If you know all of the moves from Streets of Rage 2, that kind of pointless downward jump thrust can also be comboed into. It all happens quickly, but it feels absolutely incredible and makes you look like a total bad-ass. Instead of being merely for knocking jerks over, you can actually take the pipe and slam it over a guy’s head, throw it at them to connect in mid-air, and then grab the item out of the air to keep yourself armed. Going a step further, weapons have a lot more utility now. Evolving from the original games’ ability to hold enemies in place, throwing a foe at your friend can have them punching or kicking the dude into the air and damaging him multiple times before he even hits the ground. As we saw in the recently released teaser, juggle combos are now the name of the game in Streets of Rage. The short demo available at PAX East is almost over before you know it, but it gives you a fantastic look at the combat system. While I can’t answer any of that (DotEmu says it’s too early to comment), I can tell you that Streets of Rage 4 is shaping up to be the best entry in Sega’s once-proud series. Now we just needed confirmation of the composer, a list of characters, and confirmed platforms to really seal the deal. It may not have had exactly the same look, but this was undoubtedly the Streets of Rage fans grew up with. The game looked stunning in its six-second teaser, sporting a hand-drawn aesthetic that’s gorgeous in motion. Not only that, but it wouldn’t be using 3D models for its visual style. DotEmu, Lizardcube, and Guard Crush Games announced that a Streets of Rage 4 would finally be happening.
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While I could make an argument that the Yakuza series is an evolution of Streets of Rage, fans who want something a bit more simple were given reason to rejoice last year. Sadly, the series has been on ice ever since that third entry. They had local co-op, the ability to hold enemies in place so friends could smack them, and a brilliant art style with lots of dark alleyways and neon flare. Taking place in some amalgamation of Tokyo and New York City, these games were exceptionally well-crafted brawlers with absolutely killer soundtracks (well, except for 3). Leaving the arcade market behind and setting its sights on the Sega Genesis, Streets of Rage was born from the Final Fight formula. While Capcom may have reigned supreme, Sega was no slouch in that department.
Golden Axe, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons - there was no better way to get people to plunk down more quarters than by taking a popular franchise and adapting it into a beat-em-up. Enter any arcade and you were bound to find at least 10 machines from different developers all in a row. The arcade beat-em-up genre was very strong in the ’80s and ’90s.
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