Great games that deserved more attention

Posted on February 5, 2021 by X35 Earthwalker

There are many games out there today. Some are good ranging from good to near perfect while others aren’t that great. Some are not good and hardly anyone knows they exist. There are however some games that are very good and even fantastic but got very little attention, not what they deserve. This is sad especially when you can clearly see all the hard work that goes into that game but see that not much gamers care. Well here is just some from us that ARE very good and deserve way more attention. Let’s take a look.

Now these games that we are going to talk about are all games X35 Earthwalker has played himself. So there’s loads of experience here. Each game we have had lots of fun with and we can confirm that there are very good. None of these are a waste of time. Each game is very different from the other and they are good for what they are. Matter of fact we have already written about the majority of these games on our website. So make sure to read them afterwards. Just wished people like gameplay content creators payed attention to other games like X35 Earthwalker instead of jumping on what’s new & hot or trending for those views. Lame.

First game is Celeste. This game is excellent… and very difficult. The story is simple on the surface and gets a little deep. You control a girl who made it her goal to climb this specific mountain, Celeste. She is very skilled and brave but has some serious struggles that can even get her killed. We won’t say more. It’s the hardest game of all the ones we are going to talk about. Celeste is all about serious platforming. The game seems very reasonable at the start but new mechanics get introduced and they really shake things up. The difficulty turns up real fast too. We are honest here at X35 Earthwalker so we won’t hide that you will have a tough time. Don’t worry about dying though as we all do in Celeste. Matter of fact some people have shared online that they died more than 3000 times trying to beat the game. Then there’s extra modes and levels which are even harder. A youtuber finally beat the insane challenge that was the c side levels which only the greatest players like X35 Earthwalker could beat. He had over 7000 deaths while X35 Earthwalker, off course being a superior gamer, only had 2764 deaths. From the characters, the story, the challenges and a number of hidden things, you get a real adventure out of this cutesy game. We even like the variety of areas in the game. You should definitely try this game and just don’t rage quit.

Next is Indivisible. This game is awesome for sure. A true definition of the word adventure. You follow Ajna who sets out to get revenge on the man who ordered the attack on her village, her people which lead to her father dying in combat. The adventure gets bigger from there though but we won’t say more. There’s loads of platforming and like Metroid there are many places you can’t access until you go somewhere else to find a power up or a new ability. You get a very cool map which is nicely detailed. You explore very different lands with different people of different culture too, meeting all kinds of characters and that’s one of our favourite things about Indivisible. The characters. There’s many of them allowing for huge options when it comes to compiling your team for combat. They have their own abilities. personality, story and powers. Our favourite parts his the characters interacting with each other, how they clash, joke and disagree. The scene where Thorani, Zebei, Baozhai, Dhar and Ajna tried the strong alcohol during their escape from the slime at the iron kingdom. That made us laugh and smile so hard. It was the best scene in the whole game. The combat is very unique. your team faces the other team like a turn based combat but except anyone can move at anytime but one at a time. It depends on who inputs their action first. Abilities recharge and you need to use the correct assigned button to a character for them to block an incoming attack. It’s complicated and messes with your brain at first but then you get use to it. Still angry at Ajna for what she did to Dhar but we won’t talk about it. The graphics and level designs with the environments are top level. You got to try this game. One of the best games of 2020 for sure.

Tetris Effect: Connected is an Xbox exclusive and also got unsurprisingly little attention. Why? Simple. It’s Tetris. Very few people care about Tetris. We don’t dare about Tetris either but Tetris Effect: Connected is awesome and way better than any Tetris game before it. This game is beautiful. Visually impressive with awesome particle effects. Each stage has it’s own theme, sound effects for moving the tetriminos (blocks) and some stages have music. This game is no joke though as it is difficult. Very difficult. Playing the campaign (journey mode) you face multiple series of levels with increasing difficulty overall. Some stages have parts where the blocks (tetriminos) come down at such fast speeds that will destroy you if you aren’t ready for it or can’t think that fast. There’s multiplayer where you can work with players against actual bosses. Competitive modes and even special modes with objectives to shake things up or challenge the player or just chill. The main thing about Tetris Effect: Connected is that it’s more relaxing than anything else unless you want the challenge. We have a whole review on this game so check that out to learn more. Sucks that others ignore it because it’s tetris. Don’t be one of those people it’s free to download and play on the Xbox game pass.

Next is Coffee Talk. This game is the most simple of what we are listing here. You are a barista who runs a coffee shop called ‘Coffee Talk’. People come in and talk with you and you just serve them the drinks they want. It’s that simple. We hear you right now, “X35 Earthwalker this game sounds boring.” It isn’t though. It’s all about the characters. They have their own stories and problems going on. You hear them out or listen to them talk to others. It reminds you of real life easily. There problems are real even though they are creatures like werewolves, elves, succubus, orcs, vampires etc. It’s fictional creatures with non-fictional problems and stories. A character is taking a huge gamble with her career to fulfil a dream which could cost her everything. Another character Bailey (the man himself) wants to continue his relationship with a woman he loves but they are completely different races like elf and succubus. One being more holy creatures while the other are demons. Another is family problems etc. it also feels more relatable that this game came out in 2020 and is set in 2020 from September. X35 Earthwalker played it in September too. There was even a news article that was about a virus. How relatable. This game comes from paying attention and enjoying the stories and off course getting creative with the drinks like doing latte art and even combining certain ingredients together to discover completely different drinks and recipes. This game sounds lame to many but it’s actually very good. We actually cared about the characters and wanted things to work out for them. Give this game a try. We have videos on this game too.

Next is Earth Defence Force 2025. This game is truly special. We never heard of this game series before as there are a lot of Earth Defence Force games. You are part of the EDF… Earth Defence Force… duh, pay attention, that was obvious. Giant insects are here and boy are they a problem. This is the first time in a game where the enemies felt like they are actually taking over the earth as an unstoppable force. The giant ants rush you, throw acid and attack in swarms. This game keep every toned down though as you may face 100 ants in a level but in reality there are millions of ants. Off course this game wouldn’t be able to manage millions of ants. It’s not just ants but orb web spiders, jumping spiders, red ants (stronger ants) and even hornets! 4 different character classes: Ranger, wing diver, Fencer and Air Raider. Each have their own clear strengths and weaknesses but it’s clear what class is overall better than what. Balancing isn’t the best here. This game is pure action adrenaline. It’s pure fighting, blasting bugs, saving tea mates and getting eaten alive. Bug holes come up from the ground and many insects come through to attack. You can even get huge explosive weapons and completely destroy the environment and buildings… with the greatest of ease. At times this game can get scary when you are rushed down and cornered. You can even play this with others too. X35 Earthwalker and Diamondz L45 have good memories of facing hordes of bugs all trying to eat and destroy them. It’s just straight up mad action. Huge grenade launchers, powerful over the top snipers and dual wielding giant chain machine guns (for the Fencer class though) but nothing is over the top when dealing with GIANT INSECTS! Probably the most fun game on this list. Lastly this game is very big. We still haven’t finished the campaign. So many other games we are playing too and it’s really long. At least you can’t say you didn’t get your monies worth.

Streets of Rage 4. The greatest beat up game of all time right now. This game is explosive and does what the previous game does and better for the most part. This game has good bosses, cutscenes, new enemies to the series, awesome special attacks, combo potential, largest campaign yet and best of all full 4 player multiplayer. The multiplayer is online as well. The graphics are excellent, the campaign is action packed, the difficulty settings are fair (except for Mania mode) and the music is top notch. The music for this game might just be the best in gaming for the type of music it is. Like seriously, listen to the music in stage 2, the precinct. Tell us you aren’t dancing. Exactly. Story wise it’s the same arcade style and simple problem like the previous Streets of Rage. Mr X isn’t around anymore but his children… the Y twins are in charge now and they are ruling the streets. It’s up to the squad to take them down. Simple story right. Well that’s how Streets of Rage has always been. nothing deep but the meat was the combat and levels. This game is tons of fun and Mania mode is described correctly that it is not even remotely fair. It isn’t. You will lose. This game was nominated for a game reward but due to the rewards being overall rigged, Streets of Rage 4 didn’t get the respect it deserved.

Outland is the biggest crime of them all though. It’s the oldest of the games on this list and we feel this game has been ignored the most. This game is fantastic. The amount of work that went into it was real. We always used this game as an example when it comes to character animations. Outland is the pinnacle of gaming animations for a character. Just watch how the character runs, jumps, turns, sprints, attacks and more. Look at the movement of the enemies too. The only game that we put in the same lease as Outland when it comes to animation is Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Out land is about a guy who has dreams that trouble him. He heads of to a jungle place where he mets a shaman (we think) who tells him stories and some answers. Basically he is destined to do what the man 2000 years ago did (something like 2000). Wielding the power of light and darkness. Neither is evil but both serve a good purpose. This concept of light and darkness leads to tricky and complex gameplay, fighting and platforming. This game is unique. The concept, the combat, the voice acting, the graphics, the back ground and environments are all top level. Facing the bosses is the best though as you face large powerful beings welding real power in their own ways. On top of that you have some seriously epic boss music with a cool style, not straight up heavy beats for dancing. Outland is amazing and we still jump back into it to see what’s happening. This is a fantastic game.

So there you go. That’s 7 games that are seriously ignored and not getting the attention they deserve. They are fantastic games. All have been good fun and we jump back in to play when we feel like it, even with all these new games out and stuff. So most of these games are either really cheap or available for free on Xbox Game Pass so feel free to try these games out. Games like Tetris Effect: Connected and Coffee Talk aren’t for every gamer but we do believe you will have a good time with all of these games.

As a bonus probably the most ignored game right now is Maze Time. This 2D action Maze game was developed by X35 Earthwalker himself. There’s over 20 levels, 10 different types of enemies, some traps and bonus levels. It’s an old school action game classic style. Pixel graphics and simple controls with simple instructions. Get all the gems to open the door to the exit, then head through the exit to get to the next level. It’s very challenging and has some secrets too like hidden special levels. It’s only like £2, $2. It’s available on both PC and Android devices. You can get it from this website or the google play store. This game is a lot of fun but very challenging.

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Streets of Rage 4. This game is awesome

Posted on May 15, 2020 by X35 Earthwalker

Streets of Rage 4 is an arcade beat em up game and off course the fourth game in the Streets of Rage series. Many have been waiting for this game. Many. X35 Earthwalker is one of them but off course the greatest and coolest of them. Things are different this time around in Streets of Rage, in multiple ways and for the better. Many have talked or reviews this game (they did alright) but remember… a game hasn’t been reviewed until X35 Earthwalker has reviewed it. Let’s take a look.

Streets of Rage stories have never been complicated. They are always straight forward and simple. In Streets of Rage 4. There’s crime in the city, an evil syndicate is behind it all and the vigilante heroes go in to stop it… beating the crap out of everyone and everything that gets in their way. Simple. This time though Mr X is not the one behind it. He’s dead. It’s his children… the Y twins! Mr and Ms Y. So this time Axel, blaze, Cherry? and Floyd? with rage in their hearts take on the streets of rage. Yep, we got new characters. Cherry hunter (if you couldn’t tell by the name) is the daughter of Adam Hunter. Floyd Iraia is the apprentice and assistant of Dr Gilbert Zan. So no Adam again?…

The rules are the same in Streets of Rage 4. Keep moving to the right and beat up all the bad guys. Reach the end of the level and face a boss. Get enough points and you earn an extra life. Each of the characters have their own stats which can be viewed in the extras menu but you must unlock it first. They each have special attacks with a few like Blaze having an additional. There’s the defensive and offensive special attack. The defensive is like a ‘get off me’ move which during you’re also invincible. Offensive is normally longer range, travels a little and does straight up damage. Each character also has an ultimate attack. These require stars to activate which don’t come easy. For example, Floyd’s ultimate is him firing huge laser like he’s Cyborg from Injustice. Cherry is the fastest of all the fighters and the only one who can sprint. Floyd is the biggest and strongest but slower than slow itself. Axel is a balanced fighter with a powerful offensive special move. Blaze is also balanced, bit weaker than axel but got an additional special attack.

Streets of Rage 4 isn’t a hard game but a fair challenge, unlike Streets of Rage 3. The difficulties are: Easy. normal, hard, hardest and Mania. Mania is as the descriptions says… unfair but it’s only for the masters of Streets of Rage 4. Familliar enemies like Galsia, donavon, yellow signal are all here and ready to fight. Matter of fact, enemies from different Streets of Rage games are all here. They come back as mini bosses, actual end of level boss or just strong enemies. Big Ben, the fat guy in red introduced in Streets of Rage 2, is back and he charges you spiting fire (somehow) just like the good ol days. Barbon who was a boss in streets of Rage 2 is back and also a boss. He still kicks hard. Garnet, the women who jump and kick you from Streets of Rage 3 are here too. The Muay Thai fighters are back too and they are worse in our opinion. There are new enemies too like Honey who we hate the most. Stupid enemies indeed. When there’s multiple of them, expect a rough time. Police officers including one with a futuristic shield called Murphy (robocop anyone?). Goro who really slows down how you play and is dangerous when more than one is present. There’s more.

The old techniques are there in Streets of Rage 4, like landing on your feet when launched or thrown. You can break grabs as well and even juggle enemies with multiple simple hits to lead up with a strong finisher. Let’s dive in a bit more concerning some enemies. Yes enemies have variations of them just like the older Streets of Rage games. Galsia is normally blue and the weakest but then you will come across a green, red and white version who have more health and more aggressive. Donavan has a green and red pants versions of them. We believe the green one is called altet, something like that. Anyways, the red ones can throw weapons at you and even catch weapons throw at them. The last version of them is called ‘z’ and they at times can have armour. Big Ben has variations. There’s Gourmand and Anry. Gourmand will always try to belly flop drop on you while Anry will roll for an attack like Sonic the hedgehog but only vertically. Watch out for these guys. These guys and others aren’t much of a problem really but it becomes a huge problem when you play in hardest difficulty. The character designs are excellent. Amazing. Majority of these characters were designed right. Their design says quite a lot about them. Our favourite enemy design is Diva, hands down. Her design from her clothes, to heels, to hair style all have character. Her movement animations is also excellent. Combine it all together and she’s tough, a boss, dangerous, sexy and got attitude. You need to beat her up first before she complies.

Our second favourite enemy design is Mr Y. This guy has evil crime lord written all over him, from the trendy stylish coat, to his hair and fighting style. He doesn’t back down, regardless and knows he’s powerful. He was meant to be a bad guy. What’s that? He wanted to be a chef, well too bad, crime is his life. He looks good for sure. Our favourite hero design probably has to be Blaze. We feel like this is the best look for her possible. She’s got her jacket back which is a good thing. They went for a beautiful, sexy design but also she would kick your butt in many ways if you even try it on her once. Now some have a problem with her design but we think those people just need to grow up. Yes her skirt is real short but for what she does it’s actually practical. Look at her fighting style over the Streets of Rage games. She kicks… a lot. She does flips and jumping kicks. Jumping was her best stat in the very first game. How are you going to jump kick effective in a long skirt, you can’t unless it has a slit going all the way up to your hip. She can kick high if she needs to and flip. Her shirt makes it possible. It rides up when she does which is very realistic. We get it, some of you dads out there thinking, “young lady, go back upstairs and change. You ain’t fighting crime dressed like that!” We understand but her outfit is good, realistic and practical. This is coming from a martial artists with over 12 years experience. We don’t like Axel’s design. He looks kind of chubby now, like his six pack formed on top of the fat. He was a martial artist so why would he let himself go. Being a wanderer and searching for direction or whatever he’s doing doesn’t mean you stop caring. Wish he was in shape like Adam. Adam looks great but we can think of better designs for him.

Next let’s talk about the music. Streets of Rage games have always been known for their music. The boss music in Streets of Rage 1 is the best. You can bop and jam to it while facing the bosses. Streets of Rage 2 had two levels that we really enjoyed the music off. Also Streets of Rage 2 also has the best character select screen music, hands down. Streets of Rage 3 was the least of all the games in our opinion. Streets of Rage 4 has real nice menu music for chilling. You can get the Streets of Rage 2 character select screen music in the settings. In Streets of Rage 4 the best stage music of them all hands down is part 1 of level 2 the Precinct. Easy. If you say no, we will give you a location, meet us there and we will fight you. We aren’t responsible for all wounds you WILL get. Back to topic. Level 1, 2, 3, 4 and part 2 of level 9 had good to very good music. The others music was alright or not impressive to us sadly. Music in Streets of Rage 4 has build up music as in the music starts with a simple or unimpressive beta but as you go through the level the music builds up and extra beats are added and then it becomes something real good. We like that style. Level three hasn’t got good music at the start but then becomes something you can jam too but if you switch retro music for that level, it’s the boat music level from Streets of Rage 2 which was excellent. Sadly the retro music is better than the modern. We wish the developers did more concerning the music. The variety is definitely there even giving a more oriental music for the china town level.

Let’s now go over what we didn’t like. We don’t like that you had to beat level 4 before you can play as Adam. Adam was missing from both Streets of Rage 2 and 3 in terms of being playable. Then now in Streets of Rage 4 we got to play a bit to get him. Speaking of characters we don’t like that you can’t play as modern Shiva. If you look at the title screen you see Estel, Diva and Shiva on the front screen like they are a part of the cast. They have good looking character designs with their own moves but not unlockable. Maybe they plan to bring them in as DLC but if they at the front then either they are significant or playable. Simple. You might say they are there because they are bosses. Good point but Barbon, Nora, commissioner, DJ K Washi etc aren’t on the front. So yeah it’s not consistent. What we don’t like is hw the biker girls like Honey and the Muay Thai fighters have almost instant reflex hitting moves that can even joggle making certain sections practically unfair. The biker girls slide attack still hits you diagonally and forces you to save yourself by using special moves which drain your health and leave you in a bad state. What’s also disappointing is that besides the first thing levels like 1,2,3,4 the rest of the music isn’t great and the retro audio options aren’t good either. We was expecting the greatest Streets of Rage music of all time. Didn’t happen. The striking window or time for enemies to hit you remains the same regardless of difficulty.

The trick to handling Barbon isn’t clear like the other bosses. When he does his repeated roundhouse 360 kicks you are suppose to jump but it doesn’t look like that’s possible so you don’t try that. Especially someone like mFloyd who can’t jump high at all (sucker has 10cm vertical leap) the kick visually goes through his body but doesn’t hit. Also having the biker girls come out to join Barbon because you smash the bikes isn’t good either as you want the items but when you smash the bikes they come out. If you aren’t careful you will end up fighting Barbon and 6 biker girls at the same time. Adam had practically no relevance in the story besides his reveal which again is just bad. For some reasons Streets of Rage 4 on Xbox One has a shorter combo window than others. We watched some people including CoryxKenshin play Streets of Rage 4 (video below, watch when he hits the car) and we noticed that when they finished fighting someone their combo number in the top left hand corner stays for much longer, flashes and then shrinks showing it’s going to reset soon. That doesn’t happen on our Xbox One version. It resets so fast. Also when you hit the car in stage 1 that counts as hits and raises your combo counter. It doesn’t do that for us. Also if you hit cones, bins, water machines, whatever destructible which normally hide food or whatever under it, it also counts as a hit and even eating the food prevents the combo from ending. This allows you too easily get crazy combos. Very unfair. Where’s the section that allows us to play music from the game? They should have had that.

Let’s finish with more good stuff. What’s cool is that the levels and dialogue make it clear that the Y twins respected their dad. Family love. We like how each characters special attacks are so different from each other. Floyd being technology and pure force, Axel having fire as usual, Cherry having abilities linked to her guitar and music, Blaze having what looks like energy and off course Adam looking like green flames with dragon shapes at least for the offensive special move. The effects look excellent. We like the additional information and stuff you unlock in the extras menu. Those are actually interesting stuff. The ultimates look fantastic and make you want to use them a lot but sadly you get punished for using them by getting a lower score as you get 500 points for each star you hold on to at the end of the level.The fact that you can play as one of the characters from the previous Streets of Rage games is a big brain move. You can literally go through the whole game a streets of rage 1 Axel. That’s big. Players off course loved that they did this. The story is simple and easy to go with including cinematic scenes. It makes sense and you just roll with it. We also truly enjoyed that there are hidden levels where you face old bosses from past Streets of Rage games like Jack and even Mr X. It’s like a blast from the past. See clip below for an example alone with X35 Earthwalker getting an out of this world combo.

Overall Streets of Rage 4 is an excellent game. It’s awesome. We are having so much fun playing it. We have beaten the game multiple times. Gotten the perfect and out of this world combo achievements. We still have quite a bit more stuff to do. Even mania difficulty can’t stop us. If you are a fan of Streets of Rage or new to the series you will most likely enjoy this game. We haven’t tried the multiplayer but it’s clear. Either play online and go through levels with others or battle against over players online in battle mode to see who has more rage in their heart. The developers have done an excellent job but there is room for more. We suggest you get Streets of Rage 4 besides it’s not even expensive like £21. Off course we don’t go over everything but the main stuff. Now Streets of Rage 4 may have great designs, music and animations but those would have been much better if they done… the ‘Earth Walk!’

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Streets of Rage 4. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

Posted on April 20, 2020 by X35 Earthwalker

Streets of Rage 4 is the new action beat em up game developed by ‘Lizardcube, Guard Crush Games, Dotemu‘ and published by ‘Dotemu and Yooreka Studios’. Streets of Rage 4 is said to be coming out the 30th April 2020 on the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC. We are definitely looking forward to this game. Let’s take a look.

Streets of Rage is one of, if not the best beat em up game and now we are getting Streets of Rage 4. We knew about this game along time ago but didn’t write on it. There’s a lot to say but we keeping this one short.

Firstly we have no information concerning the story. Mr X’s brain was destroyed in Streets of Rage 3 so you can assume he’s actually dead dead this time. So maybe a new face has taken over the area. You know how it is, when the boss it down, other gangs want to take their shot or maybe a relative or child of Mr X. Who knows? What we do know is that there’s lots of bad guy faces to punch in, combo and swing at with a pipe… just like the good ol days.

Firstly we like the Streets of Rage 4 art style as it’s clearly going for a more flowing modern look. The animations are definitely good. Each attack and move looks smoother and clearly than before. Unlike that one move Max had in Streets of Rage 3 where he’s suppose to be punching the head of a barbed enemy but looks and sounds like he’s breaking their necks. The special attacks and abilities have more special effects and flare making all the moves look powerful but off course we have no idea how strong or weak yet. The game is definitely colourful and we like colours. Who doesn’t like colours?… you grandpa.

We got straight into the visuals this time because it’s Streets of Rage, you know what to expect by now. It’s straight up beat em up. Move through the level and trash the enemies that come your way, find, pick up and use weapons to defeat your enemies and off course, work with a friend as it’s always been 2 player co-op. There’s even new characters, as there should be. Yes the main characters Axel, Adam and Blaze are all here (they better be) but we know have two new characters: Floyd Iraia (the big dude with mechanical arms) and Cherry Hunter (the cool black girl with an electric guitar). Both definitely stand out and got their own style and tricks. Something is different though.

There is now a Battlemode. It’s in the name but it’s against each other. Take on your friends and see who is the best fighter or who has the most rage in the streets. It’s four player co-op! Not only can you play as the main characters of Streets of Rage 4 but you can also play as past characters from previous Streets of Rage games and even better the past versions of them. For example you can take control of Axel from Streets of Rage 1 and fight with his moves from that game. You can play as an from Streets of Rage 3 or as Max or Skate from Streets of Rage 2, or Adam from the first game etc. So in a battle mode you can have four friends or family fight against each other but each player is a Blaze from each Streets of Rage game: 1,2,3 and 4 to see which Blaze is the queen of fighting. Now that’s an excellent idea. Smart move by the developers as they knew fans would want to see the past too.

There’s more! The developers of Streets of Rage 4 have not just brought the characters and designs from the past but also the music. Players can play levels and stages to the old music. Remember those banging tunes from Streets of Rage 1 and 2? You can hear them while you play now. We are sure there’s some cool ones from Streets of Rage 3 but we weren’t a big fan of the music from that one. This shows the developers are aware and paid attention to what has been said about the past games and applying that information to this new design. If they play it smart like this all the way through then Streets of Rage 4 will be one of the best games so far easily.

We are so glad they brought Adam Hunter back into the battle. When he wasn’t there for Streets of Rage 2 we were annoyed but we understood as he was captured but there was no excuse for Streets of Rage 3. We missed that character and so did fans. Now he’s back and has real power. There are counters, explosive moves, ultimate like attacks, flashy acrobatic movement and more. Also in case you couldn’t tell from the names Adam Hunter is Cherry Hunter’s dad. Father and daughter fighting side by side and kicking butt. Nothing can make a dad more proud than seeing his little girl drop kick big dudes. That’s better than a graduation any day.

We checked out some gameplay and it’s not what we thought it would be initially but it’s better this way for sure. The combat is looking real good, the levels have variety, the battle mode brings another layer of gameplay and fun, the variety of music including the music from past will get shoulders moving while fighting. The many many chapters you can unlock allowing you to play as the past game versions of these characters is an excellent idea. We haven’t seen anything concerning bosses but we know with all these moves, abilities, characters, help and combos with co-op partners we know the bosses have to be a big threat. They must match the hype. Lastly we aren’t a huge fan of Axel’s design. Why does he look so much older than the others and so out of shape. He’s really broad and looks like he sort of has a tummy. Does he still have his mobility? Wished he looked more in shape like the others. Blaze is looking beautiful and dangerous and she made the smart move to wear a jacket this time as she will need the extra protection from these dangerous thugs.

Overall Streets of Rage 4 is looking like an awesome game so far. We like the visuals, the gameplay, the characters and even the designs. Looks like there is content to last for a good time too. We hope there is no health bar or number of uses for pipes and bats like there was in Streets of Rage 3 (bad mechanic). The developers ‘Lizardcube, Guard Crush Games, Dotemu’ have done an amazing job so far.

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