Where Have the Side-Scrolling-Brawlers Gone?

[Evil Smurf]

there are squillions on the internet, look it up Oh, street fighter fighter and super smash bros/brawl. All you need to do is look

 

[Darkmantle]

Aren't the Soul Calibur games still coming out? And all the Street Fighter, Marvel VS Capcom crossover games? I mean, I think those sort of have a story attached, but that all isn't too hard to skip and ignore.

those are fighting games, by beat-em-ups he means games like turtles in time, where instead of 2 people facing off it's one(or two) against many in an open scrolling screen.

EDIT: well you were only responded to about 5 times before me, sorry for telling you what you already know at this point

 

[Gnoekeos]

Aren't the Soul Calibur games still coming out? And all the Street Fighter, Marvel VS Capcom crossover games? I mean, I think those sort of have a story attached, but that all isn't too hard to skip and ignore.

that's not the sort of game he's talking about, he means games where players fight Co op style against oncoming enemies through a level rather than 1 on 1 vs.

Off the topic I accidentally reported your post when trying to touch quote on my phone so sorry about that

 

[GloatingSwine]

Devil May Cry is what happened to them.

As consoles got more capable and our demands on the complexity of games grew, the artist formerly known as the side scrolling beat em up morphed into what we currently call spectacle fighters.

 

[Rai^3]

NOBODY has mentioned God Hand yet. For shame. Play God Hand!

 

[lord.jeff]

They evolved into Devil May Cry, Bayonetta and God of War. I loved the old brawler games back in the day but now they just don't hold a candle to games with multiple combos, that reward prefect timing with dodges and blocks, and feature multiple weapons that change the game up way more then choosing between the weak fast character and the strong slow character ever did.

Technically those games are offshoots of Resident Evil.

Could you please explain that statement, I don't see any connection between those games. I do miss the multiplayer aspect of the old brawlers it'd be nice to see that return in the newer style of brawler.

 

[teqrevisited]

They evolved into Devil May Cry, Bayonetta and God of War. I loved the old brawler games back in the day but now they just don't hold a candle to games with multiple combos, that reward prefect timing with dodges and blocks, and feature multiple weapons that change the game up way more then choosing between the weak fast character and the strong slow character ever did.

Technically those games are offshoots of Resident Evil.

Could you please explain that statement, I don't see any connection between those games. I do miss the multiplayer aspect of the old brawlers it'd be nice to see that return in the newer style of brawler.

I think he means that originally the castle of Devil May Cry and Dante himself were created to be the next entry in the Resident Evil series. Dante was what would have been the new Leon S. Kennedy.

They changed their minds but kept the new concepts and worked them into becoming Devil May Cry. A legend born of a legend in my opinion.

 

[Rack]

They evolved into Devil May Cry, Bayonetta and God of War. I loved the old brawler games back in the day but now they just don't hold a candle to games with multiple combos, that reward prefect timing with dodges and blocks, and feature multiple weapons that change the game up way more then choosing between the weak fast character and the strong slow character ever did.

Technically those games are offshoots of Resident Evil.

Could you please explain that statement, I don't see any connection between those games. I do miss the multiplayer aspect of the old brawlers it'd be nice to see that return in the newer style of brawler.

I think he means that originally the castle of Devil May Cry and Dante himself were created to be the next entry in the Resident Evil series. Dante was what would have been the new Leon S. Kennedy.

They changed their minds but kept the new concepts and worked them into becoming Devil May Cry. A legend born of a legend in my opinion.

Spot on. Also if you play the Onimusha games and Devil May Cry 1 as well as the earlier Resident Evils the lineage is actually quite clear.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Isn't there a Free-to-Play game like that on Steam now?

EDIT: Found it. [http://store.steampowered.com/video/212220?snr=1_5_9__400]

 

[TrevHead]

Isn't there a Free-to-Play game like that on Steam now?

EDIT: Found it. [http://store.steampowered.com/video/212220?snr=1_5_9__400]

It says's not available in my region (UK). It's not that Dungeon Fighters Online MMO is it? Because I know that game is locked from the EU.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

NOBODY has mentioned God Hand yet. For shame. Play God Hand!

Well, he is talking about side-scrollers.

But yes. Play God Hand, you unfortunate bastards who've yet to play it.