River City Ransom: Underground
Many years after vanquishing Slick on the school rooftop, Alex and Ryan must take to the streets again. Help a new crop of fighters defeat the hordes of River City, and clear their name in a sinister…
River City Ransom: Underground is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Conatus Creative, released 27 February 2017 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What River City Ransom: Underground is
River City Ransom: Underground is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Conatus Creative and released in 2017. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Microsoft XNA.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Many years after vanquishing Slick on the school rooftop, Alex and Ryan must take to the streets again. Help a new crop of fighters defeat the hordes of River City, and clear their name in a sinister kidnapping plot. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city on the brink of total chaos. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, secrets galore, and a bonus arena fighting mode.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 48 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Kunio-kun series
River City Ransom: Underground is the 78th of 96 entries we hold in the Kunio-kun series. The next entry was River City Melee: Battle Royal Special in 2017. Its critic score of 85 is 17 points above the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is River City Ransom EX at 91.
How it was received
River City Ransom: Underground holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent, 3 GB RAM and 512MB GPU, DirectX 9, Shader Model 2.0 (XNA 4.0 Reach Profile). At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
River City Ransom: Underground launched on 27 February 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata and Hollow Knight. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Hollow Knight.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for River City Ransom: Underground yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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