We Could Be Heroes

We Could Be Heroes is an arcade-style beat ’em up set in Ultra City, where you fight gangs, protect civilians and use weapons and the environment to stop crime. You can knock enemies into the foreground or background, enter shops and buildings in the background, and interact with objects and people around the city. The game supports co-op for 1 to 4 players.

Story

Simon lives in Ultra City, the first privately owned city, sold off by the government to benefit its citizens. Crime has spread across the city: elderly residents are robbed in broad daylight, and dealers sell a drug called Rev up on every corner. When the police fail to stop the criminals, Simon decides someone has to become a hero.

The story spans four chapters, which you can play individually or as one continuous story. It has multiple paths, and your in-game actions determine whether you play as a hero, anti-hero or villain. The difficulty adjusts according to your actions.

Characters

There are 10 playable characters, including four described in detail. Each has a distinct feel and moveset to master, and the four featured characters have different fighting backgrounds:

• Simon: Works in a corporate mailroom and studies Jeet Kune Do in his spare time.
• Mina: A full-time nurse with a fourth-degree black belt in ITF Taekwondo.
• Byron: A building-site labourer who has trained in BJJ, Shuai Jiao and Sambo wrestling.
• Penelope: A waitress at Ultrabucks Coffee who has studied Karate since age 5 and recently started learning Wing Chun.

Fight through the city

The game contains 40 stages across multiple areas and over 1,000 kinds of enemies, each with its own personality. You can mix moves and combos to create variations, and find weapons throughout the environment, from shop shelves and dustbins to severed limbs. You can also interact with civilians, choosing whether to save them from crimes or leave them to their fate.

The game combines pixel art with 3D elements and adds new mechanics to classic arcade beat-’em-up gameplay.