Treachery in Beatdown City

FIGHT SOMEONE!

It's a super cool concept on paper but it's just not fun to play.

What if a beat em up was also a turn based RPG? Guess what; it is! There's a jerky NPC named Ugly John and you get to beat him up! In the tutorial! This game is wild and weird and great. I'm kinda upset at myself that I haven't played it more (I initially played it on Amazon but it was good enough that I had to just buy it for real), but the latest dlc/update has me pretty stoked to remedy that. I also have to recommend listening to the interview w/ the dev on the Eggplant podcast. Super interesting and insightful! P.S., This one is easily in my top five all time best game names pantheon. Tbh, i'm having trouble thinking of any games with better names right now.

One of the best genre hybrids ever made in indie games. Funny, challenging, and fun as hell.

this game should definitely receive more love. it has a unique style of gameplay, combining beatemup and rpg elements with old fashioned pixel graphics and new fashioned story elements the game its not without its flaws, dialogues can drag quite a bit sometime (specially in the end) and if you weren't paying attention to the gameplay mechanics, you'll be frustrated at how the same tactic wont work on all enemies (duh!) overall, this is a worthwhile purchase, and a recommended play if you want something new and interesting from the indie department

I really love everything this game is trying to do. It gives a unique spin on the beat em up. And there's plenty of good dialogue to read. What I don't love is how the game crashes on the 2nd to last fight when there are no save points. Rest of the game runs great though.

[Review for the Ultra Remix version of the game] This game blew my expectations out of the water. I was expecting a good game, but it turned out to be a great one! It's a beat 'em up/turn based hybrid that's easy to pick up with deceptive depth and nuance if you want to master. Your 3 playable characters fit into the Brawler, Grappler, and Specialist archetypes and are kitted out with counters, parries, dodge rolls, OTGs, and revenge meters on top of the build-a-combo mechanics that makes this game feel really special. If you're a fan of fighting game, there's a lot to appreciate! Outside of the gameplay you're treated to story that's equal parts cheesy, campy, and social commentary set to a banging chip tune soundtrack. It can be over the top and long winded at times, but it was an enjoyable ride overall! Definitely worth the purchase and playtime with the Ultra Remix DLC (which adds 2 chapters worth of story, enemies, and mechanics it's the definitive way to play!)

Been a long road for this game (longer if you backed via Kickstarter like I did nearly a decade ago, so there's my disclosure), but it's been worth the wait and there's still more coming. This game is a beat-em-up with a twist - most of your actions and moves are executed in a turn-based style, via a menu. This gives the game an incredibly fresh feeling, with some deep strategy at play given your moves require both action bars (may not be the real name, sorry) and fight points (FP). Are you willing to risk a low accuracy but high damage move against an enemy you know can block? Or would you rather play safe with grapples, even though this enemy can break your combo and counter them? You also have three characters, with their own playstyles, strengths and weaknesses. I don't entirely care about the story the game is telling, but the writing is excellent and downright brilliant in individual moments (the devs using NPCs on the overworld to deliver some funny meta-commentary is one highlight). The music was done by Inverse Phase, who can nail these retro-style chiptunes soundtracks - this one is no exception. The most recent update has improved the game tremendously, added more content and seems like it's just the start of a lot more. Even if it isn't, this game is well worth your time as is.