Streets of Rage 4 does a fantastic job of blending the traditional Streets of Rage gameplay with modern tools and techniques.
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SoR4 is incredible. Its the deepest, most content rich beat-em-up i have ever played. And they seem to still be supporting it.
So many of these games out there, most I never got to play. At the time, I remember Final Fight on the Mega CD which had an extra level or something, but I played the arcade version on CAPCOM Collection on the PS2 years go. Also Final Fight 2 on the Super NES, but it didn't hold up to the first game. Played many games on the C64 such as Renegade, Target Renegade and one of the Double Dragon games, but can't remember which one. But back then, arcade games didn't hold up well on those computers, including the Spectrum and Amstrad CPC464. Playing these games at home, it all kicked off with the Mega Drive and Super NES. For me, it was Streets of Rage and Golden Axe that finally made 2D beat 'em up genre worth playing. Two Crude Dudes also brings back memories and I had the Genesis version. But a lot of 2D beat 'em ups never made it out of the arcades and after playing CAPCOM Fighting Collection and CAPCOM Belt Action of the Switch, hoping there's more of this in the future. Anything 2D fighting was great back then. Alien Storm and ESWAT on the Mega Drive also get a mention.
A brand new Streets of Rage 4 update was released on March 10, 2023, and adds a ton of improvements, including game balancing and a new survival mode.
Love the support they're showing this game! It could easily have been left in its original state and I'd have not complained so this is an amazing bonus!
I still play survival with my brother, super fun.
We cant pass stage 40 though, the damn red enemies are brutal.
The best 16-bit fighter of its generation. Glad to see they updated and continue to support.
wheres the other characters? Its not even impressive . Bombergames Streets of Rage Remake is still no1 even seeing this and its FREE to download. But was served a cease and desist. Now I see why because they wanted to release this. This is a joke compared to the Bombergames version. There were loads of content in it. from made up characters to new bosses and stages. You could even play as different versions of characters from the different streets of rages so they had their original moves AND NEW ones created for the game. ADAM was put back in and he had new attacks made because he only appeared in the first game so his moves were limited compared to the other games that came later. All the content was FREE. You could unlock it all by just playing the game and getting ingame points which was not a grind. Even the music was redone. You could make your own levels. There is a multiple routes you could take as you went from stage to stage.
They have taken on a really big challenge because its all FREE. I doubt they will be able to even come close to topping what the Bombergames had created.
No offence but im really not impressed by anything I've seen thus far, also dislike axels beard, but i do know what sega were going for here another sonic maina esc success. It all remains to been seen however. I'll wait and see for more