Streets of Rage 3
The darkest entry in the trilogy with branching paths and multiple endings. Introduces Ash as the first unlockable character and a controversial 'rage' health-based attack system.
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Story
After being defeated twice, Syndicate crime boss Mr. X has started a research company called RoboCy Corporation to act as a cover for his illegal activities. The world's best roboticist, Dr. Dahm (Dr.
Zero in Japan), has been brought in to help him create an army of realistic robots to replace important officials from Wood Oak City. With the replacements in place, Mr. X plans to run the city using a remote control device. His criminal organization, The Syndicate, has strategically placed bombs around the city to distract the police while the city officials are dealt with.
Dr. Zan discovers what the research is really for and knows the Syndicate must be stopped. He contacts Blaze Fielding with the details of The Syndicate's plan. Blaze quickly contacts her old comrades Axel Stone and Adam Hunter for a task force to bring down The Syndicate once and for all.
Axel quickly joins the task force, but Adam cannot make it due to his own assignments from within the police, and sends his younger brother, Eddie "Skate" Hunter instead. The game has four endings depending on the difficulty setting and if the player completes certain stages in an allotted amount of time. In the game's true ending, from which the events of Streets of Rage 4 follow, it is revealed that the real Chief Ivan Petrov was kidnapped and replaced with a duplicate. After Ivan is freed, Axel suggests Adam take Ivan to the city hall before his doppelgänger arrives, then goes to Mr.
X's robot factory hideout in the forest. Once Dr. Dahm is apprehended and confesses to the government officials' kidnapping and replacement, the real Mr. X is revealed to be reduced to nothing but a brain in a laboratory capsule, controlling all the robots with his mind.
As the heroes destroy Mr. X's brain capsule and his Robot Y, the bomb timers are neutralized. The dying Mr. X attempts to self destruct the lab to kill the heroes, but they are rescued by Adam.
With Mr. X gone, RoboCy becomes defunct, Dr. Dahm is left to recover at an asylum, and Dr. Zan's name is cleared.
Gameplay Systems
Players can choose from returning characters Axel, Blaze, and Skate, along with a new character named Dr. Zan, a robot who automatically converts every weapon picked up into a ball of energy. By fulfilling certain conditions, two bonus characters, Shiva and Roo (known as Victy in Japan), can be unlocked for play, with a third unlockable character, Ash, being exclusive to the Japanese release. Several tweaks have been made to the gameplay following Streets of Rage 2 .
Whereas only Skate was able to run in the previous game, now each character is able to run, as well as perform a vertical dodge roll. Blitz attacks can be upgraded through successive play, and a rechargeable meter allows players to perform a Special attack without losing any health when full. Certain weapons now have special attacks that can be performed in the same way as Blitz attacks. However, all weapons now have a limited number uses before they break, and unlockable characters are unable to hold weapons at all.
Stages in the game include hazards, originally featured in the first Streets of Rage , such as bottomless pits. Some stages have alternate routes depending on certain actions, such as whether players can clear a room of enemies before a non-playable character is killed by poisonous gas. Enemy AI was also expanded so more enemies can pick up weapons, block attacks, employ co-operative attacks, and even steal exposed food items to regain health. Compared to the Japanese version, the Western release of this game features altered graphics and sound effects, and increased difficulty, and does not feature Ash as a playable character.
Like the previous game, a Battle mode lets two players fight against each other.
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About Streets of Rage 3
Streets of Rage 3 is a classic video game released for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive on January 1, 1994. This title has become a beloved entry in the retro gaming library.
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