Double Dragon arcade Vs Steets Of Rage 2
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:05 am
by Swainy
Guy's I need a favour, I took part in the latest episode of the Retro Asylum Podcast (The UK's No1 Retro Gaming Podcast fact fans) and one of the discussions was Double Dragon Vs Streets Of Rage 2. Which is the better game? Obviously I defended Double Dragon to the best of my ability. However we put the question over to our listeners and Streets Of Rage 2 is winning by a mile on the poll so please vote and settle the score. We all know that the best scrolling beat em up is Double Dragon.
The poll:
http://retroasylum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=897
http://retroasylum.podomatic.com/entry/ ... 9_44-08_00http://retroasylum.podomatic.com/enclos ... -08_00.mp3
Re: Double Dragon arcade Vs Steets Of Rage 2
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:42 pm
by Die_In_Fire
already submitted my vote
Re: Double Dragon arcade Vs Steets Of Rage 2
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 12:51 am
by mechapop
I always suspected the look of SDD was partially based on the color pallette/look of Streets of Rage
Re: Double Dragon arcade Vs Steets Of Rage 2
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 9:06 am
by Play2win
It's sad that this would even be up for debate! Double Dragon is a timeless classic. Streets of Rage 2 was a Final Fight ripoff.
Re: Double Dragon arcade Vs Steets of Rage 2
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 11:10 pm
by Dan Druff
If you only examine the fighting engines, Streets of Rage 2 would beat all of Double Dragon because neither Billy or Jimmy have invincible moves like Streets of Rage 2 characters do. The advantage Double Dragon has over Streets of Rage is that only knockdowns can hurt Double Dragon, whereas Streets of Rage is just like Final Fight with its reliance on health, and simply draining health will defeat a Streets of Rage character. Streets of Rage 2 characters don't have the long hit stun the Double Dragon arcade characters have, which makes them very prone to infinite combos, so the optimal strategy against Double Dragon is a long combo to drain their health followed by a knockdown to really kill them. Double Dragons have a tougher time defeating Streets of Rage 2 characters because they have nothing to stop their invincible escape move. The Double Dragon fighting engine doesn't allow for long combos; they'll always perform three punches or two kicks and a combo ender. The best they can do is hit and run tactics against Streets of Rage 2 characters as if they're all Abobo.
Re: Double Dragon arcade Vs Steets Of Rage 2
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 2:34 am
by wildebeast