I was pretty excited for this when it was announced, I'm a Sega Mega Drive kid at heart, and SoR 2 was a real favourite of my childhood. I first played this when it launched on Game Pass, and my thought was that it seemed like a really well made game with great art, music, and controls, but I was glad I didn't pay full price for it.

It's one of those games I always wanted to return to, because so many people love it, and a friend at the time kept telling me it was the best beat em up he'd ever played. Unfortunately, despite acknowledging it's made with a lot of heart for the earlier games, I just don't think there's enough to it for where I am with my gaming tastes. I'm all for simple, arcadey games, but I just need a little more from the genre. I ran into this exact same problem with the TMNT game from a couple of years ago. I'm glad they're getting made with this level of talent behind them, but just beating the hell out of punks wears out its welcome within the first twenty minutes.

I do have some other issues with it, like there being a little too much enemy spam in a couple of spots, lots of annoying, high damage stage hazards, and enemies just throwing junk that seems a little too hard to avoid. But my main issues are all personal to me, and I'm sure if you like this type of game , you'll have a very good time with it, and probably an even better time with likeminded friends.