River City Girls 2 review – Girls are warriors

Review of River City Girls 2 for Xbox Series X.

It is possible that if we tell you about the franchise union with it doesn’t tell you much. But if, on the other hand, we mention games like Renegade, Double Dragon or Street Gangs, we will think of those mythical titles of the 80s whose main objective was to break faces. All these games, even if it doesn’t look like it, are part of the same saga. A connected universe of beat ’em ups whose great popularity in Japan has made them reach our country as well. After launching in 2019 the popular River town girlsnow comes its sequel from the hand of Arc System Works and as part of the development of Go forward. River Town Girls 2 It returns all the adrenaline and the pleasure of its first opus. This time, refining its mechanics and expanding its content even further.

Misako and Kyoko return

The story of River City Girls 2 places us just after the events of the first installment. After killing the person responsible for all his problems, Misako and Kyoko They decide to take a break by doing a good marathon of video games. But our enemy’s father, a prominent and dangerous mobster, isn’t willing to let his organization’s reputation be tarnished. For this reason, she will take advantage of the fact that our heroines have let their guard down to take control of the city.

Now Misako and Kyoko they will have to relearn all their fighting techniques and, with their little friends Kunio and Rikithey will have to free the streets of river city evil yakuza based on a clean slap.

super cute shots

the combat system of River City Girls 2 is essentially the same as that of beat ’em ups classics. We have a button to paste quick shotsanother for hard knocks more energetic and another for a special attack. The latter will consume a bar that will fill up if we execute normal attacks. Moreover, we can jump, cover (with possibility to parry) and run. By alternating between all these movements we can make combos. Of course, we will also use all kinds of objects and weapons like baseball bats, keys, trash cans, and even bikes to knock out thugs.

During the story, we will travel through the many neighborhoods of the city, side-scrolling scenarios in which enemies will appear from time to time. By defeating them, they will fall money which can be used to purchase objects that they will give us passive skills. Another option will be to use it to learn new combat techniques. And this is one of my least favorite aspects of the game.

Starting with our character, we will unlock new attacks with each certain number of levels. But there will come a time when they will no longer appear to us. They will simply be added to the dojo. To acquire the moves you will have to go to this shop (which will reduce the pace of the missions) and buy them with the money you have on you. Opting for this progression system in a title of this genre, whose defining characteristic is to strengthen your character as you fight, I think it’s a bad decision.

more and better

The map of this second installment is bigger than ever and have included a remarkable number of new side quests. In each neighborhood of the city we will find several. These missions will range from taking out waves of enemies in closed environments, rescuing kittens, repairing light generators with blows, or winning a dodgeball match.

River City Girls 2 has a much richer narrative section. We will meet a lot of new characters. All with a very original design and with very varied personalities.

We can also access calls “hiding places”. Spaces scattered on the map that allow us to switch between the 6 characters available (two of them are secret and can be unlocked) or assign us the minions. This new mechanic based on an intuitive interface support system This will allow us to recruit thugs that we have already defeated. Later we can take some of them to our side and summon them to perform their special attack in battles.

River City Girls 2 lots of streams

As far as the technical part is concerned, this second installment continues to maintain the type of visual style pixel art, although a bit more detailed. Additionally, the game combines that pixelated aesthetic with some anime style footage

It is also worth mentioning his incredible soundtrack created by Megan McDuffee, RCG composer. This aspect is something that stands out very noticeably in the work and you will realize it as soon as the splash screen appears. Also, each major area of ​​the map or each final boss has its own theme, which fits perfectly with its personality.

Well, it’s worth talking about great translation job what’s in the game The title is not dubbed in Spanish, but it has dialogues that have been translated into perfect Spanish. This translation is not only limited to transferring the conversations in our language in a literal way, but also uses expressions and jokes typical of our country which result in very funny bursts.

Ultimately

River Town Girls 2 it’s more than a remarkable ‘me versus neighbour’. It uses most of the elements that were so successful in the previous episode, expanding and improving them to create the definitive title of the saga. union with. Its vast map and plethora of side quests make exploring every neighborhood in the city satisfying. It’s a shame that the progression system limited by the money you carry slows down the pace of the game and sometimes makes it a bit boring. But that’s something that’s made up for by its fun and chaotic cooperative multiplayer for up to four people in local mode and for two in online mode. Misako and Kyoko are back and they’re ready to spread the word left and right.