Streets of Rage 2

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Bare Knuckle / Streets of Rage series
• Sega Vintage Collection series

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User Reviews

Move over Final Fight...	Genesis	Majestic Lizard (663)
Taking The Streets To The Bare Knuckle	Genesis	MasterMegid (864)
Best of the bunch	Genesis	Luis Silva (12624)
The Legendary Beat em up. The game that topples Final Fight	Genesis	Mr. Huh (112)
Best of the Streets of Rage trilogy	Genesis	Gary Smith (65)
Is This the Best 16-bit Brawler?	Wii	So Hai (290)
Great fighting game	Genesis	The Holy Moly (21)
Best fighting game ever.	Genesis	Exeox (36)
Grand Upper	Genesis	Liam Dowds (51)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Game Gear	Nov 26, 2003	A	100
GameFan Magazine	Genesis	Jan, 1993	96.5 out of 100	96
Retrogaming.it	Genesis	Jan 22, 2008	9 out of 10	90
All Game Guide	Genesis	2007		90
IGN	Wii	May 29, 2007	8.5 out of 10	85
Xboxic	Xbox 360	Sep 01, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox 360	Sep 01, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Game Zero	Genesis	Feb, 1993	76.5 out of 100	76
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SEGA Master System	Mar 20, 2005	6 out of 10	60
Thunderbolt Games	Xbox 360	Oct 24, 2007	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

In early beta versions of Streets of Rage 2, Axel had two very different (and familiar) attacks: a move VERY similar to a Shotokan Dragon Punch, and...a Shotokan Hurricane Kick?

Looks like Sega axed them for good reason: legal action from Capcom for unauthorized teachings of Shotokan moves to their characters. (Shotokan, by the way, is the fighting technique Ryu, Ken, and Akuma use in Capcom's Street Fighter series).