New Strider Reminds me of Sonic and Metroidvania - and I'm Okay With That

Lemme straighten out the title: Sonic, because you're running right at high speeds and attacking. Metroidvainia, because you're hunting for powerups within hidden rooms.

Okay, so it's not too much like Sonic, because of the hunting...and the...uh...searching, yeah, and the...[ahem]

Capcom's dropped another gameplay trailer with kinda more of the same since the initial launch trailer. Strider runs around, takes a few hits, dices fools and robots to keep moving, but he now has a sweet energy bird to get him to higher ground. Capcom also announced the game's being made available for $14.99, which should make it a download-only title.

The biggest fear I've got (and a lot of other folks have) is that this is being developed by Double Helix, the guys behind sorta 'meh' titles such as Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, and Battleship. Basically, who you go to for movie tie-in stuff. But I can't lie to you: as a huge fan of the original Striders, the reboot looks great, and I'd love to give a demo a try if they push one out. I hope we don't get let down.

Anyone headed to the New York Comic Con will get to play this at Capcom's booth. Strider hits Xboxes, Playstations, and Windows PCs in 2014.

-- Destructoid