Streets of Fury Hits XBLA With Digitized Fists
September 15, 2009 8:00 AM | Eric Caoili
Streets of Fury's premise is so corny, and I can't help but love it -- Paris is under siege by suburban gangs and France's army is on strike for unspecified reasons, so to combat crime, the country's president imports the best gang members it can find from Los Angeles to restore order.
The entertaining plot must have enchanted others, as Streets of Fury was the beat'em up finalist in Microsoft's Dream-Build-Play 2008 competition. Its two developers, Cyrille Lagarigue and Jordi Asensio, cite titles like Streets of Rage, Fatal Fury, and Guardian Heroes as their inspiration for the game.
The Xbox Live Arcade title features nine digitized and playable characters (each with his or her own set of combos), multiplayer co-op for up to four players, two solo campaigns offering 30 stages, 60 types of opponents, a team or free-for-all versus mode, a versus AI survival co-op mode, and five levels of difficulty.
Streets of Fury is now available to purchase through XBLA's Indie Games section (you can also grab a demo if you want to try it out first).
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3 Comments
Funny you mention it, I couldn't stop laughing when I played the demo earlier today. If I was to pick a game that is very similar to Streets of Fury, I'd say YūYū Hakusho Makyō Toitsusen for the Mega Drive. The question is, will I buy it?
dieubussy | September 15, 2009 10:39 AM
Just bought it ! The combo system is really cool, it's not repetitive like a streets of rage you have a nice learning curve. Can't wait to play it with my friends this week end. Longtime since we've played some good 4-player brawler.
Ralf696 | September 15, 2009 4:07 PM
This is genuinely one of the best games i've played in ages. Each of the characters is fun and different and there's quite a deep combo system at work there (check out the instruction videos!). Quite a few smart nods to some other classic side scrollers and beat-em-ups too - Plane-shifting: Guardian Heroes, Aerial Rave: Capcom's VS series, Terry Bogard's Fire Geyser. Stuff to unlock, brilliant on multiplayer, GETIGETITGETITGEITIGETIGITEITGGETIET!
Tom Keegan | January 30, 2010 5:44 PM