤩❤️🔥😎👌🏽
Thank you to the Developers for giving me a bit of an early look at the game, and you at home will be able to play as well TODAY! **edit** DEMO IS NOW LIVE ON THE MAIN WEBSITE. Website linked in the video description
Backed this day one. Was hoping someone big in the fgc would give it some coverage to help it get some traction. Was happy to see your video in my feed this morning!
We have, but it was a semi-obscure arcade game called Toy Fighter; IIRC made by the people who did Fighters Destiny for the N64. To which, knock offs of the Toy Fighter cast in this would be immense
@@gimmeyourrights8292 Clay Fighters on the N64. It was awesome to me because it had Earthwork Jim and Boogerman, which I loved paying both on my Genesis.
This is amazing. How many hours of my life were spent imagining these fights while I was a kid. Now they're coming to life?! Heading over to Kickstarter now. Day 1 asphalt fish main here.
I've backed since it launched and have been trying to get the word out on social media about this. I'm glad someone is giving it some love. It needs the attention to get more support.
As a 46 year old former Fighting game teen/young adult in the 90's and of course an 80's kid that played with so many action figures... this is my jam!!
Long long ago, I dreamt up a fighting game kind of like this, where toys inspired by different media would do battle. It woulda had Woody and Buzz Lightyear expys, a Transformer, a mecha model kit, TMNT-like action figure, a stuffed animal, and even a Barbie knockoff. Cool to see someone bringing a similar idea to life!
Dream Mix TV for PS2 have that, tho instead of GI Joe, you have Solid Snake, instead of He Man, you have Simon Belmont but it does have Transformers vs a Barbie knockoff
The fact that this game managed to relive what it's like playing with your favorite toys, along with getting passed copyright laws is just plain awesome. I can't wait for this to come out and play
One thing I'm noticing is the Evolved Teenage Warrior Lizard character is his name is Wolfgang. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were all named after renaissance artists. Wolfgang could be named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was a classical music composer. If true then that's a neat little callback.
The silhouette for an upcoming character indeed looks truly outrageous, too! And I see Oozebite resembles a certain chained-up monster, with some more "Gross-Out" elements added.
I'm always floored by the fact that you can take a fighting game that you've never played before and immediately figure out an insane looking combo. That's some Captain N: The game Master, stuff there
Dear lord the amount of possible fighters is staggering. Barbie doll, G.I.Joe doll, My Little Pony, Bionicle, a living glob of Play-Doh, Mr. Potato Head with interchangeable pieces for stances, just straight up a literal Teddy Bear, an RC Monster Truck.... Hell you could just have five not Yu-Gi-Oh cards floating in mid air with the card art being alive, all moving in unison and attacking with "paper cuts" and magic spells.
First time developers going with a fighting game as their first game is crazy enough, but to ask for 250k right off the bat as well, this game looks incredible but these guys are taking the biggest gamble I've ever seen in my life.
The articulated toy snakes on the super is a throwback that shows some excellent attention to detail. That's fantastic. Edit: throw a Stretch Armstrong expy in there and I'm down. Give me a M.A.S.K. character and I'll raise a glass.
They need to add, Power Ranger(Force Trooper, Hulk Hogan (Ripped Rogan) toy, Transformer(Converter), Ninja, X-Men (Mutator), Superhero, GI Joe (GI Jones. For shits and Giggles a Barbie in judo uniform (Combat Carley). Feel free to use any of these ideas if they are watching.
Happy to see you show this off. I found this randomly JUST before their Kickstarter, and I know it's struggling - they really needed to drum up exposure _before_ heading to Kickstarter, but fighting game UA-cam hasn't shown this off enough yet to do that. It's nice to see ya do this Rooflemonger while Justin Wong, Matty McMuscles, Maximilian Dood, Woolie, etc. are sleeping on it. Feel bad for the devs though. They REALLY need that exposure...
Very neat idea and I hope it continues. i am here for the aesthetic. One con if I can say is that all the animation looks . . . slippery I guess? Character sliding too forward or making huge animation changes during combos. Might just be me
It's a refreshing art style, I'm interested in seeing this expand in the future. Edit: it reminds me of how Toy Story one's toy characters look great because 3d animation trying to look like toys can be done amazing.
Making their assists unique to each character is such a cool way to expand the worldbuilding. It definitely makes them all feel more fully fleshed out as coming from individual IP's in this universe.
I've been waiting for something like this. God plz give it a budget! 🙏 the proof of concept is tremendous 👏 and the character pool could be endless!!!! I'd be happy to throw a few bucks in the hat. Thank you for covering and posting indie content consistently bud. I appreciate you bringing light to games that otherwise wouldn't have any shine.
Demo was fun and rather competent, found a death combo from a light starter with Kronan in first 2 minutes though. It seems scaling is not really present as of yet. MVC it definitely is in that aspect.
This is really cool cause like about two years ago I worked on a coloring book about toys fighting each other doing wrestling moves. And now seeing this shows how influences of childhood still grows!
The One Thing that would really help the look of the game would be some substantial hitstop. The characters look kind of like they're flailing a bit as it is now.
I can't wait to see all my favorite 80s characters! Sir-Bro and the Rulers of the Cosmos US Steve: A True Patriotic Soldier Changeatrons Investigator Gimmick LightningPuss Adolescent Karate Tortoises Kevin and the Wombats The Dwarfs Bimbie Your Tiny Horsey Empathy Marsupials Sniffy and Chuckie Green Taftfield Meddling Kids
The chinese knockoff games have some of the most hilarious names. Robocop= Robert Cop. superman is =Special man. there is a justice league composed of a power ranger, shrek, spider man and batman all in the same time. Called "Sense of right alliance (probably used a bad knockoff version of google translate for that and google trnaslate itself is bad already)
He-Mmmm…. I mean Co-nnnnn… I mean Kronan 🪓💯 looks super cool. Especially that combo! The fact this game looks like action figures is fantastic. I hope this blows up and they actually sell action figures. Reminds me a little of 🤖🐔
@@malcovich_games 😂 And the fact Mattttt… I mean “they” didn’t think about this first is insane. Especially since their whole goal was to sell toys back in the day. Oh well, I only know what I hear. And I actually became a fan of that “barbarian cartoon” when it was reintroduced in 2002.
I have tested the demo and I can say that I loved the mechanics and the combos of each of them! I love the 80's and 90's in terms of films, music, cartoons, etc... I give the game 10/10 I only want from it a good arcade mode with a good story and a good ranked mode!🤩👍👍
Maybe it's because I'm a nearly 50 something year old guy typing this, but this is one of the BEST looking indie fighting games I've ever seen, in terms of it's aesthetics, gameplay, everything. I'm hoping they will add a few more characters, to make that base roster around 10 playable characters, and also that it comes to consoles. These guys have REALLY put in the work for this game....
This reminds me of some older fighting game... Something with Thor in it I think. Can't fully remember but it reminds me visually. Damn I love indie fighting demos.
Avengers in Galactic Storm? that one use digitized sprites, like Donkey Kong Country, but yeah, it makes them look action figure-y due to how shiny the sprite is
Been messing with the demo since it dropped, very very fun. I've already found a few infinites which are not hard at all to do. But this is a suuuuuuuper early demo so of course there's gonna be a lot of really broken stuff in the game. This demo shows so much potential. I hope the team will end up taking community feedback from it cuz i really wanna see this game succeed.
This looks freaking Awesome! I love how the runny nose Guy has his Heart Beating out of his Chest. Thanks for the heads up on this. I'll def check it out if it's available on PS5. 👊😎
It's actually a smart concept. Stiff animations and characters that look like they're made of plastic would normally be a bad thing, but here it's just part of the aesthetic.
we need: GI Joe figures inspired character Ghostbusters type character Transformer type character Wresting figure type character and PLEASE GIMMIE a sexy girl figurine
So today we take a look at another Indie Fighting game and this one is Knock Off: The Battle for Imagination. Take all your classic action figures from the 80s and 90s, and put them into a fighting game and we got Knock Off! Very unique premise and a very beautiful looking game(watch in 4k why not!?) its certainly quite unique as we cover in the video! They are also running a kickstarter to help out with the game if you wanna check that out, linked in the video description. Indie fighting games have been doing quite well lately and Knock Off looks fantastic so give the vid a watch and find out what its all about!
Thank you for posting this.
Where can I find the demo? Steam?
Can't wait to play as one of the Adolescent Malformed Karate Amphibians. Oh the memories.
Turtimous, the adolescent warrior!
❤❤❤
I was always more of a fan of the street snarks myself.
They're the Young Mutated Lizard Warriors named after famous composers Wolfgang, Bach and Ludwig. They fight the Palm Clan and their evil leader The Grinder! (Not joking, from their website)
How could we forget their two human companions. Like the lovely, June O' Hera, and the street vigilante, JD Bones
I love the legally distinct characters here
Similar but legally distinct is the greatest power in the universe
The best kind of distinct.
Visually this is one of the better looking indie fighting games I’ve seen.
its a very strong look, and unique too which is important in an increasingly crowded market
Yea, the visuals and models look really good but i think the animation needs alot of work, which is the most important part of fighting game visuals. But still this is very impressive for an indie fighter
@@RoialBrawl I was thinking that some of the animation "jank" was intentional to match the theme. These are action figures with limited articulation after all.
@@TheAmberFang i got that but i dont think the movement is the issue, i paused the video a few times and well to me (i know very little of animation) the characters moved correctly but it still seems off
@@RoialBrawl For an indie fighters it's honestly one of the BEST looking games I've ever seen. If you had told me a bigger company had done this I would have still thought the game looked excellent.
The aesthetic of this game is just stellar. If you hadn't told me this was a game you could have fooled me into thinking a screenshot from this game was actually an ad for a toy line from some long lost toy catalog. They even nailed the little deformation and seams of the plastic molds, too. Just incredible.
The beauty of the character design is in the FUSION!
Conan + He-Man = Kronan
TMNT + Battle Toads = Wolfgang
Street Sharks + Biker Mice f/ Mars = Biker Barracuda
And so on. . . PERFECT💯
Must Play 4 any 80's baby😮🤩❤️🔥😎👌🏽
I’ve always found that’s the best way to do fun homages without feeling like a total rip-off-combine different elements together
Can't wait for the DLC with Bunny O'Hair, the Ridin Rodents from Jupiter, and the Super Endorphin Flower Arrangers!
rofl
Ridin' Rodents from Jupiter while Biker Barracudas From Bermuda is literally on the screen.
I can't wait for Government Issue Josephine, and her arch nemesis Duke Diamondback!
Thank you to the Developers for giving me a bit of an early look at the game, and you at home will be able to play as well TODAY! **edit** DEMO IS NOW LIVE ON THE MAIN WEBSITE. Website linked in the video description
Action figures fighting each other is one hell of a cool concept for a fighting game
There should be a Dhalsim Type character. A knockoff of Stretch Armstrong!
Brilliant idea. Double knockoff!
Yank Miharmov
Lanky legstronk
Ah yes! Harold Khan of Stretch Fighters 2000.
Backed this day one. Was hoping someone big in the fgc would give it some coverage to help it get some traction. Was happy to see your video in my feed this morning!
Its wild to me we never got an action figure fighting game until now. Really hope this game gets funded, I love the concept.
We have, but it was a semi-obscure arcade game called Toy Fighter; IIRC made by the people who did Fighters Destiny for the N64.
To which, knock offs of the Toy Fighter cast in this would be immense
Toy fighter was unironically fire.
There was a fighter made off of Clay animation a long time ago.
@@gimmeyourrights8292 Clay Fighters on the N64. It was awesome to me because it had Earthwork Jim and Boogerman, which I loved paying both on my Genesis.
Where’s G.I Jack? Lol
DLC incoming ;)
@@vidswsuds4879did you make Knock Off?
oh man can't wait to play as serpent eyes and hurricane shadow!
You just gave the creator an idea 😂
😂 😂
This is amazing. How many hours of my life were spent imagining these fights while I was a kid. Now they're coming to life?! Heading over to Kickstarter now.
Day 1 asphalt fish main here.
I love the original idea of this game. Sure it’s inspired by old action figures but it’s concept is original and it still has that nostalgia factor
This needs a boss character based on a naked Barbie Doll with most of its hair cut off
And with a lot of smeared makeup and body paint all over
Haha yes!
U barely See small fighting games that have a background looking as Good at this, looks like they putting alot Effort in it that's good to see!
I've backed since it launched and have been trying to get the word out on social media about this. I'm glad someone is giving it some love. It needs the attention to get more support.
OMG, that looks fvcking AMAZING!
its pretty dang cool
As a 46 year old former Fighting game teen/young adult in the 90's and of course an 80's kid that played with so many action figures... this is my jam!!
Long long ago, I dreamt up a fighting game kind of like this, where toys inspired by different media would do battle. It woulda had Woody and Buzz Lightyear expys, a Transformer, a mecha model kit, TMNT-like action figure, a stuffed animal, and even a Barbie knockoff. Cool to see someone bringing a similar idea to life!
Dream Mix TV for PS2 have that, tho instead of GI Joe, you have Solid Snake, instead of He Man, you have Simon Belmont
but it does have Transformers vs a Barbie knockoff
The fact that this game managed to relive what it's like playing with your favorite toys, along with getting passed copyright laws is just plain awesome. I can't wait for this to come out and play
Amazing art style. Love it
One thing I'm noticing is the Evolved Teenage Warrior Lizard character is his name is Wolfgang. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were all named after renaissance artists. Wolfgang could be named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was a classical music composer. If true then that's a neat little callback.
I was hoping you’d cover this! Grimrot is my favourite!
The art direction and ideias they are playing is just stellar. Love it
The silhouette for an upcoming character indeed looks truly outrageous, too! And I see Oozebite resembles a certain chained-up monster, with some more "Gross-Out" elements added.
I'm always floored by the fact that you can take a fighting game that you've never played before and immediately figure out an insane looking combo. That's some Captain N: The game Master, stuff there
benefit of a wasted life lol
Dear lord the amount of possible fighters is staggering. Barbie doll, G.I.Joe doll, My Little Pony, Bionicle, a living glob of Play-Doh, Mr. Potato Head with interchangeable pieces for stances, just straight up a literal Teddy Bear, an RC Monster Truck....
Hell you could just have five not Yu-Gi-Oh cards floating in mid air with the card art being alive, all moving in unison and attacking with "paper cuts" and magic spells.
As a toy collector I approve of this game, looks awesome 👍👍 I could imagine a transformers type character that transforms for supers and combos.
First time developers going with a fighting game as their first game is crazy enough, but to ask for 250k right off the bat as well, this game looks incredible but these guys are taking the biggest gamble I've ever seen in my life.
Thanks for the heads up, this looks pretty cool so far 😮
Can’t wait for Optimal Truck vs Megagun
The articulated toy snakes on the super is a throwback that shows some excellent attention to detail. That's fantastic.
Edit: throw a Stretch Armstrong expy in there and I'm down. Give me a M.A.S.K. character and I'll raise a glass.
You never hear anyone mention mask anymore. Ah the memories
Thank you for covering this!
They need to add, Power Ranger(Force Trooper, Hulk Hogan (Ripped Rogan) toy, Transformer(Converter), Ninja, X-Men (Mutator), Superhero, GI Joe (GI Jones. For shits and Giggles a Barbie in judo uniform (Combat Carley). Feel free to use any of these ideas if they are watching.
I can't wait for The Incredibly Unsueable Arachnid Kid
Already backed this game. I think it looks very unique compared to all the 2D/3D/Anime Style games we have too many of.
they should make that grid stage black and neon like Tron!
Happy to see you show this off. I found this randomly JUST before their Kickstarter, and I know it's struggling - they really needed to drum up exposure _before_ heading to Kickstarter, but fighting game UA-cam hasn't shown this off enough yet to do that. It's nice to see ya do this Rooflemonger while Justin Wong, Matty McMuscles, Maximilian Dood, Woolie, etc. are sleeping on it. Feel bad for the devs though. They REALLY need that exposure...
Very neat idea and I hope it continues. i am here for the aesthetic.
One con if I can say is that all the animation looks . . . slippery I guess? Character sliding too forward or making huge animation changes during combos. Might just be me
It's a refreshing art style, I'm interested in seeing this expand in the future.
Edit: it reminds me of how Toy Story one's toy characters look great because 3d animation trying to look like toys can be done amazing.
Making their assists unique to each character is such a cool way to expand the worldbuilding. It definitely makes them all feel more fully fleshed out as coming from individual IP's in this universe.
Lockjaw Literally reminds me of Abigail from SFV
I've been waiting for something like this. God plz give it a budget! 🙏 the proof of concept is tremendous 👏 and the character pool could be endless!!!! I'd be happy to throw a few bucks in the hat. Thank you for covering and posting indie content consistently bud. I appreciate you bringing light to games that otherwise wouldn't have any shine.
They currently have a Kickstarter....that is their budget. I'd hate to see this fail and not get completed, but it needs more attention.
Been excited about this for a while, when it was just early concept stuff, and man it looks great. I really hope the Kickstarter succeeds!
Demo was fun and rather competent, found a death combo from a light starter with Kronan in first 2 minutes though. It seems scaling is not really present as of yet. MVC it definitely is in that aspect.
This is really cool cause like about two years ago I worked on a coloring book about toys fighting each other doing wrestling moves. And now seeing this shows how influences of childhood still grows!
The One Thing that would really help the look of the game would be some substantial hitstop. The characters look kind of like they're flailing a bit as it is now.
I hope they add some Definitely Not Gorgonites and Distinctly Not Small Soldiers in some DLC 👌
I can't wait to see all my favorite 80s characters!
Sir-Bro and the Rulers of the Cosmos
US Steve: A True Patriotic Soldier
Changeatrons
Investigator Gimmick
LightningPuss
Adolescent Karate Tortoises
Kevin and the Wombats
The Dwarfs
Bimbie
Your Tiny Horsey
Empathy Marsupials
Sniffy and Chuckie Green
Taftfield
Meddling Kids
The chinese knockoff games have some of the most hilarious names. Robocop= Robert Cop.
superman is =Special man. there is a justice league composed of a power ranger, shrek, spider man and batman all in the same time. Called "Sense of right alliance (probably used a bad knockoff version of google translate for that and google trnaslate itself is bad already)
amazing concept! Looks great so far as well! Looking forward to this getting released!
I absolutely love this concept!
This is actually so cool looking! I wonder what other roster additions this will get.
Oh man! Awesome work! Cant wait to play this masterpiece
love the aesthetic here! gonna be following this closely
This is Actually a Really Cool and Insane Idea! It Just makes Way to Much Sense! I mean it’s absolutely Brilliant!
"the boots
with the fur
(with the FUR!)"
Love how that song makes me think about He-Man more than it reminds me of Ugg boots 😂
This is absolute genius. Finally a perfect game to make my friends interested in fighting games.
This looks so cool! Hope some people will go to the kickstarter and help this get released.
This is exactly how I saw my action figures, I love this concept.
Awesome idea. This has limitless potential.
I knew u will early access let me download RN on steam
Well I dunno if it's on steam right now but demo is up for dl on their main website and thank you for the support!
@@Rooflemonger already doiwnload and i had fun and your welcome
I was born in the 80s and this video just filled up my nostalgia jar for this year. ^^
Missed chance to make the grid stage based on actual graph paper
Looks super cool!
It's got a very nice aesthetic. Cool concept too--I hope this one gets funded!
Oh shit, I heard about this game a long time ago but didn't know they had a demo coming out, can't wait to try it!
that clock stuck at 04:32 needs to not be static or i'll cry. make it a real clock like mvc2
Yesss I was waiting for you to talk about it
He-Mmmm…. I mean Co-nnnnn… I mean Kronan 🪓💯 looks super cool. Especially that combo!
The fact this game looks like action figures is fantastic. I hope this blows up and they actually sell action figures.
Reminds me a little of 🤖🐔
That's the Lords of the Uni.... something comic in the back, I can't read it because there's a clock in the way.
@@malcovich_games 😂 And the fact Mattttt… I mean “they” didn’t think about this first is insane. Especially since their whole goal was to sell toys back in the day.
Oh well, I only know what I hear. And I actually became a fan of that “barbarian cartoon” when it was reintroduced in 2002.
This is actually a very clever game and im definitely supporting it
Imma try it. Thanks roof!!
We need a Barbie/Rainbow Brite, Trolls and Cabbage Patch Kids knockoff in the roster.
I have tested the demo and I can say that I loved the mechanics and the combos of each of them! I love the 80's and 90's in terms of films, music, cartoons, etc... I give the game 10/10 I only want from it a good arcade mode with a good story and a good ranked mode!🤩👍👍
Maybe it's because I'm a nearly 50 something year old guy typing this, but this is one of the BEST looking indie fighting games I've ever seen, in terms of it's aesthetics, gameplay, everything. I'm hoping they will add a few more characters, to make that base roster around 10 playable characters, and also that it comes to consoles. These guys have REALLY put in the work for this game....
if this game gains popularity i would love to see action figures of these action figures that would be awesome :3
I love this, thanks for showcasing it.
I love it when we get new fighting games. Indie or AAA, always makes me smile to see the new generation of fighting games
Welcome back FADC
Congrats to the team. Pretty cool design.
This reminds me of some older fighting game... Something with Thor in it I think. Can't fully remember but it reminds me visually.
Damn I love indie fighting demos.
Avengers in Galactic Storm?
that one use digitized sprites, like Donkey Kong Country, but yeah, it makes them look action figure-y due to how shiny the sprite is
This looks incredible! I can't afford to get into any other fighting games though, but I hope it succeeds so I can give it a try down the line.
Been messing with the demo since it dropped, very very fun. I've already found a few infinites which are not hard at all to do. But this is a suuuuuuuper early demo so of course there's gonna be a lot of really broken stuff in the game. This demo shows so much potential. I hope the team will end up taking community feedback from it cuz i really wanna see this game succeed.
This looks freaking Awesome! I love how the runny nose Guy has his Heart Beating out of his Chest. Thanks for the heads up on this. I'll def check it out if it's available on PS5. 👊😎
One of the brilliant ideas i ve seen
might have to try this off the visuals alone, the character design go crazy
this game looks legit 👌 I hope the final product is Awesome. Lots of great potential with this
At first the jank animations were first thing I noticed, but it sounds and looks more awesome the more you watch.
They should implement a dhalsim like character using Stretch Armstrong as a template.
🔥🔥🔥
It's actually a smart concept. Stiff animations and characters that look like they're made of plastic would normally be a bad thing, but here it's just part of the aesthetic.
Amazing idea! Looks awesome too ❤
I love how "the grid" is basically the tiles inside a bathroom shower
we need:
GI Joe figures inspired character
Ghostbusters type character
Transformer type character
Wresting figure type character
and PLEASE GIMMIE a sexy girl figurine
This looks amazing!! I really hope this comes to consoles! It almost has to, as it's playing to the old school fighters as well.
love this concept!
this actually looks very cool. lol. subbed. thank you!
I love the way it looks
Pretty damn cool idea, I must say. I'll be keeping my eye on this game for sure.