Crest of Wolf

[Nando]

Not a bad little game, I've been playing this and Bare Knuckles 2 and 3.  While it doesn't have the polish BK has, I kinda like it.

What other brawlers do you all recommend? Obviously there's DD II and there was another one with a woman as the main character. Can't remember the name.

[sunteam_paul]

Not a bad little game, I've been playing this and Bare Knuckles 2 and 3.  While it doesn't have the polish BK has, I kinda like it.

What other brawlers do you all recommend? Obviously there's DD II and there was another one with a woman as the main character. Can't remember the name.

Ane-san? http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Ane-san.htm

[Sadler]

I haven't played it, but looks pretty cool! Been meaning to pick it up. 

[Black Tiger]

River City Ransom is cool.

[Nando]

Not a bad little game, I've been playing this and Bare Knuckles 2 and 3.  While it doesn't have the polish BK has, I kinda like it.

What other brawlers do you all recommend? Obviously there's DD II and there was another one with a woman as the main character. Can't remember the name.

Ane-san? http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Ane-san.htm

That would be the one! The backgrounds pop out more on that one than Crest.  Is it any good? 

That's one thing I like on BK 2, the bkgs are gorgeous!


I like River City for sure, just never got the crazy fandom behind it.

[Necromancer]

Though it hardly ranks among the best of the best brawlers, I really like Riot Zone / Crest of Wolf; it's just too bad that it's so easy and that there isn't a two-player mode.  Those are two pretty big flaws, but at least the backgrounds are nicely detailed, the sprites quite large (if stiffly animated), and the tunes memorable.

Is it any good? 

No!  Not even in a "it's cheesy, bad fun" kind of way.

[Nando]

No!  Not even in a "it's cheesy, bad fun" kind of way.

Man I had a little hope. It looked decent on videos; more of an emu type game to check out?

[Tatsujin]

now only DD2 is left to mention

Galaxy Deka Gayvan is neat, but gets very repetitive over the time, and after approx. 45 min. when you have seen it quite long enough, you wish to push run & sel.

i quite like ane-san, esp. for its unique style and quite colorful graphics. but they def. should have made it fullscreen and add some parallax.

[kazekirifx]

Double Dragon 2

[ParanoiaDragon]

I like Ane-san, I think it's fun, & IIRC I think it's 2 player, but when  you die, you can't use that character anymore.  Galaxy Deka Gayvan is cool, but I remember it being fairly tough, unless I'm remembering a different game?

[soop]

I just ordered Crest of Wolf, and I've been meaning to play some Streets of Rage.

[Nando]

I just ordered Crest of Wolf, and I've been meaning to play some Streets of Rage.

Where from and when do you get it?

I had forgotten how much I like Streets/BK  while I like the updates to the characters moves and abilities in #3, #2 is still my favorite.

[roflmao]

I'm a little surprised at how much this has gone up on ebay in the past handful of months.  I picked up Crest of Wolf last November for $10 and now the cheapest one listed is more than twice that. 

You can get Riot Zone for about that price. (though this is the PC Engine area so maybe no one here cares about picking up the US version)

It's a fun game, but I don't think it's nearly as good as Streets of Rage.  It would have been so much better if it was 2 player.  Still, I play it probably more than I ought to admit.

[spenoza]

I am constantly surprised at how bad the animation is. This is a SuperCD game. There's enough room in there for well-animated sprites. Seriously.

[Nando]

I am constantly surprised at how bad the animation is. This is a SuperCD game. There's enough room in there for well-animated sprites. Seriously.

The walk cycles are horrible, specially when compared to Streets. The fighting animations aren't too bad. The enemies feel a tad stiffer on Wolf. It's like Wolf needed just a little more umph to get it to that I gotta have it lvl.

Anyone doing homebrew brawlers for the PCE yet?