Dissecting Design -- Beat-Em-Up Basics With Streets of Rage 2

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Streets of Rage 2 (1992)
Duration: 29:17
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This week's Dissecting Design looks at the beat-em-up genre: One of the oldest genres in the game industry and one that is very easy to mess up on in terms of design. I took a look at Streets of Rage 2; considered by many to be one of the best examples of beat-em-up games to talk about what it did right, and the legacy of the genre.

One correction -- In terms of elevating the beat-em-up genre, there was Castle Crashers and the Scott Pilgrim vs the World titles.

0:00: Intro

2:09 -- Basic Gameplay

9:05 -- Metrics Driven Game Design

13:18 -- Issues with Difficulty and Design

22:38 -- Streets of Rage 3 and Outro

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