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Two Crude Dudes

A post-apocalyptic beat 'em up testing timing and memorised enemy waves.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    6/10

    Throwing enemies and objects on time carries every screen

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Enemy waves are fully scripted

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    1/10

    Fixed layouts leave nothing meaningful to chance

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    3/10

    Learning which objects to grab where trivialises stages

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
1990
Developer
Data East
Platforms
Arcade, Genesis/MegaDrive
Modes
Single player, Co-operative
IGDB users
51/100
FightingPlatformHack and slash/Beat 'em upActionScience fiction