Streets of Rage 4

26 years in the making. I'm a huge Mega Drive fan, its' what I grew up on. Master system might have been my first console but the Mega Drive turned me in to the the person who now spends way too much time playing videogames in his mid 30's that I am today. Streets of rage played a very small part in this. I never owned one but rented them several times and was always terrible at them (unlike Alien storm). To be honest, brawlers have never been one of my favourite genres but 'Foul play' really turned me round when I played that a year or so ago. A good brawler, with the nostalgia addition (something that always works for (see my long Term Sonic obsession)) got me hyped, and I was not let down.

Needless to say I haven't played as a single new character, starting as Blaze and moving on to Axel I was really struggling, it was when I unlocked Adam half way though the game that things really took off and I actually got semi capable at the game. SOR4 is not the most advanced game in this genre by any stretch but it builds a little on the originals, really recreating the spirit of the originals, a simple few button maneuvers, no gimmicks and all the roast chickens you can eat. It fells like a true sequel to the original series.

The game is absolutely beautiful, I was a sceptic when I first saw the trailer (like many others) but it fits in with the series so well, the music is great for the same reasons too. They bring back many of the old enemies while adding a few new and remixing some classics, Electra a particular stand out with a new story of being a total wineo (is that how you spell it?). 

If you like older brawlers this will be right up your street (s' of rage) but don't expect any frills. A love letter to the series and I for one was delighted by it. A must play for the Sega kids out there.

There's not a lot of exciting upcoming games out there it must be said, Saints Row 3 and Destroy all humans remakes could be interesting and the recent Ghosts of Tsuhima gameplay footage has me interested in that game for the first time. Unfortunately I've had the last of us 2 spoiled for me, but that might be a bit of a blessing in surprise. For me Naughty dogs games haven't played that well for a long time, Uncharted certainly being overrated for me and The last of Us 1 certainly being dragged along by a great story, but it seems like the sequel certainly doesn't go the way I want. it could be handled really well, who knows but the length has me worried most of all. 2 disks? really? Uncarted 4 seemed to go on forever and this is supposed to be significantly longer. Anyway, I might get it yet, at this point I'm undecided.

Been playing a lot of these games that are on sale on PSN at the minute to mixed results (why are the loading times for The Crew 2 so insanely long?). Maybe it's time for the Sonic rankings, Just want to play Sonic and the Lost world first as it was during my forgotten surgery year when I first played it so have basically no recollection of it.