River City Ransom

"Baaaaaaaaaarf!!!"

This game is funny...
Today, we were given a lot of violent, fully-detailed and bloody street-fighting titles like Def Jam and Grand Theft Auto. Seems that games just get more and more violent every year. And during the early years of the NES, well, games were still violent, just not really detailed nor bloody. And here's an example.
Story: 10/10=5/5
You are Alex and Ryan, and you're playing hooky! Yippee! But what ruins your what seems to be a perfect day, is not only will you not graduate next year but your girlfriend gets kidnapped by a guy named Slick. And now it's time to invite John Travolta, Hulk Hogan and the Fonz and go West Side Story on all the opposing gangs' arses. I'm just being stupid, I was born in 1986 when I was still young and didnt know who the transformers were.

Audio/Video: 10/10=5/5
The music is fun, cute and beepy as an NES game should, same as the game's look. The characters are orange!...ish. And super-deformed, that means they're dwarves w/ no noses, awww. Oh and balls for hands.

GAMEPLAY!!!!!: 10/10=5/5
YES! YES! The BEST part of the game, you dont have to worry about how short your arms are for Double Dragon's little brother. You can choose 1 of 2 characters, and the character's arent port exclusive in 2 player mode (I mean that Player 1 isnt only meant for Alex, you could be the other guy, too) You can hit people with sticks, throw stuff at people and you can pick people up and throw people at people, or pick up people and swing them at other people. Ahem, no I'm still here, and I did say you can hit people with people like a baseball bat. FUN! What makes the game more fun are the power ups, which you buy with the up to$3.00 quarters that fall out of enemy pockets. Not only do you get money after beating some one up, you get laughs too! The games also noticed for the subtitles corresponding to what' going on. And I couldnt stop laughing as when they die, they go "BARF!" and "Mamaa..." too but ESPECIALLY barf!. Now that's just...make no sense and I don't get it but its loads of fun when things in a Jap game dont make sense and I'm still laughing as I write this review.

Overall: 10/10=5/5
Yup, Double Dragon sucks! But I'm, not reviewing that because I only review games I finish, and I never finished DD yet. So hard...so I suggest if you feel like buying it, buy it at like...5 bucks, thats how much the game is worth anyway with today's gaming standards. It's WAY better than Double Dragon, as this game excludes any frustration but includes flexibility with the controls and some of the game environment. Come on! You can hit people WITH people! Like a baseball bat! Its violent but no blood. Good for the not easily influenced children.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 07/25/06