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I love sidescrolling beat'em ups like Streets of Rage and Final Fight. I feel that very often new games in the genre are hard to discover, unless they have a big license like Marvel attached to them. Do you know of any good new games in the genre that came out this year? Indietitles and hidden gems are always appreciated.

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[–] snap@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Check out Absolum on Steam. Game of the year for me :)

[–] Weebdeluxe@ani.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

You want Absolum. It's made by the same people who made SoR4, and it is excellent.

[–] MilliaStrange@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Absolum made me beat em up pilled. I crave post game. I'm playing Code of Princess and Streets of Rage 4 now to cope.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know of any that came out this year (exception being cosmic invasion, which I'm sure you're aware of).

The last few that I played were River City Girls, Scott Pilgrim, Streets of rage 4, and mother Russia bleeds.

Oh, and Shredder's revenge, of course 😁

[–] Weebdeluxe@ani.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Know and played and loved all of those, but good thing you've listed them here. Never really finished Mother Russia Bleeds, so that might be worth another go. Thanks for reminding me.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Nice! MRB is definitely worth a replay! I actually replayed it recently and beat it this time. Younger me was trying to play it on hard mode like a psychopath... Lol

[–] Sickday@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ironically Marvel Cosmic Invasion came out December 1st and it's a very solid sidescrolling beat em up

[–] Weebdeluxe@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks, as I implied I'm pretty aware of that. Have you played it?