I'm hoping the reviewer was just bad at beat-em-ups (pretty common, really) and that the game isn't several hours long. Sengoku 3 is a great example of an otherwise solid beat-em-up that suffers in replay value due to how much it drags on towards the end. I feel like this game will be judged more on its inability to add modern mechanics other beat-em-ups have (progression, netplay, etc.) more than the art style. The average person will want to play this with an old friend who has moved out of close proximity, and that doesn't seem like it will be possible on PC at least. It's one of the reasons Castle Crashers did so well despite being a weak game mechanically; it had netplay and persistent character progression. Neither of those things kept me on that game for very long, but the non-hardcore beat-em-up players seem to value those mechanics more than anything else. If the juggle system is fun, not having netplay on PC will definitely hold the game back from the standpoint of a high level player/speedrunner. I look forward to picking it up on the first regardless.
