Publisher and co-developer Dotemu of Streets of Rage 4 announced in a press release today that the game has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times. The much-anticipated revival of the series seems to have been well received, with our official review giving it a score of 8.5/10. Along with this news, a new patch for Streets of Rage 4 was announced. It brings nearly 80 updates, bug fixes and balance changes to the game, all of which have been tested by the community itself.

Streets of Rage 4’s new patch brings enhancements and fixes to the game, including:

• Specials and start move can interrupt all hitstun states
• Axel has been buffed, with a faster move speed and less recovery on some moves
• Cherry has been buffed, with her flying punch from combos now being fully invincible

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox
Streets of Rage 4 Official GBAtemp Review

 

[godreborn]

I count myself as one of them on the switch. I bought the game for nostalgia, but I've only played it once. I suck at beat 'em ups, so I only got to the first boss before dying.

 

[Prans]

I count myself as one of them on the switch. I bought the game for nostalgia, but I've only played it once. I suck at beat 'em ups, so I only got to the first boss before dying.

you can lower the difficulty and will probably find it more approachable

 

[eyeliner]

Are they single downloads from each owner, or they count the multiple downloads a user can make?

I can download the game dozens of times...

 

[leon315]

There's also a fanmade version of street of rage with 16 playable characters, you guys shouldddefinitely try that out too!

 

[Obveron]

Well it's free on gamepass, do those downloads count to the total?

 

[Rail Fighter]

I think it's better to stay out of the streets if there's so much rage.

 

[godreborn]

I think it's better to stay out of the streets if there's so much rage.

iirc, it's called Bare Knuckle in Japan. don't know why they changed the name. maybe they found streets of rage more appealing.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

you can lower the difficulty and will probably find it more approachable

This generation of gamers frown upon the not hardcore gamer

iirc, it's called Bare Knuckle in Japan. don't know why they changed the name. maybe they found streets of rage more appealing.

That's marketing! Would you rather play rockman or MEGA MAN?
Of course Streets of Rage sounds better than Bare Knuckle. It convey more of what the game is about. Plus during 1990s, a lot of attitude was in that era. Most decades are thematically emotional focused.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

So, maybe we can get a Streets of Rage 5, with a cameo from Yakuza? Or, maybe a Streets of Rage style beat em' up? You could have Kiryu, Saejima, Akiyama, Shinada, Tanimura, Daigo, Sayama, Majima and others as playable characters...the possibilities!

 

[slaphappygamer]

Street fighters of rage!

Though, YES! Streets of rage v5 is awesome. It plays so well on my xp laptop.

 

[Pipistrele]

Well-deserved, easily one of the best games of the year. It fully delivers on all the core elements of SoR1-3, all while transcending the "nostalgia factor" and being a genuinely worthy successor to an already great trilogy; the amount of visible care and love put into it is kinda ridiculous.

I think it just gets the idea of series revival right - being less of an archaic throwback that checks points on the list of references, and more of a great modern-feeling, modern-playing, modern-looking games that captures the flow and spirit of its predecessors through modern means. Doom 2016 and RE2-3 did the same thing in a lot of ways, and I hope to see more reboots and continuations designed with that mindset.

 

[Xalusc]

Cool and all, but when are they fixing the "retro" soundtrack? Get rid of the shitty Game Gear music and use some tracks that make sense.

 

[DaFixer]

Bought it digital on the switch and I got physical disc for my PS4.
I really like the SOR games on the MD and I loved the soundtrack.

 

[Sundree]

SOR4 is literally one of the best beat em up games I've ever played, no lie. Sad that the Switch online servers are kinda dead after the first week of launch though.

 

[Sterophonick]

I won it in a giveaway on Twitter and Omar from LizardCube sent me a nice message