Streets Of Rage 4 - Easter Eggs, Secrets & References PART 2!!! [SoR4] 

I mean they already have Max in the game, so playable SOR4 Max should be the first DLC they get out...

My ideas; Combo trainer/dojo mode. Make SoR4 version of Max playable, but give him a move-set redesign to make him different from his SoR2 version. Maybe give him an air-grab back breaker move like Hugo from Street Fighter III or someway to "power up" his throws by holding the attack button then releasing for more AoE damage. Would like to see some old bosses return, Jet, Antonio, Big Bear... Mr.X? Would like to see a grimey circus/fairground stage, with neon lights. Bring back the jugglers from SoR1. Maybe a fight with Abadede in the big top at the end? Survival/Never ending elevator stage, how many floors can you survive?

DLC should consider the following... Game Rebalance... The game mechanics need to be rebalanced for combat. Having only one character able to run, and one able to dash is mind boggling. Although similar to SOR2 its unfortunate making majority of the cast walk considering the different play styles. Give characters different mobility options to balance out the difficulty of the game and create more diverse play styles. Give Axel his roll, Blaze should be able to backflip, etc. Buff the characters damage and or i-frames... too many enemies have armor and priority while you have nothing in this game. Im not asking for an advantage, I'm asking for balance (if enemies have armor on wake up, give me armor or i-frames on defensive special). SOR 4 Character Roster - Add SOR4 MAX give him all moves from 2 esp slide blitz... but tweak and improve it for the new style and gameplay. Hint at potential playable SOR4 Shiva, and or Skate, its been years (26yrs since, please bring back everyone... cherry is not a replacement for skate, no excuses) Return of Older enemies/ Boses - Would rather have Yasha and Onihime from SOR3 replace Beyo and Riha in the art gallery. Abadede can replace MAX if you are playing through as Max. Bring back Bear jr., add in Electra, male bikers, ninjas in chinatown maybe?...There are just too many recycled bosses in this game... only Estelle should be fought twice (for story purposes - her boss fights are 🤦‍♂️ btw) and the game could benefit from more mini bosses and less recycled enemies... Look people have waited a long time for something like this game... its an amazing game so far but I feel it lacks the real attention to the SOR mechanics, lore, and moxie. Go all out! Guard Crush it!! I feel the devs could have done more...I would have rather waited longer if the game could have more diversity of enemies, better bosses, and better movesets..🤷‍♂️.

@@graysonbrown9778 I disagree about about adding more movement options to the characters, I think it's diverse as it is. Axel and Blaze are your standard beat em up characters. Axel being more powerful, Blaze being faster. Cherry is insanely fast. Floyd is the slow but has the most power and range. Adam is good mix of Cherry and Axel. I agree, more Bosses would be great. Too many repeated ones.

Bring back a new re-imagined Zamza with skillset...Bring back alternate routes (i.e SOR3) in story mode...where different routes create an alternate ending(s).

Same with Sonic Mania which was what happened when Sega allowed Sonic fans who have the passion and skills to make an official game (and I ain't even a Sonic fan but could tell Mania was done with love).

@@carn9507 I hear they're doing a part 2 of Mania, but it's just a rumor now

@@monap8552 find it unlikely. The team who worked on mania are doing other projects. And people are looking forward to a 3d game.

The man himself said it.

Olivier Deriviere My man! :D Playlist for those interested: ru-vid.com/group/PLTEEa2-9mZ7ZQCS1zQVlScdKfNfGQfUlc

Amazing to see you here! Thanks for sharing this

Tnx for this note. I love your musics in this game, i get all soundtrack on Spotify!

Jet!! That annoying flying piece of $h*t.

@@atomicpunk523 Indeed!

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I think he mentioned that in part 1

Its also in sor remake, which I believe was a big influence for obvious reasons

Wow, nice history nugget there. Good catch.

That was already mentioned in his previous video, i believe.

They're even installing them on the rooftop stage right before Kawashiro. it exlplains why some of them fight you with hammers.

Nice how you linked the history there!

@@smartie354 Thanks ! I love SOR so much :D

@@tristangosselin2983 Np! And same! ^_^

I think the Victorias are essentially the jugglers from SOR1 just female and only throw one at a time... at least that was my take on them. Kudos for the Final Fight reference 🤛.

Victorias are definitely a Final Fight rip-off. There are actually quite a few of those. Floyd is the biggest example. Pun intended :-)

Wow, could be! I mean, the way the twins idolize their father so much that it makes sense.

Well they were walking all over him and had the robot scratch the surface so they must really love him .

@@zazkaazaddlaaaz9520 LOL.

@@zazkaazaddlaaaz9520 All around this family is love and roses, i guess, jajaja

Nico Castillo I did take a close look at that one and while they are the same colours, the design wasn’t close enough for me to include in this video. Thanks for watching! :)

I always thought Chinatown was a reference to Final Fight 2, with Chun Li eating noodles in the BG, lol But I never noticed the Kick Ass in there either.

More likely that the Barney cops are a Half Life reference; not many people would get a Barney Fife reference.

I’m googling right now for that

I didn't put that together. Makes sense. Explains the palette choices on them as Araki would do crazy shit like randomly making his characters green and purple for just one page without explanation.

Is that a JOJO reFeReNcE?????

they have been named Johnathan and Joseph since SOR2 so I doubt it

@@JoeSmoe1 Jojo parts 1 and 2 came out before then, but it still seems a little unlikely

Your second idea is in the game if you're playing the Survival mode

I've been where you were at like a few weeks ago, and now I've cleared every stage at mania with S rank. Practice makes perfect, don't give up as long as you enjoy it! ;)

@@Blaede3 thanks, man! Guess my problem is getting my combo interrupted, but that's why I get by playing too aggressive lol

If you want to get better ranks you can try not using the stars

Santiago Lorences thank you for the info! I’ll definitely give it a try for better results

@@archersterling6726 It's not about aggressive. You are probably just too used to the classic SOR2 gameplay, not unlike myself. I've had that problem for a week or so. The key is to understand that this game doesn't play like SOR2 (more like a clone) - in terms of how the defensive special works. IN SOR2 - it would trigger in any scenario, and very fast. Here - it can only work if you are not under attack. So you can't let enemies get close like you could in SOR2, you have to consider the extra distance with this move. In SOR2 - you also had more level space, and weapon control was tighter. Finally, SOR4 is based on certain "do's" and "don't's" - which are pretty strict. If you're used to SOR2 - then it will feel restrictive, and it won't go away - even if you "git good". Once you get a grip on the "do's" and "don't's" - the game will flow very naturally. You'll get A-ranks in all levels soon after that. Up to 'Hard' difficulty for sure. Getting S-ranks, or A-ranks on Hardest or Mania - will take more practice. It is much more challenging (more like by the numbers and a little luck). But not impossible. Good Hunting!

I'm hoping to be able to play some bad guys! Ibis, Fabio, Abadede, Bald Boxer Swimsuit Guy, Bourbon!! Gimme, gimme, gimme! Lol!

Jean Claude vanmercury

I thought he was a very flexible Tom Selleck (Magnum PI)

No, skate is the worst thing that happened to sor. Just no.

@@stanleycrowley9333 speak for yourself and only yourself, Skate is the coolest character in this entire series, You must hate fun or something.

@@TurtleTitan03 You can say I hate too retarded and unrealistic character concepts. Some small black kid beats up adult criminals, let alone a syndicate boss is way too stupid and unfun concept to begin with, it is an antonym of the word "cool". I know I am in very minority today , when even adult people are mostly manchilds that like comic books and shitty marvel movies and can only comprehend such concepts and think of this as something fun or entertaining, however not everyone should be that simple-minded, therefore I just stated my opinion. I thank developers for excluding Skate. Hope he will never come back again and people like you will just let go the SoR franchise eventually. Go play lego marvel or something.

@@stanleycrowley9333 Not even gonna waste away brain cells breaking down your ignorant excuse for a response especially when your claims don't actually reflect upon Skate or his conception but rather you yourself. You're a very misguided baby in a what I assume is a grown ass man's body, please get yourself informed on top of some common sense and a little decency. Take care :)

@@TurtleTitan03 Someone butthurts too much. Well, it is actually you who do not understand the concept of the original SOR and why garbage characters like Skate destroy it. As I said, the series is not for you. Go play some lego or watch marvel movies, they are brilliant for you. Your nickname is kind of ironic. I think your lazy brain is not even aware that Shaolin monks train all their life to fight in a battle, while you try to defend some little kid that should take out bunch of such martial artists with ease. What an irony. Even somewhat hypocritical if you ask me.

Yeah, that was mentioned in the previous video. Childish Gambino.

@@terrelltownsend8016 oh ok 👍🏾

Can't it be both? The fact the car crashes is a homage to the SOR2 idea. That it sticks on the screen for you to bash it after is a Final Fight nod. It could have just blown up or disappeared.

@@lucasbishop4764 but the actual lead dev said it himself why the car is there.....

SOR was a blatant ripoff of Final Fight. So whether it was a stolen idea in the 90s or an homage from the new developers, the car smashing is from Final Fight either way.

@@Nazzers Remember, Sega and Nintendo were rivals back in the day for yrs and Sega had to create a game on par with FF. Thus, SOR was born and FF is good, but I've always enjoyed the sor series the most. The soundtrack alone is a reason. (Another, classic Genesis sor style brawler was "Two Crude Dudes").

I'm so glad someone else noticed that, especially since you get the hammer on that stage! Also Oldboy is my favorite movie.

He was called Murphy in the Streets of Rage strips in Sonic the Comic from the early 90s.

Yeah it's a reference to that humongous one erected in France. Was surprised to see that lmfao.

And the Blue variant Adon from street Fighter series. Commissioner look like Rugal (that move that grab the opponent to the wall) and Goro a merge of Ryo Sakazaki and Takuma from the King of Fighters.

Don't forget Adam's "Power Geyser". XD

@@allanevo4731 Commissioner reminded me more of Mayor Mike Haggar from Final Fight.

and the y signal guys like j from final fight, and the bald guys with the pipes like dug (also from final fight). and Axel... you get thr idea.

@@allanevo4731 Goro?! LOL Goro is clearly a replica of Sensei Mas Oyama.

Or maybe Goro Daimon from KoF?

That's all a very good theory. What I got from the scene was when there's that martial arts camaraderie/respect between evenly-matched warriors and so, he calls Axel "brother." He respects Ax's skill enough to consider him, like a "friend/brother."

@@smartie354 But on wikipedia for sor which may not be reliable info but for the most part they're pretty reliable, it was mentioned that Axel and Shiva were rivals in the first 3 games. That makes sense giving they opposed each other at the time. However Shiva is pretty much reformed now. Nonetheless it's safe to say they respect each other skills and capabilities

@@mrash1152 Yea, I've played all 3 sor games and know the lore. Yep that's all true.

Maybe the show ironside?

Even the commissioner looks like Commissioner Gordon from Batman

Be interesting to learn barbons inspiration he looks like Van Dammes bro in kickboxer and his kicks are roadhouse throwbacks surely

@@maverickmic more like French Savate. Charles and Joseph Charlemont.

He always had a moustache? I didn't understand the comment about the "new look" at all, he literally looks exactly like he did in the second game.

@@PsychoWerekitsune did he really have a mustache in SOR2? I'll have to look closer next time. I thought he was clean shaven. Damn pixels...

I second that!👍