Streets of Rage 4

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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 329 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 248 out of 329
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 329
  3. Negative: 28 out of 329

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  1. Alarik
    May 2, 2020
    3
    This Streets Of Rage 4 is disappointing. The graphics are cheap and do not match the spirit of the old Streets Of Rage. The music is not catchy, apart from some boss musics. In addition the gameplay allows even going back with the absence of energy bar for super attacks. Go play Streets Of Rage Remake!
  2. JeffMD
    May 1, 2020
    3
    I found beat em ups to be idle fun back in the day, but they had their own issues. On the surface it looked as if SOR4 was going to revamp all this to make things more fluid, more modern. It did not. You still get countless cheap shots, you are locked into combo animations only to watch as the enemy surrounds you. Wild jump kicks that don't appear to be on your 3d plane connect. Your powerI found beat em ups to be idle fun back in the day, but they had their own issues. On the surface it looked as if SOR4 was going to revamp all this to make things more fluid, more modern. It did not. You still get countless cheap shots, you are locked into combo animations only to watch as the enemy surrounds you. Wild jump kicks that don't appear to be on your 3d plane connect. Your power moves being knocked out by thinks like a jump kick. Blazes leg slice should never be overridden by a simple jump kick in ANY game. I actually just quit the game at the old pier because the game thought they should have a level where you can be kicked/thrown/punted off the pier for massive damage. **** THAT.

    Beat em Ups kind of faded out because one on one fighting games offered better controls and a balanced gameplay. SOR4 does very little to fix that. It looks great, sounds great, but it is still a frustrating beat em up from the 80s. Another user put the finger on the games lack of defense options. No guards, dodges, or the ability to interupt combos to GTFO, and most of your power moves are completely interruptible. There is just so much disappointment when your trying to put the hammer down and small jabs hit you, you get jump kicked, or a boss just charges across the screen and grabs you.    … Expand
  3. Metathronxyz
    May 1, 2020
    4
    A huge disappointment. Feels, and looks, wooden. No option to run for most (?) characters, just baffling. Look to the fan made Streets of Rage remake to see how things are supposed to work.
  4. Ultracain
    May 4, 2020
    3
    Нуууу,не знаю даже с чего начать.Большой поклонник первой части.Может по геймплею она немного не такая разнообразная,как следующие,но зато по саундтреку,Лору,качеству детализации персонажей и окружения,атмосфере-самая лучшая(Имхо).Но,почему-то,разрабы 4-ой части взяли за эталон 2-ую и 3-юю.Особенно это касается саундтрека и это сильно печалит,во 2-ой и 3-ей части саундтрек был простоНуууу,не знаю даже с чего начать.Большой поклонник первой части.Может по геймплею она немного не такая разнообразная,как следующие,но зато по саундтреку,Лору,качеству детализации персонажей и окружения,атмосфере-самая лучшая(Имхо).Но,почему-то,разрабы 4-ой части взяли за эталон 2-ую и 3-юю.Особенно это касается саундтрека и это сильно печалит,во 2-ой и 3-ей части саундтрек был просто ужаснейший,если сравнивать с первой.Так вот 4-ая часть по музыкальному сопровождению настолько же плоха,жалкая попытка заремиксить большую часть мелодий из 2-3 части.Абсолютно не запоминающиеся мелодии.Почему нельзя было взять и послушать,как заремиксили мелодии фанаты,взять тот же самый Streets of Rage Remake-шедеврально же переработано в плане звука.Функцию «оригинальный саундтрек» лучше бы вообще не вставляли,начинается абсолютно невозможная 8-битная вакханалия и какофония.Короче,желания бежать и срочно качать OST Streets of Rage 4 не появилось точно,в отличие от саундтреков из SoR 1 и SoR remake.
    Графика-рисовка,в целом-сначала расстраивает,но потом привыкаешь,и все же на задворках остаётся мысль,что тут сэкономили на нас.Но зато прорисовано все очень детально и видно,что с любовью.
    Звук в самой игре-в целом отличный,но маловато озвучки голосовой,для 4-ой части можно было бы побольше фраз разных записать.
    Очень неплохой геймплей в целом,разнообразные рядовые противники,интересное окружение и оружие,но,иногда непонятно,вот тут вот этот бумеранг лежал,я его поюзал 1 раз и больше он на протяжении всей игры не встречается,как так?Создается впечатление,что для галочки делались некоторые вещи.Типа,бумеранг-есть,швабра-есть,звездочки ниндзя-есть.А то,что они по 1 разу и в 1 месте на 1 уровне только-так и пофиг,пускай водопроводными трубами и ножами наслаждаются,их запихаем тоннами и на всех уровнях.
    Боссы,нууууу,я конечно понимаю,что это хорошая традиция всей серии повторяться и некоторых боссов по 2-3 раза пихать,но вот в 2020 это то,что можно было бы поменять в серии.Справедливости ради,надо сказать,что повторяющиеся главные боссы обыграны сюжетно хотя бы.И то хорошо.
    С технической точки зрения,на мой взгляд,игра вылизана идеально,ни одного фриза,ни одного лага,никаких багов,дуалшок 4 работал идеально и даже с вибрацией корректной-тут твёрдая 5.Но читал на форуме в Стиме, что были жалобы на запуске на то, что игра схлопывается,вылетает,не видит джойстик или не работает вибрация, я с таким не столкнулся.
    Режим дуэль и кооперативное прохождение-это однозначно зачёт.В кооперативе весело, а в дуэлях раскрываются персонажи и их откровенный дисбаланс, поджигающий пукан и от этого становится ещё веселее.
    Своих денег Streets of Rage 4 стоит однозначно, если бы не саундтрек, рисованная графика, повторяющиеся боссы и слишком короткий сюжет-была бы игра года    … Expand
  5. HULK69
    May 4, 2020
    4
    Fun for 10mn in co-op then extremely repetitive. I get bored after 2mn in single player. The gameplay is shallow and if you have not played the original games like me then there is not much to experience appart from boredom
  6. meeta
    Apr 30, 2020
    2
    Wow, this is nothing like streets of rage at all. Crappy flash-like art style. Forgettable music. Completely different gameplay. Someone buy these guys a megadrive and a SoR2 cart, they can't have possibly played any of the originals and still made this turd!
  7. BARDOCK77
    Apr 30, 2020
    4
    The presentation is very good. The character designs are aesthetically pleasing as well as the backgrounds.
    The music is uninspiring and very forgetable.
    The gameplay is stuck in the past for the wrong reasons. Like the originals it's too repetitive, rigid, limiting, restrictive. It pushes you to play in a pre determined way instead of finally giving the players freedom to express    The presentation is very good. The character designs are aesthetically pleasing as well as the backgrounds.
    The music is uninspiring and very forgetable.
    The gameplay is stuck in the past for the wrong reasons. Like the originals it's too repetitive, rigid, limiting, restrictive. It pushes you to play in a pre determined way instead of finally giving the players freedom to express themselves.
    The few new mechanics implemented like throwing and retrieving weapons and the super attacks were good innovations but still too little to trully modernize the franchise.
    The need to collect stars to perform a super it's very unsatisfying. Instead they could've used a "rage bar" that would fill either with the damage you take or deal. It would feel more earned.
    A big issue is the lack of deffense options such as dashes for all characters, dodges, block, parry and counters.
    The use of cancels could help in prolonging and creating more combos, or just cancel them in order to escape an incoming attack.
    Streets of Rage needs a more diverse and modernized combat system. Be stuck in the past for nostalgia only is not good enough.    … Expand
  8. genesisboy
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    I'm so pissed off!!! Wait for years to play a new SOR game but they developed a game that's nothing like SOR at all. Did these guys ever even played the previous game?

    As a beat 'em up game, it's nothing special and boring a lot. It's not how a beat 'em up game should be at all. Ignore the positive reviews, they are probably the developers who try to increase the rating. What a    I'm so pissed off!!! Wait for years to play a new SOR game but they developed a game that's nothing like SOR at all. Did these guys ever even played the previous game?

    As a beat 'em up game, it's nothing special and boring a lot. It's not how a beat 'em up game should be at all. Ignore the positive reviews, they are probably the developers who try to increase the rating. What a dishonest people!!!    … Expand
  9. CesarV
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    This has nothing to do with streets of rage, it's a completely different game
  10. alex_fan
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    wat happnd to mah man axel man? i cn't beliv it nooooooo. whyu do dis du me?
  11. Eowor
    May 20, 2020
    0
    still doesn't works, 3 weeks i can't play this game, xbox game pass pc, i uninstall,, sorry
  12. overratedhuman
    Dec 30, 2020
    1
    How is this game receiving so much praise, I don't get it, it's incredibly cheap, cheesy, stereotyped and linear. I bought it to play co-op online, we beat it in a few hours. It felt like pretty much the same games we had in the arcades 30 years ago, simpler if possible. I mean, I don't hate the game, it was fun to laugh at it for a bit while talking to my mate, I just don't think it'sHow is this game receiving so much praise, I don't get it, it's incredibly cheap, cheesy, stereotyped and linear. I bought it to play co-op online, we beat it in a few hours. It felt like pretty much the same games we had in the arcades 30 years ago, simpler if possible. I mean, I don't hate the game, it was fun to laugh at it for a bit while talking to my mate, I just don't think it's worth the price... just pick up any random beat em up and you got this beat.… Expand
  13. kaczan3
    Jul 27, 2022
    0
    They pulled a bait-and-switch. They started with a traditional set of characters, including an atractive chick, but then added woke characters. It's the same attack they do in movies and shows -- they take a franchise that we love, and use it to surprise us and shove politics down our throats.

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jun 30, 2020
    78
    It’s no secret that beat ’em ups are better in co-op, but it’s especially evident with SoR4. If you’re playing on your own, prepare to get juggled to death, but if you bring a friend or two – you’ll be the one having a party. [Issue#246, p.54]
  2. CD-Action
    Jun 25, 2020
    90
    It’s much more friendly towards newcomers than the arcade classics and yet it doesn’t put off the veterans of the genre. A sequel worth of its predecessors. [07/2020, p.76]
  3. Gamer Escape
    Jun 10, 2020
    90
    Simply put, this is the return that fans have been waiting for. Streets of Rage 4 delivers in so many ways that the $24.99 price point seems more than reasonable with all the included content, even with the short story mode. It may prove to be overwhelming for those unfamiliar with what it brings to the table, but you can’t deny how much love was put on the screen for beat-’em-ups and this franchise in general. If you can take the heat, you should absolutely jump in and send a signal that this is a game worth playing.
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