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Burning Fight is pretty good if you don't compare it to Final Fight. People are way too hard on it.
Mutation Nation still plays pretty good, and has that 80s vibe for sure.
Sengoku 2 and 3 are both good games. I hated on Sengoku 3 for a long, long time, but I've finally warmed to it. It's still no fun to play straight through, but if you go for the how-far-can-I-get-on-a-credit style of play it can be a lot of fun. Sengoku 2 is arguably the best beat-em-up on the system. It's not perfect, but it's probably the closest the Neo ever got to a CPS style beat-em-up. Will cost you a pretty penny, though.
Robo Army is cool-ass looking. Love the art style, but the play bores after a while.
The original Sengoku and Ninja Combat are not my style. Both are a little too old school. If you have nostalgia for Ninja Combat like a lot of the folks around here do, then you'll probably love it. The first time I played it was in 2000 or so and I couldn't see what the fuss was all about. Definitely needed to grow up playing that one to appreciate it.
Overall, there are some decent, but not great, brawlers on the Neo. Sengoku 2 or 3 are arguably the best, but if you are into the old school Sega style beat-em-ups, you'll probably really dig Burning Fight and Mutation Nation, and they're both decently priced.
Edit: Doesn't really count as a beat-em-up, but worth mentioning: Aggressors of Dark Kombat [GanGan] is a beat-em-up style fighting game that is hard as nails, but has a lot of that beat-em-up feel. You pummel people with weapons you find around the stage and move around the screen like in a beat-em-up.
Definitely not everyone's favorite. Heck, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they loved the game, but it does look pretty awesome, and plays pretty unique. I'd try these out on MAME and see what tickles you. With the way NG prices have gone, we're far into the try-before-you-buy era.
Mutation Nation still plays pretty good, and has that 80s vibe for sure.
Sengoku 2 and 3 are both good games. I hated on Sengoku 3 for a long, long time, but I've finally warmed to it. It's still no fun to play straight through, but if you go for the how-far-can-I-get-on-a-credit style of play it can be a lot of fun. Sengoku 2 is arguably the best beat-em-up on the system. It's not perfect, but it's probably the closest the Neo ever got to a CPS style beat-em-up. Will cost you a pretty penny, though.
Robo Army is cool-ass looking. Love the art style, but the play bores after a while.
The original Sengoku and Ninja Combat are not my style. Both are a little too old school. If you have nostalgia for Ninja Combat like a lot of the folks around here do, then you'll probably love it. The first time I played it was in 2000 or so and I couldn't see what the fuss was all about. Definitely needed to grow up playing that one to appreciate it.
Overall, there are some decent, but not great, brawlers on the Neo. Sengoku 2 or 3 are arguably the best, but if you are into the old school Sega style beat-em-ups, you'll probably really dig Burning Fight and Mutation Nation, and they're both decently priced.
Edit: Doesn't really count as a beat-em-up, but worth mentioning: Aggressors of Dark Kombat [GanGan] is a beat-em-up style fighting game that is hard as nails, but has a lot of that beat-em-up feel. You pummel people with weapons you find around the stage and move around the screen like in a beat-em-up.
Definitely not everyone's favorite. Heck, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they loved the game, but it does look pretty awesome, and plays pretty unique. I'd try these out on MAME and see what tickles you. With the way NG prices have gone, we're far into the try-before-you-buy era.
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