Streets of Rage 4

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  1. Roland
    May 8, 2020
    10
    An amazing return to form for the classic series. Not only a sequel faithful to the tone and feel of the original, but a fantastic game on its own strengths, one I would recommend just as strongly if it were a new IP. Also has one of the most infectious soundtracks in recent memory; I'm hoping they make it purchasable through Steam soon.
  2. PROh1bited
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    Loved every minute of my playthrough with Cherry. Can't wait to do playthroughs with every character.
  3. riddick
    May 6, 2020
    10
    Коли почав грати, то ностальгія просто пробила!!!! Я к у старі добрі лампові дев'яності! Зараз через карантин проходжу гру один, але як тільки з'явиться можливість відразу зарубимся з друзяками як колись на MegaDrive!
    The Game is retro-bomb for all those gamers who play SoR on their MegaDrive consoles lately in 90th.    Коли почав грати, то ностальгія просто пробила!!!! Я к у старі добрі лампові дев'яності! Зараз через карантин проходжу гру один, але як тільки з'явиться можливість відразу зарубимся з друзяками як колись на MegaDrive!
    The Game is retro-bomb for all those gamers who play SoR on their MegaDrive consoles lately in 90th.
  4. PinkRanger
    May 3, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game! This new Streets of Rage entry manages to keep the classic gameplay style SoR that fans love, yet evolved with a deep combo and juggle system that requires player skill and training. It feels rewarding and fun to master the characters.

    Amazing graphics with very detailed and fluid animations running at 60 frames per second. The music and sound effects keep the high    Fantastic game! This new Streets of Rage entry manages to keep the classic gameplay style SoR that fans love, yet evolved with a deep combo and juggle system that requires player skill and training. It feels rewarding and fun to master the characters.

    Amazing graphics with very detailed and fluid animations running at 60 frames per second. The music and sound effects keep the high quality as standard for the series.

    Highly recommended for Streets of Rage fans and beat-em up players, especially for people looking for a coop game to play with a friend (it has an option to disable friendly hits).    … Expand
  5. Potitoman
    May 3, 2020
    10
    An amazing modern sequel to one of the best games of the 16-bit era.
    They have made the hardrawn characters moves and gel with the world so well.
    The game is a furious and incredibly fun brawler with incredibly tight controls.

    Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
  6. Sean-M
    Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Can't think of any better ways to bring this classic masterpiece to the modern era and still keep it fun and nostalgic at the same time. Great game, a most have for Streets of Rage fans.
  7. Nickolababaiko
    Jan 14, 2021
    10
    Продолжение легендарной серии драчек на прохождение с СЕГИ! Для меня она так и останется "Барк Накл!"))) т.к первая часть Streets of Rage в которую я играл в детстве с друзьями(сотни часов), называлась Bare Knuckle! Дети 90х поймут!))
    Streets of Rage 4 впитала лучшее что есть у серии классических частей 1,2,3 и приумножило в разы! Красивый стиль и приятная графика(в отличии от Battletoads    Продолжение легендарной серии драчек на прохождение с СЕГИ! Для меня она так и останется "Барк Накл!"))) т.к первая часть Streets of Rage в которую я играл в детстве с друзьями(сотни часов), называлась Bare Knuckle! Дети 90х поймут!))
    Streets of Rage 4 впитала лучшее что есть у серии классических частей 1,2,3 и приумножило в разы! Красивый стиль и приятная графика(в отличии от Battletoads которая детский садик теперь!) Отличная боёвка как для фанатов так и для незнакомых с серией!) Есть 5 новых персонажей и теперь внимание: разрабы запихали всех игровых персонажей из 1,2,3 частей! Ностальгия прет! Причем ими тоже можно достойно махаться!
    С друзьями играть, да в четвером на большом телике, под пивко просто СУПЕР!    … Expand
  8. Vevo99
    May 1, 2020
    10
    Nostalgia pura, muito legal de jogar em cooperativo com os amigos, me faz voltar na epoca que eu jogava os Stretts of Rageno mega driver, valeu a compra na Steam Argentina por R$20,00 haha
  9. bastian
    May 1, 2020
    10
    Uma celebração magnífica aos anos 90, época de ouro nos videogames, impressiona a cada fase!
  10. BigBossHayabusa
    May 4, 2020
    10
    Wow, this game has blown me away! It is shocking how faithful to the genesis classics this game is. Excellent beat em up gameplay that rewards replays and finding new combos. Tons of fun with a friend as well. Would recommend to every gamer.
  11. AzurealZX
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    This is Streets of Rage without a doubt, anyone who says otherwise has NEVER played an SoR.
    It doesn't help that someone called the game slow yet IT'S THE FASTEST PACED SOR to date.
    Instead of just mashing this time though, the elegant juggle physics allow for some pretty sick combos between you and your partner that weren't really possible before. Combined with the series' entire    This is Streets of Rage without a doubt, anyone who says otherwise has NEVER played an SoR.
    It doesn't help that someone called the game slow yet IT'S THE FASTEST PACED SOR to date.
    Instead of just mashing this time though, the elegant juggle physics allow for some pretty sick combos between you and your partner that weren't really possible before. Combined with the series' entire soundtrack and every character that's ever been playable in SoR history, this is the definitive SoR experience.    … Expand
  12. Hiel_UFF
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    It is perfect so good game, una de las mejores sagas de la historia no merece menos como reconocimiento 17 personajes y 12 mapas con una musica sublime es dios .
  13. Mrcool1989
    May 7, 2020
    10
    This right here is one of the BEST beat’em ups to date. If you’re a fan of the original Streets of Rage games this is a most play. I downloaded on the day it came out but didn’t play it right away (Adulting lol). This morning before I made it out for work, I thought I would play some of it with my brother and almost left out late for work. The story is simple enough, but the controls andThis right here is one of the BEST beat’em ups to date. If you’re a fan of the original Streets of Rage games this is a most play. I downloaded on the day it came out but didn’t play it right away (Adulting lol). This morning before I made it out for work, I thought I would play some of it with my brother and almost left out late for work. The story is simple enough, but the controls and art style are so captivating. Many thanks to the men and women that put time and love into a very creative and fun game.… Expand
  14. UriXD
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    The game is very good, with very colorful designs, the soundtrack is worthy of the franchise, and with too many levels and difficulties, with unlockables, highly recommended for fans of this genre.
  15. leftyleft
    May 2, 2020
    10
    Clearly does 'add' to the genre while giving me the same or more satisfaction as the earlier entries. So much replay value, everything has been cranked up and I'll be coming back to this game for years to come to beat that combo or finish on Mania difficulty! Excellent
  16. DarkObjio
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    If you are a OLD SCHOOL gamer you will love this game , (best if you play with a friend )
    this game is the perfect next generation of Street of rage, graphic look very good and the musicccc keep the same feeling from 1990+

    i want to buy the physical copy but is too expensive , anyway a great game !
  17. Sholva
    May 1, 2020
    10
    The beat’em up king is back.

    Streets of Rage 4 is a very well-polished brawler game, where it’s pretty obvious that the people responsible of bringing this franchise back to us are true fans of the series, and the genre in general. The controls are tight, the frame-rate is 60 FPS smooth as silk, as it should be, and everything feels in the hands of us, the players. The game is not    The beat’em up king is back.

    Streets of Rage 4 is a very well-polished brawler game, where it’s pretty obvious that the people responsible of bringing this franchise back to us are true fans of the series, and the genre in general.

    The controls are tight, the frame-rate is 60 FPS smooth as silk, as it should be, and everything feels in the hands of us, the players. The game is not easy, as it should be, because it has plenty of depth on each of the characters to learn a lot of stuff in the form of different combos, combined with juggling mechanics, special moves that remove a temporal portion of HP, that we then we can recover by hitting enemies without getting hit (usually takes a couple seconds at best, but we need to be careful, which adds to the tension and concentration), and even star moves.

    Most of the stuff present in the previous three games is in SoR 4 in some form or another, it’s not a carbon copy of the same formula, but a good improvement in my opinion, without disrespecting the originals of course, they are, after all, classic games, and they should remain as that, great games worth re-playing over and over and over. I feel the same for SoR 4, it scratches that itch “need to play again, one more time, this time I’ll do better”, we all know how that feels, don’t we? Like many classic games from the 90s, 8 and 16 bit games, they weren’t long games, but they were difficult, and for a good couple hours, they were all worth playing again and again, and this is what SoR 4 captures, among many other aspects of its predecessors, in my opinion.

    The amount of little throwbacks and easter eggs from previous games is also there, of course, as expected, and overall it feels like a true joy playing this game when one did experience those great times back in the 90s with our friends, sitting on our couches, playing on the good old fat and trusty CRT TVs, with chunky controllers in our hands.

    And the music…it’s amazing, and I’m talking about the new tracks, with some remakes of the classics, but the thing is…that’s not all, we can also use the old SoR1 and SoR2 tracks too, for all the stages…it’s simply beautiful, but the music team in charge of the re-imagined tracks and the new ones also did a very good job in my opinion and they really fit the tone of the game quite well.

    Of course, a review of a PC game needs to contain some info on how the game runs, and other particulars: the game isn’t demanding at all, just take a look at the minimum and recommended specs, they’re made so it can run on a potato. One thing I found is that the game relies a lot on one single CPU core, at least on my Ryzen 5 3600, but with any average computer out there shouldn’t be much of an issue maintaining the 60 FPS target the game is designed around.

    The resolution seems fixed at 1080p, probably due to design / art style decisions, I can understand that, and the controls are fully rebindable, including the gamepad buttons, and we can use Xbox, PS or Nintendo Switch button icons, no matter the gamepad used. When using Switch button layout, the “ok” and “cancel” actions are reversed, a nice touch for those that are fans of that setup with Nintendo and Japanese games.

    The game also barely uses any GPU power, my GTX 1070 sits around 10-15% on Ultra settings so, yeah, the game should run well on a very wide range of PCs. There are quite a lot of Graphical settings to tinker with, which is surprising for a game like this, so in the case anyone has a bare minimums PC, very ancient…it should be possible to regain some performance, but other than that, anyone with a somewhat “modern” machine shouldn’t need to worry much.

    I have no testing time on the online part, but I’ve read reports of some lag and frame-rate issues when playing online, with the developer being aware of it though, a patch should be out in a few days, hopefully.

    All in all, great beat’em up game worthy of its name and legacy, and a very needed addition on a space that was quite starving, albeit with some decent games out there, but very few, so another great game was very much needed, and here it is indeed.    … Expand
  18. Krisssharma
    May 4, 2020
    10
    This game is awesome, a love letter to everyone who loved the old trilogy.
  19. RochaMasters
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    O melhor Streets of Rage de todos os tempos, gráficos, jogabilidade, quantidade de personagens, trilha sonora, modos de jogo, multiplayers ou seja um jogo completo.
  20. notor12
    May 1, 2020
    10
    It captures everything that made the first three SoR games good and adds a little more with a modern flair on the retro classic.

    It delivers on both nostalgia and novelty at the same time. The execution here is almost perfect. The music and art style are different than the originals, but I thought they were both major improvements which enhanced the experience, they did not detract    It captures everything that made the first three SoR games good and adds a little more with a modern flair on the retro classic.

    It delivers on both nostalgia and novelty at the same time. The execution here is almost perfect. The music and art style are different than the originals, but I thought they were both major improvements which enhanced the experience, they did not detract from it. There are moments where the music just lines up so perfectly with the action it will give you shivers.

    The only downside is the game is really short, but it is certainly worth $20. I recommend playing on hard difficulty from the start to extend the experience.

    Anyone who says this is not Streets of Rage never played the originals. This is Streets of Rage to its very bones. The Streetiest of Rages, you might say.

    It's a almost unprecedented thing for a developer to make a true sequel to a beloved franchise 20 years later and pull it off in a way that doesn't suck, but by God those crazy bastards did it somehow.    … Expand
  21. Vlad101
    May 4, 2020
    10
    Отличное, качественное и классическое продолжение серии!
  22. JP_Wilde
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    is a game that will please both old fans and people who have never played anything in the franchise.
    Everything I knew about Streets of Rage is here, they took all the good from the 3 games and added it here, still with a great selection of characters and game modes that we never had in the series, after all, it was 26 years without being updated!
    The game is incredible, let it be a    is a game that will please both old fans and people who have never played anything in the franchise.
    Everything I knew about Streets of Rage is here, they took all the good from the 3 games and added it here, still with a great selection of characters and game modes that we never had in the series, after all, it was 26 years without being updated!
    The game is incredible, let it be a revival for this SEGA franchise!    … Expand
  23. Do0m
    May 1, 2020
    10
    Exactly what we could expect from it. Great job from developers for this work. Making a new street of rage was not an easy task.
  24. Devilquest
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    If you like SoR, SoR2 and SoR3 you’ll like this game. Of course there is room for improvements but it’s a true successor of the series. The best thing is you can play the game with characters from SoR, SoR2 and SoR3. I love it.
    I prefer SoR2 overt this, maybe because it was one of the firsts games I played in my life and brings me back memories from those Mega Drive glorious days. But I    If you like SoR, SoR2 and SoR3 you’ll like this game. Of course there is room for improvements but it’s a true successor of the series. The best thing is you can play the game with characters from SoR, SoR2 and SoR3. I love it.
    I prefer SoR2 overt this, maybe because it was one of the firsts games I played in my life and brings me back memories from those Mega Drive glorious days. But I prefer this over SoR or SoR3.
    I'd love to see more unlockables, and more stages, and path choices. For a 2020 video game, this is a lack. but overall I like it and I’ll play for many hours more.    … Expand
  25. Flamesof24
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    Everything I had hoped for in a sequel I waited so long for, and more. One of my favorite game franchises.
  26. defusername
    May 1, 2020
    10
    This game is purely amazing.
    Missed good up-to-4 beat'em ups.
    So many emotions playing this game with your friends locally as we did in the good days.
  27. MeatGrindeR
    May 3, 2020
    10
    Прошли с другом за один присест. Приятно вернутся в то время, когда ты играл в неё первый раз. Современная графика, дополнили геймплей и персонажи. Можно играть в 4 и тогда вы окунётесь в полный хаос, вы будете в восторге, если друзья, такие фанаты же, как и я.

    Эх...Ностальгия...    Прошли с другом за один присест. Приятно вернутся в то время, когда ты играл в неё первый раз. Современная графика, дополнили геймплей и персонажи. Можно играть в 4 и тогда вы окунётесь в полный хаос, вы будете в восторге, если друзья, такие фанаты же, как и я.

    Эх...Ностальгия...
  28. Hadi_z7
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    Oooooh my gooood
  29. StekloeD
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    Street of Rage вернулся во всей своей красе! Стоит отдать должное разработчикам - проделана скрупулёзная работа, начиная с арта, приятной общей визуальной картинки, музыкальной составляющей в духе лучших частей серии (ещё бы, привлекли создателя с первых двух частей) и заканчивая бережным сохранением старых механик и грамотным привнесением новых, при этом ничего не сломав по пути. ВиднаStreet of Rage вернулся во всей своей красе! Стоит отдать должное разработчикам - проделана скрупулёзная работа, начиная с арта, приятной общей визуальной картинки, музыкальной составляющей в духе лучших частей серии (ещё бы, привлекли создателя с первых двух частей) и заканчивая бережным сохранением старых механик и грамотным привнесением новых, при этом ничего не сломав по пути. Видна любовь к наследию: в некоторых моментах просто хочется орать в голосину с отсылок на предыдущие части, ну и очевидный факт того, что добавили всех персонажей с предыдущих частей со всеми механиками. Лучшего продолжения и пожелать сложно. Об оптимизации говорить глупо, всё работает как часы. Ставлю 10 и иду играть дальше!)

    PS: На низкие оценки от игроков можно просто не обращать внимания, так как это ньюкамерский вброс, а игра всё же делалась с большим упором на аудиторию не понаслышке знающую серию Street of rage    … Expand
  30. Cikatama
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    This is quite the masterpiece. Stands tall alongside Streets of Rage 2. The amount of care that went into this project is one of the highest I've seen in a continuation of a classic - much like Sonic Mania and Megaman 11. Bought on PS4 even though I have Xbox Game Pass. Much recommended
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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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