Dotemu, lizardcube, and Guard Crush surprised fans of the beat 'em up genre when they announced that a brand-new entry in the Streets of Rage series was being developed, and that said game would be launching in 2020: the long-awaited Streets of Rage 4.
Streets of Rage 4 brings back most of the elements from previous entries, plus all of the nostalgia that made the original games such household names; all of this over 25 years after the last entry in the series was released, mind you, so players had more than a few reasons to get excited over it.
The developers really delivered a top quality game, but they are not done just yet — as they have revealed that they are still listening to player feedback, and have committed to keep improving the experience for the fans who pick up Streets of Rage 4.
Dotemu has announced that the long-awaited balancing patch for Streets of Rage 4 has finally become available today, and this patch is actually quite massive; feturing a tonne of updates, bug fixes, and changes that add balance to the game.
The best news is that these fixes have already been tested by the Streets of Rage 4 community, which ensures that fans will be getting the changes they've been clamouring for since the game became available this past April.
As revealed by the developers, Streets of Rage 4's online mode will now be offering more fluidity and stability, as well as less latency. On top of this, all of the main characters have gotten balancing improvements, and even stages got what the developers refer to as a major gameplay improvement.
Since the update is really quite massive, so are its patch notes, but we still encourage you to check out all of the changes made to Streets of Rage 4, and read the full officialy document by clicking right here.
Featuring hand-drawn visuals from the team behind 2017’s gorgeous Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap remake, Streets of Rage 4 builds upon the classic trilogy’s gameplay with new mechanics, a fresh story and a gauntlet of dangerous stages with a serious crime problem.
Streets of Rage 4 is currently available for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC(Steam).