You've hit the nail on the head about the repetition and I reckon that the only way a true-to-the-originals Streets of Rage iteration would work would be if it was priced at $10 like that weird new Double Dragon game.
The beat-em-up had to evolve into the flashier, combo laden character action game but I still find myself tiring of them unless we're participating in some Bayonetta or Metal Gear Rising insanity. In more recent years I've preferred the story modes in Mortal Kombat 9 and 10 to most standalone brawlers. Yakuza succeeds because it uses that style of combat as a mechanic in a story driven action adventure game - It's not built around it.
In other news, I had a look at today's largely stellar reviews and decided to pre-order Horizon Zero Dawn. Heck, I might even have finished Yakuza by the time it arrives ... but it'll go in the queue behind Nioh.
The beat-em-up had to evolve into the flashier, combo laden character action game but I still find myself tiring of them unless we're participating in some Bayonetta or Metal Gear Rising insanity. In more recent years I've preferred the story modes in Mortal Kombat 9 and 10 to most standalone brawlers. Yakuza succeeds because it uses that style of combat as a mechanic in a story driven action adventure game - It's not built around it.
In other news, I had a look at today's largely stellar reviews and decided to pre-order Horizon Zero Dawn. Heck, I might even have finished Yakuza by the time it arrives ... but it'll go in the queue behind Nioh.
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"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan
"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan