Feel Like I'm On 42
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Such a shame about the artstyle. A new pixel art double dragon wouldve been great but I don't think I can get past this.
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saintjules
Member
IGN dropped a new video
The character designs remind me of Super Dodge Ball.
Regardless. Feels like a step back from something like this.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Looks like ass. Period
Fuz
Banned
Looks like a cheap mobile game.
That's not what DD is supposed to be. Disrespectful to the franchise.
Rran
Member
I think it looks pretty good. Not as nice as something like Streets of Rage 4 or even Shredder's Revenge, but Double Dragon's first games featured pretty squat-looking characters so I'm okay with this. I like the tag-out feature too, as someone who frequently has trouble deciding on characters. Time will tell whether the roguelike elements add to the fun or are a slog.
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MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
The design, the graphics, pure garbage
SkylineRKR
Member
Kinda sick of this artstyle. It doesn't resemble the 16 bit era at all, if thats what they try to do. Its basically a pile of nothingness.
Just look at pretty much any SNES brawler, it looks more appealing than this.
Just look at pretty much any SNES brawler, it looks more appealing than this.
Saber
Gold Member
I honestly respect different opinions. But to put this with SoR4, which is basically a visual art candy is offensive. And this from someone who criticizes SoR4 alot.
This game is visually cheap garbage, a dirty lazy pixel stuff attempt that belings to a phone game.
Nothing in this game looks surprising at all.
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sigmaZ
Member
This track straight fire. Got your mom shaking her ass all over my room.
Gambit2483
Member
Just saw this video and have to say in impressed. Not sure how I feel about the rogue-like elements but Matt seems to not be too bothered by it.
Looks like it would be really fun in co-op
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
Double Dragon on the GBA remains the best Double Dragon, IMO. I still need to finish Neon, though.
Ulysses 31
Member
7 from IGN
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kubricks
Member
Just bought it and despite the kind of questionable art direction (which I dont really mind tbh), the gameplay is ... pretty good?
The pacing is a bit slow and more methodical than other recent beaten up like tmnt/sor4/fightnrage, probably due to recovery frame after jumps and special moves, but that's kind of the signature of DD right?
Anyway, if you can get pass the art style, do give it a try.
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Playing co-op with my kids felt great! Though probably not as fun and chaotic as TMNT.
The pacing is a bit slow and more methodical than other recent beaten up like tmnt/sor4/fightnrage, probably due to recovery frame after jumps and special moves, but that's kind of the signature of DD right?
Anyway, if you can get pass the art style, do give it a try.
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Playing co-op with my kids felt great! Though probably not as fun and chaotic as TMNT.
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Punished Miku
Gold Member
By the way, this game is a lot better than I expected. Really fun so far.
Holammer
Member
Picked it up in October last year, shamefully I haven't even tried it yet. Let's fix that.
Now that it comes recommended from a fellow gaffer.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
The additional characters play really differently too. Once I got the hang of Marion she is totally OP lol.
gunstarhero
Member
UG! Me to - where is the promised online co-op???
This game is legit great - barring the lack of online.
Holammer
Member
Ok, I'm sold. There's surprising depth here with Rogue-lite'ish mechanics and the token system invite some grind.
Gonna grab a friend and play this with Steam's RemotePlayTogether.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Still playing it. One of the best beat em ups ever made honestly. Not at Streets of Rage 4's level, but its probably top 4 of all time. Once you really get the tag mechanics down and realize you can buffer a move and tag and then combo off that, its just super fun. All the boss characters are great. Playing as Okada and Anubis is crazy, or the machine gun guy.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
I noticed they changed the cover art on the store (on sale on Xbox now FYI).
Looks like it got a free update with characters from Double Dragon 3.
P.S.
MasterDerico
buy this if you havent already.
Looks like it got a free update with characters from Double Dragon 3.
P.S.
MasterDerico
buy this if you havent already.
MasterDerico
Member
I noticed they changed the cover art on the store (on sale on Xbox now FYI).
Looks like it got a free update with characters from Double Dragon 3.
P.S.
I got on release! Yeah man, this update rocks!
First time i played, i hated that k.o screen every time, glad they fixed!
Thanks for tag me my mate! <3
Ceadeus
Member
How come the game doesn't have online lobbys like shredders revenge?
Isa
Member
I really enjoyed this at launch period with my gf, each character playing differently and collecting stuff for unlocks also provided some neat incentive for replays. I don't get the hate for the style, its not my fave at all but its ok. For our taste we didn't like SoR4 much since it was so dark unlike the og's which we still regularly play, plus the stages went on way to long. I appreciate the hand drawn art but it didn't "feel" like a SoR title imho.
River City Girls while gorgeous is sadly a bit too hard for my gf who loves playing with me, with constant deaths making growth and progression difficult. She took to DD Gaiden very well and required very little aid. We had a LOT of fun with Mystic Warriors arcade archives earlier this year, beautiful game and one I wish I knew about growing up. Next up we've got Contra Operation Galuga and River City Saga Three Kingdoms to try out. Beat 'em ups are our in between games together between single player stuff. Occasional fighters and a DoA Xtreeeeeem romp here and there lol. Also some Musou love since many characters to choose from and co-op in most save for the new stuff. But I digress.
Back on topic, DD Gaiden was just fun to play.
River City Girls while gorgeous is sadly a bit too hard for my gf who loves playing with me, with constant deaths making growth and progression difficult. She took to DD Gaiden very well and required very little aid. We had a LOT of fun with Mystic Warriors arcade archives earlier this year, beautiful game and one I wish I knew about growing up. Next up we've got Contra Operation Galuga and River City Saga Three Kingdoms to try out. Beat 'em ups are our in between games together between single player stuff. Occasional fighters and a DoA Xtreeeeeem romp here and there lol. Also some Musou love since many characters to choose from and co-op in most save for the new stuff. But I digress.
Back on topic, DD Gaiden was just fun to play.
March Climber
Member
The beginning of this thread and the recent posts are a massive whiplash in reception. I'm just glad the game turned out good.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
I thought the art style and animations looked a Iittle rough until I played it. Its super smooth and really expresses the impact of the hits. It looks fantastic in person.
And the best part is the combat has just enough room to express yourself if you want to push for higher skill ceiling stuff like doing a regular jump kick and canceling into an air special on the same jump and then tagging out before you even land. And like you said the tactics available really change depending on who you play.