Beat-Em-Ups, the dudebro games of the pre-3D world?

[Gamerforlife]

I resurrected this topic for this game



Double Dragon Neon

It's totally dudebro. Hell you hear them actually say "dude" and "bro" a lot as you play through this thing. It's actually pretty funny

[Gunstar Green]

Final Fight actually rings a bell, but I thought it was NES. Wikipedia tells me I'm misinformed, maybe I'll hunt a copy down once I get hungry for another beat-em-up.
EDIT: Just did a bit of price checking on them... why the hell is FF3 $40 at my retro gaming store, $55 on eBay, and $50 on Amazon!? Sweet Jesus, I've heard of the "Nintendo premium", but this is just outrageous!

If you don't even know what Final Fight is you shouldn't be making silly threads like this.

Embrace the dudebro.

[Erik_Twice]

If you don't even know what Final Fight is you shouldn't be making silly threads like this.

I don't blame him, it's just a cheap Streets of Rage knockoff

[fvgazi]

I resurrected this topic for this game

Double Dragon Neon

It's totally dudebro. Hell you hear them actually say "dude" and "bro" a lot as you play through this thing. It's actually pretty funny

Thoughts on this game? I played the demo and it seems pretty cool. I love the art style with all the 80's cliches and the music is pretty badass and hilarious.

[Gamerforlife]

I resurrected this topic for this game

Double Dragon Neon

It's totally dudebro. Hell you hear them actually say "dude" and "bro" a lot as you play through this thing. It's actually pretty funny

Thoughts on this game? I played the demo and it seems pretty cool. I love the art style with all the 80's cliches and the music is pretty badass and hilarious.

It's not bad. It's not one of the best beat 'em ups I've played, or even one of the best on XBLA or PSN, but it's certainly fun. The game's humor is a real highlight. There are memorable moments that can really make you laugh out loud. The game's villain is one of this year's most memorable characters for me. The combat is decent overall, not great but decent. The upgrade system is really cool though. It lets you customize your style of play and really helps bring down the game's difficulty quite a bit. Without the upgrade system in place, this would have been your typical hard as balls arcade beat 'em up. The upgrades really give you a nice advantage though. There are lots of little references to other beat 'em ups in the game and some cool pop culture references that I appreciated. There are actually certain musical cues in the soundtrack that sound like they were ripped out of Konami's ninja turtles games. That was pretty cool

At ten dollars, it's cheaper than some other XBLA/PSN titles and I feel like I got my money's worth. They're going to release a patch in the near future to add online support so people will be able to co op the game with other people online. So there's that to look forward to. From what I've heard, there's actually some cool moves you can only do when playing the game with another player like the high five pictured above. Overall, I like the game. I'm actually doing my third playthrough on Double Dragon difficulty right now. If you're into achievements/trophies, I'd recommend the 360 version since it has more of those than the PS3 one.