Streets of Fury EX does not look like your average indie game. The characters are lifelike, whilst the background looks like a cheap-movie background animation. On top of this, the playable characters seem random, and don’t appear to fit in well with the games setting; yet what’s fascinating, is just how well this concoction actually works. One quick glance at Streets of Fury and it becomes apparent that Streets of Rage (1991) may well have been one of the games soul influences. Ridiculous gameplay animations, well structured levels and fast paced action really does make Guard Crush Games’ new endeavour one to pick up from the Steam Store.
GameCrate: "While beat ‘em ups don’t sit atop a throne like they once did, the genre has experienced a renaissance the past few years. Maybe you’ve found your love of the brawler rekindled, or perhaps you’re a newer fan who wants to pummel more fools after playing Streets of Rage 4. Whatever the case may be, here are 10 new school beat ‘em ups worth playing."
Surprised Mother Russia Bleeds didn't make their list. Great game in my opinion.
Great art design. Not all that great for gameplay. Baseline experience for a beat em up.
Love streets of rage 4. I’d even love some DLC for the game or even another installment down the road. Maybe sense SEGA seen the success of Streets of Rage 4 that they may make it into a Triple AAA gaming beat em up title. Similar to the beat’em up favorite of mine back on PS2 called Bouncer. That game was amazing.
This week Goose(@WhoDaGoose) joins Tiny(@Tiny415), Mike (@AssaultSuit) and Aaron (@Ind1fference) talk about: Hugo Weaving, Kidzpace, Jydge, Neon Chrome, Pencil Games, XBLIG, Fortress Craft, DLC Quest, Mommy’s Best Games, Johnny Platformers Biscuit Romp, X S.E.E.D, Streets of Fury, Seafoam Princess, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Black Spider, Man-thing, Star Trek Discovery, The Orville, Jordan Peele, Twilight Zone, Too Many Games, Pax Unplugged, BlizzCon, LGR Foods, The Saint, Stranger Things, MoviePass, NeoGAF, ResetEra, Miiverse, Best Buy, Etrian Odyssey V, Wolfenstein II The New Colossus, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, Super Mario Odyssey, Overwatch, Call of Duty WWII, Commander Keen, Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams, Bubsy The Woolies Strike Back, 8-bit Adventure Anthology, Earth Atlantis, Superbeat Xonic, Splasher, Ace of Seafood, Runic Games, Hob, Chromehounds, The Mummy Demastered and more.
Once upon a time motion captured sprites were the pinnacle of graphics technology. Mortal Kombat is almost certainly the most famous example of ‘digitised sprites‘, in which video footage of real actors is condensed and rendered as two dimensional sprites. Those ‘photo realistic’ fighters in Mortal Kombat were at one time or another considered to be state of the art. I would argue that the famous moral panic surrounding the level of violence in Mortal Kombat was heightened by this ’realistic’ depiction of ninja on ninja violence and brutality. But as 2D trends gave way for 3D advancements in graphics, this tech fell to the wayside in favour of your now conventional polygons and fully rendered character models. With the recent rise in popularity of retro-chic and pixel-art, it was only a matter of time till an indie game stepped up and took advantage of this retro rendering style. Streets of Fury EX is exactly that; a side scrolling beat-em-up whose gimmick is a throwback to a graphi...
