I went into this fairly blind, having only played very little of the Genesis SoR games, but hey - this is pretty dang fun!

Beat-em-ups have a reputation of being shallow and boring, but this game gets around that by having a combo-heavy combat system that encourages finding a rhythm, not unlike a character action game. And the the characters are extremely varied, ranging from pure rushdown (Cherry) to being more methodical (Floyd).

The difficulty can get a bit uneven, and it loses a little steam near the end, but overall definitely recommended.

Shit, now I wanna play Guardian Heroes again.