Posted on: April 24, 2022

SoftLockpick

Games: Reviews: 5

It's not SoR2, but its ok

The title says it all. SoR2 is a masterpiece for beat em ups. And this game is trying to be a successor. They were never likely to top or match it. But it's not a bad game overall. I think 4 is a little high for it, 3 a little low. 3.5ish. The atmosphere is off, the music isn't as good, and the character design for some of the new stuff is a little... strange. If you're going to stick with the 80s look for enemies and the OG cast don't go modern for some bosses and other characters. The armless denim and dominatrix 80s enemies clash with the side shaved female cop and some techno DJ. And the white haired young anime villains really don't feel right. The game combat wise is solid. It has some of the issues that came with the old SoR games and some of the good, but you'd expect that for a game trying to continue that tradition. No big issues that Ive seen so far. That's about it. It doesn't live up, but it does scratch an itch.

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Posted on: May 2, 2020

francesc_1

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Games: 186 Reviews: 4

Amazing new entry

As many of you have, I enjoyed Streets of Rage 1 and 2 when I was a kid on the Mega Drive. I Never got to play the 3rd one. That being said, Streets of Rage 4 feels, mechanically and gameplay wise, like the first 2 games: perfect. In this new entry, there are a few more moves, but feels like classic Streets of Rage. Which is a very good thing. The new graphics are outstanding and fluent 2D, in high definition. You can find many details in the game, and many references to the first 3 games in the series. The music is great as well. Maybe not in the same level as in the first two games, but very good too. Just to point out that you can choose the Retro Soundtrack, to play the game with the soundtracks of the first games. That's an enormous and very welcome addition, considering how good these soundtracks are. There are 4 main characters and you unlock more by playing. And you'll be able to choose the characters in their old appereances from the previous 3 games: pixelated. Their habilities change too. If you enjoyed the first games, you're going to love this one. In my opinion is an excellent game. One of my favorites in GOG right now.

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Posted on: September 8, 2024

HappyVargr

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Games: 332 Reviews: 2

crashed on start

never got to play it :(

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Posted on: November 2, 2024

mich.lebedev

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Games: 14 Reviews: 1

For all time for all age

Platformer that never old

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Posted on: May 2, 2020

Bleh

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Games: 337 Reviews: 3

Good new entry to the series

Pros... Graphics - the sprites are crisp and well animated, definitely feels like a great update to the originals. Gameplay - Gameplay still feels great, all the old moves are there (except running) and it just feels great to pull them off. The classic enemies are all there, minus some of the mini bosses. The new enemies range from ok to great, The police with their tasers and shields add a good new challenge, while the thug chemists that throw different concoctions at you can be a cool challenge at times, but they can be equally annoying as they are another enemy you have to chase down with no ability to run. Levels - They all come with some fun gimmicks thrown in and they are well constructed and fun to play. There is nothing super original though, no pirate ship, fair ground or baseball pitch which would of been nice, but oh well. There is one level that you walk in the open back of a cargo plane as you are punching dudes and it takes off, but thats the only level that pleasantly surprised me the others are all pretty standard fare for streets of rage. Cons... You can't run anymore - No idea why they took this out and it can be really annoying at times to chase enemies at walking speed. The Music - The music is quite bad I turned it down, because it was really annoying me. A lot of it is just too busy and instead of simple catchy tunes that get stuck in your head like the originals this is just a mess of sound that I found grating after a while. This is probably the biggest dissapointment I have with 4. Character Selection - The new characters are pretty lame, Cherry is an early 2000's grundge rocker that hits enemies with her guitar and Floyd is just a mix of Dr Zan and Max. I would of preferred it if the devs added the original roster instead. Max is even in the game there is no reason why he shouldn't be in the roster. They should of put the entire cast in as its only an extra 3 characters, this is pretty inexcusable in my book.

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