Streets of Rage: Remake 5.1

Streets of Rage has a colorful history. In the early 90s, it was known as one of the best beat em ups available on the market. Its name was known alongside Double Dragon and Final Fight. They steadily built it into a franchise but faded into obscurity along with the beat em up genre in the mid 90s. A Sreets of Rage 4 never got off the ground. Streets of Rage: Remake is a fan creation of that hypothetical Streets of Rage 4.

While the game was shut down back in 2011 due to legal issues with Sega, Streets of Rage: Remake still has a fantastic amount of content for what it is, as it managed to hit version 5.1 before it was shut down. The story takes place years after Streets of Rage 3, but it isn't particularly in-depth or interesting. The long and short of it is "bad guys have popped back up, and you have to go beat them up".

The gameplay blends a ton of features from the old Streets of Rage games. For example, you are able to call in a strike from your police friends, which was a feature in 1 but was missing for the rest of the franchise. You're also able to take different routes at certain points, and the route you take determines the ending, much like back in Streets of Rage 3. Speaking of Streets of Rage 3, there are also motorcycle sequences, which are a cool mix up in the gameplay.

The graphics have been updated but keeps its charm, and the music has been remixed and updated. There are very few bad things to say about Streets of Rage: Remake - it's a fantastic work that was unfortunately shut down.