Beat Em Ups - which is the world best?

[superturd1]

looking for opinions on the best beat em up on any system/arcade

for me its Final Fight arcade

[Paulos G]

Bloody Roar.

[noobish hat]

I always preferred Eternal Champions over the more popular ones

[Asura]

looking for opinions on the best beat em up on any system/arcade

for me its Final Fight arcade

Do we mean scrolling, or 1-on-1?

[CMcK]

Streets of Rage 2. Great to play, looks good and has a fantastic soundtrack.

[DeathAdder]

Golden Axe, then Final Fight for me.

If we mean 1v1, then Streetfighter 2.

[hudson]

Final Fighter Street Fight 2

[eastyy]

Streets of rage 2

though more modern one i would suggest this game

[Paddy]

This is difficult to answer as there are legitimately a few good ones. However if I have to commit I'll say The King of Fighters titles. They are pound-for-pound some of the best fighters going with very few missteps (the Maximum Impact games aside as they changed the way you do combos and didn't know what spacing was as characters could cross the screen in a second).

I've got great hopes for KOF XV and I think SNK does too (it should release just in time for next-gen).

[Asura]

Streets of rage 2

though more modern one i would suggest this game

Incidentally, I got this in the Steam Christmas sale - we just played half an hour of it and it's fantastic! Great fun, some cool throwbacks to the 16-bit era, and whilst I can't comment on the depth of the fighting (as I haven't played enough yet) I can certainly say that it feels responsive and controls very well.

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that among the "throwback indie scrolling fighters" I've played, this is probably the best.

[eastyy]

Incidentally, I got this in the Steam Christmas sale - we just played half an hour of it and it's fantastic! Great fun, some cool throwbacks to the 16-bit era, and whilst I can't comment on the depth of the fighting (as I haven't played enough yet) I can certainly say that it feels responsive and controls very well.

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that among the "throwback indie scrolling fighters" I've played, this is probably the best.

To me the soundtrack was something very special, especially later on, I do wish there was a few more moves but the team making the game have kept up with updates

[superturd1]

Do we mean scrolling, or 1-on-1?

any version - even something like Downtown

[Dogg Thang]

...Abbey?

[Baseley09]

Guardian Heroes decent shout.

Cant see far beyond Final Fight, so much iconography there.

[Team Andromeda]

Golden Axe and Double Dragon