First Time EVER Playing Streets of Rage 2 (Hard Mode, Full Game)

You sound like the type a guy who's not worried about a man coming up behind you.

Still one of my top 3 games of all time. I still play this a lot

Your flying what?

Hey ryu - thanks this takes me back I used to play this with my brother all those years ago 😮 have you ever played mr gimmick on the nes old school tough platformer right up your street 👍

Why does everyone hold streets of rage 2 in such high regard? its slow, boring, and not visually appealing at all. I just dont get it.

Tips!
At stage 1 go to the bottom left at the very start for an extra life! Theres an extra life hidden in alot of stages!
Back throw and use your special for crowds!
Axel can jab jab grasshopper for alot of damage.
Max has the best throws and grapples. His full combos take a full bar away!
Skate has low damage but fast combos that are hardnto master but deadly.
Blaze has incredible range and aerials.

Hey Ryu - Can you play F-ZERO 99 again? They have a lot of new updates and it would be cool to see you re-visit it.

Picked the absolute worst character to begin with

I feel like I'm watching like my sister play a video game for the first time

the first has the best ost of the series, and the series is top 5 music/ost of the sega gens

😂😂😂😂Finally!!! 😂😂 love this game! Playing co-op is fun! Should try out the entire series. Surprised this isn’t more recognized as a classic!!! Music is awesome too🎉

I used to have my friends come over, Put this on hardest difficulty and everytime you die you take a shot.

Ah the legendary SoR2

If you want another cheese that can work just about any enemy or boss, then pause a half sec between your punches. The enemy/boss will be stunned on your regular hit, and you can keep them in a infinite stun state until they die.

This is the bar that every beatem up is judged by

good play though, this guy beats a lot of ASS

You try Streets of Rage Four and maybe try Survival mode maybe on your spare time

Yes that's right unlock MANIA after YOU beat STREET'S OF RAGE 2 on VERY HARD.💪👍

After you beat the game on Very Hard, the ending sequence gives you a cheat code to unlock Mania (and Very Easy).

GOAT gaming soundtracks

Play Streets of Rage 4 for PS5 now!!! Its great

This game was fun during its time and definitely needs a remake!

Somebody's teach this man the delay hit technique. It will serve you well.

"Beat that ass" and "I got a rod". OK then

Ryu learn the art of grabing and throwing, so when throwing enemy , all the enemy get slam at the ditection throw, hence get space not get gangbang sandwich by the enemy easily

The best time to use the special is when you're surrounded by enemies or if enemies grab ahold of you or if they are starting their combos on you. In the first streets of rage, when you use the special, it calls the cops and kills or takes alot of health on tough enemies with alot of health and using it wont take any life. Also when enemies throw you, press the jump button right when you're about to hit the ground to land on your feet and avoid damage

Also when your thrown, press the jump button right before you land and you'll land on your feet

When enemies surround you, that's the best time to use your special or if you can't dodge an incoming attack. In the first streets of rage, using your special didn't take energy but called cops and took out Alot of enemies .

This is the kind of game where reading the manual or at least going through a gamefaq guide makes it 2x better. You can get out of throw with no damage, throw weapon, do the special with no hp loss, and more.

i never seen western Ryu

One thong still bothers me though. How did you manage to restart back to the start of a level with full continues? The game doesn't normally let you do that.

If you're going to do part 3, please get the Japanese version (Bare Knuckle III). Sega of America simply mutilated the US release - made it uglier, censored stuff out of it, changed the story and messed up the balance. BK3 is totally playable without knowing Japanese, but there's also a translation patch for it. And yes, the Hard mode is balanced for two players, flexing Genesis' "tons of shit on screen" power.

If he knew... that still has two more harder difficult settings. 😅

MANIA that's right just like MANIA on BATMAN RETURNS for the 16 BIT SUPER NINTENDO

Pound that ass, Ryu!

It's amazing how good this is on the game gear as well

Just for fun, I’m rooting against you. Just for fun 😅

"Give me a pipe....ok, is it just me, or is there a bunch of huge dudes?" You asked for pipe, sir.😂😂

So entertaining watching the youngins play our beloved games.

You gotta revisit this with a better understanding of the mechanics. You took a great deal of unnecessary damage, but only due to your lack of knowledge. Also, the true hardest difficulty awaits you 😈

The bald headed dude with the punching gloves who does the butt jump, he looks exactly like Soda Popinski from Punch Out

Names Ryu used for the same pipe: pipe, bar, rod, bat, pole. 🤣🤣🤣

As others have said before, the most important thing to learn before you play again, is to learn to hold jump and up when someone throws you to land undamaged, you'll save a lot of energy during the game (plus you'll damage a lot of bad guys while being thrown).

Fun fact many people never noticed (i myself have never noticed it until I read it somewhere, or someone else told me years ago): Electra's whip is actually a prosthetic weapon implanted directly on her forearm, completely replacing her hand. If you look closely, you'll see she doesn't have a hand there. THAT'S some Cyberpunk style shit back in the 90's. 😅

Awesome! One of the best - if not THE best - Beat'em Up game of all times. One of my favorite genres and probably the best rated Mega Drive/Genesis game of all. 😍
A few quick tips, in case you decide to keep playing it:

1- You can completely avoid damage when the enemies throw you: Just hold ↑ + Jump the whole time you're in the air, and you'll fall on your feet and not take damage at all 👍;
2- Hidden Lives: In the very beginning of stage 1, there is a hidden 1up at the bottom-left corner of the screen, immediately as soon as the game starts; There is another hidden life on Stage 2, right after that fight inside the truck, right after the screen transition outside the truck, immediately go top-left; Yet another hidden 1up in Stage 3, in the Alien Nest Cave, at the part where you fight Vehelits (that huge Alien Head on the wall), the 1up is at the bottom-center of the screen;
3- Jump Attacks: All characters have 3 different types of jump attacks. There's the neutral jump attack (jump without holding any direction then attack), this one has a great vertical hitbox, probably the best for attacking thoes jetpack dudes while they're just hovering; The regular jump attack (pressing Fowrard + Jump then Attack); And there's the descending jump attack (Jump then hold ↓ + Attack), which doesn't knock the enemies back, but instead stun them in place for a moment, allowing you to chain a combo after you land. Just keep in mind that many enemies can counter your jump attacks, like the Donovan (the bald shirtless guy), the ninjas, or the Muay Thai fighers;
4- Offensive and Defensive Special Moves: Forward + Special is your Offensive form of special attack. This takes away a small portion of your health, and if you hit enemies with it, it'll deal a great damage to them. The Defensive form is just pressing the Special without moving Forward. This only takes your health if it hits someone. The benefits are that it gives you i-frames during the whole animation of the move + it can hit enemies on both sides, meaning it's THE BEST move for when you're surrounded or grabbed by enemies + it gets priority over most of the enemy attacks in the game (if not ALL of the enemy attacks);
5- Max's signature moves: Max is the only character that can't vault over the enemies when you're grabbing them. Instead if you grab an enemy and jump, Max will jump grabbing the enemy. If you grab them from the front, the most powerfull thing you can do is a neutral attack (not holding any direction, just press the attack). Max will fix the enemy's neck with some nice Chiropractics techniques 😁. If you manage to grab them from behind, then jumping and attacking will make Max work on their backpain once and for all. If you somehow manage to do this and land on top of other enemies, all the by-standing patients will recieve the same treatment. 😁 That's a MASSIVE speedrun strat there; Max's offensive special move (Fowrard + Special) can obliterate the health of those enemies that block your attacks. The Stage 1 boss is one of these enemies that can block. If you land this special move on him while he's blocking, every time your move hits him, it will deal a HUGE amount of damage - another speedrun strat 😉;
6- Safe approach on enemies: The best possible way to get close to the enemies is by approaching vertically or diagonally. This has a higher chance of avoiding their straight attacks while getting within reach for your attacks or grabs; In a similar way, vertical/diagonal movements ar your best option to avoid strong enemy attacks.
7- Don't jump-attack the ninjas. They'll just "Ninpo Kage Bushin" and completely avoid you. It's annoying as hell. Your best chance with them might be the simple Blitz move (Double-Forward + Attack).

There are ways to play without the cheese, the combat has more options when you dig into it. Hard isn't even the highest difficulty either. There is, Hardest, and an unlockable Mania mode.