12/30/2023 0 Comments Streets of rage 4 movesThe game’s reception is split due to an absurdly difficult USA port and some of its stranger design choices, but most agree that the enhanced mobility, priorly restricted to one character, was a massive net positive. ![]() Dashing and dash attacks had been around since Capcom’s Captain Commando in 1991, so SOR3 was arguably late in adding these kinds of mechanics. The last SOR game, 3, added a lot of new universal mechanics, most notable of all extreme mobility every character could run and perform a vertical dodge that allowed them to position and blitz across the screen, as well as perform a no-penalty special attack using a new rechargeable meter. I’m probably in the minority with my vast praise, but I’m in an even smaller minority when it comes to one of the game’s more divisive decisions. Across 5 (now 6) difficulty levels and 12 stages, developers Lizard Cube and Guard Crush crafted a game that walks the fine line of servicing nostalgia while making its own mark on the genre. Just coming close to SOR2 would be a high bar, but SOR4 surpasses it in my opinion. This isn’t grading on a curve – many would consider the series’ second iteration to be amongst the pinnacle of not just the genre, but that generation of games. To that end, SOR4 is as close to perfection one can achieve in the genre. At its best, there’s a sheer kinetic thrill when executing your gameplan to clear out swaths of enemies that is simply unmatched. When I play games I tackle it from a problem-solving perspective, and beat ‘em ups throw one problem after another at you, forcing you not only to be reactive, but proactive in what strategies you pursue on a screen-to-screen basis, all within a fairly rapid pace. This isn’t just nostalgia talking either – as the beat ‘em up has evolved into far more sophisticated games like Devil May Cry V and Persona 5 Strikers, I think it is consistently one of the most fascinating genres of action games. This probably isn’t a surprise given my love for fighting games, but I’m a really big fan of beat ‘em up games.
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