thinking about the types of people who worked on this game and the types of people who okayed every decision made on this game and the types of people who this game was made for and i feel nothing for any of these people but pure contempt. fuck this game and fuck everything it stands for. it is a repulsive pile of soulless pink glittery filth. it is nothing short of nauseating to look at, to listen to, or to play. the game grumps are in this and it's not even the most upsetting/annoying part of it. i've literally never hit the "skip cutscene" button on a first playthrough before i played this game. but in the end i'm not really sure why i did, because the actual game sandwiched between these F-tier 2012 tumblr comic voiceovers sucks, too! as if it couldn't get any worse it's a fucking terrible beat-em-up! i don't even understand how they got it so wrong! the people at wayforward have obviously played a lot of old games, they should know how this stuff works, but they seem to have fucking forgotten, so you're left to trudge through a broken mess of non-functional juggles, pointless backtracking and some of the worst bosses i've ever has the displeasure of fighting in a video game. i think i'd rather play any beat em up than this. hell, give me Bad Dudes and i'd probably have a better time. anyway did you know this game's sequel which released a week ago has chris niosi in it? thought that was cool and interesting

Reviewed on Dec 25, 2022


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5 months ago

I remember rating this higher cause I played a demo, but then I went back recently to play it and extremely cooled on it, bringing it down to about 2 stars, honestly probably rated it higher prior cause I had not played a beat em up for a minute...then I played Streets of Fury EX which is so fucked up and weird and hectic and way more fun than River City Girls. I need to play some of them other River City games

5 months ago

@spageddystyle i say play more beat em ups in general, there are so many good ones! i recommend streets of rage 2, alien vs predator arcade, and guardian heroes if you want to try something REALLY different