Double Dragon Gaiden: How Roguelite Elements Add to the Beat ‘Em Up Classic

The iconic Double Dragon brothers return for some tag team, beat ‘em up action with a roguelite spin! In an alternate New York City, the year is 1999. After a nuclear war, the city is a mess. Crime and chaos have taken over. Unable to sit still and allow this havoc to be wreaked further, Billy and Jimmy Lee (with the help of some new and familiar faces, and you – of course) take it upon themselves to free their city from its four major criminal gangs.

Dynamic level Select

Once you’ve decided to take on the four major gangs, it’s up to you to decide in which order you’d like to take them on. You can choose to take down each gang in a different order. This will affect how you play the game. First level has the least amount of missions, enemies and general difficulty. Once a gang has been defeated, other gangs will gain levels, increasing their size, and hiring stronger and more difficult minions. You can experience the different missions by playing through them multiple times.

Purchasable Upgrades

Earning in-game money is possible throughout the duration of your game. You can earn money in a few different ways, such as by performing special KOs or completing bonus goals, keeping combos and special KO chain, etc.

These funds can be used to purchase randomized upgrades for the tag team fighters. As an example, you could upgrade your fighters to improve the melee damage for one and increase the rate at which SP auto regenerates for the second. You can also save your money to buy revives, or you could convert the remaining cash at the end of your playthrough into tokens.

Token Shop

Tokens, an in-game currency allows you to unlock additional items. They’re earned through exchanging your remaining cash at the end of a playthrough. Once you’ve raked in enough tokens to spend, head on over to the Token Shop where you can spend your hard-earned chips.

Buy items including unlockable playable character (look out for familiar faces), gameplay tips directly from the developer, as well as art (including city maps and concept sketches of characters) and music.

Play Modifier

Do you have trouble building your stash of tokens? You might want to consider changing your game experience. When you start a new game, you’ll be given the option to tweak the game’s difficulty (including the ability to play in permadeath for an extra challenge or infinite continue). The harder you make a playthrough’s difficulty, the lower your cash to token exchange rate is, allowing you the possibility to earn more tokens at the end.

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