"No such thing as a Bad Streets of Rage Game" That is the perfect disclaimer :D

What's interesting about Streets of Rage 4 is that the game, even today stills get regular updates. Also, the soundtrack is brilliant. My favorite tracks from SOR 4 is Chow Time, On Fire, and We're Back.

the thing i dont like about 1 2 and 4 is that you can't RUN. that's the only thing i dont like about the games. WHY TF ARE THEY LITERALLY JUST WALKING?? 🤦‍♂️

The view on STOR 1 is undervalued. The game was ground breaking and amazing with arguably the best soundtrack of all the games. STOR 2 is the pinnacle game hands down. 4 is great but 2 is still the best.

Not having Skate in the new one is kinda wild.

12:55 Do *_not_* turn on the retro soundtrack. The majority of the songs are haphazardly placed, and they even had the nerve to add in some Sega Master system songs! Who was the genius behind that one?!

Streets of Rage 2 The King Beat em UP.

As someone old enough to play the originals when they came out, I agree with the order but I do think 2 has the best soundtrack. Great vid.

A shoutout to SOR Remake, an open source project that kept the Spirit of this series alive all those years!

I wish more classic games would get this treatment. Crisp art style, tight controls, headboppin music, a ton of well thought out call backs to rhe originals. This game is so brilliant. I just brought this game to my job and got a bunch of young guys to play (4player co-op) and they are in love with it.

I like the extra difficulty in Streets of Rage 3. Also like the better controls and more interaction. Only reason people who actually played Streets of Rage 3 hated on the game was because of the added difficulty and the music, which was really good also.

SoR seems like a NES Game??? You didn't play It then. It blow our mind in 90s. And not an amazing soundtrack????? XDDDD With SoR2 are the BEST OST of 16 bits era

2 things 1st I would swap 1 and 3 imo I think they went over the top especially with the multiple endings, 2nd the bar under the "OK" is basically a freebie to use any special that cost health but if you use it while the bar goes back up you can still lose health using it

A guy who had NEVER played Streets of rage until deciding to make this video, picks the modern version 😅😅

I need to play these games, but are u going to do anything on the golden axe games

Streets of Rage II will always be my favourite of the series. The worst out of the series is definitely Streets of Rage III. Streets of Rage II Streets of Rage Streets of Rage 4 Streets of Rage 3

I grew up when 2 was the shit. And nowadays...I prefer 3...even though I think 2 has better controls.. the addition of special attack not killing you. Puts 3 over the top for me. Good review man. I like your videos.

Many Friday’s in the early to mid 1990’s were spent hurrying home after school waiting on my parents to get home from work and us going to Blockbuster or Fox Video so I could spend some of my allowance on a Freddy, Jason or Michael Myers movie, a couple video games (which one was always one of the Streets of Rage or one of the Road Rash games) and one of those huge bags of popcorn. DAMN I miss those days. But playing SOR4 brought back some of that nostalgia for sure

I don't know if you have played it but you may like a video game called The Takeover. It plays just like a Streets of Rage game.

Played Streets of Rage 1 when I was younger and I honestly forgot about the series until they realised the trailer for SOR 4. Was so excited when I got it on PC and I feel in love with the game. Still wished they included some form dogde mechanic but great game all in all.

Streets of Rage Remake is the best Streets of Rage game.

Love the commentary!.

When you say how Street of Rage 3 difficulty is too hard, that's not how it was in Bare Knuckle 3 (japanese/original version). The US dev tweak the difficulty to the level where it became unbalance. Hard level impossible to be dealt with unless the player is a super 🤣

I can fight for days on survival, Streets of Rage 4

I utterly agree with this list! Though I never heard of the spin-off that look like a fan game… And you made all the points I hoped you made regarding each regional history! Especially as someone newer to this franchise. Glad you really played them through, and understood why they define the beat em up genre. I still think SOR2 had the best soundtrack in the series, but Streets of Rage 4 is FANTASTIC. Especially for a return to form. It has it all, and had meaningful refinements. As a long time fan myself, I was very happy with the 4th entry. I can confidently say it lived up to desired expectations. I wished we can have Streets of Rage Remake release for consoles, because don’t get me started how incredible that fan game is. I’m looking forward to TMNT Shredder’s Revenge.

Sor 3 had a lot of levels vut they were behind requirements to unlock 3 different endings

Imo I actually far prefer sor1 over sor3. Sor3's music and the tedious gameplay really killed it for me. I took the time to beat sor3, but I definitly wouldn't play it again.

SOR1 is the 🐐

Awesome video

Now we need Golden Axe 4 please!

I discovered streets of rage 3 at a fleamarket and got it for 8$ back in the 90s. Still own it to this day that and 1-2. Hands down 3 is the best no questions asked.

SoR 2 is one of the best games on Sega, and one of the best games ever made. I remember renting SoR 3 from the video store and to this day, remember how hard that game was in comparison to 2

I really like Streets of Rage 1 , 2 & 3 so much. 😊😂 Funny moments when your character or others keeps getting hit all the time. Hahaha. Can't stop laughing about the hit and music sound effects. 😂

IMO Bare Knuckle 3 is the #2 and then SOR4. I know you weren't doing fangames but SOR Remake is awesome

Streets of rage, TMNT, final fight and double dragon r the big four of beat em ups. I love all them so much.

For some reason i think Street of Rage 3 was best among the series. It was fast it was challenging though its ost and character design wasn’t up to mark.

1 is my favorite, despite it's cheese and jank. I just find it funnest and it has the best soundtrack imo.

viewtuful joe is one of my favorite games of all time you think ill like this? also is it way harder than vj?

Streets of Rage 1 lives up to its name with the bosses and the jugglers. Like Sonic 1, the controls are horrific and sluggish, the mechanics are inconsistent, and it was clearly made in the quarter era where games are made hard to generate revenue.

the problem with street of rage 1 is that it looks soo outdated even back then in 1992 .. its like 1 frame rate peer a second they were too lazy with it .. ( even though this game meant to be the answer from Sega to capcoms final fight ,, no idea how is that possible since final fight has a superior graphics & the frame rate was excellent ) .. i never liked it since the first i tried it .. but they improved every thing in 2 -3 .. for me 3 - 4 are the best of all time & its the real crushing answer to final fight ,, even though i have some complains about 4 being a short game for a blue-ray ,, i mean in 2020 " 3 hours " only game is unacceptable , besides removing the ability to run & some favorite characters are vanished like ( mona & liza , Sammy , ash & the kangaro ) plus i was expecting more of a movie cut scenes instead of a comic pics style ,, about street of rage 2 is pretty much ok for me but not the best ,, because ( again no running , AI is unfair , repetitive bosses , shorter gameplay & graphics are soo cartoonish comparing to 3 & 4 kinda matching more with kids than adult players ) .. 3 & the remake are perfect no complains for me

The ninja turtles game is really good made by the same developers

No existe un SOR malo,todos han sido excelentes..

Streets of Rage 2 is my favorite game of all time

I do prefer Bare Knuckle 3, 'cause it brought me one of the best playable characters: I just have loved played with bionic grandpa Zan. The old cyborg rules, yeah!

All SORs should be played in order to appreciate SOR2 especially SOR1 which should not be skipped, if anything SOR3 could be skipped

SOR 3 is quite played it mania excellent

Bare Knuckle III would be the best game by far only if it wasn't that easy. You can finish that game on hardest level without any skill whatsoever, just by mashing buttons. Great game, but lack of challenge kills it.

How did you fail to mention, in the first game about the Yakuza, that everyone plays like Axel under the flaws section?

I hope we will get a Streets of Rage 5, 4 was so awsome

Great video, would swap SOR1+3 personally, unless you bring BK3 into the equation and I would place Sor2 at the top, but I know it's nostalgia.

Even SOR1 is leagues beyond any brawler of the era.

3 is the best both in gameplay and versatility of characters. They can sprint, roll up or down, special has meter for free damage, and apecial skills gets better in each stages if not dying. Street 4 is a disappointment.

Castle Crashers is another very good beat em up.

Especial mencion to street of rage remake !

The first streets of rage is better than the third one. In fact if I had played the third one first when I was a kid, zI wouldn't have became a fan

SOR1 felt like a nes game? I think if you weren’t around for the originals and seen the impact they made then you’re not qualified to rank them. U can’t just play them all last year and then make an order. You had to be around in the 90’s and judge each one based on ground breaking impact

SOR2 SoundTrack is my Favorite 16 Bit SoundTrack of All Time and one of the Greatest SoundTrack in Music History

Bricks Love Streets of Rage!! 2 is OG!! Definitely going to look into 4, it looks really good!!

If i had to rate these games based on soundtrack id say sor3 is the weakest. Sor 2 is the greatest. Sor 1 and sor 4 is a gamble for spot 2 and 3 lol. But all n all i have a great love for sor 2 3 and 4 soundtrack. Sor 3 has a few good tracks that i still listening to

Gekido is the best out of every bet up bad guy game I played

so ppl don't like 3rd game cuz of botched western release. I played japanese original first and i think it's better than 2, just objectively, more moves and characters and stuff, while core gameplay is the same.

As someone who owned Streets of Rage 2 back in 1992 back on release day; it undoubtedly is the best in the series for both gameplay and soundtrack with possibly the greatest boss theme ever with "Never Return Alive". Streets of Rage 3, yes we know exactly why that suffered for its American & EU release but gameplay was an evolution of SOR2 and I loved the level design. However the soundtrack was awful. I have played SOR4 into the ground considering I had initial doubts about it when it was announced and Cherry Hunter is possibly the best character in the entire series.

Number one should be the first Streets of rage which started everything!

1.SOR3 2.SOR4 3.SOR2 4.SOR1

I still think some OpenBOR games and the Streets of Rage remake are better than all of them. Streets of Rage 2X is amazing and is still getting updated by f-games, it has bigger, better combos, special moves, supers, blocking, dodging, counters, branching paths. Streets of Rage remake v5.2 also is great and closest to the classic experience, with all characters from all 3 games and some extra ones too, you can even play as Mr. X. Talking about official beat em ups, in terms of combos and gameplay, Fignt N Rage is the best one, its way better than the new TMNT game and Streets of rage 4, although it deviates from the classic, simplistic button mashing experience. The amount of insane combos and things you can pull of is amazing, it even has a nice parrying system. I don't think that game gets enough credit it deserves. I believe a lot of people don't even know about that game.

What about the Master system editions :)

Streets of Rage 2 being the best with Streets of Rage 4 being the second best with the 1st game and 3rd game being my least favourite mainly because of the ridiculous difficulty, never played the camaracha spin off and I hope Sega releases this on the Switch.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Streets of rage 3 america version is harder then sor2 mania and sor4 mania+ combined.

Only wish there was a block

Why do I hear Mystic Ruins?

11:48 pain

i still got my meadrive and street of rage, trow me 1000 i dont sell

i like all the games except the Yakuza version

I would put 2 soundtrack as the best of all 4

My ranking of the 1st 4 streets of rage games BEST to WORST SOR1 SOR4 SOR3 SOR2 What do you think of my ranking? Totally Tubular Jonathan?

The original streets of rage 1 was the best

Sor1 has the best ost

Yeah

Sor3 is sooo underrated I wish sor4 was more like it with running, non linear plot ans absolutely crazy music

3:50 well, that's what sequels are supposed to do, improve on the original

This is my ranking: 4. SoR 3 3. SoR 2. SoR 4 1. SoR 2

i dont agree with soundtrack for me the SOR1 is the best of the series

Streets of rage 1 does not feel like a nes beat em up. What an utterly stupid thing to say.

#1 STREETS OF RAGE REMAKE AND STREETS OF RAGE X

Where's bare knucle mobile?

En el 2 y el 3 quitaron a Adam. Una lástima, era el mejor personaje jugable.

Aí vai de opinião, eu já acho Streets of Rage 1 bem melhor q o Streets of Rage 3 e a trilha sonora do 3 é uma decepção já a trilha sonora do 1 é tão boa quanto a do 2 e no fato de ser desafiador é o mais desafiador dos 3, mas é apenas minha opinião

Original games: Streets of Rage → fantastic game, unforgettable soundtracks and scenarios; Streets of Rage 2 → a good game, good soundtracks and scenarios, but slow game; Streets of Rage 3/Bare Knuckle III → the most misunderstood but with one of the best gameplay; Streets of Rage 4 → What is this thing? Cartoon? My personal opinion, I didn't like anything about this game fan games: Streets of Rage Remake → a masterpiece without a doubt; Streets of Rage X (or 2X) → another masterpiece by fans. Hacks that if you not played you need to play: Streets of Rage Killer Difficulty → if you like a real challenge, perfect for you; Streets of Rage 2 Warriors of Fate 1000 Mans → quite challenging game with enemies that doesn't seem to end; Streets of Rage 2 Ninja Warriors Once Again Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Streets of Rage Project; The Punisher in the Streets of Rage; Streets of Rage 2 - Street Fighter Version 1 (Dhalsim/Ryu/Guile/Ken) Streets of Rage 2 - Street Fighter Version 3 (Blanka/Honda/Zangief/T.Hawk) Streets of Rage 2 - Street Fighter Version 4 (Balrog/Bison/Sagat/Vega. Hugs from Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Sor 4 music is good but not better than 1 or 2

My Top 4 SOR Games are 1. SOR2 2. SOR4 3. SOR3 4. SOR1

There was fan made remake, that was better them all. 4 was good once unlock classic axl but music sucked

Streets of rage 3 is better than streets of rage 2 cuz streets of rage 3 is the best game in the whole franchise.

I got part 1 over sor3 plus you haven't played it as a kid

no 8 bit?

It's funny to me, every ranking game video these KZfaqrs start by saying, I never play this game before and then start ranking that game exactly the way Google would rank a game by collecting all player base like and dislike ratio,, This video exactly like the usually uninterested KZfaqr talking about something that he has no interest in other them using the fan base of that game for content, dude just keep saying I like this game but can't explain why I like it or why it's batter then others, and the reason basically is this guy never played SOR before making this video, and just using the game for content which I fucking hate, you can't even tell why SOR 2 is batter then 3, and the most hilarious part is that SOR 3 is harder then SOR 2 😂, now this is where OG Sega player will tell you that you guys suck on playing games, because Sega normal games were more challenging then now days soul games

Agree with this ranking. That said, there were actually official versions of Streets of Rage 1 and 2 for Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System, respectively. None of these are quite as good as the Genesis SOR2, though SOR2 for Game Gear is very good, and I personally rank it above SOR1 and SOR3 for Genesis. In an unusual turn, the Game Gear and Master System versions are actually completely different from one another too, with the Game Gear versions being significantly better than the Master System versions. They've even got some unique content that's not in the Genesis games, like a crazy alien boss in level 3 of SOR2 for Game Gear.

2 4 1 3 Best to worst

Shout out to Streets Of Rage Remake ✌ It' gold Jerry, GOLD! 🏆

For me, streets of rage 3 is the weakest game in the entire series for quite a few reasons. For one, the American version is ridiculously censored. On top of that, it's heavily modified, including the story; And to make matters worse, we got screwed over because our version of the game is harder so that we don't beat it in the span of a rental weekend. My absolute least favorite thing about the game, though, is the soundtrack. I get that they were trying to be experimental, but those experiments were not very successful.