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[belgurdo]

It's been a while since I've played stuff outside of Samurai/Dynasty Warriors and D&D, and wanted to know what's worth searching out

 

[Hitman]

VIEWTIFUL JOE. THE GREATEST BEAT EM UP EVER.

 

[Diomedeskun]

Berserk/Sword of the Berserk for DC was quite good, just a little short. I have seen it around from time to time.

 

[FoneBone]

Alien vs Predator
The Punisher

 

[Grizzlyjin]

VIEWTIFUL JOE. THE GREATEST BEAT EM UP EVER.

There is your answer.

 

[lachesis]

I kinda recommend guardian heros.

lachesis

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Double Dragon.

 

[jenov4]

The Combatribes (Go play it in MAME)

 

[belgurdo]

I kinda recommend guardian heros.

lachesis

Got it, but haven't played it in ages.

Playing as Ginjirou got ridiculous once I learned how to exploit that thunder dash thing he used

 

[Ferrio]

D&D shadow over whatsitsname

Ninja Baseball Batman!

 

[NotMSRP]

Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Adventures of Bayou Billy, Prisoners of War, Battletoads, TMNT Arcade, Simpsons Arcade, Sailor Moon, etc.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Buffy 1.
Just started playing Chaos Legion and it has some (obvious) similarities to the DW series.

 

[belgurdo]

Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Adventures of Bayou Billy, Prisoners of War, Battletoads, TMNT Arcade, Simpsons Arcade, Sailor Moon, etc.

I think I've played all of these except for arcade Battletoads. I really wanted to like Sailor Moon, but I hated the lack of combat variety in the girls (plus you couldn't play as everyone either.) I just stuck to Mars and stared at her legs for an hour

 

[Matlock]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (EA-published)

 

[Eggo]

Streets of Rage 2 on Genesis - nothing has topped this yet. Final Fight arcade was close, but not really better. Should cost you $35 for the system and the game.

 

[neptunes]

streets of rage 2!

on kaillera

 

[Mr_Furious]

Rise To Honor is a pretty good and unique brawler.

Oh and Batman Returns on SNES kicked all kinds of ass!

 

[Blinky]

I'd go with Viewtiful Joe all the way, it's easily my favorite game on the GCN. It's style is pretty unique and it's hard as hell. Plus, it has multiple modes so there is a bit of replayabilty there.

Other than that I'd go with some favorites already menioned, primarily the Streets of Rage series.

- Blinky

 

[DCharlie]

Spikeout

 

[belgurdo]

I've also played/beaten the entire Streets/Bare Knuckle line; despite what most people think about it, I prefer 3 over 2 (except in music) because the combat is more focused and gives you more options

 

[thom]

 

[Musashi Wins!]

oh, as far as modern era stuff goes...you should really check out LOTR: Return of the King. It's a fantastic beat-em up. Lots of good moves, heavy action, many characters, co-op play, etc. Nasty hard at times too. Plus plenty of leveling up and new abilities, etc. Really first class game by EA. Not the hugest fan of the movie franchise (in the minority there) but this game was great and there are a bunch of extras if you're into the film.

 

[User 406]

Crimson Tears - The latest one out that's quite a bit of fun. Good beat-em-up action and lots of goodies to get.

Eve of Extinction - Another good adventure beat-em-up with the nifty ability to morph your weapon on the fly as you upgrade it. Makes for some very creative combos.

Oni - This game gets unfairly shat on. Behind the simple graphics and the shitty anime wannabe style is a great technical beat-em-up with strong enemy AI.

 

[Defensor]

Haters be damned!

 

[neptunes]

yeah, I'm playing this game on my PC right now and I like it so far

 

[XS+]

Streets of Rage 2 on Genesis - nothing has topped this yet.

Not even AvP??? I beg to differ.

 

[jarrod]

Thom forgot two...

...and coming soon...

 

[Funky Papa]

I like the Buffy love, but no Ninja Gaiden?

Don't you feel ashamed? *shakes head*