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[GigaBowser]

Yes it's all true my friends, this is a great beat em up and the throwback plasticy looking Killer Instinct visuals are very appealing, so much so in fact that coupled with the fantastic hand to hand combat, this is a great addition to any beat em up sidescroller fans lineup. It's a great mashup of Streets of Rage, Final Fight, and Killer Instinct. The combo system is a lot of fun an not a lot of guess work is involved in putting combo's together because of the optional tutortial. Crank up the difficulty to hard and have a blast.

If I have any complaints, even though the hand to hand combat, enemies, locals, bosses and visuals are great,
the weapons, story, minigames and cut scenes are a bit lacklustre.

It's not Streets Of Rage 4 good but still awesome and was overlooked.


8/10

 

[Salz01]

It’s been on my watchlist for awhile. I’ll probably end up getting it.

 

[FeralEcho]

Yup,got it on Switch a long time ago.As You said it's not Streets of Rage 4 but I found it to be really fun and has a cool graphical style.

 

[CGNoire]

Ooucchh...

When sprites are that highly detailed they need to have equally high animation quality to keep from feeling uncanny and cheap. Unfortunatly for this....

 

[Nickolaidas]

Don't really like the art style but it looks like more Streets of Rage / Double Dragon and I am ok with that!

 

[DelireMan7]

Looks interesting. Not a huge fan of the art style but gameplay looks cool.

Is online coop available?

 

[YCoCg]

OP you forgot to mention the cheesy af voice acting in this, it's really like they were just told to go full ham.

 

[Agent X]

I've never heard of this game until now, but it looks like there's some fun to be had here.

According to the description on the game page on Steam, Yuzo Koshiro contributed to the soundtrack.

When sprites are that highly detailed they need to have equally high animation quality to keep from feeling uncanny and cheap. Unfortunatly for this....

I get the impression that the animation was deliberately limited, to give the vibe of an early 1990s game. It's clearly an artistic decision.

 

[Punished Miku]

I got it and put it down pretty quick. Wasn't into it but can't remember why. Been a while.

Not even in the same league as SoR4 but any beat em up has the potential for fun.

 

[Fess]

Thanks OP! I like what I see here, getting nostalgic

 

[Hayabusa83]

Finished this last year. Fantastic game. Love the art style and homage to the 16 Bit Era.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[CGNoire]

I've never heard of this game until now, but it looks like there's some fun to be had here.

According to the description on the game page on Steam, Yuzo Koshiro contributed to the soundtrack.



I get the impression that the animation was deliberately limited, to give the vibe of an early 1990s game. It's clearly an artistic decision.

I agree it is on purpose. The outcome though imo...

 

[GigaBowser]

Looks interesting. Not a huge fan of the art style but gameplay looks cool.

Is online coop available?

There is no online mode. Only local play. I'm sorry my friends.

The good news is the single player mode graphics and hand to hand combat are the best of its class.

In some ways it's better than Streets of Rage 4 but not overall.

 

[DelireMan7]

There is no online mode. Only local play. I'm sorry my friends.

The good news is the single player mode graphics and hand to hand combat are the best of its class.

In some ways it's better than Streets of Rage 4 but not overall.

That's a shame. I usually play these kind of games in online coop with a friend (whom lives far from me).

Gameplay looks good to me. I keep it in mind for the future

 

[TheKratos]

That's a shame. I usually play these kind of games in online coop with a friend (whom lives far from me).

Gameplay looks good to me. I keep it in mind for the future

Are you on PS? You can use shareplay.

 

[DelireMan7]

Are you on PS? You can use shareplay.

True !

I barely ever use it. But doesn't it have a quite noticeable input delay ? I remember testing it longtime ago (but I had bad connection at that time) and it was not really playable for me with the delay.

Should give it a try. Thanks for the input

 

[SALMORE]

it looks great but unfortunately not deep & creative like SOR4 !

 

[TheKratos]

True !

I barely ever use it. But doesn't it have a quite noticeable input delay ? I remember testing it longtime ago (but I had bad connection at that time) and it was not really playable for me with the delay.

Should give it a try. Thanks for the input

You can have some input delay but I usually just play simple coop games so a bit of input delay doesn't hurt the experience.

I always use shareplay for offline coop games. Plus it means you only need one copy.