me and my gf finally beat azra today for the first time, chaos magic is fucking great. it really does depend on your rolls though, rougelite shit is gay
SOR4 is way better, we beat that game so many times since it came out. i grew up playing all the old ones since i was a kid, so the series has always been one of my best childhood memories. My favorite character is Blaze from SOR2, she likes playing as Estel because of her corny dash attack that carries everyone across the screen

Dragon's Crown
golden axe 1-3
streets of rage 1-4
mother russia bleeds
fight n rage
scott pilgrim was pretty good
river city girls 1 and 2 if you want more RPG style games

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>It will be my first beat'em up
Be sure to play the Streets of Rage games at some point if you take a shine to the genre.