Beaten down.
It seems like we haven’t enjoyed a decent brawler in years. Games like River City Ransom and Streets of Rage used to routinely dominate our lives, representing a simpler time when we didn’t require unlockables and completion bonuses to justify the pure Zen of whomping wave after wave of baddies, taking down an occasional boss, and moving to the next level. Our…
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Cinematic dodging
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Looks good
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Plays bad
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Cheap, evil A.I.
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Generally shallow
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Repetitive
