We now have a gameplay trailer for Streets Of Rage 4 and it is sure to spark some debate. The game’s new art style is certainly a change, but the rest of the what we see of the title seems to live up to the developer’s promise of revitalizing “the iconic baddie-bashing gameplay” of the original series. There’s certainly not enough beat-em-ups on the market these days, so a return to the genre might help be very welcome indeed.
“The clip finds our dear friends Axel and Blaze reunited and dishing out beatdowns – with all-new moves – to a fledgling group of ill-advised criminals in full force,” reads a description of the trailer sent via press release. “The game’s hand-drawn animation adds a burst of flair to every pummeling while still encompassing the gritty aesthetic perfected within the original trilogy.”
You can watch the Streets Of Rage 4 gameplay trailer right here…
Previously, French publisher DotEmu announced that Streets Of Rage 4 is finally on the way, bringing its particular brand of violent side-scrolling beat ’em up action to modern audiences. The game is in development at studios Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games, both of which have a bit of experience remaking and paying homage to old Sega classics. Lizardcube is responsible for a 2017 remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap, while Guard Crush recently released Streets Of Fury, a beat ’em up heavily inspired by Streets Of Rage. These seem like the right studios for the job, then.
The announcement was made with this reveal trailer…
If you grew up a Sega Mega Drive kid, you know the particular delight of playing a Streets Of Rage game. While the other kids at your school were going on epic SNES RPG adventures, you spent your evenings punching every bad guy that came your way, sometimes picking up bottles and pipes to get the job done. Nothing could stand in the way of gritty action heroes Adam Hunter, Axel Stone, and Blaze Fielding when it was time to save their city from evil criminal organizations. But it’s been almost 25 years since their last adventure, 1994’s Streets Of Rage 3, and Hunter, Stone, and Fielding have been out of the game for too long.
Streets of Rage 4 is set to be released for unconfirmed platforms on an unknown release date.