The game’s character information screen in the “Extras” section of the main menu provides an easy visual representation of each characters relative strengths and weaknesses for any players interested or struggling to pick a main. The unlockable retro characters offer a nice callback to the original Streets of Rage trilogy, and longtime fans will delight in seeing Axel, Blaze and company’s original star attacks gloriously recreated. There are also more balanced characters sitting in between the two extremes. All tastes are catered to, from slow, lumbering powerhouses dishing out huge damage to faster, responsive fighters who rely on a higher number of weaker strikes. The characters all have different move sets and animations fitting their unique personalities.
As the player progresses with the game, an additional five playable characters and six alternate retro versions of characters can be unlocked. Playable CharactersĪt the beginning of Streets of Rage 4, players have four characters available to them (Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding, Cherry Hunter, and Floyd Iraia). Moments like the initial “GO” prompt or the satisfaction of seeing the last enemy fly off the character’s fist will have your adrenaline pumping. The game’s combat system is easy to pick up and intuitive, making it satisfying. Floyd battles through the Art Gallery stage. One of the game’s many cool stylistic touches is the smaller enemy life bar which flashes up underneath the players main life bar, allowing you to see your foe’s name and watch their life force ebb away as you smash their face in. Standard, heavy and special attacks can be combo’d together to deal out heavy damage. Each character also has a unique Star Attack, a high damage attack which uses up collectible stars.
At their disposal, players have standard, heavy, dash, and throw attacks, and a special attack which uses up a small amount of health (which regenerates if the player can avoid taking damage after using it). The game’s combat is simple to pick up but has a surprising amount of depth as you improve and become more familiar with the system. These will generally be the same sprite with the same attack pattern but sport a new color scheme, deal more damage with their attacks, or have a higher resistance to your attacks. As the game progresses, players come into contact with new, more difficult varieties of the same apparent enemy. There’s a wide variety of enemies to face along the way with different attack patterns, weapons, and they all have different levels of resistance before their sprites fall down dead and flicker off the screen. New character Cherry Hunter strikes up a pose. You’ll pick up a range of health, weapon, and special attack items as you punch, kick, and throw your way through the game’s twelve story levels, fighting a boss at the end of each one. Streets of Rage 4 is an old-school arcade-style side-scrolling beat-em-up that can be played in single-player mode, two-player co-operative mode online, or up to four players locally. The predictability isn’t a huge problem in a game of this retro beat-em-up style though for most players, the story will probably be very much secondary to gameplay. Fans of the original series, of 16-bit era games, and gamers who enjoy an over-the-top, comic book style narrative will find an enjoyable but predictable story on offer here. It creates a fun, fitting, and fast-paced style reminiscent of the early 1990s. The story is told with on-screen text and graphic novel-style cutscenes between levels. In addition, you’ll run into some old friends along the way. You’ll have to face off against a diverse cast of enemies, old and new, as the story progresses. You battle across Wood Oak City in pursuit of the mysterious Y Syndicate, a criminal empire that plans to brainwash the city’s citizens using mind-controlling music. Progressive electro-rock guitarist Cherry Hunter and mechanically-armed stone mason Floyd Iraia join ex-cops Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding, the two veterans of the game. You play as a team of four vigilante heroes in Streets of Rage 4, including two series’ veterans and two newcomers. Regarded as classics of the 16-bit era, can Streets of Rage 4 replicate the magic twenty-six years later-and resurrect not only the long-dormant franchise, but an entire video game genre? Story These side-scrolling beat-’em-ups followed a team of ex-vigilante cops on their mission to take down a shadowy crime syndicate and save their city. Between 19, Sega released the first three Streets of Rage games.
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