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Shoot em ups or beat em ups, what do you prefer?
Arseen:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on September 24, 2013, 07:38:04 AM ---I'm with Wiggy. Fighters are different to Beat 'em ups. ;D Hence the names that they got - rushing beat, beats of rage, etc were beat em ups - and street fighter, turtles tournament fighter, virtua fighter, etc were fighters. (i know you are going to pluck some exceptions to this out now, lol)
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From all mighty Wikipedia
--- Quote ---Beat 'em ups are related to—but distinct from—fighting games, which are based around one-on-one matches rather than scrolling levels and multiple enemies. Such terminology is loosely applied, however, as some commentators prefer to conflate the two terms. At times, both one-on-one fighting games and scrolling beat 'em ups have influenced each other in terms of graphics and style and can appeal to fans of either genre.[8] Occasionally, a game will feature both kinds of gameplay.
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What were the original 2D fighters but desperately smashing buttons [/s]
OK it seems the correct term means mostly rolling beat'em ups and the calling 2D fighters beat 'em ups is old definition.
But do tell me definion of smash' em up could not find it while checking definions.
wiggy:
It's all relative to what the OP meant. No need to nitpick over semantics when we have the source on hand ;)
amarthar:
Beat'em up - you beat people up
Shoot'em up - you shoot stuff up
(duh)
Favorite Beat'em up - Alien vs Predator
Favorite Shoot'em up - Battle Garegga
MisterDaSausage:
I prefer Shoot em-up over Beat em-up...but really, it's close...
Best beat em-ups for me : River City Ransom on NES and Ninja Warriors on SNES!
Best Shoot em-ups : I'd say the Raiden series...but also the Gradius serie, Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga....can't decide...
Dr.Agon:
the fact that all of the games installed on my original xbox (30-ish), are beat-em-ups should tell you where my loyalties lie!
(although i do have a soft spot for shmups!)
too many to choose from, but if i was forced to pick favourite(s) I'd go for;
(B) streets of rage
(S) zero gunner 2