so why is this game on Switch, but not River City Ransom Underground?

[Dr. Curien]

In my opinion, River City Ransom Underground was much better and absolutely more enjoyable.

[DragonBaldee]

Agreed. Great Game. That is all :)

[Boss Wooten]

You're wrong.

[davidb11]

I'm not 100% certain why people hate River City Underground. But some people did. Weird.
I need to get that game, and this game. I need to play a lot of games.

[Momo]

Originally posted by davidb11:

I'm not 100% certain why people hate River City Underground. But some people did. Weird.
I need to get that game, and this game. I need to play a lot of games.

Mechanically that game rocks, and has loads of variety. But there are some awful missions, namely the chase missions and fetch quests. The story is also thuddingly stupid. Girls was also fairly stupid, but at least got some laughs out of me. Underground was just lame and stupid, and their attempt to pull an Undertale and suddenly become meta as f*ck at the end just made me groan.

Still good though. I revisit it from time to time. But I think overall I like Girls more.

[Professor Fairfield]

Originally posted by JoJo:

In my opinion, River City Ransom Underground was much better and absolutely more enjoyable.

The short answer is that Conatus didn't have enough money to port it. The longer answer, explaining why, has some controversial details that make me reluctant to discuss it much here, but search online for Alex Mauer if you want to know.

Originally posted by Vexual Healing:

Originally posted by davidb11:

I'm not 100% certain why people hate River City Underground. But some people did. Weird.
I need to get that game, and this game. I need to play a lot of games.

Mechanically that game rocks, and has loads of variety. But there are some awful missions, namely the chase missions and fetch quests. The story is also thuddingly stupid. Girls was also fairly stupid, but at least got some laughs out of me. Underground was just lame and stupid, and their attempt to pull an Undertale and suddenly become meta as f*ck at the end just made me groan.

Still good though. I revisit it from time to time. But I think overall I like Girls more.

With how many times context-sensitivity caused the wrong action to trigger in River City Girls, I reaffirm that I'm a fan of RCRU's more complex, many-button controls. I feel that for a beat-em-up that deep, complex controls are objectively better. That said, the game could have handled many of its elements better. Complex controls make for a deep game, but it's hard to appreciate them in a game that starts you off against enemies far tougher than yourself, forcing you to do a lot of running to undeclared grinding spots. Another place the game sags under its weight is in the character roster; lots of variety and replay value, but it sucks that all of the characters have to be leveled up from 1 individually, especially given how rough the game is on beginning characters. Some uneven tiers, too. Then there's the milk quest and the chase missions. RCG has less variety so it could be argued it's more monotonous, but potential to be monotonous comes with the territory of being a beat-em-up so people who buy such games can be presumed more tolerant of it than some other gamers. Meanwhile, there are things that fans of beat-em-ups don't necessarily like; things that differ radically from the main style of gamepaly, and so putting them in is risky.

As to superior story, that's almost like comparing a dried out apple (RCRU) to a fermented orange (RCG). I don't remember much of RCRU being overtly humorous, while RCG made me laugh a lot, but the joke at the ending is just plain distasteful. The endings of both games were stupid, but I'd say RCG's ending is worst, if only because it cruelly torches the notion of its protagonists being heroes, implies that River City is full of jerks and loons, and doesn't leave much apparent room for more story. RCRU does leave open the possibility for more content, though sadly given the financial issues noted above, I no longer expect it.

[Momo]

Originally posted by Professor Fairfield:

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Good post. I didn't want to touch RCG's ending due to spoilers, but you're totally right. Especially given the lighthearted tone and good laughs the story gives, MAN it ends on a huge bummer.

That's why I said what I said about Underground being a better GAME, while Girls is a better everything else

[๋]

i prefer this game personally. and as a kunio kun fan i disliked underground