Streets of Rage 4 - One Year Later ... Does it Hold Up? (Review)

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Streets of Rage 4 - One Year Later ... Does it Hold Up? (Review). Now that the hype has died down and I have put a good amount of time into Streets of Rage 4, the question remains does this game hold up? Was it just hype? What has changed since release?
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  • @ShadG
    @ShadG3 жыл бұрын

    When it comes to full-stage combos, there are only a few spots where they're not possible, and the devs asked for feedback on how to change these in the official Discord, though they didn't say whether or not they could change that stuff in the patch coming with the DLC. Fingers crossed.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    they definitely should, makes no sense not to!

  • @location3921
    @location3921 Жыл бұрын

    I haven't read other peoples' opinions, but I like SoR4's length. It was a quarter of a century since SoR3, so I want SoR4 to not be over too soon. Arcade games and 90s anti-rental console games had to be short enough to finish in one sitting, but today's console and PC games don't have to be. SoR4's save files and level select are good things! SoR4 has various challenge modes to give you something short and tough.

  • @simonkwee
    @simonkwee Жыл бұрын

    Cheers on a review that is actually helpful. I like how you give your detailed opinion on what you like and don't. I don't know how others think, but that's why I watch your videos regardless of the genre. Keep up the good work!

  • @halcyonways1476
    @halcyonways14763 жыл бұрын

    (Stage 2 with Blaze 4 and Axel 4 for the lvl extension) after you beat all cops, you need to get on the right of the box with the pipe inside. Break it, Pick it up the pipe. From that spot where the pipe was. Forward Jump. On the hight of the 2nd jump throw the pipe. On the hight of the 3rd jump catch the pipe by holding the grab button. Get the money. Then walk down where the opening of the prison bars and throw the pipe to hit the garage can with the apple in it. Then you can hit the remaining garage to keep the combo going. (My full lvl 2 combo with axel 4 has the game play showing what it looks like. )

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the tip! That s a tricky link for sure. Are you able to full chain the game?

  • @halcyonways1476

    @halcyonways1476

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheElectricUnderground I can full combo a few stages on mania. In a arcade run it will be hard due to the enemies messing up my strategy. Though I manly play 4 players co op

  • @frauschmidt6113
    @frauschmidt61132 ай бұрын

    i just gave marvin gaye's records a first real listening a couple of days ago, and twenty minutes ago while making breakfast i was singing-humming the song what's going on, then i watched this video. so good, i love it. great content btw :)

  • @ingobauer6144
    @ingobauer61443 жыл бұрын

    How I wished more of these updated retro games were given the visual treatment SoR4 has gotten. The updated designs are gorgeous. I particularly love the lighting. Never seen a 2d game where the characters felt so well integrated into the environments. Heck, the art team somehow even managed to add convincing rim lighting. Having the best 2d animations since Garou also helps of course. Man, when I heard about the new Turtles game from the same publisher I was really hoping it looked more like SoR. Bummer. I mean I like pixel art. But I'm also a little tired of it at this point.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes exactly, I would love to see more hi res 2d art these days, like king of for fighters 13

  • @pizzamike4420
    @pizzamike4420 Жыл бұрын

    Adam's Green Dragon Kick is such a sweet graphic

  • @otaviobasso2507
    @otaviobasso25074 ай бұрын

    Hello Mark. Bought this bad boy this week, really enjoying. Where can I find your 1cc commentary?

  • @aurelius3395
    @aurelius33954 ай бұрын

    You should do a video on how the updates have changed the game, lot of stage changes with this and Gungrave Gore as well.

  • @EMMA-GAMES
    @EMMA-GAMES3 жыл бұрын

    I cant wait for the dlc to drop tbh, also what do you think of knights of the round?

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    this is gonna sound crazy but I've never played Knights of the round (except when I was really little) so I'll have to check it out again!

  • @scottmichaelhedge5055
    @scottmichaelhedge5055 Жыл бұрын

    Have you played The Takeover? I had a lot of fun with that game. It's heavily influenced by SoR, but it has it's own pretty unique style, plus you have a gun. And there's an Afterburner-style level. I highly recommend you give it a shot!

  • @Dhoppler
    @Dhoppler3 жыл бұрын

    Art Gallery is one of my favorite stages, you take back what you said. It's also one of the shortest stages with 7 being the shortest. Delete stage 10 instead.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    The pace on art gallery is glacial and the enemy choice isn t very engagingly, stage 10 is meh as well, but I would still remove art gallery instead of stage 10

  • @BoozeAholic

    @BoozeAholic

    Жыл бұрын

    Art gallery def had the best song, it was one of the only tracks that sounded like a Streets of rage track.

  • @ChaossX77
    @ChaossX773 жыл бұрын

    Amen on the release date! Good review.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    thanks my dude!

  • @biggestboss
    @biggestboss3 жыл бұрын

    Started playing this and Fight N' Rage, great fun although I need to get a lot better

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    Keep an eye out! I have a commentary vid for it coming out soon

  • @Hiperid
    @Hiperid3 жыл бұрын

    D&D Shadow Over Mystara is still the best beat em up in my opinion.

  • @Hiperid

    @Hiperid

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Stephen Smith In my book, DDSOM is the best beat em up ever. Very detailed stages, different paths, responsive contols, good combo system and light rpg elements. Coop 4p mode is especially interesting.

  • @Leynx-Et-Fenrir

    @Leynx-Et-Fenrir

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Hiperid What about Dragon's Crown (Vanillaware, 2013, PS3, PS4)? It is like DDSOM/TOD but improved in every aspects!

  • @Hiperid

    @Hiperid

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Leynx-Et-Fenrir Totally forgot, great beat em up!

  • @blackswordsmanguts
    @blackswordsmanguts3 жыл бұрын

    All they need to do is add dashing/running for all the characters like they did in the Streets of Rage Remake.

  • @stolensentience

    @stolensentience

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah it feels super unbalanced when I use a character without a dash after using ones with a dash

  • @DanielSavageOnGooglePlus
    @DanielSavageOnGooglePlus3 жыл бұрын

    That feeling where you mention a franchise is "popular, but not like crazy iconic" is such a mood!

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    ha the point I was trying to get across is that the game couldn't just skate by on the franchise alone :-)

  • @BoozeAholic

    @BoozeAholic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheElectricUnderground I disagree. I think part of the reason why SOR4 sold 3 million copies is because it's Streets of Rage. Streets of Rage 1 & 2 both sold over 1 million copies during an era when that was rare outside of mascot plats like Sonic. SOR is like Parasite Eve in the sense that they were once popular games that fell off because neither of them have had a sequel in 2 decades. Double Dragon had a live action movie but that series as a whole fell off. DD4 was actually a good game which remained true to the DD fundamentals but damn near everyone hates it because it plays & looks like DD. I think if SOR4 just did a straight up remake, it still would've sold millions simply because it's Streets of rage. It's usually the only beat em up that most casuals like.

  • @Anthopants
    @Anthopants3 жыл бұрын

    Good luck with your Shiva runs. He is not an easy character to get through Mania with :)

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    was so close!!! got to the last boss, could have had it ugh!

  • @stolensentience

    @stolensentience

    Ай бұрын

    He’s like the easiest actually

  • @justarock9553
    @justarock9553 Жыл бұрын

    ik it has been a few years but: PC and Steam Deck + other PC handheld devices: allow us to introduce ourselves

  • @RewdanSprites
    @RewdanSprites3 жыл бұрын

    The dlc trailer really makes me want to jump back into this game. We had a blast. It was pretty funny realising you can turn off friendly fire right at the end of the game 🤣. Cherry is my favourite character.

  • @REDLINE.FGC1
    @REDLINE.FGC13 жыл бұрын

    Wonder if the Art Gallery stage could be modded out.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    that would be pretty cool ha

  • @jzazf6207
    @jzazf62074 ай бұрын

    Still holds up in 2024!!

  • @rayshawnhoward5068
    @rayshawnhoward50683 жыл бұрын

    Even though I don't like the route that they went but I'm not going to judge until the DLC comes out cuz in my honest opinion SOR4 skate max dr. zan and roo should have been DLC having Shiva be the boss for the DLC trying to bring back mr. X because his kids failed I think that would have been a better route but it's just my opinion the DLC can still be a success and I hope it does so we can get a SOR5 in the future

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah! I also hope we don t get the indie thing where they never make sof5 and instead just do a yearly dlc on 4, a few years of dlc support is fine but sometime it can get silly

  • @ninetendopesaitama2107
    @ninetendopesaitama21073 жыл бұрын

    I thought thats iori. Amazing. Should have his typical moveset.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    His moveset is actually pretty close to his moveset in kof, which is really cool

  • @fosko7494
    @fosko74943 жыл бұрын

    It absolutely holds up. Reminding everyone that Streets of Rage is still the king of beat em ups.

  • @dr_ubo

    @dr_ubo

    2 жыл бұрын

    The best Beat em up you can buy is Streets of Rage 4. The second best beat em up game you can get is Streets of Rage Remake 5.2. Funny how the best Arcade style beat em up was always a console game.

  • @1908fcim

    @1908fcim

    Жыл бұрын

    SOR2, BK3, SORR and SOR4 is a lineup no other beat em up franchise can dream of

  • @losnamerales3403

    @losnamerales3403

    Жыл бұрын

    Such a great game franchise so good I used to play the 1st one with my mum, the best memory was level 8 with mumzie and us struggling through to the boss completing the game

  • @robinyjo
    @robinyjo2 жыл бұрын

    I liked it more when the AI was harder and unfair. 😅 But the new characters made it worth it.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh hell yeah the new dude is so much fun

  • @darrellbrown8527
    @darrellbrown85273 жыл бұрын

    I was with you all the way until you blatantly disrespected the Art Gallery. Nah, I strongly disagree with you about the Art Gallery stage. I believe it's fine as is. It clearly has the best soundtrack of all the stages. I think it fits the storyline well for a smooth transition. It's call an Art Gallery for a reason.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    My main concerns are much more on the gameplay side of things, with the game s pacing and enemy design for the stage

  • @halcyonways1476
    @halcyonways14763 жыл бұрын

    Too bad nobody has made a detailed video guide how to go through the files and apply the mods

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh it s actually really straightforward! You get the mod installer program and then you just drag and drop the files :-)

  • @halcyonways1476

    @halcyonways1476

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheElectricUnderground Could you make a video how to do it?

  • @alexanderwright1618

    @alexanderwright1618

    3 жыл бұрын

    He explained it pretty well. I was in agreement about the video until I read his one-paragraph breakdown. No need for a video, honestly.

  • @therapyquantified987
    @therapyquantified9873 жыл бұрын

    Lol DOTEMU doesn't care. they will drop the dlc when they are done with it. When they do you will love it, the end

  • @marioaguilar8457
    @marioaguilar84573 жыл бұрын

    Was it just me or SOR 3 was super hard even in normal

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it s a tough one!

  • @soulblazerz

    @soulblazerz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sega made the non-Japanese region versions of the game much, much harder.

  • @HansAlRachid
    @HansAlRachid3 жыл бұрын

    I definitely enjoyed SoR4, but after playing Fight N' Rage, I can't help but feel like its mobility/defensive options are just sort of lacking in comparison. It's an issue of design preference for sure, but I think something like FNR is more my speed.

  • @odracircomix7359
    @odracircomix7359 Жыл бұрын

    LMAO AT REMOVE STAGE WITH BEST MUSIC.

  • @GamingPalOllieMK
    @GamingPalOllieMK3 жыл бұрын

    Here's where I stand on SR4 - I love beat em ups but hate it when my beat em ups incorporate fighting games elements because I dislike the fighting games genre, I don't like memorizing combos, pulling combos off and all that stuff. - I have been replaying SoR1, 2 and 3 over and over for years and that hasn't changed in the past year, SoR4 maybe I played it like twice after I initially finished it, it's just not as relaxing to me, it's longer, requires ever so slightly more focus and the fact that you talk about balancing and stuff? Dude..I have SoR1, 2 and 3 original, I pop the cart in my mega drive and PLAY I don't pay attention to balancing or executing moves or any of that junk, I just play through my beat em ups like normal. So while I do think SoR4 is a great game, it's not a pick up and play enough for me to...just randomly casually pick it up and play it. Same goes for Fight 'n Rage. This generation, the single best beat em up is Slaps and Beans, now THAT I keep replaying and loving every second of, I didn't even know about the actors whose movies it's based on, I own the physical version on Switch (I also have SoR4 physical of course) and love it to pieces.

  • @GamingPalOllieMK

    @GamingPalOllieMK

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seanmcbay Of course, that's why I finished it and played it a couple more times. But it does lean a little more towards fighting games than I'd like it to, there's a bit more strategy involved, it's a tad more complex. I'm not saying it's a bad game, if I had to give it a score I'd give it 9.0/10, it's a damn good game just not one I feel the need to replay. On the other hand the Ninja Warriors Remake/Remaster I simply can't get enough of, I love every second of it, in fact I haven't played the SNES version since I got the Switch one. (I own both physical and original, pretty darn proud of that :) )

  • @franciscor390

    @franciscor390

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GamingPalOllieMK But both SOR4 and Ninja Warriors Again are combo and juggle based, how come only one clicked for you?

  • @agamaz5650
    @agamaz565028 күн бұрын

    yes.

  • @crispybits6737
    @crispybits67373 жыл бұрын

    Lmao throwing shade at R-Type graphics

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ha just an example that popped into my head ;-)

  • @crispybits6737

    @crispybits6737

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheElectricUnderground very fair example. Graphics just for the sake of graphics when it's the aesthetic design thats more important

  • @J4k3_Ry4n
    @J4k3_Ry4n Жыл бұрын

    This game is crack and I didn’t see it before. I own it on everything possible.

  • @morsalty5228
    @morsalty52283 жыл бұрын

    Yo

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    cello!

  • @morsalty5228

    @morsalty5228

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheElectricUnderground is that a freakin Yo-Yo Ma reference? lol, my man!

  • @zerotattsreviews9767
    @zerotattsreviews9767 Жыл бұрын

    Iori omg

  • @RetrOrigin
    @RetrOrigin2 жыл бұрын

    I personally don't enjoy this game at all. I can also beat it with any character in Mania (now Mania+) but I find it more annoying than fun. I feel like they played it too safe when it comes to the AI and enemy design, the AI and attack patterns are too basic and similar to the old games to the point where they're only challenging when the screen is full of enemies but pretty easy by themselves. I don't know, for all the praise the game gets for supposedly having a lot of depth, it ends up being extremely mindless to me. The graphics are a mix bag, I personally don't like them but also don't care enough to stop me from playing, but the gameplay to me is still too basic. I'm still waiting for a developer to try something truly new with this genre.

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can def understand that. I also think the really long length of the game really cuts into its replay-ability.

  • @RetrOrigin

    @RetrOrigin

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheElectricUnderground It's kind of frustrating because it does have some really cool things like the combo/chaining system you mentioned in this video and I like how the wall bounce, juggle, OTG and cancellable moves complement that, but on the other hand it feels like they were too scared to stray away too far from SOR2.

  • @andyauthor2007
    @andyauthor2007 Жыл бұрын

    Two years later and the game still cheats so yeah, it definitely still "holds up," holds up to its original cheapness.

  • @zenxpopo2116
    @zenxpopo21163 жыл бұрын

    This game is very short compared to river city girls

  • @TheElectricUnderground

    @TheElectricUnderground

    3 жыл бұрын

    That s crazy! Yeah river city girls is a very long one! Bog and I talk about it in the beat em up electric live :-)kzread.info/dash/bejne/hY2rmaxribS9c5s.html

  • @Wesinhuman
    @Wesinhuman3 ай бұрын

    I found SOR4 to be massively disappointing due to the hit/hurt boxes or enemy spacing. For some reason you can’t downair to back grab in the same way or really lock in your attacks. I was basically devastated by this and still can’t describe what it is that makes it so much worse to me. I absolutely despise the purposely bad American anime art (like Netflix’s Castlevania) too, and the music I found mostly bad. I’m about to play it again to try out Max but not too hopeful. To me Fight’N Rage is king followed by SOR2 and 3. Thanks for the great videos!

  • @Mister_Domm

    @Mister_Domm

    Ай бұрын

    Netflix Castlevania looked gorgeous, what are you talking about?

  • @NeptuneEnergPX
    @NeptuneEnergPX11 күн бұрын

    It has come to my attention that you have slandered my favorite stage, ze art gallery. In response, I ask you to comprehend the fact that I am going to make the statement of removing you from all social media platforms, otherwise known as the activism of cancelle culture. (This is joke, chill out with the politics.)

  • @realamericannegro977
    @realamericannegro9772 жыл бұрын

    The most over rated beat em up in recent memory

  • @Bajso84

    @Bajso84

    11 ай бұрын

    Nah, that would be Shredders Revenge or Scott Pilgrim.

  • @thonato295

    @thonato295

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@Bajso84I wish I could like scott pilgrim

  • @user-fr1ys2wn4t
    @user-fr1ys2wn4t3 ай бұрын

    It's still the worst game in the series. SoR remake is the REAL Streets of Rage sequel.

  • @stolensentience

    @stolensentience

    Ай бұрын

    Wish I could play it online co op (no lag)😢

  • @beanwithbacon
    @beanwithbacon3 жыл бұрын

    How can it hold up when it was nothing more than an insult to the franchise in the first place? It can't. You want more SoR past 3, SoR that's done PROPERLY by people that actually understand the series and how it plays, play the SoR Remake instead. 4's enemy design is trash (the new designs), the level design is worse (all the decent new level designs were just ripped off from the SoR Remake), the OST was disappointing and the overall art style is just ugly, there's really no other way to say it, it's amateurish looking and ugly.

  • @beanwithbacon

    @beanwithbacon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seanmcbay I've been a HUGE fan of the series since SoR1. Was really really excited for 4. It was the first time I ever used the Steam refund option. 4 feels like a cheaply made fan game where as the Streets of Rage Remake, which was an actual fan game feels way more like a true sequel than 4.

  • @beanwithbacon

    @beanwithbacon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seanmcbay Oh and when the channel itself gives my comment a like it's gotta have some weight to it...

  • @WarpedByTheNHK

    @WarpedByTheNHK

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@beanwithbacon He likes the start of every comment chain lol. The fact that you think it makes your opinion special is pretty embarrassing. Also, the juggling and wall bounce mechanics in this game adds a ton more combat variety and depth than even the classic games had. SoR4 adds something legitimately new to the series while Remake just steals from better games and makes their level design worse.

  • @beanwithbacon

    @beanwithbacon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WarpedByTheNHK The juggling and wall bounce makes the combat feel cheap and much easier, especially on some of the boss stages. Not only that but it felt more like I was playing Double Dragon Neon than a SoR title. Then there's the art style, sorry bt it's actually LESS detailed than the pixel art of previous games. All the new sprites with the ugly as fuck thick outlines look like they were drawn by a 5th grade art class.

  • @WarpedByTheNHK

    @WarpedByTheNHK

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@beanwithbacon You do realize you could infinite combo most of the bosses in the old games as well, right? It just looked a lot less cool and was less free-form and expressive. You are free to have your own opinion on the art, but I personally really enjoy the ways the game plays with lighting.

  • @saintstorm7
    @saintstorm7Ай бұрын

    Its so slow and clunky. Would be good with a parry or dodge. Game will only be good for people with nostalga glasses

  • @HerbieChuckNorris

    @HerbieChuckNorris

    17 күн бұрын

    This is 100% bait if I've ever seen it.

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