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General Information:
Tales of Game's Presents Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa is a freeware RPG developed by Tales of Game's Studios, presented as an unofficial sequel to Barkley Shut Up and Jam!. Despite its name suggesting it is a sequel to Barkley Shut Up and Jam!, its story has more to do with the movie Space Jam. It features traditional JRPG-styled battles and dungeons.
The player controls ex-NBA player Charles Barkley and a handful of secondary characters.[1] A host of ex- and current NBA players also feature as NPCs.
The game's battle system, dubbed the "B.A.B.B.Y. System," is influenced by many commercial JRPGs.[2] Enemies appear on the game field and may run at the player and attack if the player moves into their line of sight.[3] Once a battle is initiated, each player has a number of attacks and skills they can use. Most attacks require multiple or timed button presses as in the Mario RPG series, and some of the attacks are accuracy-based, dealing more damage for more accurate hits. The characters can also be placed into healing, attack and effect battle roles, depending on their skill set.
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This game is freaking fantastic for a freeware game. Too bad the studio broke up before they could make the sequal.
i lol'd at this
Necro'ing the shit out of this but for great justice. (this game is timeless anyways)
Me and a friend (moreso my friend) did a playthrough of this recently and honestly it's a very good adaptation of turn based RPG's with a twist. Much like the Mario franchises RPG games, it has an emphasis on timing mini-games depending on the basic attack you use and most characters have a viable choice between what moves to use (Vincetron's laser is a bit of an acception).
Even if you dont like turn based RPG's i'de recommend giving it a try if you're interested in the slam jam scene, or anything related to internet and dunking/b-ball on a non-sports related note.
Only gripe i have is the random and very quick quick time events.