![]() ![]() The game has stuck to its 2D roots and looks all the better for it, the animations look great and move fluidly with the characters and streets looking reminiscent of a 90s era cartoon or anime. Developer Lizard Cube are known for their excellent work on the Wonder Boy remakes have faithfully taken the original 16-bit sprites and lovingly brought them into 2020. The first thing that smacks you right between the eyes is the gorgeous intro cutscene, and once you hit the streets the games beautiful hand-drawn art style makes characters and backdrops look vibrant and sleazy at the same time. The new game's story is told through still images with text just like the original comic panel inspired storytelling of the original trilogy, which looks great and fits the aesthetic. Original characters Axel, Blaze and Adam return and are joined in their heroic and very illegal fight by new characters Floyd Iraia and Cherry Hunter ready to bust some heads. This time the antagonist from the previous games has been replaced by his children the Y twins who are trying to take over Wood Oak City. Crime is rampant in the city and three ex-cops stand against kingpin Mr X. The plot was always pretty weak and was more like a 90s actions flick. It's been 26 long years and the Godfather of beat-em-ups has returned with Streets of Rage 4. ![]() This new entry in the Streets of Rage franchise shows the young’ uns how we busted heads back in the 90s. The World, Castle Crashers and Devolvers darker take with Mother Russia Bleeds. The arcade-style beat-em-ups have fallen in and out of favour over the years with games like Scott Pilgrim vs. The last entry in this once popular genre was Street of Rage 3 in 1994. The game was followed up with two sequels that added new moves and characters. Streets of Rage helped solidify Sega's reputation as the edger cool console with an attitude. Originally released in 1991 on the 16-bit beast the Sega Megadrive during the console wars. I was a kid of the 90s and played games like Golden Axe, Turtles in time, The Simpsons and Final Fight but among these legendry side-scrolling beat-em-ups one game packed the hardest punch Streets of Rage. We are living in a time of remakes and reimagining’s of some of the beloved IP’s in gaming like Doom, Resident Evil and Final Fantasy just to name a few receiving big-budget releases, fans of the original games are nostalgic for these games but also to see them updated with modern graphics and some of the clunkier elements updated.
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