Okay with info provided here, this still sucks (I only played the NES River City Ransom).
I did some googling and this looks kinda badass (picture below), would have been cool if Kunio&Riki were saved half way through and you would all team up to take down the big baddie.
Otherwise, I feel just "LOL TROLLED" from this whole game.
I dunno, I thought the ending was hilarious. The secret fight even more so.
I mean in one version.Don't know if that's better or worse.
Curious how they play the meta gag in the secret ending in that case.
Isn't that because she is viewed from Kyoko and Misato point of view. In their eyes she isn't a pure, innocent girl.So I went down the Kunio Kun's Cinematic Universe Wikia hole and now I am reading that Mami was orginally a sweet and innocent girl that saw through Riki's tough guy mask?
Nothing makes sense lol.
Yeah I'll take the one that doesn't undermine our heroines now that I think about it.I mean in one version.
You're crazy exes stalking two guys and leaving a path of destruction in your wake while coming up with a false narrative to make it work.
In the other.
You're two delinquents who legitimately believe your delinquent boyfriends are in danger and you do the delinquent thing cause duh, delinquent. But the twist is that you're dating delinquents, and delinquents are scumbags.
The protags already were shown to be total wackos going by the dialogue alone.It is funny, it just comes at the expense of making the protagonists total wackos, the entire game for naught, and ruins the novelty of having a game where you save dudes in danger.
We're given no reason to think they act otherwise.Isn't that because she is viewed from Kyoko and Misato point of view. In their eyes she isn't a pure, innocent girl.
We're given no reason to think they act otherwise.
We even get a flashback of them bullying Kyoko.
The protags already were shown to be total wackos going by the dialogue alone.
Kinda wish I saw this thread a few hours ago, before I bought River City Girls
I find applying the "psycho ex girlfriend" trope to what was otherwise an interesting inversion of the typical damsel in distress story kinda problematic but hey you do you.The protags already were shown to be total wackos going by the dialogue alone.
My gripes with the ending aside the game itself is still great.Kinda wish I saw this thread a few hours ago, before I bought River City Girls
Yeah as someone new to the series(which I imagine a lot of people buying this game will be) it's kinda an odd reward.Yeah but now the context shifted from brawler hyperreality where everyone's a violent wacko to "these girls are delusional assholes who beat up hundreds, and then kick the shit out of Kunio and Riki for not being into them."
And then you're rewarded for beating the game with the option to play Kunio and Riki, who are nobody to the player now because we just established they aren't their boyfriends and are being stalked by them!
Yup. I didn't mind the ending at all. I played through the game with my wife and we both find it kind of hilarious.Honestly that sounds hilarious and totally in line with this being a series about a pair of street punks so shrug
I would assume that's a reward mostly for people who like Kunio-kun and a way to let people meet these characters as well. Reading the impressions here just makes me think they tried to nail and respect the tone of the original series while doing their own thing. Maybe it could be done better like I said before.Yeah as someone new to the series(which I imagine a lot of people buying this game will be) it's kinda an odd reward.
"Hey congratulations for beating the game, now you can play as those two guys unrelated to our heroines who are dating those bullies who'd been harassing you all game!"
Yay?
It's a totally decent game, I kind of wish I'd waited for at least a slight discount but it's all good.Kinda wish I saw this thread a few hours ago, before I bought River City Girls
Omg, this art reminds me so much of Great Teacher Onizuka - I love it!Okay with info provided here, this still sucks (I only played the NES River City Ransom).
I did some googling and this looks kinda badass (picture below), would have been cool if Kunio&Riki were saved half way through and you would all team up to take down the big baddie.
Otherwise, I feel just "LOL TROLLED" from this whole game.
It's like a sketchy lady with an unhealthy, sometimes to the point of violence, obsession with someone.2 questions:
What is yandere ?
And is there a physical copy of this game? - I like how it looks
2 questions:
What is yandere ?
And is there a physical copy of this game? - I like how it looks
They nail the tone of the original series by completely changing the personalities of all the major characters? I'm not a longtime fan of the series but I'm guessing if I play any of the previous games Kyoko or Mami will be nothing like in this game.I would assume that's a reward mostly for people who like Kunio-kun and a way to let people meet these characters as well. Reading the impressions here just makes me think they tried to nail and respect the tone of the original series while doing their own thing. Maybe it could be done better like I said before.
Yandere is an archtype for, usually women, characters so infatuated with someone that they will actively harm/maim/kill perceived rivals/dangers to their objects of affection2 questions:
What is yandere ?
And is there a physical copy of this game? - I like how it looks
I dunno, I kind of got the vibe that they were beating up people for basically no reason from preview footage alone.Yeah but now the context shifted from brawler hyperreality where everyone's a violent wacko to "these girls are delusional assholes who beat up hundreds, and then kick the shit out of Kunio and Riki for not being into them."
But whether its hyperreality/delusion changed the context a lot.I dunno, I kind of got the vibe that they were beating up people for basically no reason from preview footage alone.
I dunno, I kind of got the vibe that they were beating up people for basically no reason from preview footage alone.
I mean more in the sense of trying to keep everyone a bit wacky and still delinquents with a bit of an edge.They nail the tone of the original series by completely changing the personalities of all the major characters? I'm not a longtime fan of the series but I'm guessing if I play any of the previous games Kyoko or Mami will be nothing like in this game.
I also don't get the "well there street punks" excuse some people are givng.
Isn't the stereotype in this kind of story usually the "jerk with a heart of gold type?" People who act like asshole but ultimately do the right thing?
No problem, just play Super Princess Peach... . .. . : ( oh noI'm not trying to be Captain Woke here but it's lame that the one game about women saving their boyfriends had to have a gotcha twist, both in the narrative and on the nature of brawlers.
Yandere is term for person loving someone to the point of unhealthy obsession/delusion with potentially harming anyone who stands in the name of love.2 questions:
What is yandere ?
And is there a physical copy of this game? - I like how it looks
It's a shame that the novel subversion of damsel in distress was thrown out for Deepest Kunio Lore.
If you feel that strongly about it, where did you buy it?Kinda wish I saw this thread a few hours ago, before I bought River City Girls
I find applying the "psycho ex girlfriend" trope to what was otherwise an interesting inversion of the typical damsel in distress story kinda problematic but hey you do you.
My gripes with the ending aside the game itself is still great.
It's a totally decent game, I kind of wish I'd waited for at least a slight discount but it's all good.
If you feel that strongly about it, where did you buy it?
If it's on Steam, you can get a refund if you played less than 2 hours.
You're out of luck, then. Eshop only does refunds for mistaken purchases, if that. Asking for a refund because you don't like the game won't fall under that.Got it on Eshop, and I have no idea what it's refund policy is, if any
That happens in Beat Em' Ups all the time, though. And the game immediately contextualizes it with the principal sending the school after you.
I'm not trying to be Captain Woke here but it's lame that the one game about women saving their boyfriends had to have a gotcha twist, both in the narrative and on the nature of brawlers.
I think the whole unreliable narrator twist was pretty good. Made me look back at the dialogue and think "oh shit." As far as the whole characters being jerks angle, most of the characters in the game are assholes.
Well they do beat the shit out of the boys in both endings.(I haven't played the game yet, so please forgive me if I'm missing something crucial).
It seems to me like the ending would read better if the protagonists were simply "girls with crushes who are venerating boys who don't respect them" instead of "obsessive stalker girls." Then the message would be, "These girls are so much better than the shitty boys they were crushing on" and not "lol they thought their non boyfriends were their boyfriends."
Seriously, women having to go out of their way to impress shitty men who don't appreciate or respect them is a real world problem that feminists talk about all the time. I can't help but feel like they dropped the ball on this one.