I've been playing the new Battletoads. I beat the lowest difficulty level with my 5 year old yesterday, then finished the medium difficulty level solo when he went to bed; currently working on the highest difficulty level. Anyways, I think it's fantastic. Reviews are all over the place, but game reviewers tend to suck at video games, so I can imagine why. My only gripes are: - Yes, I know the NES/Genesis games only had like two beat 'em up levels and the rest was random stuff and some boss fights. I also know that most people DON'T know this because most people never got past the turbo bikes. So, it's an odd choice to lean into that concept in the new game, since most people just assume BT was a beat 'em up. Also, the beat 'em up gameplay in the new game is fantastic, so it's a shame there's so little of it. - No online co-op is idiotic. - Act 3(of 4) was kind of a wash for me. Mixing up genres is fine, but giving me 3 levels of one type of stage and 3 levels of another type isn't all that great. Aside from that, I think the game is fantastic.
