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Here we go, time to deal with some street rage joking. I'm going to be critiquing Streets of Rage the very first game in the Streets of Rage also known as Bare Knuckle series.

Story: 8
The story takes place in an unnamed city. The city was once a nice place to live until a mysterious criminal organization lead by a more mysterious Mister X takes over. The criminal organization is so powerful and wealthy that they have brought the city's leaders. Even some of the police force is brought and paid for. They are a few cops who are not corrupted, but they do not dare go against the organization. Things are so bad that nobody goes out of their homes because the streets are not safe. However, 3 cops Axle , Adam, and Blaze decide they will fight the criminal organization. They set out to rid the city of the organization and restore the peaceful streets. It is up to the three cops to clean up the city and to find out who the mysterious Mister X is.

Okay I really liked the plot in this game. I thought the plot was nicely done for a fighting game. I felt like the plot introduced the characters very well. Unlike other fighting games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat that the plot was centered around a tournament. Streets of Rage deals with a city in turmoil with corruption and crime. I really thought that was creative. So I give the plot of this game a good solid 8/10.

Graphics & Controls 6
The graphics in this game were good but they did have some flaws in them, more on that soon. The neon signs in the background of the city stages really looked nice. How the makers of this game had them glow and light up was nice they look like actual signs. I also liked how on the beach stage how the waves move like real waves that was nicely done as well. Now, the graphics in this came did have some issues. The sprites were out of whack sometimes. I felt like the enemies and fighters looked blurry at times. It also is hard to tell people are holding weapons in this game. In addition, some of the backgrounds as I mentioned were good, but in other stages in this game the backgrounds were blurry as well as fuzzy. It kind of makes me wonder if this game was not rushed.

The controls were good but not as good as this games sequel. The second streets of rage game had awesome controls. This one they were good but not perfect. Sometimes it seems like the characters are a little sluggish at times. There are times were Blaze, Axle and Adam appear to be sluggish. The game at times can also feel like it lags in certain sports. The graphics and controls were decent but they did have some faults in them. I give them a decent rating of 6/10. I will be honest I wrestled with the rating. The graphics & controls were not really horrible despite their flaws. On the other hand they were not sharp either.

Sound: 7
The sound in this game was good but again it did have some issues. Thu music in this game was alright. The first stage's tune was really nice and there were two other tunes that I liked. However I found some of the stages had tingles in this game. Also a lot of tunes just did not stand out to me. I guess after the second game's awesome music I was expecting good music from the first game. Some of the enemies do make good sounds as they are being knocked out it sounds like they moan and groan. However, compared to the second game that is the only sound they make. Even when you have a weapon it does not make a sound when it is hitting an enemy. The sound in this game was good but it could have been better. I do not like lags in games so that brings the rating down. I give the sound a good score of 7/10

Addictiveness & Depth: 7
Despite this game's flaws it is a fun game to play. Now with that being said it is not like the second game however. I find myself playing this one less. However when I do play this game I do have fun with it. That adds replay value. You get to chose between three fighters Adam Axle or Blaze. I find it fun to play through this game with a different fighter and see how far I can go. To me that adds depth to this game and replay value. Now the depth in this game is not up there like other games for a few reasons. The first being this is a short game and the stages are not too long at all. Another thing is there really are not any power ups to collect. Sure they are life ups to collect and a few weapons but that is about it. At the end of the day I give the replay and depth value a decent 7/10

Difficulty: 8
Streets of rage can be difficult. Bad guys just love to get your surrounded, hit you from behind or overwhelm you. It is so easy to get a lot of bad guys on the screen. To make the game more difficult you only have a few seconds to knock them out to advanced. So yeah that can be difficult. Enemies will also appear out of nowhere too so that can be challenging. The bosses in this game are difficult they often have bad guys helping them. Not to mention they also have several attacks, move real fast and lots of health. The game does try to help you out somewhat. You can pick up a call police icon this allows the good cops not corrupted to shoot flames around you to wipe out the bad guys. The bad news is these icons can be hard to get. Second they do give you some weapons to deal with such as pipes, knives and baseball bats. These weapons especially the pipes and bats do a lot of damage to the bad guys. But the problem is you often have to knock out a bad guy to get the weapons. The reason I do not give the difficulty rating higher than an 8 is for this very reason. This game is a short game compared to the second game. The stages are short so that brings the difficulty down a little bit. Still this is a hard game to beat so I think 8/10 sounds about right.

Overall 7.8
Okay I will be honest I played the second game before I played this game. That is because I got to play the second game before I got a chance to play the first. After playing and really liking the second game I was hoping the first game would be similar. I did not expect it to be as sharp as the second game because well this is the first game. I was surprised at how much the differences were in this game. I mentioned earlier in my review how I wonder if this game was rushed a little bit. This game I found out was released in late 1991 or early 1992. Sega produced a lot of popular games around that time. Sonic the Hedgehog was a major hit so I wonder if the makers of this game rushed this to get this game out on the Sega system. I think the more likely reason this game could have been rushed is because Street Fighter made by Capcom was about to be released. Street Fighter II would prove to be a huge hit for Capcom. Some argue the Street Fighter II games rank up there with Capcom's popular Mega Man games. The makers of Streets of Rage probably wanted to get this game out before Street Fighter II would come out for the SNES and Sega systems. The game's graphics, controls and sound seem rushed.
Do not get me wrong despite this game's flaws it is still a fun and good game to play. If you can put the flaws aside you will find this is a great game. This game really introduced the Streets of Rage series pretty well. As far as recommending this game, I would recommend this game for people who are new to the Streets of Rage series. The only thing is I would add is after playing this game. Play the second game and compare the games. At the end of the day I give the first Streets of Rage rating overall a 7.8

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