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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
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Description

After Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding and Adam Hunter destroyed the evil Syndicate leader, Mr. X, the city became a peaceful place to live, and each one of them followed their own paths. One year later, after their reunion, Adam's brother Sammy returned from school to find their apartment in a mess, and Adam nowhere to be seen, and after calling his two friends, one of them notices a photo of Adam chained to a wall, next to someone they knew very well - Mr. X, who returned to turn the peaceful city once again into a war zone. Now, Axel, Blaze, Sammy, and Axel's good friend Max, a pro wrestler, must head out to stop Mr. X once again...hopefully for good...

Streets of Rage 2 differs from the previous title in several ways. There are changes in both graphics (characters now are bigger, more detailed and with more animation frames, and scenarios are less grainy) and gameplay (the rocket move was replaced by a special move that doubles in offense and defense along several new moves), along other new features such as life bars (and names) for all enemies and the radically different new characters.

Alternate Titles

  • "Streets of Rage II" -- European title
  • "SoR 2" -- Informal abbreviation
  • "ベアナックルII" -- Japanese spelling
  • "Bare Knuckle II" -- Japanese title

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User Reviews

Move over Final Fight... Majestic Lizard (663) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
Taking The Streets To The Bare Knuckle MasterMegid (864) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
Best of the bunch Luis Silva (12624) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
The Legendary Beat em up. The game that topples Final Fight Mr. Huh (112) unrated
Best of the Streets of Rage trilogy Gary Smith (65) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Great fighting game The Holy Moly (21) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
Best fighting game ever. Exeox (36) 3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars
Grand Upper Liam Dowds (51) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars

The Press Says

Sega-16.com Jul 13, 2004 10 out of 10 100
The Video Game Critic Sep 29, 2002 A 100
GameFan Magazine Jan, 1993 96.5 out of 100 96
All Game Guide 2007 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Retrogaming.it Jan 22, 2008 9 out of 10 90
Game Freaks 365 Jul 07, 2007 8.8 out of 10 88
Game Zero Feb, 1993 76.5 out of 100 76

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Trivia

Max Thunder, the hulking pro wrestler, doesn't appear in the 8-bit versions (Game Gear and SMS) of SoR2.


This entry was contributed by Duduqaz (4298), RKL Bronze Star Contributing Member (5632), gamewarrior (5122), Satoshi Kunsai (1852) and Ben K (19362)
 

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