Tag: Beat’em Up

One of the worse parts of being mates with a bunch of yanks is that every time a game release comes around that I’m excited for I have this horrible three day wait whilst they enjoy the game and I’m sat twiddling my thumbs. This is all down to the fact that in the US [...]

When it comes to the current crop of consoles and their respective controllers you will find me placing my arse firmly in the camp that favours the 360’s pad. It’s comfortable in hand, even over extended periods of play, has a good weight to it, provides easy access to voice communication and is generally a [...]

Despite enjoying a good beat’em up, it’s not a genre I’ve ever gotten into massively. For the longest time the I was into one series alone: Street Fighter. I’ve owned and played games from SFII Turbo through to the Alpha series, and even had the original EX (Street Fighter’s first move into 3D, which I [...]