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| 98dgreen:
Turtles in Time Streets of Rage Series Golden Axe |
| blurks:
- Knights of the Round - King of Dragons - Streets of Rage II All three of them have a fantastic soundtrack and a very enjoyable setting. Excellent sprite art and interesting enemies. They are rock solid brawlers and among my absolute favorites. --- Quote from: 98dgreen on November 04, 2017, 07:44:27 pm ---Golden Axe --- End quote --- IMO, Golden Axe has atrocious animations (= almost none), infuriatingly simple artwork and a very average soundtrack. I find it especially disappointing, that even Golden Axe III couldn't really make a big step forward and push the Genesis' hardware to its limits. It looks almost identically to Golden Axe II with almost no visible enhancements. I was trying to give the Golden Axe franchise a chance but after being spoiled by masterpieces such as Knights of the Round, King of Dragons and the likes I just couldn't bear the horrible presentation. Feels like the developers were always 3 years behind with every single release of the series. |
| hoshichiri:
The original Streets of Rage might not be the best beat 'em up, but I'll always be fond of it- it was one of my favorites as a kid, and I played the crap out of it. I got all 4 endings... by myself. Really- I taught myself to play 2nd player with my feet so I could get the 'bad' endings. Can't do it anymore though, my toes are too big now. |
| shadowzero:
You guys have listed so many greats its hard pick, except one. Here in real life when my mind needs to play some sort of danger music there's a good chance its a tune from TMNT Turtles in Time. I would also add near the top X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse since its one that my wife and I maxed stats out on. |
| Cartagia:
--- Quote from: hexen on November 03, 2017, 11:54:31 pm ---Honestly not a big fan of the genre, but one in particular I loved that I can't believe hasn't been mentioned... Castle Crashers! How has no one else mentioned it? Usually Beat 'em ups are pretty simple, but Castle Crashers has like a billion characters who all play differently, tons of equipment choices for weapons as well as bonus animal friends that give perks and a leveling system to specialize in different forms of combat. It is also just great on aesthetic with so much humor and interesting enemies/bosses. All these things make Castle Crashers better to play on your own then average, but I feel like it's just a genre that suffers unless played multiplayer. --- End quote --- This is an excellent choice, and definitely my choice out of all the modern beat em ups. Out of the classic arcade ones, I'd say The Simpsons. They are all relatively repetitive, but Simpsons has the most personality and variety. |
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