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Alright GAF. It's time to stand and be counted.

Which of these classic side scrolling beat-em-up franchises was better ?

Final Fight

vs

Streets of Rage ?

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I choose Streets of Rage. Especially SoR 2 is the best game in either franchise.

 

[adamsapple]

FUCK DID I WRITE FATAL FRAME ?

Can a mod please fix this

 

[GreatnessRD]

If Streets of Rage isn't your answer, you should be banned.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Fatal Frame. Ghehehe!

 

[nkarafo]

TMNT IV on SNES

 

[Dr Bass]

FUCK DID I WRITE FATAL FRAME ?

Can a mod please fix this

Yeah I read the title and just HAD to click to see what was up.

Next up? Tetris or Mortal Kombat!

Anyway to answer your question, Final Fight for the fun factor, Streets of Rage for the tunes.

If Streets of Rage isn't your answer, you should be banned.

Do I get a temp ban then?

 

[winjer]

Streets of rage. Uncontested.

 

[lame gag1990]

As much as I like Final Fight One, Bare knuckle 3 shits on it from great heights. Streets of Rage 2 is miles ahead too.

 

[Rickeh]

Played bare knuckle 3 to death (jap version none of this cut stuff for the EU/US release) final fight is more iconic imo as an arcade brawler. Characters like guy and cody are still in other capcom games today. SoR had a 4th release recently which is good too. So its a tie lol

 

[harry mason 1989]

Street of rage of course

 

[brian0057]

Oh, it's supposed to be Final Fight. I thought I read that wrong.
Either way, Fatal Frame is my answer.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Streets of Frame.

 

[01011001]

so a mediocre beat em up, a good one and a terrible one... mhh, I wonder which one I'll vote for

 

[Kagey K]

I came to say Fatal Frame. Left dissapointed.

Couldn't figure out what the 2 games had in common.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Rage

 

[Fuz]

You can't beat Double Dragon.

 

[AlteredForms]

Fatal Frame lol. The only one I have experience with is Final Fight, especially since Capcom struck gold with Street Fighter.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Streets of Rage on Sega Gamegear was the tits.

 

[Delt31]

Final fight absolutely destroys Streets of Rage.

Double dragon beats them both.

 

[GreatnessRD]

Yeah I read the title and just HAD to click to see what was up.

Next up? Tetris or Mortal Kombat!

Anyway to answer your question, Final Fight for the fun factor, Streets of Rage for the tunes.


Do I get a temp ban then?

Perma ban! *Bangs gavel*

Might allow you an appeal, though.

 

[GymWolf]

Only played this one and loved it to the bone, also absolutely love the main song

 

[cireza]

Final Fight CD. I love this game.
Bare Knuckles 3. Best gameplay for the series by far.
And let me add Die Hard Arcade and Golden Axe 3 to the mix.

These four games are my all time favorites in the genre.

 

[Alphagear]

Streets of Rage series by a country mile.

1 and 2 being my favorites. 2 is the best in my opinion.

Didn't like 3 though.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Streets of Rage is best IMO. Although it’s a shame we never got a Streets of Rage vs Final Fight crossover.

Then we could have a crossover crossover with Battletoads vs Double Dragon vs Streets of Rage vs Final Fight

 

[bender]

Fatal Frame all the way.

 

[Dr Bass]

Only played this one and loved it to the bone, also absolutely love the main song

Oh man if you loved that game you gotta try all the others. Not sure it would have the same effect on you these days as if you played them at release (well I know it wouldn't) but Double Dragon was one of my favorite series back in the day. You can get the arcade and NES games on any console I think.

 

[The Fartist]

 

[Blood Borne]

Streets of Rage 2 > all Final Fight and similar games.

Just the soundtrack alone already destroys the competition.

 

[PhaseJump]

Streets of Rage 2

 

[Dazrael]

Arcade Final Fight by a large margin. The enemy AI is just uncontested in any other game, not even Capcom we’re able to replicate it for their own games.

SOR2 does destroy console Final Fight but the arcade game remains king.

 

[GymWolf]

Oh man if you loved that game you gotta try all the others. Not sure it would have the same effect on you these days as if you played them at release (well I know it wouldn't) but Double Dragon was one of my favorite series back in the day. You can get the arcade and NES games on any console I think.

I onestly don't think that i can apprecciate such simple gameplay nowadays.

tbf i loved to death everything i played on my gameboy, from warioland to pokemon red, i was big nintendo fanboy back in the days.

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

Streets of Rage holds up. Double Dragon is a classic, but it definitely aged. Final Fight always played second fiddle.

When comparing the latest games of each franchise, this becomes even more apparent...

Double Dragon IV is worse than the NES DD1 and 2. It's better than NES DD3 though.
Final Fight Streetwise is... something.
Streets of Rage IV is arguably the best game of the entire genre.

 

[March Climber]

Final Fight CD will always be my favorite amongst all of them, along with it's 80s movie soundtrack:

 

[YCoCg]

It was tough, Final Fight has the better first entry, essentially one of THE best Arcade beat-em-ups of all time (and that Sega CD OST!) but Streets of Rage shot into space with the sequels in terms of gameplay, music, etc. Nobody ever really brings up the Final Fight sequels and for good reason.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Has to be Streets of Rage for me.

 

[UnNamed]

Definitely Streets of Rage.
SoR owes a lot to FF, but it has evolved during it's years.
Final Fight was the same game for three episode. I want to forget Streetwise.

 

[skybaby]

Stand and be counted? Are you Denis Dyack?

 

[Pejo]

I mean the real answer is and will always be

 

[Soulja]

SoR. The others are good games but my fondest memories are of playing SoR.

 

[lingpanda]

If you were a cool edgy teen you will pick Streets Of Rage. If you are a gamer who visited the arcades frequently you will say Final Fight.

 

[RoboFu]

I’d have to say final fight. Better characters, just feels higher polished than SOR.

 

[RAIDEN1]

I mean the real answer is and will always be

Shame there was never a sequel......On the other hand, Final Fight CD's music as one-hit-wonder as the game is, is up there with Streets of Rage 1's music...(Final Fight 2 and 3 were nowhere near as good as Streets of Rage 2 and maybe 3) Also talking about Final Fight CD, makes you wonder why the Sega CD was left-off for a port of Streetfighter 2, it could have had music as good as the 3DO version..

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It was tough, Final Fight has the better first entry, essentially one of THE best Arcade beat-em-ups of all time (and that Sega CD OST!) but Streets of Rage shot into space with the sequels in terms of gameplay, music, etc. Nobody ever really brings up the Final Fight sequels and for good reason.

100% agreed.

FF in the arcades was awesome. Played it all the time.

SoR 1 was dog shit. Only good thing was the music. The graphics were bad, the voice effects were the scratchiest I ever heard in a Genesis game, the levels were bland, animations were horrible etc.... I never understood why everyone loved it so much, aside from the excellent audio tracks.

BUT SoR2 is the best 90s beat em up ever. Well, when you got 16mb to play with instead 4mb like Streets 1 you could do wonders. The only problem I had with the game is Axels Grand Upper is a total OP spam move. It should had been the special move where you lose energy every time you do it. You can plow through the game using it if your reflexes are decent. I dont know why Sega would allow such a move where you can spam it every second, does incredible damage, cuts through enemy blocks and doesnt use up health like other special moves.

 

[SeraphJan]

SOR 2 > SOR3 > FF1 > SOR1 > FF3 > FF2

 

[Dave_at_Home]

Streets of Rage 2 is my favorite Genesis game and the music is unmatched. That is all.

 

[yurinka]

Best game: Final Fight 1
Best series: Streets of Rage

 

[existensmaximum]

Is this even a question? Please

 

[BennyBlanco]

Streets of Rage is better but I voted FF because I played so much of it as a kid. I never had a Genesis.




Haggar is the coolest character from any of these games too.

 

[KiteGr]

Well...
Strage had better console ports and more instalments.

 

[Roger Rabbit]

If we include Golden Axe, then The Revenge of Death Adder is the best individual game.