Jamie O'Neill

Push Square

Jamie O'Neill·Nov 5, 2018

Critic80/100

Agreement—

With two brilliant retro games in one bundle, the gameplay in Castlevania Requiem is excellent.

Push Square

Jamie O'Neill·Sep 21, 2018

Critic80/100

Agreement—

It's tempting to gorge on this collection of seven distinctive arcade games as an all-you-can-eat brawler buffet, but the genre's innate repetitiveness means it's most enjoyable to feast on one quality Capcom coin-op at a time. The Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle is a delightful history lesson in the technical pixel-artistry of CPS brawler design, starting in 1989 with Final Fight as a genuine classic, and then continuing through the 1990s with fondly remembered street fisticuff games and hack-and-slash fantasy titles. Over twenty years later, Capcom's style and craftsmanship showcased in the coin-ops previously unavailable on console -- Armored Warriors and Battle Circuit -- justifies a purchase of the Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle in its own right.