Разработчик: Pelikan13
Описание
Gameplay: The gameplay is designed around a new combo system that allows you to link together punches and kicks. Quickly put enemies in to the ground, keep them stunned or launch them in to the air and continue to juggle! Maintaining a combo will fill your Super meter faster and allow you to unleash a devastating attack. You can also find and use weapons such as crowbars, swords and machine guns scattered around the levels. Last but not least, each character is equipped with a unique sidearm but ammunition is scarce so use it wisely! The game is easy to get in to but not easy to master.
Music:The soundtrack featured in the game contains music from Little V Mills, Richie Branson, James Ronald and Yuzo Koshiro!
Difficulty: The game offers three difficulty modes, Easy, Normal and Hard. In Hard mode the game always starts from Stage 1, there are no continues and enemies are faster, more aggressive and there are more of them. This setting is aimed at hardcore old-school beat'em up fans looking for a challenge.
Visual style: The art style consists of a mix of pre-rendered high resolution character sprites and detailed real time backgrounds built with 1080p or above resolutions in mind. The story is presented via comic book style cutscenes.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7/8/10
- Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core or equivalent
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 or equivalent
- Storage: 4000 MB available space
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A terribly bland game no one should play
A really really fun campy side scrolling beat em up
While I wish this game had better polish than it does, I enjoyed my time with The Takeover. This one marries Kung Fury with Golden Axe, each of the playable protagonists are charismatic enough to spend a couple hours throwing bows with. Seems there's an extra unlockable character (probably for beating it), but I may never find out considering its higher quality competitors (TMNT, Streets of Rage, etc). I have issues with the controls & hit boxes, but with an arcade fight stick, the experience might improve. I'm a fan of the genre - but Mr. Miyagi taught me that when we put passion before principle, even if you win, you lose.
good game
The Take Over:
The Graphics:
The game graphics is nice and very detailed. Not much to say about it.
It’s refreshing that the game avoids low-poly art, a style that’s become overused in modern games, often making them feel indistinguishable. (I am not referring to PixeArt, PixelAre will always be amazing) :)
Graphics are somewhat realistic in the game and comics style between the stages which is nice touch and add a good nostalgic feel to the fans of comics in the era from 80’s and 90’s
The graphics in the game just works and do what it’s supposed to do. It’s sharp, its clear and colorful.
The models are detailed and this is more than enough for a beat em up game.
The sound:
The sound is nice and the punches are strong and you feel the energy when you start giving punches and kick. I have some small notice here and there for the sound FX, like example I am not sure about the slicing sound FX of the sword and some other minor nitpicking. However I love the sound of machineguns and pistols.
The Music:
Great tunes - mixture between modern synthwave and powerchord rocking tunes. Also its draw heavy inspiration from Streets Of Rage (more on than that later).
It’s good, nothing super memorable or hit reward quality but is catchy and fit the atmosphere of the every level very well.
The Gameplay:
Here is my biggest complain. While the control and pacing of the game is great, precise and very tight the overall gameplay is not something to remember with. You have new combo mechanics. Usually in beat um games you press one and the same button and combos will be done automatically. In some way here is somewhat similar but not so. If you combine different punches and kicks you will get different combos also combined with up and down on D-Pad you will get good variety of combos. This is very nice touch and kind of unique to the game. Also you have two power meters to feel up: Special and Rage. They both have different roles one of them just blow up entire screen and the other make you faster, stronger and invincible for short period of time. Also you have ranged weapon (shotgun, pistol or revolver depend on character you play with) which use ammo.
But not all is that great. Beside that there is nothing much more to the gameplay. Weapons are scarce and very few and you never feel the need to use one. Often the weapons will be just worst than just your kicks and punches.
Overall not a bad gameplay but something is missing.
Theme and inspiration:
Here is my second big critique for the game. It’s heavily inspired if not even copied from Streets Of Rage 2. Basically this game feels like remake:
1. Main characters are almost identical (excluding the military guy) to the characters or Streets of Rage.
2. They are police officer which go vigilante to save a little girl.
3. This time the blond guy (Axel) and the lady in the red dress (Blaze) heck she even have almost the same mole as Blaze, they are couple and have a girl that is kidnapped and they go to rescue mission to save her.
4. Many levels are basically copied from Streets Of Rage 2 – First level street, the bar (almost identical) , the arena (this almost identical), the ship, the beach , the island – this all levels and themes are lifted directly from Streets Of Rage 2 and not only that, but the entire atmosphere is and feel like Streets Of Rage 2. And I cant say this is necessary a good thing. Of course SoR2 is an amazing game, be inspired by a game is one thing, but trying to copy so many stuff it’s way too obvious. Even the lead character have almost identical special moves, kicks and throws like Axel from Streets Of Rage.
Verdict:
The Takeover is nice throw back to the good old formula of beat em up genre. It’s nice game to just chillout and mash few buttons and listen to some nice tunes. It’s not masterpiece but it’s a decent game that if you are fan of old school brawlers – you should buy it. However I cant recommend the game on full price. Without much to unlock and not much content after beating the main story there is not much reason to return to the game again. Playing on harder or challenges is not very fun overall.
6.5/10
This game looks like it's clearly inspired by Streets of Rage, and I was hoping to get something that is at least like Streets of Rage (SoR) or maybe a spiritual successor that improves on the formula. This is neither of those. Controller support exists, but is very awkwardly implemented. I had to restart the game 3 times in order to be able to unbind my controller from P2 so I could bind it onto P1. Hit detection is very picky on the Z-plane.
I was unable to find pretty much any command moves. You basically just have punches and kicks that occur in sequence for your standing combo, two dash attacks (punch and kick), and 4 jump attacks (neutral and forward/backward punch/kick). You can also perform an evasive roll along the z-plane to get out of bad situations. You can also grab enemies by walking into them like in SoR and depending on your button presses you can potentially reorient around the character and throw them. You can hit enemies with a thrown enemy, but the hit boxes are, again, very picky.
The game does not feel like it has a lot of nuance regarding how you fight enemies primarily because there is not a lot of opening move variety (no command moves) and mobility is also pretty lackluster and z-plane hit detection is bad (walking diagonally to get in range doesn't feel good). It feels like the developers wanted to put Mortal Kombat-style combo chains into a beat 'em up, but it doesn't feel good when you're fighting against groups and are standing still cycling through your attack chain until you get to your knockdown move and your only options are to drop your combo or evasive roll to prevent the enemy behind you from attacking you, there are basically no command moves to force a knockdown and reposition yourself.
Excelente mezcla de jugabilidad moderna y Vieja escuela
Bought it to play co-op locally with a friend and we are both huge fans of Streets of Rage series, including the recent iteration. The game is.. OK. Controls are clunky and we ended losing a ton of items because it's hard to stand precisely where the item is. Same problem when punching enemies, sometimes you punch the air multiple times before hitting because of this wonky positioning system. We reachwed the conclusion that it's not too bad for the price we got but it's hard to recommend.
If you like Streets of Rage 2 for the Genesis you will equally like this easy. 10/10 beat em up.
The gamepad doesn't work in this crappy game.
I am unsure what is going on but I can't get this game to work re: controls. Refund requested.
Okay so this game kind of kicks ass. From the get go, the core combat gamefeel is quite satisfying, as enemies make huge 'kCHUNK' noises when you hit them, and when they bash into each other or level objects. Your hits all feel pretty satisfying, and you can get some fairly extended combos without trying too hard. Some enemies will block your basic attacks but nothing that feels annoying, only meant to get you to grab or reposition occasionally.
Enemies in this game have a bit more health than the average beat 'em up, but there are fewer of them to compensate. I initially wondered if this somehow made this whatever the beat 'em up equivalent to a 'euroshmup' is, but after playing for a bit longer, I don't think it's that, though the general ease of difficulty and 3D graphics could convince you otherwise. While I'm far more likely to give a positive review to a game which is too easy, rather than too difficult, it's not like the gameplay was free; stage two, for example, ends with a projectile boss that could very easily spell death if you didn't properly manage your resources or know about z-axis shenanigans--and even then, I still took a few hits from his goons shooting me from the sidelines.
What convinced me to quit out and write a positive review more or less immediately was the driving stage. Mechanically, it's basically just an autoscrolling driving shmup... but the soundtrack/song that plays is a straight Initial D style eurobeat song, and it's pretty damn good, from what I could hear over the shooting and tires squealing. You can also do sick jumps off ramps... yeah. I normally don't care for autoscrollers in games, but this one hit in just the right way.
While I still have a hard time getting over the in-game art-style, and while I wish the menus were more modernized and less clunky (you can't change options during a run, the control binds are a separate meta-menu, etc.), this is still a pretty fantastic feeling experience even if it's a bit light on the challenge on its default difficulty. There are difficulty levels, so this probably isn't an issue if you tweak it up... oh, and on top of all of this, the game also has comic-book style stop motion cutscenes between levels, and they're very cool, including the voice acting for all the characters, which is weirdly high quality for a game in this genre. You also get a handgun by default, so you can just straight up shoot fools trying to punch you, and in certain parts you even get a minigun temporarily. Like, what? Oh yeah, and the super move you get for charging your bar is an absolutely overpowered multi-hit screen clear that basically OHKOs anything on screen besides bosses.
The only mechanical thing I would change about this game is adding a quick wake-up feature for when you're knocked down, and making there some way to use your special moves without taking health damage... the recoverable bar thing that Streets of Rage 4 does would be perfect. As is, I don't mind the trade-off, as the specials are sick as hell, but it sucks to have one built into a normal combo string that ALWAYS takes your health down, so you're always skulking around looking for food in garbage barrels.
Oh yeah, and despite this game having classic nostalgic beat 'em up stuff that's usually annoying, such as motorbike enemies and rolling barrels, the barrels are super well-telegraphed and deal barely any damage, and the motorcycle enemies are very easy to deal with--the game even teaches you in one of the levels that you can just stand back and shoot them with your hand gun, then let the explosive chain reaction do clean up. This is a good game.
Very refreshing to find something so playable in a genre that, despite very common fundamentals, feels like it can be a bit hit or miss in terms of the final gameplay experience. Would highly recommend this one, even more so if you're into the 3D thing (and the game makes good use of it, like using it for fun camera angles and object zoom ins--it's just not my cup of tea).
The only way I could make this beat em up better is online co op play. But I do understand it's harder for small indi studios to do this.
Before I go on with the review, if there is anyone who wants to remote play through this with me, please friend me and I will be up for that anytime, as I LOVE this game.
I actually go through the game a couple times a year just for the pleasure of it, like I still do with Streets of Rage 2.
It looks great, sounds great, and plays great.
The hits feel like they are connecting, the move set is a little more than most belt scrollers, and it's just FUN.
There is also some gun play and overall a good selection of weapons for the genre.
Not too long nor too short, this genre is arcade, and arcade games need to never outstay their welcome, and the Takeover nails this with the perfect amount of stages for a beat em up.
There are multiple difficulty levels to suit all players, and it truly feels accessible to all. I can see anyone liking action fighting games to enjoy this as much as I have.
I usually go into games a lot more in my reviews, but there's nothing I don't like here. It's just an extremely good beat em up game, nothing more nothing less, and I will be playing it, whether alone or with company, for years to come.
The sale price is so cheap, but even the standard price is truly worth it in this case.
I say, buy it! - If you hadn't guessed my feelings on it already lol.
The game is really fun. I really like the combat in this game. Juggling enemies and comboing them in the air is very satisfying, especially if you kill'em off of it. The fact that you have a punch and a kick button is interesting as you can mix the two for different moves. Oh yeah, there's a gun button. You straight up have a gun, which can be used for crowd control or combo extenders.
Content wise, its alright. Outside of Story, you have Survival, which is straight-forward. There's a Challenge mode where you go through sections of levels while attempting the requirements, such as no specials or staying above 50% health and there's Practice where you can train freely or learn the mechanics through it's tutorial.
Overall, its a good game. I wouldn't put it above Fight'N Rage, SOR4 or Shredder's Revenge but I had a ton of fun with this. I recommend getting it on sale, that's how I would do it.
Played and finished the story for this game. In this game, you play in 7 levels as 3 or 4 characters If you beat the story for the game. You go through different levels where you defeat groups of enemies to progress in a level. Some enemies with weapons like melee weapons and guns can do a lot of damage If you're not careful. From what I've seen in the game, the visuals look good. I didn't have any problems playing the game with the visuals. Every level has a boss at the end of the levels you have to fight that can start from easy to hard. You can use rage and super that is fueled by the hits you do to enemies without getting hit or it goes down. You can use guns but you're limited to the amount of ammo you carry. The cutscenes have a comic-book style to them so that's cool to see. If you get to the continues screen you can start at the last level section you were at with the lives you start in each level you play the game. There are level sections where you use vehicles like a car and a jet. I only used one character for the game so your gameplay experience is different from mine. For rage, you do extra damage and don't get hit and the super I use for Ethan Rivers sends down missiles hitting all enemies on the screen and even boosts up the Rage gage. If you're gonna get this game get it when it's on sale. I do recommend getting this game If you're into old-school side scroller beat 'em ups like Final Fight and Streets of Rage. I hope my review makes you think twice about getting the game. Have a good day.
Short review: the games worth the money.
Its a mix of Streets of rage, final fight, demolish fist, and Dynamite cop...not perfect by any means but the biggest knock I have against this game is that they aren't making any more.
It's hard to explain but this game almost perfectly captures the vibe of Sega, brawlers, and the late 90s arcade scene.
For what it is and what it set out to accomplish... I'm giving it a 9.5/10
its alright
7.5/10
The combat is really fun but it's a shame it doesn't have that rogue like survival mode from turtles or streets of rage 4. I'd play that a lot of it was as good. unfortunately without it it's just beat the game and.. meh. I don't see the appeal to beat it on harder or do the survival or challenge modes so it's under 3hrs for me. A shame because combos are pretty fun in this game.
Get it on a big sale unless you wanna do the exact same thing again but with challenges like "don't use super moves" etc. If that sort of thing is fun to you then you'll get a lot more fun from this game and it might be worth more.
I've been itching for a good beat'em up game for a while now and unfortunately this does not scratch that itch. I'm quite surprised at how disappointed I am at this considering I got this at 80% off. Aside from the aesthetics which are decent at best, everything else is subpar. The gameplay was so bare bones that I could not even pretend to look forward to the next combat encounter, the soundtrack was sleep inducing and you'd think after 5 years they'd fix the controller issues but yeah right lol. This game is just downright boring as hell and not worth your time.
Cool beat em' up with a slick visual presentation. I will return to offer more thoughts on how it stacks up more closely after I spend a bit more time. Sick that they got Yuzo Koshiro to do a track regardless!
Boring as hell.
as much as i like the artstyle and love for the arcade game, i couldnt help but to downvote this. Hitboxes are janky as shi. I was really looking forward to play this as the story looks enjoyable and rather promising for me to finish and even 100% it. But, until the controller and other stuff (others have mentioned) issues are fixed, better stay away for now. BGM and ambience is alright. Really looking forward to this beautiful arcade game.
Story is weak but the rest of the game is fantastic.
Good art, graphics, sound, music and gameplay.
Took me 2h20m to finish game with one character.
9/10
buy it now
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Pelikan13 |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 23.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 82% положительных (477) |