Final Fight: Streetwise

TotalPlayStation

I have no idea why I seem to be loving games more than everyone else right now, but that doesn't change the fact that this is a damn fine beat-em-up, and it's a perfect, mindless, meaty bit of action that the genre sorely needed.

AceGamez

Final Fight was a classic and Streetwise is a long way from some of the crummy remakes that seem to be springing out lately, so if you're the type to go into everything fists flying, then Travers is the perfect character for you.

GamePro

While Streetwise's story progression is well thought out, the presentation and implementation of the game engine is sorely lacking.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

The technical issues and unambitious design come with a chaser of charming silliness. [Apr 2006, p.97]

1UP

Unfortunately, the end result is a little more Rambo, a lot less Rocky. It's going to take a rethinking to pull the 3D brawler out of its "me too" phase, and Streetwise certainly isn't helping.

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine

The only real downside is that the upgrade system is worthless. [Apr 2006, p.82]

Games Master UK

Thinking-free fun, but just too shoddy to stab our hearts with the flickknife of love. [May 2006, p.55]

Total Video Games

You almost have to ask whether Capcom closed Studio 8 out of sheer embarrassment.

Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK

Disposable urban nonsense. The barbaric combat may entertain for a while, but it's not long until tedium sets in. [May 2006, p.85]

GameZone

This is one of those games you’ll look forward to, have a brief amount of fun with, and then wonder what went wrong.

eToychest

Everything Final Fight made great is conspicuously absent in Streetwise.

GameShark

A slightly below average game with some okay fighting action, a nice arcade mode if you're playing co-op and some adult situations that sometimes cross the line into the land of overkill.

Cheat Code Central

If there's any good reason to purchase, rent or even borrow this game, I haven't found it.

Play Magazine

Exasperating mini-games; bad AI, camera jams, and a slap in the face story to any fan...This is not good...no--this is really not good. [Apr 2006, p.63]

Deeko

There are a lot of things that do pay homage to the original, but this is a shoddy game that lacks polish or any of the simplistic fun offered up by the original.

PSM Magazine

Combat featuring counters, reversals, and fighting move upgrades sounds promising, but in practice does little to offset the game’s repetitiveness. [Mar 2006, p.84]

Game Informer

Outside of the occasional thrill of blowing some fool away with a shotgun or breaking a baseball bat over someone's head, there are no redeeming qualities to Final Fight: Streetwise. [Mar 2006, p.100]

NTSC-uk

As it stands, FF:S isn’t the worst game you’ll ever play, but it certainly isn’t worth spending money on.

Play UK

Button-hammering combos, awful graphics, dire plot and annoying side-quests culminate in a big cloud of sweary yet camp violence. [Issue#139, p.92]

Boomtown

Capcom has dropped the ball and left us with a title that will be forgotten about even before it hits the bargain bins, which won’t be too long at all by the looks of things.

G4 TV

The camera is even worse than in the main mode -- odd, when it could've just taken a zoomed-in version of the isometric view that games like Baldur's Gate have used for eons.

PSM2 Magazine UK

We'd love to see another good urban brawler, but this isn't anywhere near to being it. [May 2006, p.58]

Digital Entertainment News

Final Fight: Streetwise pretty much fails to please. A boring story greets you in the main form of gameplay, while the alternate Arcade mode focuses on the lackluster combat.

games(TM)

Erase those memories of halcyon days spent nurturing your arthritis with the original coin-op, because Streetwise does it no kind of justice. [May 2006, p.124]

IGN

The fighting system itself is has a few interesting features, but almost everything else about the game will either frustrate or annoy. The camera, the enemy A.I., almost every aspect of the graphics, the sound effects and the required mini-games are all decidedly sub-par.

Game Power Australia

It is worth noting, just finally, that die-hard fans will get to meet Mike Hagger and Guy from the original Final Fight, but even these cameos don’t justify playing this game.

GameSpot

Final Fight: Streetwise doesn't look good, doesn't play well, and it can't even get its unlockable bonus--the original arcade game--right.

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Only players absolutely obsessed with the continuing story of street-fighter-with-a-heart-of-gold Cody and bare-knuckled mayor Mike Haggar need bother checking in.

PSX Extreme

What a letdown, considering that the version included with "Capcom Classics Collection" was arcade-perfect.

GameSpy

While Final Fight: Streetwise isn't broken to the point of being completely unplayable, it is absolutely not worth your time.

Games Radar (in-house)

One more thing: the swearing. Normally we don't mind, but the script for Streetwise sounds like it was written by a grade-schooler who'd just discovered cursing. Obscene language is overused to the point where the effect isn't gritty at all. In fact, it's just laughable.

Gaming Age

The button mashing is so boring, the dialogue so conspicuously profane and inane and the presentation so blocky and dull that the only motivating factor in playing is the promise of unlocking the original Final Fight.

RewiredMind

Final Fight veterans hoping for a class act, steer clear of this title completely. In fact if you like any type of game, steer so clear that your car comes off the road if need be. It’s that bad.

PALGN

An insult to anyone who enjoyed the original arcade game.

VideoGamer

It deserves every harsh word written about it. It's the worst kind of cynical cash in and not only damages the legacy of Final Fight, but damages Capcom's reputation as a forward thinking games publisher.

Game Revolution

Instantly forgettable and certainly regrettable, this fighter is preposterously short on both brains and brawn. Here's to hoping that Streetwise listens to its title and is indeed the final Final Fight.