Today's Notes 7/30/21: No Rage On The Streets Of Rage

Good afternoon everybody,

Last night I really didn't have a plan, so I decided to finally sit down and play Streets of Rage 4, and boy do I regret not playing it sooner. We went through the entire story using Blaze Fielding (whose rack is noticeably larger in this game that it was in the original trilogy... I'm a guy, I will notice these things) and I was surprised at how fair and balance the game was. It really wasn't until the second half of the game where I had to use the assist modes, which penalized my score, but at best I was getting only a C-Rank on the stages I was clearing normally, so I'm not to broken up about that.

There were certainly a lot of familiar enemies, but when I looked at the concept art, I was surprised at how many from the original games were missing during the campaign... then I realized  there is a survivor mode, and that some of the missing enemies might be in that. Also checked out the online mode, and when I was able to play with others, I was impressed with how smooth the game play was with no noticeable lag (unlocked the most recent Sega Genesis Compilation from a few years ago which had terrible online play).

Since I was playing the Xbox version, that meant there were achievements to be unlocked, a total of 45 (counting the recent Mr X's Nightmare DLC)... and on a single night I was able to bang out 20 of them. Some involve completing the single player mode with each playable character, so it warrants revisiting. 

1. Eating off the Ground: Consume a healing item.
2. Dude, My Car!: Break the car in The Streets.
3. Combo Pro: Achieve a "Super!" combo.
4. Birth of the Cool: Catch a weapon in the air.
5. Wasted Wine: Break a wine bottle.
6. THIS IS WOOD OAK CITY!!!: Kill an enemy by tossing them in a hole.
7. Miss Me?: Meet Adam.
8. Broke My Toy: Break a spear
9. Dojo Master: Beat Shiva.
10. Life's a Struggle: Free yourself from a grab.
11. It's Chilly in Here: Break both elevator window panes.
12. Snap Out of It: Beat possessed Max.
13. Demolition Man: Use a wrecking ball to kill an enemy.
14. Combo Expert: Achieve an "Amazing!!" combo.
15. An Elegant Death: Use a chandelier to kill an enemy.
16. Old-Schooled: Beat Mr. and Ms. Y.
17. All Clear: Blaze: Complete the campaign in single-player mode as Blaze.
18. Oops: Hit an ally.
19. Throwback: Discover a retro level.
20. Collateral Damage: Use a barrel or a grenade explosion to kill 3 enemies at the same time.

And of course we got a lot of clips from last night as well.

• Streets of Rage 4: Stating The Obvious About Blaze
• Streets of Rage 4: Eating Off The Ground! 
• Streets of Rage 4: Murphy... You Are No Robocop!
• Streets of Rage 4: This is Wood Oak City! 
• Streets of Rage 4: Using The Environment
• Streets of Rage 4: Dojo Master 
• Streets of Rage 4: Snap Out Of It!
• Streets of Rage 4: Bad Cut Scene Dubbing 
• Streets of Rage 4: Combo Expert!
• Streets of Rage 4: The Chicken IS NOT THERE! 
• Streets of Rage 4: Old School!
• Streets of Rage 4: Shout out to Drace For Recommending SoR4! 
• Streets of Rage 4: Throwback
• Streets of Rage 4: Collateral Damage 

You know it's a good thing I started writing these blogs at night following the stream and before I go to bed, could you imagine getting all these things together when I'm pressed for time like right before work? 

Moving on, Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 473 kcal. Because I do have a habit of powering off the Switch completely, my Joy-Cons were not fully charged (for the first time ever) so I kept getting notifications of low battery life. In fact the battery of the right joy con drained out totally Good thing this was not a session I was streaming! We are now up to 50 out of 100 for the Karen's Best Friend Achievement.

For tonight's stream, we are returning to Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee as we'll be picking up things in Lavender Town... we're going into the Tower, which means Ghost Pokemon! 

So on that note we'll see you later tonight over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!