Can someone breakdown what makes Streets of Rage 4 so great compared to Battle toads? looking for a nice summary. I thought SO4 was really great personally. Is it the graphics? combat?
I haven’t played Battletoads yet so I’m probably not the best source. I would imagine it’s because it’s very faithful to the old games. As a matter of fact, I think it could be the best main SOR to date which is a tall order.
The graphics are nice and colorful, the soundtrack is still great which is a challenge in itself, controls are responsive, all characters feel very different from each other with strengths and weaknesses, hidden retro characters with modifications, the combat has depth, nice animations, Blaze still looks faithful to her old self aesthetically, yet modernized(very important).
It’s just a fun game imo and even has online co-op as well that runs adequate most of the times. You can tell the developers of this game had unadulterated passion for the product and are fans of the old games. They even have the old sprites and pixel backgrounds if you don’t like the art style or want to go retro. I’ll probably try out Battletoads tonight to see how it compares.