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I was not able to find a topic about River City Girls, so I decided to go ahead and make one

So yeah, you guys looking forward to one of Wayforward's next games, River City Girls? I know that I am. I'm going to be honest, I never really noticed the other River City games until River City Girls. It looks really good to me and having played Shantae Half Genie Hero, another game that Wayforward was behind, I can say I am excited. 

 

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I didn't know about this one until someone mentioned it on Equestria Daily a few days ago. Anyways, it looks alright, but I really like this art style. Adds much more style and distinction to the game. I'll have to keep a close eye on this and if I like where it goes, I'll get the PC version.

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  • 3 weeks later...

River City Girls has just been released on Steam (and other platforms). 

I am so getting it right now :D 

 

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So I have tried playing the game a bit. It looks pretty unfinished, or at least from my end as I bought it on Steam. I am seeing good reviews, but it is mostly from people with consoles or controllers. Keys are really junky and the game does not seem to allow you to configure your keys. There is a thing where you can go into key bindings, but you can't interact with it at all. That is a big down for me as someone how has played games like Shantae by Wayforward. 

There also does not seem to be an online multiplayer option but an actual physical player option. This is where the PC suffers as this is perfect for console gamers while us PC gamers have to cram together with our fingers to try and play on the single machine. 

 

All in all, as it currently stands, this game feels like it was made for consoles while still being distributed to PC gamers, but not really taking them into consideration. 

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I saw this game and I thought it was only coming to Switch. I am glad it is coming to other consoles as well. I loved the original NES game and beat-em ups in general and I will definitely be buying it.

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My review of the game: 

Alright, so I have now played the game on Nintendo Switch and I can really give it a more of a better review now that I have real experience with it. I have not finished the entirety of the game, but I think I have concrete enough of a view of the game. 

I must be honest, while the story seems fun, the characters likable, there are a lot of elements that I don't like and it seems rather lackluster. I also would not recommend this game to PC users like I said earlier. I don't know if they changed it to make it more playable for PC players, but I doubt they changed the 2 player mode, it would probably still require two players to be on a single computer. 

To begin, there is not a lot of help from the game how to use certain moves. Sure you will get the typical tutorial on how to use certain moves or when it unlock certain ability when you level up. But the abilities can often conflict with one another. Do not go to the shop and buy things unless you know what you are buying. I would recommend looking at some kind of an online manual or online description of what each item does. Yes, in the game it is a secret. You do not know what you are buying or what it really does. In one of the first shops, I was buying healing stuff. The first 3 items had all different prices, each one higher.... but they all did the exact same thing. All healed for 10 HP.... and they all cost different even though they do the same thing but count as different items... that... is incredibly bad. There is no way for you to even know this because you HAVE to buy the items to unlock the description of these items. 

The only items I recommend you buy are the equipable items like clothes. They are more permament and give you certain buffs. But the same problem can be found there, no description, so you might be buying trash items. So look up somewhere online what the items does. I know, it takes you out of the moment, but dealing with the annoyance of not knowing what you are getting takes you equally out of the moment and only makes you a bit angrier when you realize what you bought was trash. 

The only thing that is not exactly a secret is the stuff in the Dojo. But even thing, there is little description for what the stuff there does that you buy. The dojo sells moves or abilities if you will. Usually they are abilities that requires stamina/AP/seperate green bar below the healthbar to use which you regenerate by punching enemies. I like that. The Dojo also shows you a clip of your character using the moves so that is nice to see, but there is no description. It would be nice to see how to use those moves. Like, "click these buttons" or "mash these buttons together to use your move" which you will not find. 

What does this really mean? It means the game is pretty much throwing you blind into it which I guess could be fun for some who really want a challenge, but it is not something I am looking for. 

 

There will also sometimes be missions that are less appealing to someone like me who was only looking for a fight game to beat up people in. I have encountered at least one stealth mission in the game (I have only gotten through like 3-4 levels of the game) which required many tries to get right. Again, not really what I was looking for in the game but hopefully it was really the only stealth mission in the game. 

Fighting in the game is pretty nice. Only problem is how abilities can sometimes conflict with one another. I would also like it if it was possible for the player to recover from stuns, like when an enemy launches you into the air stunned, it would be nice to have a backflip like you have in Shantae Half-Genie Hero. It can also be frustrating trying to save your fellow player once they die. It is possible to revive them, but you have to stomp on them. Basically stand over their body and use a Heavy Attack and keep stomping until their ghost returns to their body. It can be frustrating when there are like 5-10 enemies all around trying to beat you to a pulp. 

Conclusion:

I really want to like this game. I actually don't dislike this game as of yet because it is still a likable game with likable characters and a fun beat-em-up elements and action. But is the game worth the money it costs? No, it is not. I would say if you want to try out this game, wait for a sale~

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