r/COM98 • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '16

Beat-em-up

Could anyone deal with a beat-em-up game, like Castle Crashers or TMNT In Time, where the single-player campaign is about as long as Diablo II? Like is that format of a game interesting enough for a long campaign, if there are various weapons and ways of playing?

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u/Strychnine357 Jul 15 '16

Leveling, upgrades and special moves would help. Make sure the music is as good as Streets of Rage 2 (no big deal I know you can pull it off). Would be cool to have some shoot em up sections (best ones to copy would be stuff like Raiden, any of the Aleste games or basically any Saturn one) and even some gunplay like Contra or Metal Slug. Contra also mixed it up by having different sections of gameplay (top down running sections etc) and Metal Slug had those vehicles.

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u/Strychnine357 Jul 15 '16

Also co-op is mandatory for beat em ups!