Introduction

River City Ransom probably needs no introduction in this subforum. It's an open world side scrolling brawler with RPG elements, released in 1989 for NES by Technos.

I have to be honest with you though: I have never played this game beyond two minutes before starting this series. I never had an NES when I was growing up, and the times when I've tried this game very, very briefly in the late 90s I honestly just couldn't understand why it was so critically acclaimed.

My name is Bálint, and my co-host Dávid and I have been running a channel called #BADATGAMES since August. One of our subscribers recommended that we try this game out for our channel, and I went along with it hoping I'd have a more mature approach to it this time around. Decades have passed since I've last played it, and I have grown as a person, grown to become one that plays games and shouts at them, and records all of it.

I gave this game a chance. And I have to say I probably needed to make the commitment of recording for me to truly learn to enjoy this game. You see, since I didn't have any consoles in the 80s or 90s, I never had the chance to learn how to approach and appreciate games that are hard as balls.

The fighting mechanics are deceptively simple. Walk, run, punch, kick, jump, pick up, throw...that's it. Simple on the surface, but it allows for so much emergence that I only realized during recording. I was sincerely surprised. It took me 4 or 5 episodes of gameplay until it actually hit me how much I love this game. The Advanced difficulty is hard as heck (excellent choice for a first playthrough, I have to say...) but it gives you a profound sense of growth, of learning, as you learn how the mechanics interact, how you can use them to your advantage. It grew on me so much that I honestly just can't wait for our next recording session. God damn you, real life, for getting in the way of our gaming.

We publish new episodes twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

River City Ransom is our first LP on this subforum, and we're a very, very young YouTube channel, so any and all feedback is welcome, especially criticism! Thank you, and enjoy!

Videos

Playlist


Part 1: CUT ME SOME SLICK


Part 2: TAKE THE CRATE TO THE FACE


Part 3: INEXISTENT STRATEGY


Part 4: YOU DIED?! WHY


Part 5: OOP- I KILLED YOU


Part 6: I AM HERE TO PUNCH


Part 7: KILL ME! AAH YES!!


Part 8: THANKS FOR THE BAT, IDIOT


Part 9: REFINING OUR STRATEGY


Part 10: A NEW LOW


Part 11: DEATH BY TRASHCAN


Part 12: NOT EVEN ASHAMED ANYMORE


Part 13: MONEY WELL SPENT


Part 14: LOOK AT THE PIXEL BUTT


Part 15: BRASS FUCKLE


Part 16: GETTING IMPATIENT


Part 17: I NEED A BREAK


Part 18: COMPELLING GAMEPLAY


Part 19: IVANA FIGHT THIS GUY


Part 20: CHECK THAT FLANK


Part 21: OMELETTE DU TURQUOISE


Part 22: EAT MY FLIP


Part 23: PERSONAL BODYGUARD


Part 24: HIGH SCHOOL


Part 25: FINALE

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