Anarchy Reigns - Platinum Games Online Fighter

**NeoZeedeater** · 03 Mar 2011, 04:51 PM

This is artistically the least appealing of Platinum's stuff. I loved all three of their games (I'm not really counting Infinite Space since they weren't the primary developer). I assume this is being made by the MadWorld team so anyone expecting Bayonetta-level depth will likely be disappointed.

**epmode** · 03 Mar 2011, 06:35 PM

At least Mad World looked great. That monochrome filter was rad.

This is disgusting.

**Salsashark** · 04 Mar 2011, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

I like that Western control...finally showing up in Japanese games.

I'm curious what you mean by this exactly, because I think I vehemently disagree.

**Yoshi** · 04 Mar 2011, 08:49 AM

For example, not ass-backwards camera controls like FFXII where pressing left rotates the camera to the right I am guessing.

**FirstBlood** · 04 Mar 2011, 09:02 AM

I don't know how you could infer that sort of thing from the trailer.

All I see is some normal looking third person action with zoomed in special moves that could possibly be QTEs.

**Bacon McShig** · 04 Mar 2011, 10:15 AM

How many multiplayer online brawlers have there been with a moveset that errs more on the side of DMC than Final Fight? Spikeout's about it.

It's such a gobsmackingly obvious evolution of the beat-em-up genre to add much more robust movesets, but that's hardly been explored outside of single-player games. And those have such a flair for theatrical setpieces and ancillary gameplay (puzzles, platforming, etc.) that they scarcely even resemble beat-em-ups of old. It's incredibly rare to see a beat-em-up that's just flat plains full of dudes to fight, and rarer still to see a multiplayer one, which was once an indispensable hallmark of the genre.

For that reason, I think this game has a lot of merit in existing, and I hope it turns out well.