Okay, I don't own it yet...but I'm borrowing it from a friend...Tokyo Beat Down. This game is the SHIT!! It is by far my favorite DS game and in a few months, I will own it!
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04-12-2009, 11:50 PM #1Lurker Raging in the Streets
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Best DS game YET!!
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04-13-2009, 12:08 AM #2Rebel scum Shining Hero
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Really? I've yet to read a review that gave it any score higher than "average"
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04-13-2009, 12:30 AM #3Master of Shinobi
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Video game reviewers tend to give retro-inspired games low scores because they're "too simple" or the game "hasn't added anything to the formula", which is the whole point of a retro-inspired game (to make a flashy new version of older gameplay that many of us have nostalgia for).
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
Looking at a video, this game screams my name. Thanks, Tanegashima; I hadn't even heard of this game before. I've been pretty lukewarm on my DS, in all honesty, but a game like this will give it new life...
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04-13-2009, 12:40 AM #4WCPO Agent
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I'm only about hour into the game so far but these are my initial impressions. Originally Posted by MrMatthews
This game is MEGA awesome. Sure modern reviewers won't enjoy this game since it's based on such an old school game formula that we all know on love on these forums. The Gameplay is pure beat em' up, not much else.
I'm really impressed with the cut scenes, everything is nicely hand drawn and the story is quite humourous (In the first level your responding to a call in Shibuya, you go in and beat the shit out of everyone in the stage, head back to the station and your told that the suspects you just destroyed were "dine and dashers.") Anyways, Atlus has done a nice job so far with the localization.
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04-13-2009, 02:08 AM #5Captain Bit Master of Shinobi
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I just watched that clip, and the game looks awesome. I mean, who wouldn't want a game where you go into a fairly normal department store and then beat the crap out of everyone you see. That's just awesome. Screw modern reviewers, they suck.
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04-13-2009, 02:29 AM #6Lurker Raging in the Streets
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04-13-2009, 05:06 PM #7Outrunner
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It does look average. Average and fun.
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04-13-2009, 05:55 PM #8Bite my shiny, metal ***! Hero of Algol
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Why is the CGR guy talking about Streets of Rage all the time? This looks nothing like Streets of Rage - well, except if he'd be talking about the Streets of Rage 4 tech demos.
The Mega Drive was far inferior to the NES in terms of diffusion rate and sales in the Japanese market, though there were ardent Sega users. But in the US and Europe, we knew Sega could challenge Nintendo. We aimed at dominating those markets, hiring experienced staff for our overseas department in Japan, and revitalising Sega of America and the ailing Virgin group in Europe.
Then we set about developing killer games.
- Hayao Nakayama, Mega Drive Collected Works (p. 17)
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04-14-2009, 12:34 AM #9Level 6 Rocket Knight Raging in the Streets
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Well he was using SoR as a point of reference for the genre. I'm not sure how you can't see the resemblance, though; all side-scrolling beat-'em-ups are basically the same, and this looks to adhere to that formula pretty strictly. Unless you mean that this game uses polygons while SoR uses sprites.
Anyway, the game looks awesome. I'd definitely pick it up if I didn't sell my DS already.
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