Super Double Dragon? More like POOPer Double Dragon!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!

As i mentioned in this review I get alot of enjoyment riffing on the double dragon series with friends after playing the original trilogy of games. However, my hunger for double dragon has not been satiated, and I needed more. This led me to playing Super Double Dragon, what is considered the final game in the original series canon, and its on par with the other games in the series. For one, this is the slowest game in the series yet and i MEAN slow. The controls being so stiff doesn't help at all paired with the ruthlessness of the enemies attacks and their stupidly high amount of health. Levels also drag on longer than any other Double Dragon game, its so soul-suckingly mind numbing. But hey! at least the game is playable which is something I cant say for Double Dragon I & II!

So, get this, a month or so ago me and a friend got into playing the original double dragon trilogy together. None of the games were good, but we got, and still do, get tons of ironic enjoyment from riffing on the game. we even watched the damn movie! So suffice to say when I saw river city ransom was by the same people as double dragon and takes place in the same world as double dragon, I needed to play it. What I got was not great but leagues better than the double dragon games. The games controls are pretty tight for an nes game and the combat is simple, but effective. The game is also pretty damn charming, the artstyle, dialouge, and the fact that each area has a random gang are all very nice touches that elevate the game. However, the game is very unforgiving, enemies can drain your health very fast and it doesn't help that the game takes half of your money every time you die, making it way harder to by upgrades. The fact you can also skip over areas which include bosses which are mandatory to beat in order to complete the game is also strange, especially since half of the time I can't even get some of them to spawn. It's a decent time, although frustrating, but it's better than double dragon at least! But at the beginning of double dragon 2 you immediately see your girlfriend get shot up and die so... maybe not..

Now this is just an all around cute and solid time! the structure of racing playing minigames and battling amongst one another is a short but sweet gameplay loop helped with the leveling up system, unlocking things feels so nice in this game. It's not necessarily deep in any of its elements but It doesn't really need to be, it just needs to be a solid online multiplayer experience and I think they accomplished that very well! Now if you'll excuse me I have to get back to balling (get it, it's because he's ball shaped and that's funny)

Boster Pack Cups 3&4

May be an unpopular opinion here, but I actually think the first wave of dlc was better, alot more varied and fun courses in that one, where as here I didn't find most courses fun or all that memorable. sure courses like mushroom gorge and waluigi pinball are fun as ever, but you also have snow land and new york minute, stages that are just kind of dull or oddly designed. Overall I'd say it's still a good wave of dlc, the good courses definitely make up for the weaker ones.

7/10