it’s time to take this battle to the
streets welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be pitting two of the
biggest side scrolling beat em up
franchises against one another final
fight and Streets of Rage get ready to
knock over a few barrels peaked an
entire chicken and stay on the same
screen until all of those thugs are
knocked out yeah now we can start round
1 combat
the basic mechanics of both games are
simple enough step one beat up the thugs
step two fight the boss step three
profit in final fight each character has
their only unique fighting style and
each character is also able to pick up a
weapon and use it against their
opponents Streets of Rage works in a
similar fashion but there’s a few little
details that make the combat feel like
more than just a final fight clone not
only does each character have their own
style but each character has their own
advantages and disadvantages this means
that you have to think about what style
suits you the best
especially if you’re playing co-op with
a friend let’s look at the first game as
an example
Adam is extremely powerful and can jump
higher than other characters however
he’s the slowest on the team
axel fixes that by being powerful and
fast but he’s not so great at jumping
and while blaze may be the weakest among
them she makes up for it with her speed
and jumping while both games definitely
helped define the beat’em up genres
speed sabrage does combat a bit better
than final fight by offering more
variety with the characters and their
skills as strong as the final fight cast
is the ex cops also have speed and
agility on their side and at least one
police officer friends serving as backup
for one game winner Streets of Rage
round two graphics and sound both games
feature a similar story about taking
back the crime invested streets but each
one approached it in their own way final
fight is much brighter and more colorful
despite the decrepit state the city is
in streets of rage on the other hand is
dark and gritty at times to highlight a
city at its breaking point the character
models for final fight are more detailed
than the sprites in Streets of Rage but
the gameplay feels smoother for the
latter especially for the console
releases which will doubt until later
when it comes to sound final fight has a
decent soundtrack it’s not the kind of
music you’d like to listen to outside of
the game but it does serve its purpose
as you set off to take down the mad gear
gang
this is not the case with Streets of
Rage to say that the soundtrack is
amazing is kind of an understatement a
mix of techno a dash of house and clear
hip-hop influence created some of the
best soundtracks that the Genesis had to
offer the music of the game sets the
tone and frankly it gets you in the mood
to punch as many thugs as you can it
feels like the developers invested just
as much time with the soundtrack as they
did with the overall game with that in
mind we have to give this round to
Streets of Rage not only is it great to
look at it’s great to listen to and you
have to respect a game that treats its
music like a core part of the gaming
experience round three characters hi
having fun so just who are these people
that eat meat out of barrels after the
mad gear gang kidnaps the beautiful
Jessica we meet the core cast a final
fight Jessica’s boyfriend Cody
Cody’s friend guy and one of the coolest
mares in videogame history
Mike Haggar who just so happens to be
Jessica’s father yep before Liam Neeson
there was Mike Haggar who body slammed
his way through the streets to save his
daughter while the character roster does
changed throughout the series you can
bet that one of these guys are involved
in the story somehow
meanwhile over at the rageful streets we
have three ex cops who are trying to
make the city a safe place to live Adam
axel and blaze have to face off against
the mysterious mr. X which is a daunting
task since he’s even got the police
force on his side much like final fight
the character roster does change
throughout the series but again these
three are always involved in the plot
somehow that being said we feel the
final fight wins this round hands down
the characters of the series are just so
damn memorable in fact Mike Haggar alone
is enough to win this round but he’s a
generous man who leaves room in the
spotlight for Cody guy and let’s be
honest poison Hugo relent oh and Sodom
because even final fights random thugs
and bosses stand out we’ll see you all
in Street Fighter
let’s have fun round four home console
version you son of a what have you done
to her when you run out of quarters and
trust us we did then it’s time to take
the fight to your living room
if you had a Super Nintendo then final
fight was the beat’em up game of choice
meanwhile the Sega Genesis opened its
arms to Streets of Rage huh it’s as if
they knew that there was a console war
going on I’ve been promoting you two so
don’t embarrass me anyway while it’s
great to be able to play an amazing game
in the comfort of your own home the SNES
port of final fight paled in comparison
to its arcade counterpart and no it’s
not because of the censored content it’s
because of the gameplay while we know
that limitations are to be expected with
ports final bytes were kind of severe
this goes beyond a stage being removed
and there being less enemies on screen
we also missed out on a character guy
and co-op was completely removed no
co-op in a beat him up
you’ve basically already lost
yeah
Streets of Rage really lucked out by
being exclusive to the genesis while
final fight dominated the arcades
Streets of Rage really gained momentum
on console the SNES final fight was
still fun but knowing all the content
that we were missing out on was really a
letdown this was kind of fixed with the
release of final fight guy which
replaced Cody with guy but that had a
limited release in the u.s. there was
also final fight CD but come on how many
of us actually owned the Sega CD so we
could take in those glorious fully acted
cutscenes guy Jessica was kidnapped
Jessica while subsequent sequels did
have co-op it was really too late as
Streets of Rage already had that taken
care of
Don’t Cry final fight will always have a
few extra quarters for you winner
Streets of Rage round 5 lazy tell me why
look I don’t need a reason Streets of
Rage is a pretty remarkable entry in the
history of the Sega Genesis Adam Axl and
blaze are some of the main reasons we
entered the 16-bit era the gameplay the
soundtrack yeah that soundtrack man
Streets of Rage will live on as the
ultimate beat-em-up experience but
without final fight speeds of rage
wouldn’t even be here reads of rage was
essentially created for the sheer
purpose of going up against final fight
which really puts it superior home
console version into perspective it was
and still is one of the best things
about console wars other companies
giving it their all to compete against
one another like that told you one fight
by myself nowadays at the time final
fight was the beat him up game for the
day an impressive feat for a game that
wasn’t even supposed to be a beat him up
once upon a time final fight was gonna
be a sequel to Street Fighter but Mike
Haggar Kotian guy apparently had other
plans hey she’s my friend too
count me in not only does final fight
live on through the likes of Street
Fighter but it lives on for giving us
some of the best that the 90s had to
offer because of final fight we were
gifted with Streets of Rage and arguably
other great side-scrolling beat-em-up
adventures with all due respect to the
Genesis kids this one’s got to go to
final fight
after all those beat downs and dumpster
aids for food Streets of Rage emerges on
top of this battle though with a legacy
like final fights we can’t see the
Destroyers of the mad beer gang to upset
about this decision listen to reason man
why make your job but we’re still a bit
curious which I’d of the streets do you
stand on keep the battle going in the
comments and don’t forget to punch that
subscribe button for more intense vs.
matches here at watchmojo.com sorry guy
streets welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be pitting two of the
biggest side scrolling beat em up
franchises against one another final
fight and Streets of Rage get ready to
knock over a few barrels peaked an
entire chicken and stay on the same
screen until all of those thugs are
knocked out yeah now we can start round
1 combat
the basic mechanics of both games are
simple enough step one beat up the thugs
step two fight the boss step three
profit in final fight each character has
their only unique fighting style and
each character is also able to pick up a
weapon and use it against their
opponents Streets of Rage works in a
similar fashion but there’s a few little
details that make the combat feel like
more than just a final fight clone not
only does each character have their own
style but each character has their own
advantages and disadvantages this means
that you have to think about what style
suits you the best
especially if you’re playing co-op with
a friend let’s look at the first game as
an example
Adam is extremely powerful and can jump
higher than other characters however
he’s the slowest on the team
axel fixes that by being powerful and
fast but he’s not so great at jumping
and while blaze may be the weakest among
them she makes up for it with her speed
and jumping while both games definitely
helped define the beat’em up genres
speed sabrage does combat a bit better
than final fight by offering more
variety with the characters and their
skills as strong as the final fight cast
is the ex cops also have speed and
agility on their side and at least one
police officer friends serving as backup
for one game winner Streets of Rage
round two graphics and sound both games
feature a similar story about taking
back the crime invested streets but each
one approached it in their own way final
fight is much brighter and more colorful
despite the decrepit state the city is
in streets of rage on the other hand is
dark and gritty at times to highlight a
city at its breaking point the character
models for final fight are more detailed
than the sprites in Streets of Rage but
the gameplay feels smoother for the
latter especially for the console
releases which will doubt until later
when it comes to sound final fight has a
decent soundtrack it’s not the kind of
music you’d like to listen to outside of
the game but it does serve its purpose
as you set off to take down the mad gear
gang
this is not the case with Streets of
Rage to say that the soundtrack is
amazing is kind of an understatement a
mix of techno a dash of house and clear
hip-hop influence created some of the
best soundtracks that the Genesis had to
offer the music of the game sets the
tone and frankly it gets you in the mood
to punch as many thugs as you can it
feels like the developers invested just
as much time with the soundtrack as they
did with the overall game with that in
mind we have to give this round to
Streets of Rage not only is it great to
look at it’s great to listen to and you
have to respect a game that treats its
music like a core part of the gaming
experience round three characters hi
having fun so just who are these people
that eat meat out of barrels after the
mad gear gang kidnaps the beautiful
Jessica we meet the core cast a final
fight Jessica’s boyfriend Cody
Cody’s friend guy and one of the coolest
mares in videogame history
Mike Haggar who just so happens to be
Jessica’s father yep before Liam Neeson
there was Mike Haggar who body slammed
his way through the streets to save his
daughter while the character roster does
changed throughout the series you can
bet that one of these guys are involved
in the story somehow
meanwhile over at the rageful streets we
have three ex cops who are trying to
make the city a safe place to live Adam
axel and blaze have to face off against
the mysterious mr. X which is a daunting
task since he’s even got the police
force on his side much like final fight
the character roster does change
throughout the series but again these
three are always involved in the plot
somehow that being said we feel the
final fight wins this round hands down
the characters of the series are just so
damn memorable in fact Mike Haggar alone
is enough to win this round but he’s a
generous man who leaves room in the
spotlight for Cody guy and let’s be
honest poison Hugo relent oh and Sodom
because even final fights random thugs
and bosses stand out we’ll see you all
in Street Fighter
let’s have fun round four home console
version you son of a what have you done
to her when you run out of quarters and
trust us we did then it’s time to take
the fight to your living room
if you had a Super Nintendo then final
fight was the beat’em up game of choice
meanwhile the Sega Genesis opened its
arms to Streets of Rage huh it’s as if
they knew that there was a console war
going on I’ve been promoting you two so
don’t embarrass me anyway while it’s
great to be able to play an amazing game
in the comfort of your own home the SNES
port of final fight paled in comparison
to its arcade counterpart and no it’s
not because of the censored content it’s
because of the gameplay while we know
that limitations are to be expected with
ports final bytes were kind of severe
this goes beyond a stage being removed
and there being less enemies on screen
we also missed out on a character guy
and co-op was completely removed no
co-op in a beat him up
you’ve basically already lost
yeah
Streets of Rage really lucked out by
being exclusive to the genesis while
final fight dominated the arcades
Streets of Rage really gained momentum
on console the SNES final fight was
still fun but knowing all the content
that we were missing out on was really a
letdown this was kind of fixed with the
release of final fight guy which
replaced Cody with guy but that had a
limited release in the u.s. there was
also final fight CD but come on how many
of us actually owned the Sega CD so we
could take in those glorious fully acted
cutscenes guy Jessica was kidnapped
Jessica while subsequent sequels did
have co-op it was really too late as
Streets of Rage already had that taken
care of
Don’t Cry final fight will always have a
few extra quarters for you winner
Streets of Rage round 5 lazy tell me why
look I don’t need a reason Streets of
Rage is a pretty remarkable entry in the
history of the Sega Genesis Adam Axl and
blaze are some of the main reasons we
entered the 16-bit era the gameplay the
soundtrack yeah that soundtrack man
Streets of Rage will live on as the
ultimate beat-em-up experience but
without final fight speeds of rage
wouldn’t even be here reads of rage was
essentially created for the sheer
purpose of going up against final fight
which really puts it superior home
console version into perspective it was
and still is one of the best things
about console wars other companies
giving it their all to compete against
one another like that told you one fight
by myself nowadays at the time final
fight was the beat him up game for the
day an impressive feat for a game that
wasn’t even supposed to be a beat him up
once upon a time final fight was gonna
be a sequel to Street Fighter but Mike
Haggar Kotian guy apparently had other
plans hey she’s my friend too
count me in not only does final fight
live on through the likes of Street
Fighter but it lives on for giving us
some of the best that the 90s had to
offer because of final fight we were
gifted with Streets of Rage and arguably
other great side-scrolling beat-em-up
adventures with all due respect to the
Genesis kids this one’s got to go to
final fight
after all those beat downs and dumpster
aids for food Streets of Rage emerges on
top of this battle though with a legacy
like final fights we can’t see the
Destroyers of the mad beer gang to upset
about this decision listen to reason man
why make your job but we’re still a bit
curious which I’d of the streets do you
stand on keep the battle going in the
comments and don’t forget to punch that
subscribe button for more intense vs.
matches here at watchmojo.com sorry guy
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