Streets of Rage 4

Beginning of nineties. Finally A Mega Drive come to my home. I watched a TV review of your highness Streets of Rage 2. First time I heard of that game. I was in love in front of TV while they reviewed it. First sight love. I bought it and NEVER stop playing it since now. I'm not joking, no year passed since 1993 (when I got it) without me play SOR2. Ok SOR3 was good too, but just SOR2 had "the magic". Best beatem up ever made. With best music ever composed. With a gameplay reached only by Guardian Heroes (another masterpiece GOG should take). SOR4 it's similar to SOR3. Wonderful game, perfect gameplay, lots of moves. But little under the magic of SOR2, but reach perfection doesn't happen all days. I will never stop to be gratefull to GOG for all DRM free games they publish, and I'll never forget the bring to me SOR4 drmfree!! Some says steam is better cause for same price it has online.... I'm sure GOG will do all he can to give us online patch. But ehy, don't remember GOG giving it us DRM free! Steam started promising games but with DRM. They promised to take price low in return of DRM games. So it's not GOG version lacking something. Ok we still have no online, but steam user don't have low price as steam promised. SOR4 has a wonderful graphic quality. Character design too west style but very well made. You can choose also original soundtrack! So the new Axel and Blaze adventure deserve at least 4 stars. When GOG will bring online patch, stars will be 5! Do you read GOG? :) You always work sooo good, do all you can for online patch ;)

The game was made by people who really enjoyed the old Streets of Rage (Bare Knuckle) games as the game is filled with references to the old games, homage remake like levels and the animation/artwork is amazing to look at. The game also has the original music of SoR 2 if you want to use the old music and in the options you can change over the controller buttons to be Xbox, PS or Switch buttons. Devs should really take a note from this option and put it into more games. If you are a fan of the old Streets of Rage games, like beat'em up games or just want to support something made with actual passion then I hope you will consider getting this game.

I love the animation style. Feels right. I love the combos. The game feels fluid. The developers who made this obviously love the original SOR games. The music is like all music these days, forgettable. Can't wait for 4 person co-op. Single player is harder than the orginals. Worth $20-25.

First off, If your on the fence about buying this game, I can honestly say this is a perfect continuation of the series. The story is super cheesy with its "B" action movie story. The characters all feel great and the difficulty is just how I remember from back in the day. Gameplay: The enemies are super annoying and cheap as they should be. Bosses will lame you out and ignore hit stun which is awesome. This game was made to eat your "quarters" as it should be. Controls: The game is very responsive and the controls are nice a tight. Music: I was super worried at first that the music wouldn't be that great. However, so far In my play threw which is up to lvl 4 the music has all been great. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now for the more tech side of things. The game does support controllers. I've used both a PS4 controller and a Arcade Stick. Both work with no lag or issues at all. Also you can go into the options and set which button icons you want aka Xbox or PS which is nice. No Online: Currently there isn't any online modes. Not a deal breaker for me but has to be mentioned. Leader Boards: Currently the only leader boards are from your friends list. Again not a deal breaker for me but might be for some. ------------------------------------------------------- Final thoughts For me this game is more than nostalgia bait its a squeal that I didn't know I needed.I loved the SoR games and Beat'em'Up's in general. If you like this game type this game is a must buy. The game is an easy 5/5 but since this version currently is missing the online features I'm giving it a 4/5. The reason I'm taking off only 1 star from the score is due to the fact that I wouldn't have used the online features anyway.

This may be the best beat-em up game ever made. It looks really good, has decent music, multiplayer, runs great on Linux, and has combat that is actually kind of deep. The DLC for this game is worth it if you like the game. It raises the unique playable characters to 8 that do feel different, a training mode, and a survival mode. If you've ever enjoyed a beat-em up game I think you will appreciate this game. It does it really well.