For the longest time I was really put off by 2D beat em ups. Even after I had beat SOR4 that didn't change, but it was replaying God Hand and trying out this game that changed that.
First of all, of course, this game's aesthetic is on point. The music is fucking great and very memorable, and the background art is gorgeous, fits the music perfectly. I still don't understand the Alien level ???? but the music there is good too at least.
I think the old 2D bmup combat clicked because the game is a lot simpler than SOR4 and not way fucking hard like Final Fight. The enemies are pretty well defined in what they do, although I do wish some of them did it more (Donovan types often don't antiair in this, feels like they do it 100% of the time in 4). There's a lot of cool encounters in this game, even though the later parts do get pretty fucked up for me.
First of all, of course, this game's aesthetic is on point. The music is fucking great and very memorable, and the background art is gorgeous, fits the music perfectly. I still don't understand the Alien level ???? but the music there is good too at least.
I think the old 2D bmup combat clicked because the game is a lot simpler than SOR4 and not way fucking hard like Final Fight. The enemies are pretty well defined in what they do, although I do wish some of them did it more (Donovan types often don't antiair in this, feels like they do it 100% of the time in 4). There's a lot of cool encounters in this game, even though the later parts do get pretty fucked up for me.