2021 is here, so we're gonna choose a genre we've never chosen before: fan games.
That's right baby, we're playing Streets of Rage Remake.
From the Wikipedia:
Streets of Rage is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up video games, centering on the efforts of several ex-police vigilantes trying to rid a fictional, large American city from a crime syndicate that has corrupted its local government. The first three games in the franchise were developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis in the early 1990s, and have since been ported and re-released on various platforms. A fourth entry, Streets of Rage 4, was released in 2020.
The games were well-received and have been re-released many times both on compilations and as standalone games. The electronic dance music soundtracks of the games, scored by Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima, have also received much acclaim.
PLATFORMS
Since this is a fan game, we're playing this on the PC. The game supports keyboard layout (duh) and it will recognize XBOX controllers with no setup needed (not sure about PlayStation controllers).
LINKS
Normally we do not condone links of copyrighted material, but since this is a free fangame it's all good. You can get Streets of Rage Remake here: (just click on the ZIP link)
Animation timing, animation positioning, control response, X/Y/Z positions and physical movement for all characters are accurate to the original games.
64 modules of AI per enemy to represent walking and reactions
Collisions and damages based on the original games
The same score system algorythm that is used in SOR2
Grabs and vaults as in the original games.
Autosave savestates that allow you to continue the game from the same point, exit windows, alt+x, etc
Prediction of resources, to speed loading times
All functions of all the original games in the series are emulated
Over 30 configurable options in the menu
Star and Special Meter sytems
6-button controller actions
Different types of weapons, and Special Weapon attacks
Police specials
And much more
103 STAGES
93 stages in story mode
5 stages in extra modes
5 stages in the Prototype mod (separate download)
19 PLAYABLE CHARACTERS
SOR1 characters remastered with new moves
SOR2 characters with new moves
SOR3 characters with new moves
New playable characters
64 ENEMIES
All enemies from SOR1 remastered
All enemies SOR2 (RGB color correction)
All enemies SOR3 (RGB color correction)
New enemies based on the Game Gear versions and even the cover the game!
REMIXES 83
76 in V5
7 in the Prototype mod
ADDITIONAL CONTENT
Profile Editor
Color Editor
Name Editor
Sormaker
Cutscene Viewer
Profile Viewer (and commands)
Image Gallery
16 cheats
Battle Mode
Survival Mode
Boss Rush mode
Events Mode (16 events)
Volleyball Mode
Allied cpu mode
And more than 30 customizable options
Re: [RAID MODE] - 01.21 - Streets of Rage Remake
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:43 am
by hobbes_182
Dudes! Holy shit this game is awesome, I booted it up last night and damn, this is the Streets of Rage I was waiting for.
Anyways, here are some things I've found out:
You can't save your progress, this is old school baby
The only thing that "saves" is the money you "get" from picking up items. These are used to purchase unlockables
There are different routes to choose which means high re-playability.
Also, many stages have multiple routes available
Here's a video of it for anyone still on the fence:
STREETS OF RAGE REMAKE
Oh and I forgot, the game is portable, which means you don't have to install anything, just click on the SorR icon
Re: [RAID MODE] - 01.21 - Streets of Rage Remake
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:07 am
by hobbes_182
Finally managed to get some time into Streets of Rage Remake. I chose a few different routes.
I actually did pretty good on the Streets of Rage 1 route. One tip I do recommend to anyone playing, even if they are seasoned veterans is: make sure you try playing with every character, since characters and enemies feel a little "different" compared to the original Sega Genesis titles.
For example, Skate was always my number two character after Axel in Streets of Rage 2. But when I used Skate I got my ass kicked, REALLY bad.
Axel is still balanced, but Zan REALLY impressed me. Can't wait to unlock the AI partner.
Hopefully I can manage to beat one route this weekend.
SCREENSHOT
Re: [RAID MODE] - 01.21 - Streets of Rage Remake
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:54 am
by hobbes_182
Damn, this game really kicked my ass, even though I played on NORMAL.
I think what I'll do next time is try to beat it on EASY so I can unlock the AI PARTNER, then come back into it and play it at a higher difficulty.
You really need a second player in every beat em' up.
