BROK: The Brawl Bar

Not happy at all with this release. It looks to be a great addition to the Brok universe, but it's standalone on GOG whereas its rightfully DLC on STEAM. I have been testing since release, and there are issues. 1. The Dev forgot to add the option to switch to the investigator outfit for fighting during the VR missions. This has locked us out of using weapons in the game and forces us to use the new boxing mechanics without any weapon pickups. 2. If you load a save from the basegame or have an autosave from the base, or even configure through the base game (both games even though they are standalone share the same APPDATA folder configs, and settings) last.....you will be locked out of the new boxer outfit in the standalone Bar Brawl and be forced to only have the investigator outfit locking you out of boxing mechanics. I will say that the Brok Universe is amazing and keeps getting better. After all, the Dev did take input from the community and fixed some wonky combat mechanics.. However, this has been a very rocky release.

This standalone DLC is meant to offer something for fans of the brawling part of the base game. For this to work the developer improved the brawling mechanics of the base game and the game takes place in a small bar that is all about brawling. I liked the setting and characters in the Brok universe but I thought a pure brawling game with characters just fighting each other again and again might be boring so at first I was not thrilled when the game got released but of course I still puchased and played it immediately. To my surprise the game is not just about brawling. It feels more like an additional game in the Brok universe. Embedded in a story which starts when Brok discovers the bar you will meet new characters and engage in new (fully voiced) dialogues telling their background always with the lore of the base game in mind. You don't need the background of the base game but it makes the experience even better. The brawling part is not as mindless as I was expecting it to be. We are talking about 60+ challenges all being different (platforming, collecting, surviving and many more). Sometimes you even will have to figure out how to do something that seems to be impossible first. You are playing different characters with different movesets to make things even more interesting For each beaten challenge you'll get some currency which you can spend on unlockables or food which can make certain challenges more easy. You can sitch difficulty whenever you want or use currency to skip a challenge, preventing you from being unable to progress. The game screams accessibilty with its many options and basically everything is rebindeable. You also get a mode to create your own challenges, a versus mode, survival mode, custom challenges that can get imported and daily challenges ... in short: you get a lot for your money and I absolutely recommend this game if you are a fan of this universe and did not completely hate the brawling part of the main game.

某种角度来说被欺骗了，问过是否和怒之铁拳类似，回答是。但实际是个小型关卡挑战类型游戏，和怒之铁拳那样的横板过关完全不是一回事。 游戏大致内容是有一个酒吧基地，进入VR模拟功能，挑战一个个有不同人物不同敌人不同目标的小型关卡，奖励代币，从酒吧基地的npc那买食物/音乐等道具，依次循环。 这是一个独立游戏，不用购买鳄鱼侦探本体就可以游玩，所以并不是一个dlc。 In a way, I feel cheated. I asked if it was similar to Streets of Rage, and the answer was yes. But in reality, it's a small-scale level challenge game, which is completely different from the side-scrolling action gameplay of Streets of Rage. The general content of the game is as follows: there is a bar as the base, where you can access the VR simulation function to challenge various small levels. Each level features different characters, enemies, and objectives. By completing these challenges, you earn tokens, which can be used to buy items like food and music from NPCs in the bar base. This process repeats in a loop. It is an independent game that can be played without purchasing the main game Crocodile Detective, so it is not a DLC.