Streets of Rage 4

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  • Summary: Publisher Dotemu (Wonder Boy, Windjammers 1/2) and developers Lizardcube (Wonder Boy) and Guard Crush Games today revealed Streets of Rage 4, an all-new continuation of SEGA's iconic arcade brawler series known for its radical fights, jammin' '90s beats and dashing sparring gloves andPublisher Dotemu (Wonder Boy, Windjammers 1/2) and developers Lizardcube (Wonder Boy) and Guard Crush Games today revealed Streets of Rage 4, an all-new continuation of SEGA's iconic arcade brawler series known for its radical fights, jammin' '90s beats and dashing sparring gloves and bandanas.
    Streets of Rage, known as Bare Knuckle (Bea Nakkuru) in Japan, is a trilogy of beat 'em up games developed and published by SEGA in the 1990s.

    Famously known for its non stop action and electronic dance influenced music - scored by Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima - the series has gained the status of cult classic throughout the years. It is considered one of the best beat 'em up series of all time. After many years, Axel and Blaze are finally picking up the fight where they left.

    Featuring hand-drawn visuals from the team behind 2017's gorgeous Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap remake, Streets of Rage 4 builds upon the classic trilogy's gameplay with new mechanics, a fresh story and a gauntlet of dangerous stages with a serious crime problem. Streets of Rage 4 recalls classic gameplay but it stands as an entirely original arcade-style romp thanks to the expertise of Guard Crush Games and Dotemu.

    Whether players gang up with a friend or clean up the city solo, Streets of Rage 4 is a skull-bashing, chicken-chomping delight all set to a thumping soundtrack sure to get your blood pumping.
    Features:

    * The comeback of the legendary Streets of Rage series.
    * Beautiful graphics fully hand-drawn animated by the studio behind Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap.
    * Classic gameplay enhanced with brand new mechanics.
    * Soundtrack by a wide line-up of world-class musicians.
    * Braised chicken served on a pristine plate.    … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. DarkStation
    Apr 29, 2020
    100
    Streets of Rage 4 left me feeling like a ten-year-old kid playing his Genesis again, while still managing to bring modern gameplay and variety to a classic series. There was no way for me to keep my expectations low with this series returning yet Lizardcube still managed to blow those expectations away. I can say without hesitation that this is the pinnacle of a long-dormant series and genre; a game I'm confident I'll be returning to for years to come.
  2. Worth Playing
    Apr 29, 2020
    90
    Streets of Rage 4 is the perfect love letter to Sega's fan favorite beat-'em-up franchise. It captures the spirit and soul of the games while adding great new mechanics and tons of style. At its heart, it's a short, sweet, and well-made game about punching criminals until you can punch the biggest criminals of all. The price tag might be a bit steep if you're not someone who loves beating things up with friends, but for Streets of Rage fans, it is everything it should be.
  3. Gamer Escape
    Jun 10, 2020
    90
    Simply put, this is the return that fans have been waiting for. Streets of Rage 4 delivers in so many ways that the $24.99 price point seems more than reasonable with all the included content, even with the short story mode. It may prove to be overwhelming for those unfamiliar with what it brings to the table, but you can’t deny how much love was put on the screen for beat-’em-ups and this franchise in general. If you can take the heat, you should absolutely jump in and send a signal that this is a game worth playing.
  4. Malditos Nerds
    May 6, 2020
    85
    The best thing about Streets of Rage 4 is that it feels like a real comeback. In a world where everyone is rummaging through an old toy drawer to see what movie, series or game can be revived, this title feels like a natural step in the franchise. Of course, it's not a revolution in the genre because it repeats both virtues and failures from the past. Streets of Rage is back to stay.
  5. GameOver.gr
    May 22, 2020
    80
    It’s a true sequel to Streets of Rage, with enough tweaks in its gameplay to make it relevant in this day and age, albeit without complicating the welcoming simplicity of the long-lost beat ‘em up genre. Fans of the series should definitely give it a try.
  6. GamesBeat
    Apr 29, 2020
    80
    I have a lot of games on my plate right now, and I think it’s a good sign that I want to go back and keep playing Streets of Rage 4. It’s something that feels good to control and look at and listen to. If you are going to make a beat-’em-up in 2020, the act of punching better deliver a shot of dopamine. And this game absolutely crushes that.
  7. Game Informer
    Apr 29, 2020
    70
    Streets of Rage 4’s simple approach to combat and content is enjoyable in short bursts, but it doesn’t have the hooks to keep you coming back. This beat ‘em up feels like an homage to the ‘90s, but it’s also stuck in that era.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 115
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 115
  3. Negative: 13 out of 115
  1. PinkRanger
    May 3, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game! This new Streets of Rage entry manages to keep the classic gameplay style SoR that fans love, yet evolved with a deep comboFantastic game! This new Streets of Rage entry manages to keep the classic gameplay style SoR that fans love, yet evolved with a deep combo and juggle system that requires player skill and training. It feels rewarding and fun to master the characters.

    Amazing graphics with very detailed and fluid animations running at 60 frames per second. The music and sound effects keep the high quality as standard for the series.

    Highly recommended for Streets of Rage fans and beat-em up players, especially for people looking for a coop game to play with a friend (it has an option to disable friendly hits).    … Expand
  2. Sholva
    May 1, 2020
    10
    The beat’em up king is back.

    Streets of Rage 4 is a very well-polished brawler game, where it’s pretty obvious that the people responsible    The beat’em up king is back.

    Streets of Rage 4 is a very well-polished brawler game, where it’s pretty obvious that the people responsible of bringing this franchise back to us are true fans of the series, and the genre in general.

    The controls are tight, the frame-rate is 60 FPS smooth as silk, as it should be, and everything feels in the hands of us, the players. The game is not easy, as it should be, because it has plenty of depth on each of the characters to learn a lot of stuff in the form of different combos, combined with juggling mechanics, special moves that remove a temporal portion of HP, that we then we can recover by hitting enemies without getting hit (usually takes a couple seconds at best, but we need to be careful, which adds to the tension and concentration), and even star moves.

    Most of the stuff present in the previous three games is in SoR 4 in some form or another, it’s not a carbon copy of the same formula, but a good improvement in my opinion, without disrespecting the originals of course, they are, after all, classic games, and they should remain as that, great games worth re-playing over and over and over. I feel the same for SoR 4, it scratches that itch “need to play again, one more time, this time I’ll do better”, we all know how that feels, don’t we? Like many classic games from the 90s, 8 and 16 bit games, they weren’t long games, but they were difficult, and for a good couple hours, they were all worth playing again and again, and this is what SoR 4 captures, among many other aspects of its predecessors, in my opinion.

    The amount of little throwbacks and easter eggs from previous games is also there, of course, as expected, and overall it feels like a true joy playing this game when one did experience those great times back in the 90s with our friends, sitting on our couches, playing on the good old fat and trusty CRT TVs, with chunky controllers in our hands.

    And the music…it’s amazing, and I’m talking about the new tracks, with some remakes of the classics, but the thing is…that’s not all, we can also use the old SoR1 and SoR2 tracks too, for all the stages…it’s simply beautiful, but the music team in charge of the re-imagined tracks and the new ones also did a very good job in my opinion and they really fit the tone of the game quite well.

    Of course, a review of a PC game needs to contain some info on how the game runs, and other particulars: the game isn’t demanding at all, just take a look at the minimum and recommended specs, they’re made so it can run on a potato. One thing I found is that the game relies a lot on one single CPU core, at least on my Ryzen 5 3600, but with any average computer out there shouldn’t be much of an issue maintaining the 60 FPS target the game is designed around.

    The resolution seems fixed at 1080p, probably due to design / art style decisions, I can understand that, and the controls are fully rebindable, including the gamepad buttons, and we can use Xbox, PS or Nintendo Switch button icons, no matter the gamepad used. When using Switch button layout, the “ok” and “cancel” actions are reversed, a nice touch for those that are fans of that setup with Nintendo and Japanese games.

    The game also barely uses any GPU power, my GTX 1070 sits around 10-15% on Ultra settings so, yeah, the game should run well on a very wide range of PCs. There are quite a lot of Graphical settings to tinker with, which is surprising for a game like this, so in the case anyone has a bare minimums PC, very ancient…it should be possible to regain some performance, but other than that, anyone with a somewhat “modern” machine shouldn’t need to worry much.

    I have no testing time on the online part, but I’ve read reports of some lag and frame-rate issues when playing online, with the developer being aware of it though, a patch should be out in a few days, hopefully.

    All in all, great beat’em up game worthy of its name and legacy, and a very needed addition on a space that was quite starving, albeit with some decent games out there, but very few, so another great game was very much needed, and here it is indeed.    … Expand
  4. AzurealZX
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    This is Streets of Rage without a doubt, anyone who says otherwise has NEVER played an SoR.
    It doesn't help that someone called the game slow    This is Streets of Rage without a doubt, anyone who says otherwise has NEVER played an SoR.
    It doesn't help that someone called the game slow yet IT'S THE FASTEST PACED SOR to date.
    Instead of just mashing this time though, the elegant juggle physics allow for some pretty sick combos between you and your partner that weren't really possible before. Combined with the series' entire soundtrack and every character that's ever been playable in SoR history, this is the definitive SoR experience.    … Expand
  5. Xerothus
    May 2, 2020
    9
    Played the orginals as a kid and this did not disappoint in the slightest. For those complaining about the art style then you should know, inPlayed the orginals as a kid and this did not disappoint in the slightest. For those complaining about the art style then you should know, in the audio and visual settings, you can set it to retro, but it looks iffy, retro sound is nostalgia. Also as you play though arcade, you can unlock sor 1, 2, 3 versions of the character's for even more nostalgia… Expand
  6. sherbz
    Sep 29, 2020
    8
    Very good old fashioned beat em up with enough twists and turns in there for a modern audience. There really isnt much to not like.
  7. IMR707
    Sep 4, 2022
    7
    Pro
    - Fun game playing with friend
    - A small bit of possible combo variety Con - Not memorable story or character - A bit repetitive in    Pro
    - Fun game playing with friend
    - A small bit of possible combo variety

    Con
    - Not memorable story or character
    - A bit repetitive in terms of combat mechanics
    - Small amount of character selection

    Conclusion
    Fun game to play with friends    … Expand
  8. Eowor
    May 20, 2020
    0
    still doesn't works, 3 weeks i can't play this game, xbox game pass pc, i uninstall,, sorry

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