Seeing as we need a breath of fresh air with new topics and shit, I figured I’d get everyone’s opinion on their favorite beat 'em ups. After all, there’s just something about getting a dude and just wailing on everything in sight.
A few of my favorites:
Streets of Rage 2:
Nothing like the classic game that’s generally considered one of the best. I still play it from time to time, and it’s just so fun. Helps that it has crazy good music and lots of stages. Also, who can forget the fat guys at the baseball stadium that belch fire? Madness.
Warriors Orochi 2
More of a guilty pleasure for me, but fun nonetheless. The game gives you a ton of characters to play around with, and I kinda like the ability to switch between 3 characters at a time. Quite a few scenarios to play around with also. I’ll mention Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 as well, since it’s a fairly similar game. It does some crap I don’t care for though, but it’s a MUCH more difficult game on Hard-8, since commanders suddenly become near God-like, and love to block everything you throw at 'em.
TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
Another classic worth playing. Personally, I played the 3rd game a lot more, but IV has some nicer features, and it was a lot more fun to play Co-op. Plus, you can throw enemies at the screen!
Dungeon Fighter Online
Basically what I’ve been playing for a while now. It invokes memories of some of those classic beat 'em ups, while adding RPG elements and lots of skills. It really is a great game, and has an interesting story, but the US version is a bit lacking in content compared to other countries that have the game (notably Japan and Korea).
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