This is the best 2D brawler ever made

[pkt-zer0]

This is not up for discussion, this is FACT.

Silliness aside:

1) Yes, the game is great, just buy it already. Check out the demo if you're not convinced! (Seems that's only on the official site currently, not linked from the Steam Store)

2) What other 2D brawlers do you all like? Guardian Heroes is one of my all-time favourites, hopefully the HD version gets ported right after Ikaruga. The Capcom D&D games I've also liked a fair bit. But otherwise, there's not much that stands out as similarly excellent, and fewer still are playable on PC.

[ECM]

Final Fight?
Streets of Rage 2 and 3?
Alien Vs. Predator?
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs?
TMNT and TMNT2?
Bucky O'Hare?
The Punisher?
Armored Warriors?
Rakugaki Showtime?
Panzer Bandit?
X-Men?
Battle Circuit?
The Simpsons?
River City Ransom?
Double Dragon and DD2?
God Hand?

And that's just getting started on the good-to-great ones.

Almost all of those games are in the same league as D&D or Guardian Heroes and some are even better.

[Ghost 幽霊]

on steam i'm enjoying sacred citadel eventhough it's gotten mixed reviews mainly due to the aspect ratios and the lack of options. Though for a brawler its quite fun. Castle crashers is good as well

[Metsakurat]

Best brawler ever made is probably Double Dragon Neon imo. It's even better than the original 2 Double Dragons.

Couldn't put it down when i finally got it for my 360. I think i put over 50h into it before my Xbox broke down.
The best brawler i've ever played. It had everything from groovy music, 80's style and jokes to awesome and badass action. + the co-op enemy throwing and dancing was just hitlarious.

[postmanmanman]

As far as 2D brawlers go, probably my absolute favorite is Dragon's Crown. It's simply wonderful. It's also one of the best ARPGs in recent years.

Aces Wild is pretty much incredible, though.

[hardwiredsin]

Początkowo opublikowane przez pkt-zer0:

This is not up for discussion, this is FACT.

Silliness aside:

1) Yes, the game is great, just buy it already. Check out the demo if you're not convinced! (Seems that's only on the official site currently, not linked from the Steam Store)

2) What other 2D brawlers do you all like? Guardian Heroes is one of my all-time favourites, hopefully the HD version gets ported right after Ikaruga. The Capcom D&D games I've also liked a fair bit. But otherwise, there's not much that stands out as similarly excellent, and fewer still are playable on PC.

Streets of Rage and Final Fight would like a word with you

and even SUPER DOUBLE DRAGON!

[hardwiredsin]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Metsakurat:

Best brawler ever made is probably Double Dragon Neon imo. It's even better than the original 2 Double Dragons.

Couldn't put it down when i finally got it for my 360. I think i put over 50h into it before my Xbox broke down.
The best brawler i've ever played. It had everything from groovy music, 80's style and jokes to awesome and badass action. + the co-op enemy throwing and dancing was just hitlarious.

Super Double Dragon is better IMO

[Atmic]

When you say Guardian Heroes, do you mean 'Gunstar Heroes'?

...because *that* was the best beat-em-up.

[William Shakesman]

Double Dragon Advance and Streets of Rage Remake are the best classical style beat-em-ups by miles. Nothing else comes close.

The D&D stuff was nice but full of bloated kitchen sink feature creep crap and the combat was still a bit of a mash fest like most of Capcom's arcade offerings. AvP always felt better focused than those.

Didn't much care for Dragon's Crown either.

Aces Wild almost carves out its own sub-genre, as did God Hand and Guardian Heroes. God Hand was somewhere closer to games like DMC than it was a beat-em-up. And I think time will tell whether AW is a supreme classic or a fun diversion. A lot of people are overwhelmed by the glitz of the combat and I don't know much about whether the underlying mechanisms will stand the test of time.

[TheRPGunit]

River City Ransom is #1, stop playin' around yall.

[BlaQNYC]

Valdis Story: Abyssal City?

[no talk only play]

Castle Crashers, then River City Ransom, then a bunch of other really good ones in some order.

This game looks pretty damn cool though.

[Gerk]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Atmic:

When you say Guardian Heroes, do you mean 'Gunstar Heroes'?

...because *that* was the best beat-em-up.

Gunstar Heroes was a shoot-em-up. Same genre as Contra, Metal Slug, Psycorp, etc.

[Gerk]

Początkowo opublikowane przez ECM:

And that's just getting started on the good-to-great ones.

Początkowo opublikowane przez ECM:

[Listing US-property-license arcade beat-em-ups by Konami]

Oh, you.

[MintGum]

Początkowo opublikowane przez William Shakesman:

Double Dragon Advance and Streets of Rage Remake are the best classical style beat-em-ups by miles. Nothing else comes close.

The D&D stuff was nice but full of bloated kitchen sink feature creep crap and the combat was still a bit of a mash fest like most of Capcom's arcade offerings. AvP always felt better focused than those.

Didn't much care for Dragon's Crown either.

Aces Wild almost carves out its own sub-genre, as did God Hand and Guardian Heroes. God Hand was somewhere closer to games like DMC than it was a beat-em-up. And I think time will tell whether AW is a supreme classic or a fun diversion. A lot of people are overwhelmed by the glitz of the combat and I don't know much about whether the underlying mechanisms will stand the test of time.

You're playing AvP and D&D wrong if power creep isn't on AvP's side. You'll die needlessly a lot if you forget you have items in D&D, and AvP has super reliable grabs and approaching moves.

[Logorouge]

1) Saw it on Desura and it looked great. Good to hear it plays as good as it looked.

2) Other 2D brawlers? Shiva & Lisa 3 and Crime Busters would be among my favorites. But those are relatively obscure fan-made games.