![]() The survival mode alone will keep you busy for quite a while so just that mode alone is worth the purchase. If you have Streets of Rage 4 and want to breath some new life into it, buy the Mr X Nightmare DLC and you’ll be playing it for quite a while. The DLC is also available at a bargain price – only 1/3 the cost the of the main game itself, so it’s a steal. Mr X Nightmare is not even a cherry on top, it’s like getting an extra cake to go along with the first cake (the main game). At this point, Streets of Rage 4 is the game to judge all other beat’em ups by from now on. X Nightmare makes Streets of Rage 4 a near perfect beat’em up. ![]() It’s brutal, but it’s so rewarding to a player good enough to crowd control well! It starts you out with no lives and no continues but by having more enemies on the screen, you can build up a higher combo, which leads to a higher score, which leads to more lives. Mania+ really shines when it comes to arcade mode. This new mode adds in tons more enemies to the usual enemy set up. Both the Story and Arcade mode now have an extra difficulty called “Mania+”. There are also a few other tweaks and adjustments here and there for stages and fighters. Some minor enhancements are there such as Max fighting an AI hologram of himself during the Max boss battle. When you use a new character in story mode, they are not recognized in the story. The training mode has trials that you can go through in order to better learn each character and the basics of the game.Īll of the new characters can be used in other modes as well. SoR4 is very similar to a fighting game in terms of commands and combos so a training mode is very much welcome. The training mode is a handy feature that lets you try out your attacks and combos against a training dummy. You’ll unlock different moves for your chosen fighter – these moves can be equipped in the survival mode and any other mode (even story and arcade)! You’ll also unlock training dummies that can be used in the training mode. One really good part about the survival mode is that you’ll be unlocking content based on your progression. You’ll face off against multiple bosses in some stages and the enemies will start to get more attributes that will help them out as well. The enemies change up quite a bit as you progress. Some stages are retro and some stages use new graphics – same for the enemies. All enemies spawn in as if they are part of a simulation and you move through portals to each new area. Dr Zan uses Mr X’s brain to build a machine that can simulate encounters conjured up from his twisted mind. After defeating the Y twins in the main story, the heroes realize they need to prepare for anything. The survival mode has an actual story to it. A leaderboard tallies up your progress for competition. The main mode in survival randomizes stages and there is another weekly challenge mode that is fixed per playthrough. There is a CPU helper that you can get to fight alongside you as well. Some power-ups have a double-edge sword effect to where you get a negative in return for the positive, but sometimes the positive is better. You might add a burning effect to your special moves or maybe choose to regain health per attack at the cost of not gaining health from food pickups. You go through wave after wave of enemies with your chosen fighter and get to choose attribute bonuses at the end of each wave. This survival mode adds TONS of replay value to the game. The new survival mode is the main feature. One would think that the new characters would be the best feature of the DLC, but it certainly isn’t. There is also an extra unlockable character – Roo from Streets of Rage 3 is an extra hidden unlockable from the DLC. His air attacks are easily some of the best in the game – only Cherry can rival him in air attacks and I feel he beats her. Long story short, if you like combos, pick Shiva and get creative and you’ll get a high combo very quickly. ![]() He can literally shower an area with attacks. He is Mr X’s expert fighter that was first playable (as a secret character) in Streets of Rage 3. Shiva is the popular boss character from Streets of Rage 2 and 3. She also has the throwback super attack to where a cop in a police car showers the area with rockets. Estel is agile and she hits hard with her melee attacks. Estel is the cop that is on the tail of the heroes throughout much of the campaign. Max is slow, but he has some special moves that can help him out in overall movement. He has many highly damaging grabs and attacks. This guy was known for being a total powerhouse in that game and he still takes the most damage out of any of the playable characters. Max is the retired pro-wrestler from Streets of Rage 2. All characters are former bosses in the game. The most obvious addition are the three new characters. ![]()
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