A fan project, years of unpaid work, and a soundtrack that refuses to shut up.

On gut feeling, the community puts it ahead of 33% of games. Modest. And the criterion profile stays low almost everywhere: desert island at 9%, rediscovery right at the bottom at 3%, attachment at 16%, fun at 17%. Gameplay holds up a bit better, below the median but not far off, which makes sense for a beat'em up whose whole reason to exist is its mechanics. And then there's the exception you can't miss: the sound environment, ahead of 85% of games. On only four duels, so handle with care, but the Yuzo Koshiro legacy is clearly doing its work. That's the real shape of the game: people listen to it more than they cherish it.

It's also the ceiling of a fan remake. It compiles, it celebrates, it doesn't create a new memory, and the rediscovery criterion punishes that hard. Next to the modern beat'em ups that reinvented the genre, it stays a tribute, brilliant but derivative.

So who is it for? For you if you grew up with the trilogy and want all of it, every character, every stage, every track, on a couch with a friend. Much less so if you're discovering the genre today and expect an identity of its own.