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Streets of Rage 4, review

We play the long-awaited return of an unquestionable 16-bit classic, one of the best Beat'em Ups ever, can it measure up? Classic Beat’em Up is a simple genre, with a very precise way of doing things. Other genres are as recognizable today as they were yesterday, despite the enormous advance in technology, such as fighting games, for example, but street fighting games were forgotten once developers were able to create wider 3D worlds, leaving them as something very specific to a specific time. For years they practically disappeared, giving way to action games of different kinds, from the most technical ones like Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden, to the most cathartic ones like the musou. Fortunately, nostalgia is a powerful ally and has not let the classic formula completely fall into oblivion. George Kamitani presented us with Dragon’s Crown, a tribute to the excellent work he already did at Capcom with the Tower of Doom / Shadow over Mystara (by the way, one of the most

Streets of Rage 4, review

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We play the long-awaited return of an unquestionable 16-bit classic, one of the best Beat'em Ups ever, can it measure up? Classic Beat’em Up is a simple genre, with a very precise way of doing things. Other genres are as recognizable today as they were yesterday, despite the enormous advance in technology, such as fighting games, for example, but street fighting games were forgotten once developers were able to create wider 3D worlds, leaving them as something very specific to a specific time. For years they practically disappeared, giving way to action games of different kinds, from the most technical ones like Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden, to the most cathartic ones like the musou. Fortunately, nostalgia is a powerful ally and has not let the classic formula completely fall into oblivion. George Kamitani presented us with Dragon’s Crown, a tribute to the excellent work he already did at Capcom with the Tower of Doom / Shadow over Mystara (by the way, o

Streets of Rage 4, review

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We play the long-awaited return of an unquestionable 16-bit classic, one of the best Beat'em Ups ever, can it measure up? Classic Beat’em Up is a simple genre, with a very precise way of doing things. Other genres are as recognizable today as they were yesterday, despite the enormous advance in technology, such as fighting games, for example, but street fighting games were forgotten once developers were able to create wider 3D worlds, leaving them as something very specific to a specific time. For years they practically disappeared, giving way to action games of different kinds, from the most technical ones like Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden, to the most cathartic ones like the musou. Fortunately, nostalgia is a powerful ally and has not let the classic formula completely fall into oblivion. George Kamitani presented us with Dragon’s Crown, a tribute to the excellent work he already did at Capcom with the Tower of Doom / Shadow over Mystara (by the way, one of

Streets of Rage 4, review

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We play the long-awaited return of an unquestionable 16-bit classic, one of the best Beat'em Ups ever, can it measure up? Classic Beat’em Up is a simple genre, with a very precise way of doing things. Other genres are as recognizable today as they were yesterday, despite the enormous advance in technology, such as fighting games, for example, but street fighting games were forgotten once developers were able to create wider 3D worlds, leaving them as something very specific to a specific time. For years they practically disappeared, giving way to action games of different kinds, from the most technical ones like Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden, to the most cathartic ones like the musou. Fortunately, nostalgia is a powerful ally and has not let the classic formula completely fall into oblivion. George Kamitani presented us with Dragon’s Crown, a tribute to the excellent work he already did at Capcom with the Tower of Doom / Shadow over Mystara (by the way, one of

Streets of Rage 4, review

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