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pragmatic insanester
03-25-2006, 08:24 PM
again, working on my database. do you think the following titles are close enough to the genre traits of beat 'em ups to be catagorized as such?:

ultimate spiderman
bruce lee: return of the legend
batman begins
lotr: the two towers
altered beast: guardian of the realm
muncha luncha

edited: butt ugly martians & gauntlet: dark legacy. one is a shooter and the other an action rpg. stupid catagorized websites.

i appreciate any opinions
Lady Jaye
08-06-2006, 07:55 AM
The Two Towers is definitely NOT a beat em up. It's an overhead hack n slash, just like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance was on the GBA.
Half Japanese
08-06-2006, 11:32 PM
The Two Towers is definitely NOT a beat em up. It's an overhead hack n slash, just like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance was on the GBA.

Huh? There's no inventory to speak of, only leveling up (which isn't unheard of in a beat-em-up). I'd be more prone to categorize it as a beat-em-up than an action RPG.
poloplayr
08-07-2006, 05:14 AM
Beat 'em Ups are always sidescrollers IMHO. Call me a purist.
Guru of Time and Space
08-07-2006, 04:02 PM
Beat 'em Ups are always sidescrollers IMHO. Call me a purist.

Agreed.

-GoTaS