Streets of rage 2 for the megadrive is without question one of the consoles elite titles and still hold in many people's heart as one of there favorite games of all time, me included. So what is the formula that made this game a true classic? well I will tell you. first off it was a vast improvment over the first game witch lay the foundations for this series, the graphics are great big bold sprites that are well animated and designed with a lot of variety, the backgrounds have a serious amount of detail in particuly for a 16 bit console game with some good special effects. Sound well the sound can really only be described as storming a kick butt soundtrack of hard house trance and club music not really my cuppa tea but work's well with this game and really spurs you on when you are in trouble plus each peace of music suits each area very well. In fact I think yuzo Koshiro has made the second best soundtrack ever (after final fantasy 7. The sound effects are great too like the sound's of the punches and the weapons making contact have a really meaty sound too them that make you think that they would really hurt, the bomb explosions are loud and crisp and the peoples screams as they die are just wonderful. Addictivness well there is lots of it either on your own as a lone warrior or battling with a fellow team mate it is great fun and does not grow old I really can not tell how many times I have played this through and still remains fun. Story quiet simple really MR X the protagonist of the first game leader of the syndicate is back stronger than ever before,but this time they kidnapped adam hunter one of the main heroes of the first battle, but this time they are joined by skate adams kid brother and max a wrestler and friend of axels. Depth of the game well what can I say it is a side scrolling beat em up so the depth is fairly average but it is pretty big for it's time and can take a while to get through plus it has lots of replay value. Difficulty a fair bit to be honest while quiet easy to beat on the low difficulty settings things can get very hard on hard, hardest and mania, with enimies getting faster more of them and increasing in stamina and using some dirty tatics and can be hard to finish even with 2 players. So here is my review I hope you like it and enjoy the game.

I agree, this is a great and fun game to play. This was one of the very first games I became addicted playing here on Vizzed. It's challenging to beat with one player, but can be done. I recommend Streets of Rage 1, 2 and 3. The 2nd in my opinion is the best.

Yeah, great game to play and very fun...you did a great review on it btw

Nice post! I have a similar game on the PSP, so I'm sure this one will be very fun. Nice review.