I probably don’t need to say it but he’s much more tank-like than the others. Instead, he sorts of fires them in the direction he faces which does give Shiva a more ranged feel to his play style with weapons acting more like a quick fire missile rather than a bludgeoning tool. Oh, and he cannot pick up and hold weapons.
While Shiva has some pretty hard hitting attacks, I did find he seemed a bit more fragile than the other characters. He has a dash ability allowing him to cover ground in rapid fashion and just like Estel, some of his moves have some decent range which aids in keeping the hit counter going. Shiva is again, pretty light on his feet and able to traverse the screen pretty quickly. I found I enjoyed playing as her more than I thought I would after expecting her to be more like a reskin of an existing character, but that was not the case and Estel brings her own distinct personality to the fight. She also has the cool “calling in backup” star move. She isn’t a glass cannon, and is able to take a few hits safely. Estel is pretty quick and building a high hit count with her is possible, as she has a lot of range within her moveset which makes it easier to get to enemies across the screen to keep the counter ticking. Max was always my choice of character in co-op play back in the SoR2 days and I’d let my childhood friend take Axel, so seeing him back in action is great.Įach of the new playable characters has enough of their own feel and play style to separate them from the others. X Nightmare brings three new characters to the roster, Estel Aguirre who appeared in the base game as an NPC, as did Shiva who was brought over from the original games and finally, the beautiful, spandex clad, man-mountain Max is back! I was pleased to see Max make an appearance in SoR4 but I for one am really pleased to once again be able to do battle with him on the Streets of Rage. Luckily we didn’t have to wait another quarter century and just a little over a year since the base game was released ( which I reviewed here), the wait is over.
X Nightmare DLC has been eagerly awaited by those same fans and has generated a fair bit of buzz on social media. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that the new Mr. Streets of Rage 4 was met with good critical reviews and received a warm welcome from fans who had waited 26 years for the latest installment since SoR3 way back in the glory days of the Sega Genesis.
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