Double Dragon 4 (PS4/Steam) Announced By Arc System Works!

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Yup, it's another 8-bit style game.  Looks nice though!  Comes out 1/30/2017.



Yup, it's another 8-bit style game.  Looks nice though!  Comes out 1/30/2017.

The next entry in the side-scrolling action game series Double Dragon is finally here!
The story picks up after the elimination of the Shadow Warriors in Double Dragon II!

They're pulling a Street Fighter IV here with the plot.   

[Madrun Badrun]

Yup, it's another 8-bit style game.  Looks nice though!  Comes out 1/30/2017.
Yup, it's another 8-bit style game.  Looks nice though!  Comes out 1/30/2017.

[Great Rumbler]

2D NES beat-em-up revival incoming between this and River City Ransom Underground.

[Positive Touch]

what other good beat em ups were on nes besides dd and rcr? bayou Billy?

[Bebpo]

Arc's good, probably be good.  I mean I would've rather had a Contra-ish gorgeous HD 2d version, but it is what it is. 

Actually they should use the Xrd cell-shading routine and do a 2.5d beat em up.

[tiesto]

what other good beat em ups were on nes besides dd and rcr? bayou Billy?

Renegade wasn't bad considering its vintage. Not as good as DD1 or 2 of course. Turtles 2 and 3 weren't too bad if you can get over the flicker. Mad City (Japanese version of Bayou Billy) is better than the American just because the difficulty level isn't ridiculous. But NES didn't really have much in the way of quality beat em ups, that was really the Genesis, SNES and Neo Geo's (rival) turf.

Streets of Rage 2

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A new Streets of Rage with HD sprites

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Best beat em ups come out in the 16 bit era, it is known.

Steets of Rage

Definitely.  Also most of the best beat-em-ups were arcade games.

what other good beat em ups were on nes besides dd and rcr? bayou Billy?

Renegade wasn't bad considering its vintage. Not as good as DD1 or 2 of course. Turtles 2 and 3 weren't too bad if you can get over the flicker. Mad City (Japanese version of Bayou Billy) is better than the American just because the difficulty level isn't ridiculous. But NES didn't really have much in the way of quality beat em ups, that was really the Genesis, SNES and Neo Geo's (rival) turf.

Streets of Rage 2

Mighty Final Fight was also pretty cool.

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The title is developed by Arc System Works and former Technos staff such as producer Takaomi Kaneko, director Yoshihisa Kishimoto, character designer Koji Ogata, composer Kazunaka Yamane, and programmer Kei Oyama .

[The Sceneman]

The apex of the sidescrolling BEU was Capcom's licensed 90s coin op titles. Namely Alien vs. Predator and The Punisher. I cant get too hyped on a reboot of DD with crappy little sprites, especially if it's from Arc! I was hoping for massive new sprites like in Hard Corps: Uprising

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Modes

Story Mode



The Story Mode featuring the Double Dragon, Billy and Jimmy.

It is a continuation of the story in Double Dragon II: The Revenge, and features all new enemies! Defeat the on-rushing attackers, and try to clear all the stages!



The game can also be played with a friend! (When first playing the game, Billy and Jimmy are the only selectable characters, but finishing all stages unlocks Tower Mode. Play this mode to unlock enemy characters for use in Story Mode.)

2P Duel Mode




This is a two-player battle mode!

Progress in Story Mode to unlock extra characters for use in this mode!



In this mode even enemy characters are selectable! They possess different skills to those seen in Story Mode, so try playing as all sorts of characters!

Tower Mode



Defeat enemies to advance as far as you can up the tower!

There are no continues! How far up the tower can you make it? New playable characters useable in all modes will unlock depending on the number of enemies you manage to defeat.



Progress in this mode and you may even unlock a certain fan favorite character!

Share Play (PS4-Only)

Double Dragon IV has Share Play functionality!

Share Play is a feature that lets you play Double Dragon IV with a friend even if they don’t own the game! Press the Share Button on the DualShock 4 wireless controller and send a game invitation to a friend to enjoy the game together or get help on a stage you can’t clear.

To use Share Play to play with another person, both parties must be PlayStation Plus members.

When using Share Play, there is a one hour time limit for each play session. When an hour has passed, the visiting player’s play session will automatically end.

Read more at http://gematsu.com/2017/01/double-dragon-iv-details-background-modes-characters#wBphwjwvb0roOFr2.99

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I would mark out so hard if they had an enemy named "Bimmy" who looked like Billy, but with a "derp" face.
 

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Up on PSN now for $6.99.  Will be up on Steam later tonight.

Tower Mode gameplay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymozgrSpwZ4

There are Double Dragon III characters unlockable for play!  Saw Chin in there.

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Got it on PC and PS4.

The PC version does not have any screen-tearing.  Best version by default?  Hard to say- it won't run on my desktop, lol.  I just get a multi-colored window.  I tried it on my GPD WIN and it ran well.  V-sync definitely on.  Seemed ever so slightly slower than PS4, but that may be just the speed on the WIN.

The game seems a bit too easy.  I got to the last level before getting a game over.  Most levels are short and super easy.  I wasn't getting hit on some them.  But then some of the later ones just destroy you.

There's two options for music.  One is more synth-like and arranged, and the other is straight 8-bit.  The sounds are all 8-bit too, but there's not enough of them.  It's weird how doors opening and elevators moving are silent.

I think it's good for seven bucks, but Double Dragon Advance this is NOT.

[D3RANG3D]

I like it but I agree DDA this is not.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228845445&postcount=509
 

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