Love beat em ups!

Final Fight has to be my most favorite game of all time (or at least close to the top). So when a new beat em up is released, Im super excited to try it out.

This one falls a bit short. The first issue are the controls. Thanks goodness I got the 8-bitty by iCade (and I could kiss these guys for rolling in support for it) because it makes the game a lot funner. I tried all the variables and all touch screen controls are quite poor. The issue is contact patch and freezing after combos which forces you to lift up and put your thumb down again. Frustrating!

Getting to rage mode takes too long too. I get it with 3 enemies left to smash. Dont know how anyone is supposed to beat up a 100 guys whilst in it.

The lack of throws or even close range combat makes things feel very flat. Final Fight had the wisdom to add a special move and some close range combat. This would definitely benefit from that!

The enemies need better AI and the whole game could use a notch up on the hardness. Its just too easy. Like way too easy. To the point of boring.

Its a great game that almost gets there!

cksum about Beatdown!, v1.0