The roguelite elements are also seen in the randomized selection of items that you purchase at the end of each stage with the collected coins.
The difficulty of each level increases accordingly to your stage in the adventure, modifying the number of enemies, stage length, and challenge, giving each playthrough a chance of feeling slightly different from the previous one. You can select one level from the four starting stages and follow this approach as you clear one after the other, breaking some of the rigidity from other side-scrolling brawlers. Nothing too deep or complicated, some may even call this addition somewhat shallow just a few features managing to add choices to a brawler that could otherwise offer a standard linear progression system. Still, it is more reminiscent of 16-bit console games than the arcades of yesteryear.ĭouble Dragon Gaiden brings a new take to the series with the introduction of roguelite elements. The looks of both Billy and Jimmy may not be to everyone’s taste, with a hint of chibi that is bound to divide opinions, especially when the character portrait artwork here is remarkable, but overall, the graphical choices are cute and give the game a cheerful style. Roguelite elements and tag team action go hand-in-hand… or should I say foot-in-face with the two-player cooperative game mode, but is this a successful comeback? The Golden Era of Brawlersĭouble Dragon Gaiden puts you in this pixel-art style that feels both like an update and a tribute to the first games in the franchise. Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is the new pixel-art fighting game where the two brothers are once again called into action, this time to rid a post-nuclear war New York City of criminal gangs. Billy and Jimmy are back from the prolific eighties for another round of glorious old-school arcade brawling.
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