These games were clearly made by people who love the genre, and spent a lot of time thinking about how to improve the genre. Accompanying that are two indie darlings, 99 Vidas, and Fight’N Rage! Both of these titles were made by small teams, but absolutely are deserving of any love they get because they are AWESOME and refined to the highest degree. This generation however, we had a trifecta of absolute BANGER titles for the genre, in which we had River City Girls, another throwback to a series that was early on in the genre's roots, River City Ransom. Let's talk a little bit more about that, shall we? Solid gameplay, cool characters and bosses, as well as an absolutely iconic soundtrack helped to solidify its reputation as a top contender for the genre, and all of those are present and refined to the highest level in Streets of Rage 4. All the innovations and forward movement into making this a genre made to play at home, rather than standing in an arcade pumping quarters into a machine are present, and man, it couldn’t make me happier to see this series' glorious return to form, as king of the beat 'em up! Streets of Rage, also known as Bare Knuckle in Japan, is a series that should sound familiar to you, as it helped to define the genre years and years and years ago. Instead I found a game that has paid attention to the details of all the hits since then. ![]() ![]() Man oh man, I can’t believe it's 2020, and I’m over here reviewing STREETS OF RAGE 4! It's been what… 25 years since we've had a core entry into the series that helped define the early stages of good beat em ups, and what a return to form this is! I was genuinely worried this game would stick to its guns and try to emulate the old style of quarter-eating beat 'em ups.
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