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2D arcade brawler Fight’N Rage coming to Switch on September 26, Xbox One on September 27, and PS4 “soon”

2D arcade brawler Fight’N Rage, which first launched for PC in September 2017, is coming to Switch on September 26, Xbox One on September 27, and PlayStation 4 “soon,” developer S…

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Description

Fight’N Rage is a brand new old-school side-scroller beat’em up. Inspired by the classics from the “golden age”, and with an art style that mimics the aesthetic from the 90’s arcade gems, this game pays homage to all classic gameplay features that makes this genre one of the best from its time!

Details

• Genre: Classic 2D side-scroller beat’em up / brawler.
• Number of players: From one up to three players local co-op.
• Available languages: English and Spanish.

Key Features

• A Lot of Combinations: Alternative paths, cutscenes, and endings that can change based on the selected characters and your own decisions!
  Fast and intense single-session gameplay: Each possible route in the arcade mode can be finished in less than one hour! (at least if you have mastered it.)
• Explosive Combo System: Characters are capable of performing several skillful juggle-based combos that can make your enemies blow up into pieces!
• Simplified Controls: Using only three buttons (attack, jump and special attack), you will be able to combine lots of movements in order to perform amazing combos!
• Easy to Play, Hard to Master: Difficulty is not about bad controls or unfair rules… it is about mastering your character’s moves and dealing with tough enemies!
• Local Co-op Mode: Up to three players with optional friendly fire (which is even more challenging!).
• Custom Display Modes: Display settings includes optional CRT feels, scanlines and various color styles and more!
• Lots of Unlockables: Earn in-game coins with your scores and get extra content like character’s costumes, extra difficulty settings, more gameplay speeds, new game modes, new characters to use on these modes and much more!
• Play as Enemies: More than 20 unlockable characters to play in the extra modes!
• Training Mode: You can practice a lot of techniques and combos while earning new belts! Are you good enough to get the Black Belt?
• Different Weapons: Each protagonist handles them in their own way.
• Speedrun Timer: An exclusive in-game gadget compares current stage times against your best ones! (Of course, the cutscene time does not count, in order to let your fingers take a break… believe me, you will need that.)
• Fully Skippable Cutscenes: All cutscenes can be skipped or fast-forwarded in order to provide an (even more) intense gameplay.
• Fair Score Rules: There’s no easy way to increment your score while playing… the score is directly related to your skills.
• VS Mode: Perfect to play one vs one battles against another player or the CPU, or simply watch CPU vs CPU battles.
• Parry System: A parry system lets you take the advantage even in the most dangerous situations!
• Real Challenges: It is all about how good you are at the game, not about an “exp” system or other RPG elements that reward your patience. The full moveset of every character is available from the start, so, you do not have to worry about leveling-up anything except your own skills as player!
• Additional Insane Difficulties: Near impossible extra challenges for pro-gamers (which are not mandatory to unlock all game content).
• Extremely Polished Gameplay: The playability is focused on fully responsive controls and intuitive commands. The characters can cancel normal attacks into special attacks, release themselves from enemy grabs and perform several chain movements. You will feel the power of controlling a character that perfectly responds to your actions!

Story

In a far future, Earth was devastated by mutants who took control after a worldwide catastrophic event known as “the big pulse”, a global scale electromagnetic pulse that put an end to all electronic technology on the planet. Humans are now enslaved by mutants led by “The Boss” in a world ruled by “the law of the jungle”.

However, not everything is lost… two humans and a mutant rebel are willing to fight in order to stop this madness. Will they be strong enough? Well… that’s up to you!

Main Characters

• Gal: A girl who escaped from traders of humans. She’s an expert in her own kick-boxing-derived martial art. While her attacks don’t have a long reach, her speed and agility have no equal and her technique and endurance are pretty good too. She is capable of avoiding almost every attack, an ability that comes in handy when facing multiple foes.
• Ricardo: A minotaur human-rights activist and a powerful wrestler. He’s not very fast and his technique isn’t as good as his comrades’, but he has a pretty long reach, and his power and endurance are amazing. He’s capable of destroying any enemy in record time!
• F. Norris: A runaway ninja whose past is a mystery. He’s the one who mastered the ninjutsu style known as “the forbidden technique”. While he might be pretty fragile compared to Gal or Ricardo, he has a great combination of reach, power and speed, plus an amazing technique that (when mastered) can take control of any situation

Even though I already own this on PC, I'm really happy that it is coming to consoles so that more people can enjoy this great game. It's an especially nice surprise that a Switch version is coming, as the developer previously said that Nintendo weren't interested and refused to give him a development kit, which sounded strange given the sheer amount of games released on the Switch.

Speaking of PC, it's still currently 80% on a Steam sale, so any PC owners with even a slight interest in side-scrolling beat'em ups should really buy it now.

 

[SegaShack]

This looks amazing. Just the kind of game I like. Thanks for making me aware of this OP.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Great. Now don't give it the Switch tax and be 10 bucks and I'm in. Ricardo looks cool but Gal looks kinda bland.

 

[Tiamat2san]

Is it ok for casual play?
I’m not that good anymore and my wife sucks in this kind of game.

 

[Stefan.North]

F. Norris? Really? What rhymes with Chuck (Norris) but beggins with F?

LOL

 

[Rat Rage]

Wooow, this... actually looks amazing!!

 

[Hotspurr]

It's pretty good, I've tried it on PC. What is even more amazing is that it was made by 1 dude (save for the music).

 

[Max_Po]

Wow wow .... No release date for PS4 ..they must lack confidence in PS4 version
.. SONY am D00m3d!

 

[Punished Miku]

Buying this for sure. Thanks for the reminder

 

[Gargus]

Looks cool. I'll wait for the ps4 release.

 

[Kazza]

Is it ok for casual play?
I’m not that good anymore and my wife sucks in this kind of game.

I'm not sure about the console versions, but the PC one is pretty challenging, with Easy mode only available as an unlockable. Some people complained about the difficulty on Steam, but the maker said he wants peoplpe to keep replaying the game from the beginning (the better you play in the earlier stages, the more lives and life bar you accrue for the latter levels). Personally, I think it is definitely harder than Final Fight and SoR, but I wouldn't say it is unfairly hard. Still, don't expectto just breeze through the game on normal. Maybe Easy mode will be available from the start in the console versions.

 

[Bodom78]

Awesome, recently played through River City Girls which was great and I'm keen for something similar.

 

[Tiamat2san]

I'm not sure about the console versions, but the PC one is pretty challenging, with Easy mode only available as an unlockable. Some people complained about the difficulty on Steam, but the maker said he wants peoplpe to keep replaying the game from the beginning (the better you play in the earlier stages, the more lives and life bar you accrue for the latter levels). Personally, I think it is definitely harder than Final Fight and SoR, but I wouldn't say it is unfairly hard. Still, don't expectto just breeze through the game on normal. Maybe Easy mode will be available from the start in the console versions.

Thanks, i’ll Give it a try.
Seems too fun to pass on it.

 

[cireza]

This is on my list. Looks great.

 

[yurinka]

It's the best beat'em up in decades, you better buy this.

 

[Punished Miku]

I got it and was skeptical all day yesterday. Tried all the characters, wasn't totally sold on the art. Didn't love the parries.

But today it completely clicked. You really have to play this for a little while before you get it all.

• lots of juggle combos
• jump kicking off people and switching direction in the air
• grabs and one special grab
• 2 special moves each character
• parries

Once you get used to all of it, it is pretty damn fun. And the icing on the cake is a long list of unlockables and extras.

Totally worth it for me on day one. Happy I got it.

 

[Ailynn]

This is a tough game, but the combat is the most satisfying I've played since Streets of Rage and the SNES Turtles in Time. It's going to take a while to beat, but I'll have fun trying. The unlockable training mode is really helpful!

 

[Punished Miku]

This is a tough game, but the combat is the most satisfying I've played since Streets of Rage and the SNES Turtles in Time. It's going to take a while to beat, but I'll have fun trying. The unlockable training mode is really helpful!

Yeah I'm on the final boss, and I've died 4x just beating his minions directly before the fight. It's challenging.

Only thing I've learned is to relentlessly go for longer juggles as much as you can, because the damage seems to stack quickly.

 

[Fuz]

I don't like the art style, I don't like the use of colors and I don't really like any of the characters.

The combat, however... is top notch. Really, really good stuff.

Shame it's so unappealing aesthetically and has basically zero charisma.