Paprium

[JPEC83]

However I don't understand why the reviewer has a problem with beating up cops and flying boobs.

Where have you been for the last decade? That's the sort of thing reviewers are supposed to focus on now!

I guess we're just a bit behind the times and focus too much on whether the game is good or not.

[pepodmc]

The first Sega-16 review that I read in ages! Good writing and very thorough coverage!
However I don't understand why the reviewer has a problem with beating up cops and flying boobs.

Perhaps its a LGBTIQ guy.

They feel offended by nearly everything this days

[Phantar]

Perhaps its a LGBTIQ guy.

They feel offended by nearly everything this days

For the record: I'm a cissexual heteronormative guy, married with child. But it's interesting to see what kind of assumptions and insinuations some people tend to immediately jump to. They seem to be so easily triggered these days.

And I am Not "offended.", though I can see why some people would be. But as I tried (and was apparently not quite able to) explain, my "problem" is that the Game ('s designer) wants me to fight through hordes of these enemies without giving me any proper reason or frame of reference to do so. The Game gives me even less of a Backstory or Baseline between 'good guys' and 'bad guys' than Final Fight or even Bad Dudes in my opinion. These enemies are just there because, well, they are kind of similar to certain enemies in these older beat'em'ups. But whereas, for example, 'Ash' in Bare Knuckle 3 was a memorable encounter in its own right, in Paprium you geht flooded with these enemies for no real reasons - they might just as well be your standard SoR-style Galcia for all the difference it makes. The way it is used here, it just comes across as juvenile. Imagine If "Cho Aniki" suddenly started to creep into "Streets of Rage". That's just not good Game design in my opinion.

[majinga]

...The Game gives me even less of a Backstory or Baseline between 'good guys' and 'bad guys' than Final Fight or even Bad Dudes in my opinion. These enemies are just there because, well, they are kind of similar to certain enemies in these older beat'em'ups...

The background story is in the manga.
It's very classic, some apocalyptic devastation, last city on the planet. Like in Demolition Man.
And like in Demolition Man shops no longer exist, the only clothes shops left are sexy shops.
In this megalopolis everyone is evil and corrupted.
There are giants, like in Kenshiro, and some people got mutation, probably due to the pollution.
A very common mutation seem to be the tongue enlargement, that's why most people stay with the tongue out.

[JPEC83]

Yes, that was totally the centerpiece of the entire review, I am so glad you read it that thoroughly and understood it. 😉. Apparently focussing on what was actually written in a review instead of just assuming that the writer has some kind of Agenda seems to be too old-fashioned as well these days.

I don't see how you could think I was referring to your review given the other post I made in this thread but I'll assume you have misunderstood. I was referring to what goes on at other websites, particularly Polygon and Kotaku and not the substance of your own review, which as you say, only dwelt briefly on that subject matter.

[Phantar]

I don't see how you could think I was referring to your review given the other post I made in this thread but I'll assume you have misunderstood. I was referring to what goes on at other websites, particularly Polygon and Kotaku and not the substance of your own review, which as you say, only dwelt briefly on that subject matter.

My mistake, but it kind of gave the impression that it's also referring to the review itself when it's standing by its own in the top of Page 2 of replies. Didn't see your earlier reply (or rather, forgot you Made another comment as well.) Anyways, sorry for misunderstanding. /Edit: I've decided to delete the Post.

[Assman]

My mistake, but it kind of gave the impression that it's also referring to the review itself when it's standing by its own in the top of Page 2 of replies. Didn't see your earlier reply (or rather, forgot you Made another comment as well.) Anyways, sorry for misunderstanding. /Edit: I've decided to delete the Post.

I took it the same way you did. As thorough and well-thought-out as I thought your review was, it almost annoyed me enough to make a snarky comment. Almost.

[Baloo]

Great review Phantar. Nice to see some critique of the content that would have gotten a rise out of teenagers in the 90s as not quite being worth it to be in the game, even if it "fits" thematically. As someone who didn't know squat about this game until two months ago (I don't follow the homebrew scene despite the long thread here on the boards) I thought it was a concise, great review. Nice job.

[tokay]

The background story is in the manga.
It's very classic, some apocalyptic devastation, last city on the planet. Like in Demolition Man.
And like in Demolition Man shops no longer exist, the only clothes shops left are sexy shops.
In this megalopolis everyone is evil and corrupted.
There are giants, like in Kenshiro, and some people got mutation, probably due to the pollution.
A very common mutation seem to be the tongue enlargement, that's why most people stay with the tongue out.

Furthermore, game starts right away with cops blasting Dice's door and beating you.
I don't get what else you need to know in order to figure that cops are your enemies?
...Or maybe I'm just getting old and did not try modern "comply and stay in jail forever" beat 'em up.