If you wish to play as another character you will have to replay every stage with that character, with very little to no changes. It is a shame that fighters are not swappable for each level. The character selection is pretty good, though the fan favourite newcomer Wallace Wells is nothing more than a palette swap of Stephen Stills. Their position can be rather precise and since the game takes place on a flat 2D stage with depth, it can be annoying to position yourself just right to hit enemies or collect the variety of objects to hit them with. During combat I found myself sometimes struggling to pick up objects. The menus are a bit cumbersome and slow to navigate and take away from the flow of combat. That being said, the game does have a few annoying quirks to it, that don’t reflect a lot of quality of life improvements that other releases from the past decade have seen. This means that the combat system deepens as you continue to make your way through the world of Scott Pilgrim. Leveling up unlocks new moves for your character to perform that can be used defensively or offensively. Where it gets interesting is that during combat you earn experience and gain the ability to level up. Standard attacks, heavy attacks, a jump, a block, a special attack and an assist attack form the basis behind the combat system. The game has most of the genre tropes covered. The game takes after a beat ‘em up arcade title where you traverse stages based on locations from the comics. In order to keep dating Ramona, Scott has to defeat her seven evil exes. It’s about a love triangle between Scott Pilgrim, a bass guitar player from Toronto, his new girlfriend Knives Chau, a 17-year old high schooler, and a new mystery girl that just moved in from America named Ramona Flowers. In case you haven’t read or watched the story of Scott Pilgrim, let me quickly fill you in.
Is this the return of a lost hidden gem, or has age caught up with Scott and his friends? Ten years, and tons of fan requests later, and the game is now available again in a Complete Edition. Nothing wrong so far, why the infamy? Well, likely due to the license expiring, the game was delisted from all digital stores in december of 2014 making it unavailable for purchase or download ever since. Perfectly capturing the style that the Scott Pilgrim comics were based on and invoking the feeling of classic arcade games like Double Dragon, Streets of Rage and River City Ransom. First, upon its release it was considered one of the greatest licensed movie tie-in video games of all time. Originally released in 2010 near the release of the comic book film adaptation of the same name, it became infamous for two reasons. the World, the game - Complete Edition is the culmination of years of fan requests to get a re-release of this beloved beat ‘em up.
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