Enemies now all have health bars and names, and the four playable characters have unique moves and attacks instead of just different power or speed. The gameplay of Streets of Rage 2 is largely the same, but has some tweaks and improvements. Rage 2 does have one major hole in its offense: there's no defense. Pipes, swords, bombs, and knives also give you an edge. All told, each hero packs 15 techniques, including standard kicks and punches, jumping attacks, running assaults, throws, hair-grab holds, combinations, and other special attacks. You alone or you and a brawling bud hit the streets armed with the widest and most potent array of martial arts moves ever found in a side-scrolling beat-em-up. Looks like everybody's gonna be kung fu fighting! Move It or Lose It X's name on the dotted line of disfigurement. They recruit Adam's kid brother Skate and Axel's best friend Max to help them clean up the streets and sign Mr. Axel and Blaze get mad, and vow to get even. X met defeat in Streets of Rage, he returns from beyond the penitentiary to copnap Adam, the pair's partner in crime fighting. If Streets of Rage was a fantasy vacation in Maui, the sequel's a million dollar shopping spree! Take to the StreetsĪnniversaries are always memorable, but Axel and Blaze probably want to forget this one. Sega's latest entrant in the beat-em-up ring is none other than the long-awaited, overexposed, 16-meg Streets of Rage 2.

Additional help is available in the form of power-ups hidden throughout each level, including extra players, health units, and weapons (knives, steel bars, and so on).Ĭlench your fists, make a muscle, and get ready to ' throw your weight around those alleyways of anger - again. With each continue, you can restart with a different character. The game's challenge is variable, with an option menu that enables you to choose among Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty levels, and one to five players per life. It's easy to activate the fight moves, and all the on-screen action responds to the silky smooth controls. For example, Axel launches into a whirlwind, six-hit flurry of punches topped with a spinning uppercut. Each one can also punch, jump, jump kick, flip opponents, and use one specialized move. Each hero still has different strengths and weaknesses, though, including power, technique, speed, jump, and stamina. For instance, you are only able to choose among Blaze, Axel, and Skate (Adam's been abducted, remember?), and their moves have been simplified in comparison to their Genesis repertoire. Several changes had to be made to size this Genesis game down to Game Gear parameters. The large, sharp graphics ensure that you feel every punch, slam, and slap.

Five treacherous levels jam-packed with all types of goons and thugs block your way to the final showdown with Mr.

Link up with a friend for two-player, simultaneous action (via a Gear-to-Gear cable), or go solo in this sidescrolling slugfest. This time the objective isn't just to rid the streets of criminal scum.this time it's personal! X seeks vengeance by kidnapping their friend, Adam. It's a year after Blaze and Axel rid the streets of Mr.

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