River City Girls 2[a] is a 2022 beat 'em up video game developed by WayForward and published by Arc System Works.
[1] A mobile port, published by Crunchyroll Games was released on Android and iOS on November 20, 2024.
Some criticisms reflected the lack of a mini-map and a largely similar experience to the previous game.
Green praised the art direction, dense combat and sense of humour, but noted that he had to "spend an awful lot of time backtracking through parts of the city to check boxes to progress the main story", but that the areas "deserves to stand shoulder to shoulder with beautiful retro contemporaries like Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge".
He also noted that the combat took some time to gain complexity, referring to the early game as "particularly shallow" but "once you get further down the combo rabbit hole the offensive options feel spectacular.