Streets of Rage- Which is the best?

[Zerodash]

As far as I can tell, SoR2 is generally regarded as the superior entry in the trilogy (all 3 are great). This seems a bit odd, considering the improved graphics, gameplay and increased playable roster that SoR3 brought to the table.

I consider the soundtrack in part 2 to be the best, whereas part 3 is the best all-round entry.

What is the consensus here on which SoR game is the best?

[Mel]

Another streets of rage question, how does the Smash Pack on Dreamcast compare to the cartridge (streets of rage 2)

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[Genesis Knight]

I like 2 the best, but I don't have #3.

[Mel]

I played 2 in Sega Smash Pack, reminds me of a NeoGeo arcade game.... Never did remember the name of that game I used to play at the arcades...

[Genesis Knight]

#1 is good until you play #2 or #3, at which point it feels stiff and uninspired. And considering how much more you'll have to pay for #3 as opposed to #2 and considering the shockingly little difference between #2 and #3...

I'd still say #2.

[Electroman]

Hey, 1st post. How you all doin?

Anyway, my vote is for the original SOR. While its quite dated, its soundtrack is second to none amongst the 3 IMO.

SOR2's fighting engine is much improved, but again IMO, only has 2 good tracks, Level 1 and the elevator. Plus, its just too darn long.

SOR3 is pretty good all around, but too bad Yuzo Koshiro is nowhere to be found in the audio department.

[Genesis Knight]

Soundtracks aren't everything.

[GeckoYamori]

#1 sets the best atmosphere.

[Melf]

I agree. Parts two and three are great, but the original just put it all together better, IMO. The soundtrack is incredible, and the graphics, though smaller, work really well.

I love the ESWAT car in the special attack!

[jmet]

I have to go with the first as well, the music is the best of the 3 imo and the graphics while not as good as the others have a better art direction.

SOR 1 felt like an 80's gritty street movie, where as SOR 2 was all over the place with its design etc.

[landstalkerx]

I've always liked the first one most, although I haven't played the third one. The first one seems to have a more consistent theme throughout the levels then the second one. Also the music is better in m opinion in the first one.

[Genesis Knight]

Once you play 2, you'll get massacred at 1 because you'll keep trying to use the F, F, B attacks, etc. Or at least I get massacred.

[dementia]

Once you play 2, you'll get massacred at 1 because you'll keep trying to use the F, F, B attacks

I agree.

Anyway, 2's my fave.

[Elusive]

Streets of Rage 2 on the Sega Smash Pack for the Dreamcast is terrible. For some reason the music was butchered, making it more like a standard beat-em-up than Streets of Rage.

Personally, I prefer SoR2 over the others in the trilogy. The music is fantastic (I've got the soundtrack copied on CD somewhere...), plus the game just looks and plays a lot nicer than the original. I just wish Sega hadn't taken out some things which made the original fun - such as the lift level, where you can chuck enemies over the side, or the beer bottle weapon.

If you get the chance, play Bare Knuckle III (the Japanese version of SoR3), as it's vastly different to the Euro and American versions. We're talking entire plotline differences here, folks. :?

[Genesis Knight]

Plot? In a beat-em-up? HERESY!!!

:lol:

[Melf]

Streets of Rage 2 on the Sega Smash Pack for the Dreamcast is terrible. For some reason the music was butchered, making it more like a standard beat-em-up than Streets of Rage.

Ugh. Everything on the Smash Pack was butchered. I only have mine for Virtua Cop.

If you get the chance, play Bare Knuckle III (the Japanese version of SoR3), as it's vastly different to the Euro and American versions. We're talking entire plotline differences here, folks. :?

It was also censored, IIRC. No Village People were in the U.S. version. :lol:

[Electroman]

I agree. Parts two and three are great, but the original just put it all together better, IMO. The soundtrack is incredible, and the graphics, though smaller, work really well.

I love the ESWAT car in the special attack!

Absolutely. I play SOR1 mostly to listen to the music anyway.

[Genesis Knight]

I downloaded both soundtracks from Sega Xtreme. Yay!

[j_factor]

SOR1 has the best soundtrack, SOR3 has the best gameplay, and SOR2 is the best all-around package.

[daminmancejin2]

i mostly play streets of rage 3:)

[Menosa Torres]

All 3 were great but SoR2 was my favorite

[Fang]

In my opinion it's Streets of Rage 2 like what has been said it's the best all around. Great improvement over the first.

[NintendoDieScreaming]

My favorite is the first one, partly because of Nostalgic value.

The second one is graphically and sound-wise superiour. The third... ...is okay. I think something happened to the gameplay, to be honest.

[16bitter]

I think I prefer SORIII myself. It has a better feel then the other two. You can run, and it's the only game to make use of the 6-button controller (yeah yeah, I know, because the other two were released before that controller) giving you more moves than ever before. That last part sounded like Sega PR.

I think majority opinion would be with SOR3 if it was uncensored like Bare Knuckle 3.

[16bitter]

My favorite is the first one, partly because of Nostalgic value.

The second one is graphically and sound-wise superiour. The third... ...is okay. I think something happened to the gameplay, to be honest.

Yeah, it improved. :P

[16bitter]

#1 is good until you play #2 or #3, at which point it feels stiff and uninspired. And considering how much more you'll have to pay for #3 as opposed to #2 and considering the shockingly little difference between #2 and #3...

I think 3 feels quite a bit better than 2. I'm just a whore for the tap-tap run feature though.

I'd forgotten how much Streets 3 goes for now. On eBay it's up to $30.00 loose, and the UK version is up to $72.00. I got my copy complete for about $30.00 in the summer of 96 -- it's always too bad when you can't see into the future as far as specific price markups.

[NintendoDieScreaming]

I'd forgotten how much Streets 3 goes for now. On eBay it's up to $30.00 loose, and the UK version is up to $72.00. I got my copy complete for about $30.00 in the summer of 96 -- it's always too bad when you can't see into the future as far as specific price markups.

Good Goddess! $30 LOOSE?!?!?!?!?!


And to think I got mine for $6 at SwapUSA...

[j_factor]

I got my copy of SoR3 from EB for $7, complete and in perfect condition. And that was just earlier this year.

[Vicman]

Have you guys played any of the BoR mods? Right now I'm enjoying Hatchet Ninjaz and the story/dialog is pretty hilarious, plus I really dig the music. Hopefully Open BoR will allow someone to create a BoR mod that'll allow more moves to the characters because you don't know how hard a Street Fighter 2 beat-em-up would rock with each character's full move set. It'd be like what Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) did for action gaming, bring fighting game complexity and precision to a genre suffocating on me-too-ism. :D

[ary incorparated]

got mine for 4,50 Euro, how much that is in dollars don’t know, I got Bare knuckle 3 for 10 euro. Yes i do like the run feature as well and is much quicker but the background seem to lack some detail or something it does irritate when you realize you’re looking at a game that came out in 1994,some levels look good while others many others are un inspiring BTW the Train station is as worse as Superman 64 man do i hate that stage and its music and the level where you have to fight against robot axel also uninspiring, this game isn’t that great, the 2nd was better and did good for its time although the Running thing missing is a bit sore but not that bad, only it is a bit of a strange example used in the genesis does movie of blast processing, Final fight 3 is faster.

[David J.]

I got the second one with my Genesis, and I always was biased towards that one. The first SOR is a solid game, but a bit too tough for me. The third one was meh, yet BK3 was so much better.

So many fond memories.... :)

[xBino]

SORII all the way. I'm bothered with how everything looks so "small" in SORIII and don't understand the music selection at all.

[Mr Smith]

They're all good for various reasons and as such I find it impossible to choose between the three.

[Henry Spencer]

Streets Of Rage has the best music I think. Streets Of Rage 2 was the perfect sequel improving graphics, gameplay, storyline and characters totally. Streets Of Rage 3 had the best gameplay and atmosphere. I vote Streets Of Rage 3.

[ary incorparated]

SOR 3 was not that good,the backgrounds looked awfull all the colors where in the characters why the background only had 10 or 20 colors and looked misserable mostly,streets of rage 2 for me best music in the series it has to be admitted,Street of rage 1 mweh okay worth a 7,Bare knuckle 3 still has the minor of it music and ackgrounds but a bit pretyer it could have been done better.

[Henry Spencer]

I said it has the best gameplay, which it does.

[ary incorparated]

yeah thats true,you had many moves etc,only the fun somethimes lack,Man do i hate the trainstation in that game.

[Henry Spencer]

Bare Knuckle 3 is the best game in the series in my opinion. The japs got the best version.