River City Ransom 2

It's coming:

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Originally Posted by Joystiq

We know a lot of you have been looking for closure for twenty long years. Where are Alex and Ryan now? What about River City High? Are Ryan and Cyndi still together?

Where is River City Ransom 2?

Japanese dev Miracle Kidz, comprised of some of the series' original developers, told Impress Watch (via Siliconera) that the sequel is in development for both consoles and PC. The console release should be "this summer" while PC owners will need to wait until "next year." There's no word on which consoles Miracle Kidz is targeting, but its River City Ransom-styled Downtown Smash Dodgeball is on Xbox Live Indie Games and being ported to WiiWare, so those two platforms seem as likely as any.

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So, XBLIG? I'll take it, but XBLA would be better.

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Indiana... let it go.

I don't know. I want to be excited for this, but no one currently making beat-em-ups has any handle on what made the old ones good (the few that were).

I am no more excited for this than the Hawaii Five-O TV show, or any other remake/reboot of some old ass shit.

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Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me

no one currently making beat-em-ups has any handle on what made the old ones good (the few that were).

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Admittedly, the blame isn't entirely the devs' to bear. We, the consumers, can't tell a good beat-em-up from a bad, either. No one gave a shit about Final Fight being ported to XBLA, but echoes of the shrieking orgasms provoked by the X-Men XBLA announcement can still be heard when the wind is still. And there are plenty, plenty of otherwise reasonable people who think Scott Pilgrim is a good game. As long as we keep esuriently gobbling up the Castle Crashers and the Shanks, what incentive are we giving developers to craft the next Captain Commando?

ARBM, aesthetics are more important than gameplay. I'm surprised you are surprised by this.

That still doesn't explain people championing Konami's '90s beat-em-ups over Capcom's.

X-Men has Wolverine. Final Fight has cross dressers and a mayor.

Scott Pilgrim delivered exactly what I wanted out of it at the time, so it's all good. Great presentation, fun punchings, good local multiplayer (get friends, lol).

I'd hazard to say you can throw every single 90s beat-em-up out except for AvP and be doing quite well for yourself. Beat-Em-Up Fatigue is always gonna hit around level 4, and who the hell cares after that? Food's ready, go back to your table and eat dinner.

Most of these games are just a tour through a little made-up world where you lose health until you die and have to pay a quarter to see more of the made-up world. The aesthetics are pretty much the Main Thing. Generally they're as much of a game as the "Universe of Energy" ride at Epcot, just with button pushing to make the background go by.

Yeah, this doesn't really have any chance of being great. I'd expect better than something like Scott Pilgrim, but I'm honestly not that crazy about the original RCR in the first place.

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Beat-Em-Up Fatigue is always gonna hit around level 4

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i haven't even gotten to stage 4 in Final Fight not quarter jammin' mode, game is rough.