Hydro Thunder

Sometimes I wonder,  if Adventure Time has a higher viewership in states where it's legal.   (heh, ...  higher)

uh, it's over 10 years now, but the rest holds true

All of that is probably true, but I actually found myself thinking that it seemed to bring the Double Dragon gameplay slightly forward while adding in an almost toxic preservation of the worst elements of 80s culture.  Turned it up to "Neon" with runaway sexist stereotypes and problems solved with violence.  I mean, it IS a videogame, so I wasn't expecting anything else, but it just sorta hit me across the face in a weird way, and I didn't want to play it anymore.

Still, I have it on my list to play later.  Maybe my timing was wrong or something.

It's hard to argue against the "worst elements of 80s culture" comments, really.  But it seems to take everything that it does very lightly, at least?  Like, the opening part with the violent attack on Marian is clearly a throwback to the original game.  Which is laughably (??), horrifically sexist and violent.  Like a lot of "street fightin'" movies and such from the time.  And agreed, nearly all brawlers / beat 'em ups are exactly this, solve everything with a roundhouse kick.  But yes, it's a video game - what fun would it be to instead simulate instituting policies that reduce poverty and crime through rehabilitation, funding, education and the like?  

I guess I didn't note a whole ton of sexism that wasn't already in the original games or common in other brawlers.  And the ending is truly epic (and gives some redemption to Marian, heh heh heh).  I'd say give it a shot due to the humor, stages, and combat mechanics.  And if it slaps you in the face in the ways you mention, let it go.