Regardless, you’ll need all of these tricks that you do have because even at normal difficulty Streets of Rage 4 can be challenging.
Something like unlocking new special attacks that you can swap in and customize your favorite characters with would have definitely put Streets of Rage 4’s gameplay over the top.
That said, I would have loved to see the developers go one extra step and add another layer of complexity. As long as you can keep the combo going without getting touched, you’ll get all the health you traded back over time.Ĭoupled with new heavy attacks and ultimate Star Attacks, Streets of Rage 4 adds just enough new content to feel like a true sequel, without going overboard redoing everything and creating something unfamiliar for fans that have been waiting a long time. This dynamic allows you to actually use your fun special attacks more often and use them to create a very satisfying and powerful flurry of attacks that will have enemies bouncing all over the stage. Unlike later Streets of Rage games where special attacks could only be used in exchange for a loss of health, in Streets of Rage 4, the health can be refunded under the condition that you continue to combo attacks without getting hit. That’s until I started to get a feel for how the new special attack system worked. In fact, I was struggling at first a little bit even in the first few stages. In fact, a lot of the enemies are returning from previous games, so I was beating them up exactly the same way I did years ago. I was very pleased to find out that all of my old tricks still worked.
You can perform simple ground and air combos using your basic attacks and move in basic directions (up, down, left, right) to try and maneuver your character in for a grapple attack if you get close enough. Its pace is extremely similar to Streets of Rage 2. Their knowledge of what made the original games so good shines throughout their game.Ĭombat, the most important aspect of course in any beat-em-up brawler, feels exactly like what I imagined a modern Streets of Rage game would. When I spoke to members of the Dotemu staff last year after Streets of Rage 4 was unveiled, it was clear that they were true fans of the original and that they understood that working on Streets of Rage 4 massive privilege that they took very seriously. I’m thrilled to say that Dotemu once again has proven why they should be trusted, as they have delivered a fantastic and faithful follow-up in Streets of Rage 4. but they have proven themselves capable of handling work on important franchises such as Metal Slug, Final Fantasy, and more in the past. Sega though did eventually give Dotemu, Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games the green light to take a stab at one of the most beloved Genesis franchises of all-time.ĭeveloper and publisher Dotemu may not be a household name in the U.S. It’s easy to see why someone could lose hope as time continued to pass. I thought for sure after Sonic Mania that maybe this was the beginning of a 2D Sega resurgence but nope, still nothing after that. It was cut off for no reason other than 2D games were kind of thrown aside while developers and publishers experimented with 3D after the release of the Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn, and PlayStation.Įven in recent years with 2D games enjoying a renaissance, thanks largely in part to great indie developers, there was still no word on Streets of Rage 4. If you thought the wait for Final Fantasy VII Remake was bad, Streets of Rage stans have been waiting around since 1994 for a new game.
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For a Genesis-kid that has been following the Streets of Rage series for decades, it’s kind of hard to believe that Streets of Rage 4 is actually real.
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