Streets of Rage 3

Streets of Rage 3
The end in the iconic Genesis Beat 'em up trilogy.
Protagonist(s): Axel Stone Blaze Fielding Eddie "Skate" Hunter Dr. Zan Genre(s): Beat 'em up Platform(s): Sega Genesis Release Date: JP: March 1994 WW: June 1994 Developer(s): Sega Ancient Publisher(s): Sega Country: Japan Series: Streets of Rage Predecessor: Streets of Rage 2 Successor: Streets of Rage 4

Streets of Rage 3 (Bare Knuckle 3 in Japan) is a side-scrolling beat em' up released in 1994 for the Sega Genesis. It is also the third game in the Streets of Rage series.

Why It Rocks

1. The combat system has more moves than the previous game such as a meter which lets you perform a special attack, a star system, rolling, every character could dash, etc.
2. There are unlockable characters, which the previous games didn't have.
3. Speaking of the game introduces Dr. Gilbert Zan, and also Roo and Shiva as secret characters.
4. Every stage starts out with a cutscene which increases the game's story.
5. The game is more fast paced than the predecessors.
6. The soundtrack was ahead of its time.
7. Most of the stages are in different settings unlike Streets of Rage 2 which most of the stages in that game copied the settings of the first game.
8. The characters have their own unique playstyle.
9. The graphics are more detailed than the other games.
10. Multiple endings return.

Bad Qualities

1. The localized version of the game is very flawed.
   • Blaze, Axel, and Skate got the color of their outfits changed for some reason.
   • The difficulty in this version is cheap as the enemies are health sponges and their AI makes them harder to fight.
   • The story is butchered.
   • Censorship.
   • Lame voice-overs compared to the Japanese version.
   • The names of the enemies got changed for no reason.
   • It's one of those games that don't let you progress to later stages if you choose easy mode.
2. Some people may not like the game's soundtrack because it's in a different style than the other games.
3. Zan is the worst newcomer in the series because when he picks up a weapon, it turns in to a spark, if he gets hit, he loses that weapon.

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