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The Streets of Rage 2 debate

What the community thinks of Streets of Rage 2, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.

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  1. QuestBard

    Solid game, sure, but this high...I'm not fully convinced it earns it over some of what it's matched against.

    WarrenByte

    I've had that exact same moment, three moves carrying the whole fight, and it's exactly why I don't think it holds up against tighter modern combat systems.

    NeonRider1987

    Yo también crecí con él.

  2. barton_alaina

    I keep going back and forth on this one, the soundtrack alone carries half the experience, but the actual combat depth is pretty thin once you notice the same three moves working on everything... still, there's something about the pacing that newer beat 'em ups rarely bother with.

    VinylPhoenix

    J'ai relancé le jeu récemment sans filtre nostalgique et le rythme fonctionne encore très bien, même si je vois exactement ce que veut dire la limite des trois coups qui reviennent partout, ça m'avait sauté aux yeux dès la deuxième heure.

  3. RetroSniper1988

    i was maybe ten, my older cousin had it hooked up in his room and wouldn't let me pick blaze, ever...comparing it now to something like god of war III feels almost unfair, different eras entirely, but back then this was the whole world

  4. GhostKnight

    Does anyone else remember picking Max just because nobody else wanted him? Was he actually good or did we just get used to him out of loyalty?

    NovaRex88

    Same energy at my place, Skate and Max always fought over.

    Éric_2005

    Replying to NovaRex88

    Chez moi c'était Axel qu'on se battait pour avoir, jamais Max, et ça finissait toujours pareil.

  5. Lynn_2005

    I put this on for my kids expecting five minutes of polite interest and they ended up fighting over who gets to play Skate. It's not as deep as something like Hades obviously, but the simplicity is exactly why it works on them.

    GhostLegend98

    La simplicité marche sur les enfants mais elle s'essouffle vite pour un adulte qui a déjà tout vu ailleur.

  6. BossDragon2

    I've only put maybe ten hours into it total over the years, never in one sitting, but every time I load it up against something like God of War III it's wild how differently they approach making you feel powerful.

  7. claire72

    My best friend and I used to split a bag of chips and take turns picking characters every single time we played, no exceptions, it was basically a ritual!! I still remember arguing over who got to be Blaze!!

    Brice_86

    yeah the chips ritual thing hits home, makes me wonder how many votes here are basically nostalgia votes and not actual rankings

  8. FramePlayer

    Played maybe 40 hours total. Next to Hades it's simpler, but way punchier per second.

  9. Tromp53

    People keep acting like nostalgia is an argument. It isn't. This ranking is inflated by people who haven't touched a controller in years.

    xkshlerin

    Replying to GhostByte2007

    Same here honestly, my brother once threw the controller across the room, we still laugh about it.

    ArcadeMaster

    Igual con mi hermano, aunque nunca terminamos de decidir quién era mejor con Blaze.

    GhostByte2007

    Ma sœur cassait la manette à chaque défaite, littéralement.

  10. MertieHunter

    371st feels a bit low honestly, but with 102 duels and a 69% win rate the ranking system seems to be doing its job here.

  11. lenoir_bernadette

    Face à Arkham Asylum, il paraît bien fragile niveau mise en scène, même si le plaisir immédiat reste là.

    tiara_schowalter

    Never went for the mise en scène, just wanted Blaze to land that dropkick every time.

  12. BossPilot2

    con mis primos, turnándonos el mando, no recuerdo ganar nunca

    Makenna_60

    You act like nostalgia can't be earned, but some of us actually replayed this with our cousins decades later and it still holds up, doesn't it count for something?

  13. lacombe_pierre

    Est-ce que quelqu'un se souvient encore de la borne d'arcade au fond du café où j'allais avec mon frère ? On mettait toutes nos pièces là-dessus, jamais un jeu ne nous a autant vidé les poches.

    GhostBard9

    Replying to Katelyn_1985

    My kids don't care about depth, they care about timing their hits right, and honestly watching them figure that out has kept this game relevant in my house longer than plenty of newer ones.

    roob_joe

    Replying to leonardo_von

    But my cousin picked Skate every time out of spite, and that's the whole ranking right there.

    NeonHunter2

    Je n'y joue plus qu'une fois par an, en général un dimanche pluvieux, et ça suffit à raviver le souvenir du café.

    Arnaude_40

    Replying to leonardo_von

    On y revient toujours, même sans miser sur ça.

    PixelKnight

    Or maybe those coins were the best spent of your childhood, honestly! Who wouldn't want that back?

    GarlandWolf

    Same setup here except it was two brothers, and Arkham Asylum never got that kind of loyalty from anyone I knew.

    leonardo_von

    So the ranking rewards childhood memories over actual replay value, that's the system working as intended? What happens when the last person who played it as a kid stops voting?

    Katelyn_1985

    Precise for its time, sure, but next to what ranks above it today the lack of depth shows fast...

  14. FrameSamurai2

    La maniabilité reste étonnamment précise pour son époque, ce qui tranche nettement avec la lourdeur qu'on retrouve parfois dans God of War III sur les phases de combo.

    ElainaPilot

    Precise doesn't mean it holds up against combo systems built decades later.

  15. Jacquet46

    Il est sympathique mais clairement surestimé par rapport à ce que le genre a produit depuis.

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