Completion Criteria: Story Mode (Normal)

I've played a couple of 2D Beat'em ups. Nothing has really stood out to me outside of Scott Pilgrim Vs the World. Whilst I've enjoyed bits from others, overall I've treated them as, harsh but, brainless.

I want this to be clear because this is the first 2D beat'em up to break my expectations. Maybe this is purely just by the addition of a "trials" mode but the complexity of skill and utility felt immeasurably higher then others of the same standard. Whilst playing the idea of how to attack were more clear. And the risk Vs reward of special skills makes each move feel more engaging. The variation across the cast had me interested in playing many members of the cast and more importantly interested in replaying the games which is something I don't usually have.

Considering the amazing soundtrack, great artwork and great gameplay. It's hard to really find any faults in the game. From a design perspective, it does exactly what it intends to the only reasonable flaw I can throw at it is theres a difficulty spike in the final levels, which may be due to it being designed for a 2 player experience.

I look forward to going back and trying other characters and bumping up the difficulty

SOR 4 is my first sor game and their newest release is amazing, a good beat em up.

Gameplay
Good visuals nice shading and the stages are not getting repetitive with each new mark on the city, 12 stages with each final boss at the end. Sadly I had to play this game at a lower volume due to not owning headhphones at my school and yes I finished this game at my school when I had freetime. 3 hours is all you need for this game even with extra content after you finished the game, heard the soundtrack and it rocks and can't wait to play the others on fighcade, mostly played with blaze and max.

Conclusion
Could not understand so much of the story being this one the first game that I played but the last 2 bosses at the castle were a bit tough, but traversing through the city and beating people in 12 stages is enough to say that this game has unique graphics and nice levels and combos to learn.

Street of Rage 4 es un juego que busca rescatar la experiencia de las máquinas recreativas arcade y traerla de nuevo a los consumidores en una versión mejorada en todos los sentidos.

SOR 4 es un juego beat'em up clásico 2.5D que convierte en saga la antigua trilogía de Megadrive Street of Rage 1-2-3 con una jugabilidad mejorada y adaptada a los nuevos tiempos, además de rescatar este género clásico de caer en el olvido. El juego trata de ser fiel a las entregas antiguas, pero con ciertos cambios: los personajes cuentan con un moveset que alterna entre dos botones de ataque, el ataque normal que podrá cambiar si se acciona con un motion; el ataque especial que consumirá barra de salud que dejará en verde y que se podrá recuperar golpeando con ataques normales o perderse si el jugador es golpeado. Además, si se avanza hacia un enemigo en cualquier dirección se podrá efectuar un agarre y lanzarlo, hacerle el clásico suplex de la saga o golpearlo.

Esparcidos por el nivel se podrán encontrar diversos ítems que se podrán recoger, estos están divididos en diferentes clases: Armas, que se podrán usar para atacar o arrojarlas a los enemigos; comida, la cual puede ser de 2 tipos: pequeña, pizza por defecto, recupera una pequeña porción de salud, o grande, tarta 25º aniversario por defecto, que recupera la totalidad de la salud. También podrán encontrarse estrellas que se usan para efectuar supergolpes que hacen mucho daño.

Los enemigos son los clásicos de la saga (Galsia, Signal, BT) con diseños remasterizados y hechos con sprites que cuyo arte es una mezcla de estilo cartoon con semi-realismo, y algunos nuevos (Dylan, Goro, Raven). Aunque rápidamente el número de nuevos enemigos por nivel se reduce drásticamente y se opta por recolorearlos y darles más vida y otros nombres.

Al final de cada nivel habrá una pelea contra un jefe o mini jefe que poseerá un moveset distinto y variado, además de mucha más salud que un enemigo normal.

El roster inicial es pequeño, pero conforme se juegue y se progrese en el juego se podrán obtener personajes nuevos, además de desbloquear hasta 12 personajes retro de las entregas anteriores para ser jugados en esta, sin contar el DLC, el juego base posee una variedad más que suficiente de personajes jugables.

La ambientación alude a la de los clásicos beat'em up de los 90 con un aspecto renovado y actualizado para la época actual, capturando lo mejor de ambos mundos.

La banda sonora es magnífica, cuenta con temas que no solo acompañan la aventura como un director de orquesta, sino que también posee algunas canciones completamente bailables y con un ritmo altamente pegadizo que transmite cada vibra de esta nueva entrega de Street of Rage.
La trama: tras una década desde los sucesos de Streets of Rage 3, donde Mr. X fue vencido, la ciudad de Wood Oak cae bajo el dominio de un nuevo cártel delictivo liderado por sus descendientes, los gemelos Y, quienes planean manipular a los habitantes con música hipnótica. Para enfrentarlos, se unen Blaze Fielding, Axel Stone, Adam Hunter, su hija Cherry Hunter y Floyd Iraia, un pupilo del Dr. Zan mejorado con implantes cibernéticos.


En conclusión, Street of Rage 4 es un juego arcade 2.5D clásico que combina la jugabilidad de la trilogía original con cambios modernos y mejoras generales. La historia se mantiene fiel a los clásicos pero con un toque más actual, teniendo como objetivo volver a revivir el género de los beat'em up clásicos. El juego está hecho para los fanáticos de la saga y para los amantes de los juegos retro.

I only played through it once, and as much as it pains me to say, I think I'm pretty terrible at beat-'em-ups. I recognize a good one when I play it though and one brimming with fan service. I see that this is the same game we loved as kids, modernized and perfected. The graphics are gorgeous, the music pulse-pounding, and combos are satisfying. I can already tell that there is SO much to unlock, including the three OG SOR1 characters I got over the course of my one campaign. Best part of all, it has couch co-op, which is an inexplicable rarity nowadays. My star score doesn't reflect the quality of the game, just my personal level of enjoyment. It's just not my genre. If it's yours though, I'd be shocked if you were disappointed.

Being a huge Streets of Rage fan in the 90s, I was super-excited to play the 4th entry into the series, and I was not disappointed in the slightest.  The vibrant hand drawn anime art-style that they went with was a great choice.  Everything looks absolutely stunning, from the character models to the environments -- I was enthralled by the visuals throughout my entire playthrough.  Also, It was so incredible to see most of the classic SoR cast, along with all of the classic enemy-types get this visual upgrade, with many cool new enemy-types as well. 

Another high expectation I had was for the music, and it did not disappoint.  The bar was set high because of how amazing the music of Streets of Rage 2 was, but they really knocked this soundtrack out of the park as well.  It was so awesome to hear that Yuzo Koshiro -- the original SoR composer -- came back to do a few tracks for the game.  I would have loved to have heard a whole new soundtrack from him, but Olivier Deriviere -- who took over as the primary artist featured on this soundtrack -- did a wonderful job, and I still loved nearly every single track.  I'm actually listening to the soundtrack as I'm typing this review, and I'm adoring the hell out of it! It really sounds like Deriviere paid a ton of homage and respect to Koshiro's style, which I can severely appreciate.

The game plays just like I remember Streets of Rage playing on the Genesis, and that is not a bad thing. I wouldn't say that the game did anything mechanically innovative to move the genre forward -- it really is just your classic 90s-era BEU with a few extra move sets -- but it feels timeless to play, and it's hard to not have a good time.

I guess my only complaint is that the game is a bit short.  I'm not expecting some 40-hour banger from my BEU titles, but I was able to get through the entire game on normal mode in roughly 3-4 hours.  At the end, I felt like I would have appreciated at least a few more stages.  But still, I had a great time in those few hours, and these games are always fun to play back through on higher difficulties with different characters, or with friends, so there's plenty of reason to go back for more. If you're a Streets of Rage fan, you owe it to yourself to play this entry. As long as you're not looking for something revolutionary, I can't see how you could be disappointed.

Streets of Rage 4 oferece um combate extremamente divertido, com combos e habilidades únicas para cada personagem, o que aumenta a rejogabilidade.
Os cenários, personagens e efeitos de combate apresentam cores vibrantes e gráficos deslumbrantes, complementados por uma trilha sonora perfeita e envolvente.
Os inimigos e chefes são bem projetados, sem serem excessivamente apelativos.
Com uma variedade de personagens para escolher e jogar, e o emocionante modo de Sobrevivência (DLC), o jogo oferece muitas horas de diversão.
A capacidade de jogar tanto localmente quanto online no modo cooperativo é a cereja do bolo, proporcionando uma experiência verdadeiramente envolvente para os fãs de briga de rua.