The fantastic previous Xbox Game Pass title streets of rage 4 received a major free update today on Xbox consoles (and other platforms), bringing over 300 improvements to the game and adding new features!
There are too many patch notes to list them all, but some of the most important new additions include:
On this page:
- Major Update – R08 Changelog:
Major Update – R08 Changelog:
Steps:
- Added some destructible items to help maintain the combo counter.
Combined meter:
- Added half a second to fade out.
- Stage transitions have extra time so they don’t break the combo meter.
Added a custom survival mode:
- Players can modify their survival experience with a variety of options.
mania +:
- Added cursed arcades on Mania+ difficulty.
- Added special boosters during boss fights.
- Added a life.
- The score for getting an extra life is higher in arcade mode.
Added cooperative attack:
- Hold ‘Collect’ and grab your partner to throw it.
- The airborne player can press a special button to perform a unique attack.
All the characters :
- Lots of reduced hits
- All charged attacks and last normal combo hits can hit multiple enemies after the first active frames, even if one enemy is hit.
- Fixed a bug that prevented some wall bounces from dealing damage.
- Increased stun on airstrikes.
- Throws will hit other enemies near the player with more consistency.
The rest of the patch notes focus on buffs for (many) individual characters, as well as enemies. If you want to see the full list, DotEmu has posted it on the game’s official Steam page.
Streets of Rage 4 was downgraded on most platforms this week to coincide with this update, but unfortunately Xbox isn’t one of them. Still, we highly recommend it even at its base price of £20.99/$24.99!
Are you satisfied with these improvements in Streets of Rage 4? Tell us in the comments.
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