Who is thinking that the beat ‘em up video games belong to the 90’s is definitely wrong, why? Streets of Rage has returned more badass than ever before. With a lot of new modes, more than 4 hours of brand new story and tons of fighters, Streets of Rage 4 is ready to restore the beat ‘em up genre once for all!
Are you ready to risk anything…
Streets of Rage is considered one of the best beat ‘em up games ever made, and if you did not hear about it… well, you are in the right place! The SoR saga supported at the very beginning by Sega’s Mega Drive, Master System and Game Gear consoles, was a planetary success. The story involves three cops trying to clean up the city from a powerful criminal organization. The plot is relatively simple at first sight, but it will become more intricate, discovering a massive level of corruption on the streets.
In Streets of Rage 4, Axel Stone and comrades come back after 10 long years to smash the punks out of the city. So what better opportunity to refresh the memory: remembering the old faces and introducing the new ones:
Axel Stone
The front man of the series and playable character of all the Streets of Rage’s titles. Axel Stone is a muscular blond hair policeman, that quits his job to open a Karate dojo. Recruited in the third episode by the Special Investigation Police, in this game will… No spoiler!
His karate fighting style has various signature moves involving flames like: a 360-degree punch (Dragon Wing), a punch uppercut combo (Dragon Smash) and a flaming uppercut (Bare Knuckle).
Blaze Fielding
The second playable character available in all the series titles is a female police officer. Blaze is a former judoka, so her fighting style is really affected by grappling moves. As a dancing lover, she is very fast and can perform special jumping kicks too.
Adam Hunter
Adam completes the Streets of Rage character trio, even if he is not a playable character of all the game title, the ex-professional boxer is a very important member of the city police force. Unlike his fellows, he did not quit his job as policeman, becoming a detective. His fighting style his the opposite of his friend Blaze, slow but very powerful.
Cherry Hunter
Cherry is the teenage daughter of Adam Hunter. She is a newcomer and third playable character in Street of Rage 4. Cherry has a pretty unique fighting style involving her electric guitar.
Floyd Iraia
Also a new entry in the series. Floyd is the former apprentice of Dr. Gilbert Zan, one of the Streets of Rage 3 protagonist. Like his mentor, Floyd has two cybernetic arms and can literally shocks the opponents with strong boosts of energy.
Here it is some gameplays of the principal characters of the series:
This five characters are the principal fighters of Streets of Rage 4, but a lot of new and old faces are waiting to join the the Streets of Rage roster. So what are you waiting for? Call your buddy and let’s play Streets of Rage in co-op or prepare yourself for a solo battle. In any case, you are going to spend some funny hours!