River City Girls

“This whole process was really irritating, as the entire mechanic wasn't really explained at all in the first place.”

“But the gameplay is clunky, awkward, and pretty repetitive.”

“The gameplay is honestly atrocious and isn't fun at all.”

“The story has so many plot holes that it barely makes sense from start to end.”

“Like story-wise, the whole game is a boss telling you to go to another place but they have no clue where the main character's goal is. Every boss has no clue where to point you to, so they just say 'uhhh over there I think.' That to me is lazy storytelling at its finest.”

“The writing is super cheesy and made me cringe several times through my playthrough, and the story is a mess. The ending especially was super random and bad; it lacked any feeling of accomplishment.”

“There are very obvious graphic glitches on some of the move sets and has not been fixed, (the worst being Misako's powerbomb).”

“This game has a very charming art style and experience but the execution is so flawed that it really is more of a burden to play than anything fun.”

“It's kind of bizarre how the visuals and ideas are full of likable personality quirks but the spoken lines undo a lot of it through overly slow and repetitive delivery.”

“The humor and voice acting is cringey again, and the writing is all over the place, making the characters barely recognizable as their original selves.”

“The humor and voice acting is cringey again, and it doesn't help the poor writing and unfunny humor, which makes the dialogue sound unnatural and break character.”

“The game has no tone or atmosphere of the Japanese delinquent culture the series is known for, and the humor is cringey, contributing to a lack of engagement.”

“The result is slow, cautious, and boring grinding that ruins the pace of the game.”

“Combine this with the often clunky controls and what feels like unfair hits and you will find yourself taking damage unless you play extremely slow and cautiously while still taking frequent deaths, grinding your funds into the ground making it all but impossible to save up for those high priced moves at the dojo.”

“The worst thing about it is that enemies are painfully slow to kill and leveling up does literally nothing - even the first location enemies will require quite a few hits with the most powerful punches before they go down, even after grinding to about 20th level.”

“The secret characters Riki and Kunio add nothing to the story's replayability, since they are not in the story when you play as them, nor can you see them in the stores when shopping.”

“The creators thought this would be funny, but all it does is make you hate the game and affect replayability when you are playing what the story portrays your characters to be crazy stalkers.”

“The story and characters were compelling, it didn't feel like there was an ulterior motive for the main characters being female, but there really isn't much replay value.”

“This game is dogshit, could have been cool, but as it is the only good thing it has is character designs. Aside from that, it's pretty bad. I know it's based on an ancient game, but because of the plot and style, it's obvious they weren't aiming directly at those nostalgia players who used to play the original games, so there was no point in sticking to all the bad things an old game had.”

“I'll say it again, the style and character designs are all there is to this game. Don't buy it, it's not worth it.”

“At the introductory price, it's best to get it as a Kunio fan or maybe someone who likes the character designs and isn't too fussy about the combat or the half-baked storytelling.”

“The technical implementation is poor: you can encounter visual glitches caused by incorrect depth checks; there are lots of places where you would not be able to pick up weapons, probably, when you are inside a cutscene trigger; the camera movement occasionally leaves one character off-screen.”

“Its pretty buggy as well the 2nd boss is one of the buggiest, he gets stuck off map if you knock him off the edge or you'll get stuck.”

“We found about 8 glitches, the most I've ever seen in a WayForward game, some of which were easy things to fix.”

“As expected, the game has no tone or atmosphere of the Japanese delinquent (yanki) culture the series is known for. The setting can't decide if it's located in Japan or the USA, voice acting and humor is cringey, the writing is all over the place, and pretty much all characters are completely ruined, being barely recognizable as themselves from the original series.”

“Rcg has such a light atmosphere that their delusional, aggressively possessive mindsets are obviously being played for laughs, but nothing about it earns a laugh.”

“It lacks some of the combat depth of a Streets of Rage 4 type game, but makes up for it with a better story and atmosphere.”

“Nothing was learned from rcg1's mistakes - the game is poorly optimized, running at 30fps and having terrible input lag. There are bugs and broken scripts everywhere, the flow of the game lacks dynamism and it feels like a drag. The original Kunio/Technos series and characters are misunderstood once again. There is no difference in the main character dialogue, which often makes it sound unnatural. The humour and voice acting are cringey, and while there's an option for Japanese voice acting, it doesn't help the poor writing. The enemies are frustratingly designed, often getting behind the player in unnatural ways, and the hitboxes and perspective are wonky, leading to frequent falls into pits. Optional quests are a complete waste of time, and while there are a few positives like decent online co-op and remappable controls, they don't outweigh the negatives.”

“The game is poorly optimized, running at 30fps and suffering from terrible input lag. The flow of the game lacks dynamism, making it feel like a drag. The enemies are frustratingly designed, often getting behind the player in unnatural ways, and the hitboxes and perspective are wonky, leading to frequent falls into pits. Optional quests are a complete waste of time.”

“The new music is okay but forgettable, especially since all tracks from rcg1 are reused. The bosses are too easy and gimmicky, and the camera during boss battles often zooms out, making it hard to tell what's going on. Overall, the game feels poorly optimized and lacks the charm of its predecessors.”