Basic Info
- Name: River City Girls
- Version: 1.0 (There is 1.1 available, but I never tested it)
- Developper: Arc System Works and WayForward
- Modes: Single Player, Same PC Coop, Same PC VS (Not really, Friendly Fire)
- Tags: Beat em All, Upgrade
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Plot
You play as Kyoko or Misako, both of them were in detention when they received news that her boyfriends were kidnapped, both of them get out of the classroom and start looking for their boyfriends, passing through old friends in order to gather information on their boyfriends locationsAt the end, none of them were kidnapped, they were just chilling at the spa, and it doesn't seem they were the boyfriends anyway (Ending was altered in 1.1), the ending created controversy on the players, either the boys were cheaters or the girls were just crazy (This last one makes sense, Kyoko stole plenty of equipment from school and Misako was/is a bully).
Last boss is Sabuko (The sister of a mafia boss?) you can get an altered fight against Mami and Hasebe if you get some stuff before (You met those girls a lot through the game, they always claim that they are the girlfriends of the boys)
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Gameplay
I played River City Ransom in my childhood, playing this sure brought good memories back (I just wish I was playing this it with my brother) great new smooth graphics, impressive movesets, colorfull world and great story (Until the end)
After beating enemies, you get cash and experience points, the first level up you often unlock extra movesets (Instantly unlocked ot availabe at the Dojo = Movesets shop), you also get few stat boosts on level up.
You can spend the cash in Items (Most heals your HP or MP) you can save them or use it as soon as you buy them, I didn't understood the food system, I think you get a stat boost the first time you eat something new? You can also buy equipment.
When you beat a random enemy, they have a chance to ask for mercy and you can add it to your support attack (Enemies have tiers based on their costumes colours).
Playing in coop allows you to revive your teammate just before it loses (You must do it quickly, or it will die for real, it will revive when you get to another room, but will lose cash)
After clearing the game, you unlock the New Game+ (Harder) and can play as the boyfriends Kunio and Riki, which seems a bit stronger (They start at lv1 and empty inventory), on coop you can play as anyone, Kyoko + Kunio, or Kyoko + Riki, story isn't altered, just like Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks, these characters are just skins (Sure, but with different movesets and voice actors)
I totally played coop, I played single player to find like 3 missing statues, it was easier that way because your camer focus in you (But in coop isn't an issue)
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The Bad
This was an impressive game, I totally loved it, but I felt sad when it was over, there isn't much to do at the end, just farm to fill the levels and cash, but isn't fun, a Roguelike/Survival mode would be nice, an extra super hardcore boss or just a new harder difficulty level could help.
In the last stage I saw there should be an exit on it, because the map says so, but I never saw it, probably was a bug that got fixed in 1.1?.
You better play it with a controller, because you can't remap the keys, we played with two keyboards (Because sharing one seems like it would be a mess)
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Save file
- Riki Lv23
- Kyoko Lv23
- Misako Lv28
- Kunio Lv27
- Normal mode cleared.
- Hard mode cleared.
- Each character have the Mami and Hasebe earrings.
Everyone has a different inventory/cash/equipment, it doesn't matter, both of them has the usefull stuff. (I played as Misako and Kunio, it seems I did was a kill stealer lol)
Even if the game says 100%, I wouldn't call it like that, it seems that some enemies were missing to capture it (But isn't like this was Pokemon, I may ask that friend to play again and get all of them)
And sorry, I was supposed to play it with someone but we just played once, thats why the save slot isn't the first, I didn't find a way to move it up, I'm sorry...
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How to install?
Ok, this was made in Unity, and the default save folder is a bit tricky, I can't make an autoexporter with this (Well, I could try, but isn't as easy as others)- Open your "LocalLow" folder, is located in "DRIVELLETTER:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow", typing "%appdata%" in the search bar from your explorer gets you close to that folder.
- You should drop the extracted folder there, it should look like "AppData\LocalLow\WayForward Technologies\River City Girls"
Done, you will have both saves
