Thread 723355748

Give me tips or things I should know going into either of these.

>>723355748 (OP)
Mate pick one or the other.

>>723355748 (OP)
Left is unironically woke garbage. Refund it.

>>723355748 (OP)
left is dull roguelite sludge
just play sor4

>>723355801
I got both tho.

>>723355845
It looked like some hades 2 shit, but the characters look better from what I saw and the gameplay seems way better imo.

>Left is unironically woke garbage
Examples?

>>723355991
That dark elf looking dude?
That's a female.

>>723358354
It's a chick, that's hot tho. Girls are hot, dark elf girls even more so.

>>723355991
The game is not very good gameplaywise either compared to most beat em ups especially SoR4

It's not unplayable so you can still have fun with friends but solo I'd spend my time somewhere else.

Absolum is very fun if you arent some terminally online incel. 4 varied characters and very fun open ended combo system.

SoR4 is perfect. Make sure you use all the moves

>>723359485
Any recommendations then? For solo play.

>>723359635
I agree, I also hope they add some dlc characters down the line.

>>723355748 (OP)
SOR4 is the only beat em up I've actually finished. Great art direction, snappy controls, fantastic music. I wish they'd remaster/remake 1-3 to match its visuals. It's anime inspired, but that idealized realistic seinen look.

The other one looks lame.

>>723355748 (OP)
Absolum is actually really fun but the character designs suck and I never felt cool because of it. The elf has an ok moveset and is satisfying but damn do I not want to play a chick in a melee action game. I refunded.

SoR4 is just good. More old school than Absolum but there are cool characters.

>>723355748 (OP)
SOR4 is the worst game in the series and i can't believe they took all the improvements of Bare Knuckle 3 and just tossed them all in the bin.

>>723355748 (OP)
You keep trying to shill your woke trash. Is it selling so bad you're forced to shill on /v/ ? Are you one of the devs or just tonguing they/them's anus?

>>723362534
Easy there Chud.

so it's true that absolum is actually good?

>>723355748 (OP)
Streets of Rage 4 was such an utter disappointment. A below mid game.

>>723362427
Game feels great so far, graphics are great given the artstyle.

>>723362706
If you actually have a brain and don't fall for incel lies, then yes it's a great mix of gameplay elements.

>>723362891
how is the meta progression?
I heard the game is like hades so... how long is the game?

>>723362938
Similar to Hades but less VN bullshit so far.

>>723355748 (OP)
I'd probably start with SOR4 to get a feel for the usual beat-em-up stuff that translates across games. Absolum mixes in roguelite dna that to their credit actually holds out pretty well until you see all the variations, but also has the consequence of making your characters feel less complete unless you get lucky with your upgrades. SOR4 is also one of the most accessible modern Beat-em-ups, not sure if I'd call it the best but it feels built for newcomers in mind

>>723362938
I'm at about 20 hours in and still have some sidequests to complete but they're not important. Runs are about 45 min to 1 hour. Meta-progression is honestly pretty quick, you have 3 streams of currency that you gather up just doing runs and within 10 runs you'll likely get all the skill and upgrade variations for your character, most of the way through the passive upgrade tree, and at least half-way through the one the tree that unlocks more potential upgrades during a run. You will have excess currency at some point which you can spend on starting a run with as many items as you can afford

>>723362706
Yes but the roguelite part is the worst part about it. Real game changers and fun moves are locked by random chance. Metaprogression is just getting straight up stronger along with some unlocks to add to the pool. Also it is a lot stronger, 75->110+ hp, 2 extra lives, more damage, more mana gen, more money, etc. Ritual(boon) sets aren't very balanced. They're either near worthless or too strong leading to insane crowd clear and damage. The most fun I have is getting shitty enough ones that too strong but introduce some slight facet to my gameplan.

Like fuck me just throw the roguelite shit in the bin, let me choose a handful of things at the run start and maybe at the end of the first island. I really wish this was a just an arcade game with multiple difficulties and slightly randomized stages. Also there being an objective "best route" on the first island really doesn't help either. Makes the whole route picking feel a bit pointless.

>>723364116
Out of curiosity what is the best route? I'm doing a 7 inspiration route(4 from 1st island, 3 from 2nd island) and it feels great because almost all the rituals feel so much less impactful than getting something like arcana upgrade

>>723358354
>Elf doesn't have big tits, so it must be a tranny...

This is what happens when you jerk off on too much anime porn.

>>723364554
I've only beat azra and one run after that. I haven't even cleared all side quests, so I always do:
>mushroom boss
>goblin boss
>mist for extra ritual shop
On island one. Are there more bosses on island one you can get?

>>723365092
Female dark elf with big sword, I buy.

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

>>723367443
>Playing vidya with your female gf.
Based.

>>723368000
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i am indeed very lucky. we beat it before, but playing Absolum really made us want to play Dragons Crown again so thats in the mail, be here in a few days. Its sad that nothing is ever gonna top this game, and they will NEVER make a sequel

should've gotten SoR2 and Final Fight and Fight n Rage

>>723365523
Thats a similar route I take yeah. For the first leg I either do the mushtroll or go the beach and do the emote after clearing out the dragon skull area to fight the ghost dragon. Not too much choice prior to the 1st mandatory boss, goblin has a better merc ally but human town(lower) has houses to loot and is generally easier. After the boss mist is I think still the best. Sword elf's first portion of her quest will unlock a miniboss in the mist area for another inspiration(if the boss spawns might be random), while dwarf's quest will unlock a mini-boss in the dwarf quarters for gold. I usually go for mist to get the inspiration + arcana shop.

>>723368735
I could not get into this game at all. The first hour leans so hard into the DND aspect and less on the gameplay and then even in the stages the camera while playing in co-op is fucking atrocious and never can decide on who it wants to focus on. I found it so easy to lose track of my character. Never made it much further than past the first boss.

Damn I love Karls jumping hard punch, feels just like Sakuras j Hp in Alpha

Absolum is my goty

SoR 4 has rebbitroo! Nigsplosion man!

>>723368735
I´ve wanted to play it so much, I keep hoping we get a pc port.

>>723355748 (OP)
SoR4 is great. Other one is shit.

Lack of tits on elf girl aside the other 3 are pretty normal designs. Also why does sword elf feel the worse to play out of the 4, like unless I get one of her good inspirations her moveset just doesn't click. I thought she'd be the balanced type of character