How do we revive the Beat'em Up genre?
>>330926724
See Guilty Gear Izuka and Dungeon Fighter online. Yes both games have their flaws.
The problem is not the genre but modern gamers, game design and what counts as successful.
The genre is alive and well, you just might not like it in the form that it currently exists.
No need for that. Just play Streets of Rage Remake.
>>330926724
>How do we revive the Beat'em Up genre?
Hard to do because the formula is fairly ancient (in video game terms) and people would have different ideas of how to properly update it. Probably the best option would be to encourage a bunch of companies to make new ones and see which ones work out best.
Assuming we are sticking to side-scrolling, I would think that 8-way movement with 6-way attacking (that is: right, up-right, down-right, etc. but not up) would give a lot better control than older beat'em-ups did while still keeping the same style of play. You'd probably need "taller" stages to make diagonal movement and attacks more practical.
If you are fine with going into 3D, then Musou and Senran Kagura have some good ideas (if not the best implementations).
>>330926724
Make a Futurama one.
>>330926724
Make a Beat'em Up Rogue Lite game.
>>330929396
Dragon's Crown is sort of like that. the dungeons remain the same every time, but the loot is randomized
>>330926724
Anarchy Reigns, that's how
>>330926724
Phantom Break and Double Dragon Neon are the recent ones.
The problem is you can't add much new. It's like the Street Fighter type games, more than 20 years later they're still basically the same.
>>330926724
Revive arcade places.
>>330926724
Give them a theme. Isn't that new TMNT a beat em up? What about transformers devastation?
I wouldn't mind seeing a well done Megaman beat em up. Or DBZ, or Marvel, Or G1GI Joe.
>>330932183
>Isn't that new TMNT a beat em up? What about transformers devastation?
3D Action games are kind of the modern beat em up in a way.
>>330932183
Captain America and the Avengers updated with the movie characters might be interesting
or just update the existing graphics
>>330930147
actually dragon's crown has a randomized tower
random screens with random enemies
later floors even throw bosses in as normal enemies
