Re: [Audyssey] Beat-M-Ups was Beat It Extreme

[Clement Chou]

Absolutely. I only brought it up as an example... I didn't mean to 
imply a Canadian or American person couldn't be trained in martial 
arts. That would be like saying a Chinese person couldn't learn to 
use the Japanese sword... and since I'm doing that, well... lol.
One of the things I'd like to see would be some minor platforming 
elements... as well as a bit of a deeper combat system. Not too deep 
to bring it out of the scope of older beat 'em ups such as double 
dragon or final fight, but deeper than just the one-button mashing to 
get through the entire game. lol. As well, quick-time events, such as 
those that come up in games like God of War would be a nice touch as 
well. There are times in a lot of modern games where a cinema will 
trigger, as it happens you have to press buttons as the screen 
prompts you. As an example, in Yakuza 3, when you fight through one 
of the action stages, you have to dodge enemies with knives that come 
at you from behind doors as you try and advance. In that instance, a 
cinema will happen showing the main character opening the door and 
the enemy coming at him. At this point, the prompt for the x button 
on the controller will appear on the screen... and you're given a 
certain amount of time to press that button. If you miss the 
button-press, you get hit and lose health. Press the button on time 
and it shows Kiryu, the protagonist, sidestepping the lunge and 
kicking his opponent out of the way. Just little things I think would 
make a game like that interesting. In the Yakuza series, that same 
system of pressing buttons is used for certain super moves. One for 
example, requires you to press three buttons during the cinematic 
move of beating down four enemies. Right after the first hit of the 
move initiates you are prompted to hit the circle button. About two 
hits later, the triangle button. Another hit, and the square button 
is to be pressed... and then you sit back and watch as Kiryu 
dispatches the last remaining enemy. But if you miss any of the 
buttons, the move ends prematurely. Hope that was a clear enough explanation.

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