While I can’t say much about the online connection since the game isn’t out in public (thus no way to sort that out), at least the current option is as painless as humanly possible. River City Girls 2 let you play co-op with four people on the same screen, which is what the series also needed. River City Girls 2 is also a game that’s better with friends. In fact, I do wish there was more Super Dodgeball gaming. They’re sparse enough to not break the RPGing and exploration flow. That would be a death knell for some genres, but minigames do not wear out their welcome. The game’s main structure of going to places and completing main story quests hasn’t changed much save for new enemies and even a bunch of minigames thrown in. In fact, there’s a literal stage called Technos Offices that features the then-alive company with its plethora of references from Double Dragon to even the Combatribes. The Kunio-kun and Double Dragon universes have combined to form one unique timeline featuring the Double Dragon’s ex-damsel in distress Marian going unga bunga on bad guys, to even a throwback to Super Dodgeball. Some items you can equip in the game actually buff your attacks tenfold if you’re diligent with parrying.Īnd for you nostalgia fans: If you’re looking for a 90s Technos beat-em-up love letter, you won’t find a more glorious example than River City Girls 2. Parries are obviously riskier, but they reward you with faster recoveries on your end. Quick getups let you mount a counterattack or escape quick, while sidesteps let you quickly move upwards or downwards to avoid oncoming horizontal charges and the likes. Thanks to these, the combat pacing is slightly faster and lets you solve the attrition-based beat-em-up tactics that swarm you. Speaking of well-meaning additions, new combat skills in the sequel include parries, sidesteps, and quick rises after eating a knockdown attack three skills that are sorely needed from a defensive front. This means you don’t have to grind too much to level everyone else from scratch! Best of all, if you just focus on one character, the rest will at least catch up XP-wise and will only be a few levels below you. Next to how gorgeous & charismatic the animations are, there are enough tweaks and nuances that make each of the six controllable characters different enough to warrant different replays. Let’s not forget the guys who also have their own skillsets: Kunio has fiery moves and launchers aplenty while Riki has his “glamour ball projectile” to toy around with. Dance-savvy Provie is fast and has breakdancing moves that chain easily, while the abs-laden Marian just hits things really hard and knocks down enemies fast with her power moves and big swings. Kyoko has combos and multi-hit moves aplenty, while Misako hits hard but is fast enough to get a few hits in like with her Thor-like air charge. Each of the six-person party has their own moves and skillsets once they’re unlocked in RPG fashion (ie: levelling up, and buying new moves with money from enemies). The demonic duo is joined by their boyfriends Kunio and Riki, and also by veteran fighters Provie (from River City Underground) and Marian (from Double Dragon). Oh, and also meet the plethora of weird and wacky denizens of the city, each of them entertaining you with their viewpoints and chatter. Keeping in spirit with the Kunio-kun titles, you can visit different shops to buy health items that boost your stats permanently and even purchase new moves from the Lee Brothers all across town. So off they go after a 2-month hiatus, regaining their lost XP, relearning their moves, and beating the everlasting crap out of bad guys & yakuza members who are terrorizing River City. The plot of River City Girls 2 centres around violent schoolgirls Misako and Kyoko, who are expelled from their school after the yakuza gang, whose leader they disposed of in the last game, took over the city. However, it also adds enough to make you dying to revisit the colourful-yet-violent township that is River City. A couple more years later, we’re graced with the sequel’s presence which basically brings back more of the same action you know and are familiar with. Genre: 2D beat-em-up RPG hybrid with Technos throwbacks aplentyĢ019’s River City Girls surprised everyone with its brand of humour, fun 2D beat-em-up action, lush pixel artwork, catchy music, and nods to the Kunio-kun and Double Dragon franchise. Platform(s): PC(version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One
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