
It's kind of hilarious, but also takes away the soul of the game a little. With this activated, a single punch is all you need to KO any enemy, Fist of the North Star-style. If you'd like to further water down the experience, upon your first completion 'Fists of Death' mode is unlocked (making a return from 3D Streets of Rage). This means you can effectively take out any bosses with a single flying kick. When this mode is active, enemies are knocked-out simply by hitting them to ground. For players who are finding the going too tough, there's a selectable 'casual mode'. It's an interesting way to experience every character's different strategies and move-sets in a single play. If you lose a life, simply swap to the next character in the line. First of these is Rage Relay Mode which allows you to select all four characters from the beginning along with the order you want to use them in. However, there are other 'minor' special moves - such as Axel's iconic Grand Upper - which don't consume life but require more complex button combinations to execute.Īs well as the implementation of 3D, M2 have once again chucked in a few additional modes. While these new character-specific moves are super-powerful, they should be activated sparingly every use consumes a part of your life bar. This suspiciously familiar enforcement vehicle ( ESWAT anyone?) is now absent and is replaced by dragon punches, shoulder barges and more. In the original Streets of Rage, all special attacks were roughly identical: call on a police car to blast the area clear.
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These include reverse attacks and grab moves, plus there's a strong emphasis on utilising combo attacks which should be learned if you want to be successful in your quest.Įach character is also equipped with a set of unique special moves. Various combinations of these buttons and/or directional inputs enable a diverse selection of moves with which to tackle most situations effectively. Three buttons are used to dish out your virtual justice: jump, attack and special. All four characters have their own unique move-sets and statistics Max is the typical huge brawler type: slow and powerful, whereas Axel is the all-rounder, Skate is quick yet weak and Blaze sits somewhere in-between. X' so it's down to Axel and Blaze - both returning from the original - to team up with new characters Skate (Adam's brother) and hulking wrestler Max. Adam is being held captive by the mysterious 'Mr. Occupying these stages are countless waves of bad guys impeding the vigilante quest to rescue your kidnapped buddy, Adam Hunter (from the first Streets of Rage). These include dark neon sign-filled streets, ominous looking industrial complexes and even a romp through an amusement park filled with pirate ships and other rides. In a nutshell, Streets of Rage 2 is a fairly typical side-scrolling beat-'em-up set across eight unique stages.

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Now available to download from the Nintendo 3DS eShop, 3D Streets of Rage 2 is the latest title to join Sega's 3D Classics range, with development duties once again handled by M2. It was a fantastic first entry for the franchise, but little over a year later Sega smashed it out the park once again with a hugely improved sequel.
