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The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more!
River City Girls 2 is a action, beat 'em up and adventure game
developed by WayForward
and published by WayForward and Arc System Works.
Released on December 14th 2022 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 1,684 reviews of which 1,434 were positive and 250 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 33.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 11.82€ on Instant Gaming.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel(R) Core 2 Duo E7500
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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I only post reviews to games I feel really strongly about. That, alone, says volumes about how good RCG2 is. Your TL:DR comes right at the top: I'm writing a review therefore this game is a real phenom. I do have more specific thoughts. Pros: - Beautiful spite art. All the characters look absolutely great. The backgrounds are busy, but in a good way. The game oozes style at every opportunity and a large amount of that comes from the expressive sprite art. Even the random background characters often have fun little animations when they are punched accidentally mid-combat. Heck, there's a spite of a girl with a coffee who, as far as I can tell, appears only once in the game at the school. This shows a dedication to presentation they didn't necessarily HAVE to do but chose to. You see this all throughout the game. - Music! Megan McDuffee knocks it out of the park. Immediately "Better than you" "Get off my lawn" and "River City Girls 2" were added to my playlist as soon as I heard them. Particularly the boss fight BGM tends to hit so much harder than the rest. - Combat. This game is fully about combat and it feels so good. Each character has a unique feel. Kunio ended up being a particular favorite as I really liked his charge-based moveset. I especially appreciated that pretty much every character had tools that suited specific needs mid-combat. Need space? Forward + Triangle would typically knock enemies away. Wanna do some air combos? Down + Triangle or Up + Triangle would typically launch. However, each character seemed to have their own specialties. Kyoko felt much more of a high-flyer than, say, Marianne. Also, while each character had their bread-and-butter combos (ground string, launcher, jump, air combo, follow up with circle is a strong go to for just about anyone) there are reasons and situations to use other moves. In the corner? Use the forward launcher that is harder to follow up in the air for most characters but does a good wall-bounce and then follow up on the ground for extra damage! Anyway, it always feels good! Attitude: I would say this deserves its own category. The game has a sense of humor about itself that is, perhaps taste-dependent, but I found to be funny. Kyoko and Misako being pretty much objectively terrible, self-centered girls yet somehow saving the city from the Yakuza or rescuing cats for the worst pet owner to ever exist due to various circumstances (almost) never ceases to be entertaining. Similarly, this game's attitude is well presented while exploring the world and running into the weird different shop owners and side-quest givers. These characters are truly characters! Mixed: - Bosses. The bosses are extremely hit or miss. (Potential SPOILERS BELOW) Ken, Blaire and Primo are standouts that are fun to fight or at least tech you lessons about how future boss fights will go. Once you get your mindset wrapped around the expectation that bosses will challenge your movement and pattern recognition skills rather than button mashing. But then you compare them to fights like Tsuiko and the Helicopter and it hard to believe they were designed by the same team. Tsuiko doesn't have obvious openings to exploit and eventually the screen is filled by absolute garbage. Turns out you're expected to hit her BETWEEN her attack cycles while she's walking around, which is more difficult than it sounds for certain characters and is dependent largely on whether or not there are things in your way to stop you from fighting. Anyway, the takeaway is that bosses are very very hit or miss. Cons: - Late game. Honestly this is what caused me to want to write a review. Unfortunately this game feels like it really loses steam approx. halfway though. Pretty much post-Primo it seems like the game has told what it wants to tell and the rest of the time is spent checking boxes until the end. The music has less omph than earlier in the game. The bosses become more frustrating and boring. I mean the helicopter boss fight might as well just be a static floating .jpeg ffs. I think they really slipped up with Sabu. I feel like the best way to handle a game with the kind of emphasis on humor is to really lean into it hard at the end OR escalate the stakes so that the final boss can be a serious threat and live up to that promise. Sabu does neither. He is made the butt of a joke but it's not particularly funny, but he also appears so little in the story that he has no addition presence beyond "I'm the big bad yakuza! I'm gonna get you!" and then you beat him. End of story. Despite the above, I really think this game is extremely fun. It's a great example of the beat-em-up genre and is a great game to play with friends. I never wanted to stop beating up folks as the spawned in while running around town as it was just so FUN to do. Absolutely worth your time and attention.... just be prepared for a little of the momentum to slow by the end.
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Absolute cinema. More games with "slightly above indie" backing should strive to be like this. Brilliant presentation, art and music, solid movement foundation and combat, mesmerising combo system, pretty cool use of metroidvania world that doesn't overstay its welcome. The only noticeable negative is probably the lack of proper netcode, you will feel the latency in its entirety when playing online co-op. Would absolutely recommend you play both games, they were hands down the best recommendation in games I've got in 2024.
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I was very critical of River City Girls 1, for good reasons. The great news is that the developers listened and made HUGE changes in game play, fixing almost every glaring problem from RCG1. There are so many changes, it doesn't even feel like a sequel, it feels like a whole new game. This game exceeded my every expectation for it. Best new beat-em-up in the last few years hands down.
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😻 Yes, we need MORE of this. A superb game in its genre, with stunning pixel graphics and a mind-blowing catchy soundtrack. A good combat system, six different playable heroes/ines, a cozy open world with upgrade & equip shops, and most importantly — a hilarious story campaign with nice humor and memorable characters. Even minor flaws and oddities are unable to overshadow the merits of this game. Just love it!
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Better then the first. Combo's, enemies, more accessories and characters. speaking of which, Where's my premium DLC playable Bimmy? I needed the dragons double in Summer! Great game but don't trust WayForward when they say something is supposed to drop. We need a purchasable soundtrack for both 1 and 2. My only other melancholic cynical retrospect on this great series. Maybe a 3rd is in the works......?
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There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!Frequently Asked Questions
River City Girls 2 is currently priced at 33.99€ on Steam.
River City Girls 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 33.99€ on Steam.
River City Girls 2 received 1,434 positive votes out of a total of 1,684 achieving a rating of 8.14.
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River City Girls 2 was developed by WayForward and published by WayForward and Arc System Works.
River City Girls 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
River City Girls 2 is not playable on MacOS.
River City Girls 2 is not playable on Linux.
River City Girls 2 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
River City Girls 2 includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
There is a DLC available for River City Girls 2. Explore additional content available for River City Girls 2 on Steam.
River City Girls 2 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
River City Girls 2 supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
River City Girls 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
42
Developer
WayForward
Publisher
WayForward,
Arc System Works
Release
14 Dec 2022
Platforms
Remote Play
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