Favorite Beat'em up/Belt Scroller game?
>belt scroller
Star Wars Episode III for gba
>>339311908
Well what else do you want me to say? DICK NIGGA?
Have any good beat'em up games come out recently? The most recent one I can think of is Double Dragon Neon. It didn't seem very good though.
>>339311405
>mfw a multi-million dollar super hero franchise with tons of good content has mostly shitty videogames
>>339311405
Streets of Rage III
>>339313606
have you played it
>>339313638
Most kaiju and superhero tokusatsu games are shit. It's like a 10 to 1 ratio.
>>339313638
Bandai doesn't give a shit about video games. Or at least good ones.
>>339313802
I did not, the trailer did not really hold my attention. Am I missing out?
AvP as an honorable mention.
Rival Turf was my shit back in the day
>>339313606
Man and even that was 4 years ago. By beat 'em up standards, pretty much anything post-90s is "recent." It's depressing.
Anyway the Scott Pilgrim game was actually pretty good in spite of the comic and movie being shit.
The Dishwasher games are good hack 'n' slash style beat 'em ups.
Excalibur, ho!
god hand
Official ones, probably Final Fight 3. It's not the most technical or difficult one, but I love it.
Unnoficial, Streets of Rage Remake. It's the pinnacle of everything that made Beat 'em ups good in the 90s
>>339314728
Did you play the sequels too?
I always liked the Rushing Beat games more than the SNES Final Fight ports.
Loved pic related as a kid. Didn't beat it until I was an adult.
>>339311405
SoR:R
Surprised there hasn't been 5 people who said it yet.
>>339311405
Ignoring the awful pun, Final Fight was the one I had the most fun with, but that was a lot because I was playing on a rotation with my siblings where when someone lost the third one out would replace them.
>>339314971
>that red cartridge
I played the original double dragon today, I was surprised at how much it had going on. Though I still can't figure out how to punch people without also having a chance to get punched back mid string.
>>339314875
>>339315004
Streets of Rage Remake is great. If you're a fan of beat'em ups you must try it. It combines Streets of Rage 1-3 while including more additions. It even allows modifications using their engine.
>>339311405
If you've played one then you've played them all.
>graphics update and ancient sets soon
I don't play meme games.
I used to play 2d beu a lot but haven't in a long time, and have not much interest in doing so. The problem for me is how stagnant they are.
I think this is because of the perspective. It doesn't allow for very different (gameplay wise) levels, and enemy patterns are also quite boring, most of them being "get near and hit you in the face with a melee attack".
Compare it to Doom, for example. You can have thousands of different feeling user made maps, and that's without modding enemies and weapons.
I think a small change in perspective could solve this. If the camera was moved up and rotated down, so it looked more like an isometric or topdown game, you would have a whole plane for stage hazards and variations, enemy attacks, evasion, etc, so you could effectively make it much more varied and deep.
Thoughts?
>>339314971
>traded spider-man #1 foil edition drawn by todd mcflarlen for the red cart
>it's an "enemies have an unblockable grab move where they just hold you, yet you still take damage" episode
Violent Storm
>>339315724
Try out Goemon 2 on the NES. It's a beat 'em up with lots of different level designs and even some platforming and stuff.
>>339311405
First Streets of Rage, always liked to play girl and do back-attack. Whenever cousin came to my house we almost always knuckled some bars.
>>339313606
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds is somewhat fun. It would be much more fun if 5pb would actually release this goddamn online mode.
Grief Syndrome is nice too, and after jumping few hoops it's playable over internet.
Fairy Bloom Freesia also comes to mind, but it's arena-based, no real levels.
All three will trigger anime-haters hard though.
Hm... Well, Guacamelee! maybe, but it's more metroidvania then beat'em'up, yes.
![hqdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/uluQpy2.jpg "hqdefault[1].jpg")
I've been playing Streets of Fury every few days. Still hasn't gotten boring to me.
>>339315229
Came here to say this.
It is a top-tier game crafted with lots of love from the source material, and crammed with customization options.
Game developers should look at this game to realize what makes videogames so fun.
the SNES power ranger games were ok
>>339315406
they need to do a singleplayer or console version of this, definitely a different company
Best music too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsW8l6i0Kw0
>>339318325
The first one had surprisingly good music
>>339311405
>Belt Scroller
/vr/ here. I just came into this thread to explain this shit for those of you who aren't familiar with the meme.
"Belt scrolling game" is what the genre is referred to as in Japan (because you move right a little, fight, move right a little more, fight again, move right again, and on and on like a conveyor belt). Trolls on /vr/ have started using the term to piss people off and derail threads. The meme is BY FAR the worst thing /vr/ has ever produced.
>>339320860
I'm not sure why that's bad. it's like calling dota a MOBA, at this point people just don't care.
>>339320860
It'll go away eventually just like "brawler" did.
>>339311405
You are committed to forcing this "belt scroller" meme arent you OP?
>>339319362
I still have my SNES copy of it. I got it when EB was liquidating their SNES stock all those years ago for like 5 bucks.
>>339311405
You mean like this?
>>339320860
They also refer to shmups as shooters.
Japs can eat a dick.
I don't understand why japs don't just call them walkie punchies like everyone else does.
>>339323529
Too Avant Garde for their taste.
>>339323529
Because then you'd have to leave out the games that let you run, like SOR3.
![1988273-box_gheroes[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/YbO6P6E.png "1988273-box_gheroes[1].png")
Guardian Heroes is king.
This is the only game me and my mom played when I was a kid. In fact this is the only co-op game I ever played with her in my entire life.
>>339311405
Streets of Rage 2 is objectively the best.
>>339325252
Man, that game sucks.
>>339325330
I did manage to beat it, first mini boss was just torture
>>339315804
Shit, nigga.
>>339315804
Ya blew it.
>>339320860
You also forgot the angled camera perspective that a lot of belt scrollers use, which allow you to move in any direction, despite always facing left/right.
>>339315921
Fuck that shit.
Laziest fucking enemy design.
THANKS CAPCOM
>>339325987
Name ONE enemy that does this.
>>339326080
Andore
Grabs you, holds you for like 2 seconds, you fall
Now what, faggot
>>339311405
>>339327076
>Last time Nick Fury will ever be white.
>>339314971
>spiderman
>black spiderman
>red black spiderman
bravo marvel
>>339327076
Played that game at Disney World's arcade, was a lot of fun. Surprisingly violent.
>>339327416
More like
>Spiderman
>edgy Spiderman
>edgier Spiderman
>>339327416
>black spiderman
?
>>339327416
>black spiderman
?forgot pic
>>339328036
venom
>>339327076
Great game. Sucks the Genesis version was so bad.
Hilarious how much people will pay for a cart.
>>339327918
It's a variation of an old meme.
People used to call Carnage "Red Venon" to buttblast Spider-Man fans.
Character rankings. Only listing games that I can 1cc.
>Final Fight (arcade version, of course)
Haggar > Cody = Guy
inb4 "Haggar has no infinite!" He does have one. Even without it, he's the best by far. He just has the highest learning curve. You have to get used to awkward things like not being able to grab immediately after a throw and a few different boss strategies from the other two, and completely change your playing style but once you do... Haggar is one of the most destructive characters ever in a beat'em up. Guy is supremely underrated. Best hit box when it comes to pipe and sword. Best mobility. Accelerated wall jump (different from normal wall jump) is fucking good. Learn to use barrels and trashcans for wall jumping. Cody is #1 for beginning to above-medium players, but once you reach a high level then Haggar is #1 by far and Guy is easily as good as Cody (except in like 1-2 sections in the last level).
>Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Mess = Mustapha > Jack > Hannah
Pretty self-explanatory. I'm tempted to make Mess > Mustapha because Mustapha has the worst throw in the game (enemies thrown further is bad because makes your wake ups harder to do) but Mustapha is still too damn good. Jack is actually good contrary to popular belief. Hannah is pure garbage. All her hit boxes are garbage and she gets hit out of things when you shouldn't. Her down-up attack is pointless because the brunt of the damage is off the last hit, yet if you combo into it from a normal combo or from grapples then you won't connect with the last hit making you do worse damage than a normal combo or throw.
There was a good beat em up for the PSP
Just can't remember the name
>>339331289
>Golden Axe
Gillius > Tyris > Ax-Battler
If you're doing nothing but dash kicks with Tyris then mmm that's spending too much time. Better to just stab everyone in the neck with Gillius's rolling attack.
>Golden Axe II (Genesis)
Gillius > Ax-Battler > Tyris
Tyris is garbage in this game. Gillius is good as ever, and Ax-Battler is way improved and has the best spell in the game (the one where he tosses enemies) because it sets up easy infinites.
>Streets of Rage 1
Blaze > Axel > Adam
Self-explanatory. One interesting thing to note is that Axel has faster vertical movement than Blaze.
>Streets of Rage 2
Max = Axel > Skate > Blaze
Self-explanatory. I hope there aren't people that still think that Blaze is better than Skate because she's not.
>Alien vs. Predator
Warrior > Lynn = Hunter > Dutch
I'm tempted to make Lynn equal with Warrior because if you get the hang of her gun then you can cheese the entire game and get a safer 1cc than with Warrior... but Warrior is still the best. He's invulnerable during his diving spear attack. Dutch is garbage.
>>339320860
It is a pun. Kamen Riders wear belts as their transformation device.
>>339313704
>>339314875
>>339313704
>>339315229
>>339316309
>>339325315
>>339331815
golden axe, streets of rage, and the 2 d&d arcade games
>>339331815
>Violent Storm
Wade = Boris > Kyle
Kinda stupid but one of the most important things is getting bonus lives. Wade and Boris get the most bonus lives by far because Wade's uppercut and Boris's certain throw gives tons of points. Boris has the easiest time cheesing bosses.
>Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
Cleric = Magic-user > Fighter > Elf = Dwarf > Thief
>Golden Axe: Revenge of Death-Adder
Trix > Dora > Stern > Goah
Trix has the fastest attacks, best movement, best recovery, dash attack is ridiculous and can infinite anything against a wall. Healing of course. Dora's jumping dive attack (not talking about downward stab) is ridiculous. Stern is decent but can't hit downed enemies with his jumping dive attack. Goah struggles with multiple enemies.
>Captain America
Iron Man = Vision > Hawkeye > Captain
Jumping diagonal beams own everything. Iron Man's beam might have a wider hit box than Vision's beam. No diagonal beam then not as good. Hawkeye's last hit of his combo has invulnerability. Otherwise Hawkeye and Captain are the suck.
Band on the run
>>339311405
Is KR Ghost good?
I only watched the first two episodes and wasn't really feeling it.
>>339332483
>>339331815
i don't think i would want to play videogames with you.
>>339332483
>Ninja Baseball Bat-Man
Green > everyone
Green's hidden move (jump then up down jump) is the best move in the game but just as good is his recovery tornado move. Those two things are broken. The others are good but nowhere as good as green.
>Ninja Warriors Again (SNES)
Ninja > Kamaitachi > Kunoichi
Ninja is powerful as fuck. So much crowd-clearing ability. So much invulnerability frames after throws. So much reach. Ridiculously good. Kamaitachi is also damn good once you get good at doing his throws. Kunoichi is garbage pretty much.
>Guardians / Denjin Makai 2
Girulian = Skullbyule > Jinrei > Rou = Tulks = P.Belva > Kurokishi = Zeldia
All the guys are good, the girls are horrible though.
>Battle Circuit
Yellow > Green = Pink > Blue > Silver
Yellow is godlike in everything.
>>339332846
Calm down, bro. I'm just typing some of my thoughts and opinions. Been playing these games for a very long time. I'm not trying to act like an authority or anything, just adding things to discuss if anyone wants.
2D none in particular, all of them feel too repetitive to me.
3D, without a doubt, the Arkham games, my favorite vidya of all time.
>>339315804
Was it an older kid (or worse yet, grown man) trading it with you, knowing that you were a naive kid who trusted grown-ups and didn't know the value of what you had?
For some reason I had forgotten all about that shit until your post and I'm livid all over again.
>>339329369
>>339329005
THE JOKE MAN
YOU MISSED THE JOKE
IT WAS RIGHT THERE
>>339311405
back when games were fun
>>339333013
Not him, but adding some of my own.
>TMNT (snes)
manual dashing on
Raph > Don > Mike > Leo
>TMNT (arcade)
Don is the best by far
>>339332483
>magic-user
Them crits too strong, man.
>>339327076
I always liked this poster.
Last I tried, I can get to the Elevator of Stage 8 on Streets of Rage 2 by myself on Hard Mode.
I end up losing a lot of my lives to this bastard right here.
>>339334739
>manual dashing on
>Raph > Don > Mike > Leo
Those blocking Foot Soldiers are almost impossible without manual dashing.
>>339333398
Wait, you're saying 2D beat'em ups are repetitive, but your favorite video games are the Arkham games? Irony.
>>339336503
It's bait, anon
>>339337069
Bait indeed, but it's also true.
Maybe because i always loved the concept of fighting several enemies at once, but 2D beat 'em ups had very little animations, you couldn't block attacks in most of them (at least the ones i played) and i'm not a fan of 2D games since i tasted 3D. Rocksteady gave me everything i always asked for a beat 'em up. They even included in the same package a stealth game, my other favorite vidya genre.
>>339338282
>you couldn't block attacks in most of them
Because you're supposed to move out of the way.
That's like complaining that you can't shield in SHMUPS.
Can you block in Mario?
Don't think of beat'em ups as fighting games.
>>339339132
Well, i don't see how having a "cooler" way to avoid attacks than moving around could hurt a 2D beat 'em up.
>>339332653
They get all the tropes over and done with within the first ~10 episodes, then shit gets real.
It's good, but Fourze's still my favourite.
