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New Streets of Rage 4 screens
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It's interesting to see the difference in how different developers create their assets for characters. The lab zero team for instance would have all of the frames of animation for any particular motion completed in a rough form before they would start coloring them in and shading them. While it looks like Lizard Cube likes to fully polish each individual frame before moving on the the next frame (or at the very least the incomplete frames or not added into the shown game until finished.)
I don't think the game series that added a cyborg with stretching arms, ki attacks and a boxing kangaroo as it went along was aiming for realism.
I love Streets of Rage and I adore the art style in The Dragons Trap... but the chunkiness of the characters here doesn't look right to me.
All these recognizable designs but stretched horizontally.
I'm still gonna get it but yeah not feeling the art style for this one unfortunately.
All these recognizable designs but stretched horizontally.
I'm still gonna get it but yeah not feeling the art style for this one unfortunately.
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I don't know if it means anything, but IGN tagged it for everything. PC, XBO, PS4, Switch. Could be that they just tagged it with everything because they don't know, or maybe they do. 🤔
I can see it coming to all those systems. Would definitely get it on Switch.
The game looks really good. I'm really digging the artstyle, been a while since I've enjoyed a beat'em up.
I've shared this before, but this is a story about how I wondered for years if there would be a fourth since I erroneously thought the third attended on a cliffhanger:
I always played on the easiest difficulties as a kid because sometimes I'd lose all my lives even on the easiest difficulty. So I'd always get to this:
I didn't realize that the robot was mocking me for playing this on the easiest difficulty and trying to tell me to play on a harder one. So for the longest time, I thought, "Man, I wonder what's going to happen in the sequel since that wasn't really Mr. X."
It was only last year that I realized there were other endings and watched them.
Moral of the story:
Git
Gud
I think what's funny about the easy mode ending, is that in other endings Mr. X is shown to not have his body anymore. So who the hell is that in the easy mode ending?
I don't like the effects. They look corny. I know I'll catch flack for this but I'd rather have particle physics like in KI.
I think once there is proper gameplay with music and sound effects it will feel more cohesive, like in that short clip above
Wow...special moves. That gif is super cool looking. Is this game being based on SoR 1, 3 or a mix?
Yeah to me it seems too tame for the exaggerated comics look I assume they're going for, not sure if they're trying to stay close to the original art or what it is, the reveal trailer got my hopes up that they would go for a much more wild art style.
The actual line work is great though and the backgrounds are amazing with tons of details. I like how the edges light up on the characters close to fire/windows on some screens too, not sure how that's done, if it's static or actually reflects on the characters but it looks great.
I think it looks fucking amazing and much more reminiscent of signature Megadrive-era Streets of Rage than before - with the neon night streets, elevators, cops and nods and influences that are true to the ethos and spirit of the original games - and I say that as someone that was lukewarm on the art style in the initial reveal. Almost seems like they changed direction for the last few months and intentionally tried to make the game look more like classic SOR as a response to the mixed feedback. Game looks like light years better now IMO - like a visually stunning and beautiful comic book in-motion.
For those worrying about gameplay - impressions from a build at PAX ranged from "fucking amazing" to "rad as fuck" if Twitter is anything to go by - meaning even in an early state it supposedly plays like a dream too. Koshiro has been speaking to the devs and is probably involved so once he's confirmed - more than sold.
I've wanted a Streets of Rage 4 since the infamous Dreamcast one was cancelled - and this really looks like a worthy and beautiful successor. Day 0.
For those worrying about gameplay - impressions from a build at PAX ranged from "fucking amazing" to "rad as fuck" if Twitter is anything to go by - meaning even in an early state it supposedly plays like a dream too. Koshiro has been speaking to the devs and is probably involved so once he's confirmed - more than sold.
I've wanted a Streets of Rage 4 since the infamous Dreamcast one was cancelled - and this really looks like a worthy and beautiful successor. Day 0.
… Eh, we got stuff like that with Final Fight Streetwise and Fighting Force in general. And then we have things like The Takedown and Raging Justice. I mean, if anything, the art would look more like Ayano Koshiro's art:
More at the SHMUPlations SOR2 translated Interview.
I think it honors the SOR name that this game doesn't look just like every other BEU that's come out in the past 5+ years. Not Fight'N'Rage, Dragon's Crown, and not like the Scotty P games or even Double Dragon Neon or DD4. It's made into it's own thing, and not just an attempt to cash-in on something else.
Yeah, I don't think many show the roughs in gameplay to the public. It was always cool to see with SG's during their early previews, though! It sounds like there may have been something like that playable behind closed doors for SOR4 too. I liked the bit of sketchy-for-motion looks we got in the reveal trailer.
I definitely understand the feeling, but including the shots shown in the animated premiere, it just seems to be how the artist draws. And I definitely don't think that's bad overall. Once we see the full game, the "stretch" feel will diminish, and it'll just be "The Style of SOR4".
That's how Dragon's Trap was released, right? So wouldn't be too surprising. Even if it doesn't hit all at the same time, it'll probably be ported everywhere eventually.
It's probably just in negotiations right now. Considering how active Koshiro still is, I'm sure he and all of Ancient are willing to contribute to this.
Eh... it did make it feel more modern, but I really never liked it all that much... except on Zan. It'd actually be pretty nice to see various playstyles of SOR spread between the characters. Or even just variations for each. But that's a bit too far ahead of where we're at now...
Just as a note, they did mention that the effects were still a WIP before. But otherwise...
...Naaa. Like, why? Why would you want particle effects in a 2D hand drawn game to be something that's not used anywhere else in the style? Generally when that happens, it's because of a lack of budget, or talent to draw the stuff themselves.
They'll keep iterating, so hopefully they start to add some transparency, and maybe additional fragmentation to the tail end of the animations. That might make a best-of-both-worlds feel.
Just release it god damn it.
Honestly though The Takedown could have just as easily become Streets of Rage 4. Would have been cheaper too.
But. I love Lizardcube and this looks great.
Honestly though The Takedown could have just as easily become Streets of Rage 4. Would have been cheaper too.
But. I love Lizardcube and this looks great.
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If it doesn't look like a SNES game, then it's a Flash game, right? LOL! 🙄
I can't even begin to understand how someone can call this a newgrounds style
Some of you are on all of the drugs, holy hell
Digging the art style.
Expected Mother Russia Bleeds but less grim but I like that they went more stylised.
Expected Mother Russia Bleeds but less grim but I like that they went more stylised.
This man speaks for me from now on, until I revoke their Power of Forumney.
Just in case any of the developers are watching, not everyone thinks your game looks like shit. I think it looks good if a bit early in ways, keep it up :P