Streets of rage 4 review series#

So you’ll have to really focus on your combos, chaining attacks and using your weapons to get through this game. As you play through the levels of the game the difficulty does increase and the baddies and bosses do get more and more annoying.

The more you play this game the more you’re enamored by how well it’s done. Level and character design in this game just to reiterate is gorgeous. Play through the game successfully enough and you’ll be able to unlock the original SOR 16-bit characters to re-play the game with. There are 12 levels to fight through each with bosses, mini bosses and hidden levels. There isn’t much different and new in terms of the overall premise of the game and how it plays but there is so much to do.

From the beginning of the game you’re taken right back to the early 90’s and the Sega Genesis. They have a plot to mind control everyone in town and of course it’s the job of the heroes to foil the plan. Who are the villains? What’s the reason everyone is back to kick some ass in SOR4? Bad ass kids in a nutshell. Axel, Adam and Blaze along with two new playable characters Cherry and Half-man/Half-Machine Floyd. When you play the game the characters stand out, colors pop, and you feel like you’re playing a $60 game even though SOR 4 is only $25.īack are some familiar faces. The new animation style character and stage design is stellar and gorgeous. They redesigned the game to look modern and play smoothly. Lizardcube, the publisher of the game wanted this game to be familiar but very different. WHAT’S NEW ABOUT STREETS OF RAGE 4? Streets of Rage 4 Character SelectĮverything about Street of Rage 4 is new. If you’re gaming right now, Streets of Rage 4 is the most fun you’ll have playing a video game hands down. In this time of unfortunate time of quarantine we’re either glued to our TVs watching Netflix or gaming. It has current gen graphics that not only looks incredible but plays that way too.

Streets of rage 4 review series#

The SOR series played out so well that Sega made three of them with SOR 2 being the best of the three in my opinion.įast forward to 2020 and now we get not only a refresh of Streets of Rage but the fourth installment to the series. This was a side scrolling fighting game that had great music, assortment of characters, great stage design, superb fighting, a solid story and tons of replay value. Those games aside, the Streets of Rage series of games one could argue are just as iconic. Those are the more iconic games because they had the greatest impact and they’re the games that most Genesis players off the top of their heads will say are the most popular. We know about Sonic, Altered Beast, and Golden Axe. If you ever owned or played a Sega Genesis then you know there are certain games within the library of the console that are timeless.