One of the few games that perfectly splits the difference between classic and modern beat-em-up.
The combat, the movement, the multiplayer synergy. Everything in this game just feels so damn good. Beyond gameplay feel, the presentation of this game is perfect from the visuals to the soundtrack. This game is firing on all cylinders.
Personally, I find classic beat-em-ups to be too slow. Characters casually walk around the screen, no dodge roll, no aerial combat. So to me, games like Streets of Rage 4 that try to replicate classic feel without modernizing anything beyond the visuals don't work. But that's where games like Shredder's Revenge shine. Give me that classic vibe but with an actual modern update.
The only thing I really wish Shredder's Revenge did better was a more meaningful progression system. The leveling up in this game is kid of meaningless. You slowly progress through 10 levels, getting a couple more lives, health bars, and super charges along the way. In contrast, games like Scott Pilgrim and Castle Crashers do a good job of making you want to level up to increase speed, damage, etc.
Or look at something like River City Girls which starts you with a pretty basic moveset but lets you buy more moves throughout the game instead of just dumping 22 moves on you at once in a pretty bad tutorial you're forced to watch every time you boot the game up.
+ Crisp visuals with fantastic design
+ Killer soundtrack
+ Incredible gameplay
+ Great multiplayer
- Mediocre character progression
- Bad tutorial you're forced to watch every time you play the game
The combat, the movement, the multiplayer synergy. Everything in this game just feels so damn good. Beyond gameplay feel, the presentation of this game is perfect from the visuals to the soundtrack. This game is firing on all cylinders.
Personally, I find classic beat-em-ups to be too slow. Characters casually walk around the screen, no dodge roll, no aerial combat. So to me, games like Streets of Rage 4 that try to replicate classic feel without modernizing anything beyond the visuals don't work. But that's where games like Shredder's Revenge shine. Give me that classic vibe but with an actual modern update.
The only thing I really wish Shredder's Revenge did better was a more meaningful progression system. The leveling up in this game is kid of meaningless. You slowly progress through 10 levels, getting a couple more lives, health bars, and super charges along the way. In contrast, games like Scott Pilgrim and Castle Crashers do a good job of making you want to level up to increase speed, damage, etc.
Or look at something like River City Girls which starts you with a pretty basic moveset but lets you buy more moves throughout the game instead of just dumping 22 moves on you at once in a pretty bad tutorial you're forced to watch every time you boot the game up.
+ Crisp visuals with fantastic design
+ Killer soundtrack
+ Incredible gameplay
+ Great multiplayer
- Mediocre character progression
- Bad tutorial you're forced to watch every time you play the game