X has been defeated and the Syndicate is no more. The story picks up after the events of Streets of Rage 3. I simply love the implication of trading your HP for damage, and then recovering it by being active instead of being passive and waiting to recover it. You can recover this green HP by inflicting damage to your enemies, however, if you are hit, you will lose that green life. However, rather than outright losing your life, you will transform a portion of your bar into recoverable “green” HP. You may be familiar with desperation moves like games such as Final Fight that uses your HP for a desperation move.
Using a special move costs a portion of your life gauge.
Cancelling your regular attack into a defensive combo will get you out of a bind.īut the most interesting aspect is the resource used to activate these special moves. For example, the defensive special is useful when you are in the middle of a combo and see incoming enemies. All of them have their own specific uses in combat. There is a standard special activated by just pressing X called the “defensive special”, a forward special activated by pressing forward+X, and an aerial special activated by pressing X while airborne. By pressing the X button, you can do one of 3 different special moves. There is one element which I’d like to highlight: the specials. It feels as if they break the rules of the game by ignoring how you need to align to deal damage. Then there’s the drop kick ladies which are able to target you diagonally. The fact that most main characters don’t have a way to dash or run makes it feel at times sluggish. It is equal parts pressing the right attack buttons and controlling the zones.Īlthough, I’ll admit that I found the movement to be a little bit limiting in certain fronts. Swarms are solved by using your defensive special moves and invincible throws. Perhaps it is easier to explain if you are familiar with the concepts of fighting games, and once I did, every single issue I had with the genre was resolved.Įnemy range is solved by learning the range of your jab and abusing the Z plane to move out of the way from the enemies. Upon booting up Streets of Rage 4 for the first time, I immediately felt like I understood the game. I’m not saying previous beat ’em ups can’t be beaten without taking damage, just that it felt that way to me. In my humble opinion, every game must be able to be completed without taking a single point of damage, provided a perfect run. Being swarmed by opponent, enemies outranging you and a lack of defensive options were some of my most common complaints. I enjoyed my time, but I never felt like the gameplay was “fair”. I’ve played numerous beat ’em ups since my SNES and arcade days. There is one thing which stood out immediately to me, and that’s how intuitive the gameplay feels. So get ready to jump back in to Wood Oak city and clean up the criminals from the streets! Streets of Rage 4 is everything you’ve always loved from the series, and then some more! It doesn’t try to reinvent the formula or add gimmicky elements. Unlike most modern “sequels”, Streets of Rage 4 is not a remake nor a reboot of the franchise from 0.
#STREETS OF RAGE 4 REVIEW SERIES#
Streets of Rage 4 is the latest entry in the legendary beat ’em ups series Streets of Rage. A chance to get into the Streets of Rage series with modern players in mind, and it certainly lives up to the hype!ĭeveloper: Dotemu, Lizardcube, Guard Crush Games You could say Streets of Rage 4 was what I needed.
I didn’t play the modern collections either for fear of playing and missing out the point, as is the case with most nostalgia gems. Streets of Rage is one of those titles that I missed the first time around.ĭespite loving my beat ’em ups like Final Fight and Captain Commando, I never got a chance to play Streets of Rage. It would take some time before I would finally catch up to what I missed, like using my Wii to discover Gunstar Heroes. I recognized Sonic, but I can’t say that I knew anything about other Genesis games. One particular omission, is the entire Sega Genesis console library. I’ve loved video games for most of my life, but in my early years I wasn’t exposed to nearly as many as I am today.
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