There was minor lag, however, it was tolerable. On Xbox I played with a friend and some randoms and the connection was a bit spotty. Now, I have played Streets of Rage 4 on Xbox and Nintendo Switch. For me, I found myself hitting my partner when dishing out justice. I can only speculate that online allows only two-player co-op due to the gameplay being hectic with fighting. Living solo, I was not able to test couch co-op but I was able to get some online fun in. Unfortunately, when it comes to online you can only play with one other partner. If you’re sitting at home and you have three other partners, you can participate in couch co-op mode.
You can use the assist as many times as you need at the cost of your high score at the end of the level. Think of a fighting game where you pull of a flashy ultimate or a fatality if you will. Your star move is a flashy ability that dishes out a moderate amount of damage. When you reach game over at any time you can ask for an assist, where you are allowed to give yourself additional lives or stars to perform your star move.
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And if you’re new to the series or the beat ’em up genre putting the game on easy is forgiving yet will still give you quite a challenge.Īn added bonus to the unfamiliar is a few accessibility options to make the game more playable. The side-scrolling, fighting gameplay is simple but if you can learn and adapt to your favorite character, you can finesse some amazing and flashy combos. The album is by Olivier Deriviere and he’s worked on the soundtracks for games such as A Plague Tale: Innocence and Vampyr. Most times I loved what I was hearing that I either stood still or paused the game to take it all in. As you progress through the game the soundtrack flows and mixes well with the action, getting you furthermore excited. The main menu theme begins like one of those old cop dramas with the music crying out to you before the show begins. The main menu theme song is enough to make you melt. Streets of Rage 4 is a beautifully crafted game from, from the visuals to the soundtrack. Last but not least, Battle you go head to head with another player where the last one standing wins.
In Boss Rush, it’s a race against the clock to see how fast you can decimate the many bosses of the game. Arcade is the ultimate challenge where you have to play through the entire story with one life. In Stage Select, you can revisit your favorite stages to try and get better scores and time. There are a total of 12 stages and depending on how skilled and fast you are, you could finish the story in an hour and a half or less.
Before you can access some of these menus, however, you must either complete a certain stage or complete the story. There’s Story, Stage Select, Arcade, Boss Rush, and Battle. On the main menu, you have quite a few options to get straight into the action. Streets of Rage 4 is jam-packed with fun. The mashing of the buttons, the music, sound effects, and trying to pull off the sickest combos without getting hurt. As soon as I started playing I got a nostalgia kick that beat ’em ups bring. I will admit growing up, I vaguely remember playing Streets of Rage however I did play similar beat ’em ups at the arcade such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and X-Men. This 90’s classic beat em is published by Sega and Dotemu and developed by Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games. Streets of Rage 4 returns with its first entry to the core series in 25 years.
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