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Similar multiplayer arcade games to Dungeons and Dragons?
Lord Jezo
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Besides the two D&D arcade games (and the newer Gauntlets) are there other arcade beat-em-ups that involve leveling up and lots of special magic moves?
I know of many that are just straight up brawlers in the style of Golden Axe but which others, if even any, combine it with an involved character system?
I know of many that are just straight up brawlers in the style of Golden Axe but which others, if even any, combine it with an involved character system?
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Although a couple of older Capcom arcade titles laid the ground work for the D&D side-scrollers, those being Knights of the Round and King of Dragons. Neither one's combat is as complex (although both utilize a very nice reactive block by hitting back on the joystick right when you get hit) nor are there as many items (and in the case of Knights of the Round, no character equipment), but there is leveling up and a good bit of strategy involved.
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You're probably going to laugh, but Dynasty Warriors.
Those games are essentially 3D beat 'em ups, filled with RPG elements and customization and loot and crazy shit going on at all times. The newest one is quite good.
Guardian Heroes for Saturn and GBA.
Ragnarok Battle OFFline I think was very RPG/beat em up style.
Scott Pilgrim has levelling and currency.
You get an entire army like a medieval RTS but you get to fight along side them as an awesome hero unit with melee attacks or magic spells! Every car you build, you can hop in and run bitches over or manually fire it's turrets. The same goes for things that are not cars. You have "Double Team" attacks with ever car or infantry.
BlackDragon480 got the right idea in his post..
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I've heard VERY good things about this game, both around here and other places (word of mouth)... but you know, PSN and all that...
Is it on XBLA yet?
Don't think that it is. Is it even coming to it? I thought for sure it's PSN only.
But if you look at a few of the games Capcom put out before and after it, you can get some similar experiences.
Specifically, I'm talking Battle Circuit, the last arcade beat-em-up Capcom ever did, and Armored Warriors, a game they put out a couple of years earlier.
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Ah drat; I guess I could always use a points card.
Man Cantido, I know you love those Brutal Legends, but you seem to try and tenuously stretch it to fit any and every game recommendation thread going! I eagerly await your post when someone makes an 'I enjoyed Animal Crossing, what similar games are out there?' thread :P
Alliance is very ... generic. I'd recommend Torchlight over it, particularly if you're looking for something on XBLA.
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True, but I already have Torchlight on Steam.
Torchlight doesn't have co-op though.
Well that's the thing, unfortunately - coin-op games like that are a very rare breed indeed, with only a few notable examples like the ones you and BD gave. And since the modern arcade is pretty much extinct, the most exposure a lot of folks have had to games like those are "the next best thing", or the stuff on Steam/XBLA/PSN and the like.
So yeah, you'll see one or two of those pop up once in a blue moon on a digital download service or something similar, but I honestly think you'll be hard pressed to find what you're looking for these days, physically or otherwise.
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