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[Kazza]

The new art style has been one of the more controversial aspects of Streets of Rage 4, so it's nice to get this perspective from the two guys responsible for the sprites and backgrounds:




You get to see the evolution of the new designs for Axel and Blaze, as well as a sneak peek at some not before seen backgrounds.

 

[Punished Miku]

Day one. Looks incredible.

Just need Max or a single similar big guy.

 

[stranno]

Behind the "how Axel gained 30 kg".

 

[CyberChulo]

What's the release date now? Summer?

 

[Fake]

I need a release date as well.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Day one. Looks incredible.

Just need Max or a single similar big guy.

Same. I'll prob use Blaze since she has always been the best but I need to also play as a grappler character. A beat em up isn't complete without one.

Behind the "how Axel gained 30 kg".

It is his baggy clothing, guy is buffer though.

 

[Birdo]

I know I say this in every thread. But the art style looks bad to me.

Should have been pixel art.

Also, they made Axle fat, but the others looks better. Fuck them.

 

[kingbean]

I miss pixel art.

I don't really like the art direction at all either.

Hope its fun though.

 

[Saber]

This game is taking so much time to launch that I even forget it existed.

It still cool though.

I know I say this in every thread. But the art style looks bad to me.

Should have been pixel art.

Also, they made Axle fat, but the others looks better. Fuck them.

I don't think looks that bad even though I totally agree with the pixel art stuff. I see some games looking amazing with it, even though are just pixels.

As for Axel, its totally understandable. But for me who have played SoR series over the years I sincerelly couldn't care much. I felt like those games brown noses him way too much imo. Can't say the same about Adam daughter though...shes lamish.

 

[kunonabi]

I could have lived with the new art but I just can't get past how awful Axel and the guitar chick look.

 

[Orta]

They've animated Blaze's tits which is to be commended.

 

[JunkerWoland]

As I've written prior, the technical quality of the development team's work is fabulous. As for visual design, this game needed someone onboard, who was capable maintaining a look more inline with past entries.

For Wonder Boy III, the developer was faithfully recreating an older game that was also able to serve as a graphical template. Going by the video, the freedom given to the developer with SoR4 has resulted in their own take on the franchise, which aesthetically doesn't work for me.

 

[Ristifer]

I love the look, so I'm pretty pumped for this.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

Why people like jaggy pixels over smooth drawn art, is beyond me.

 

[Durask]

Why people like jaggy pixels over smooth drawn art, is beyond me.

Plus back in the old days when you played those games on old CRT TV, the graphics were smooth. Only truly hardcore gamers (those who bought home version of the Neo Geo and $200 game carts) had their systems hooked to RGB monitors.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

I remember back in day me and my friends being like "can you imagine if they could make games look like drawings.

 

[Ballthyrm]

I like the new Art Direction ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Vow of Silence]

Les Rues de Rage Quatre - le style d'art est merde. Je suis désolé, je ne suis pas intéressé .

 

[Tesseract]

praise god for blaze

 

[SALMORE]

Just give us the damn release date !

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Controversial? Nothing's controversial about how T H I C C Blaze got. Girl took some notes from the Capcom chicks. Dem thighs? Perfecto

 

[Hayabusabruh]

They've animated Blaze's tits which is to be commended.

Can you gif it? I didn't see anything moving.

 

[Punished Miku]

Can you gif it? I didn't see anything moving.

Just her walking animation in the video.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Why people like jaggy pixels over smooth drawn art, is beyond me.

prob because pixel art gives sense of texture and can leave a bit to the imagination.

theres a time and place for both for sure.

the thing that irks me isnt the smooth/vector art style, its the small things like whenthe car crashes into the wall in the video... an attack shakes the environment and the entire car just bounces around like its a single piece of clip art. just uggo. reminds me of newgrounds. zero weight. totally breaks the immersion

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

I like the new Art Direction ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Everybody except the new girl character looks ok

 

[Pejo]

Is this just a video of them fishing around in the trash and pulling out the character designs?

Only kidding, it doesn't look offensively bad, but I'm not a fan of the style in general.

 

[Kazza]

We're 25 posts in, and while there have been some (reasonable) objections to the art style, nobody has said it looks like a flash game yet. Thank the Lord for small mercies.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

We're 25 posts in, and while there have been some (reasonable) objections to the art style, nobody has said it looks like a flash game yet. Thank the Lord for small mercies.

I mean this isn't Battletoads.

 

[Froschi]

Just love it. Everything about it. The graphics style is simply gorgeous, the fighting looks visceral - and the team really seems to consist of deep fans. I really can't wait to get my hands on this beaut!

 

[Enjay]

Hate this art style. Can't believe it took 4 years to make.

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

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[Ballthyrm]

We're 25 posts in, and while there have been some (reasonable) objections to the art style, nobody has said it looks like a flash game yet. Thank the Lord for small mercies.

Flash is but a distant memory for young people nowadays, fading by the day.
There is really only a 10 year window where flash game were really played.

 

[waltyftmus Prime]

Love the SOR series, cant wait to play this, looks quality and those Blaze designs are really nice

 

[Ballthyrm]

Hate this art style. Can't believe it took 4 years to make.

It took over a year for Picasso to paint that and hundreds of sketches, drawings and painting .
Whatever you think of it. Some people love it, some people hate it, some people think it's not even art.

Point is.

Time investment is a very poor judge of quality.

 

[Ailynn]

All the hatred this game gets for it's art style just makes me thankful I gave up 2D animation years ago. It would be absolutely crushing to me having done something like this and have people trash my best efforts.

 

[Enjay]

Time investment is a very poor judge of quality.

Streets of Rage 2 got made in just a year and a half.

 

[cireza]

Good video, I did see some designs that I found better in their concepts. Too bad they always opted for the designs that have the most elements, it would have been better to have characters without jackets etc... Much cleaner, and thinner.

 

[Kazza]

Good video, I did see some designs that I found better in their concepts. Too bad they always opted for the designs that have the most elements, it would have been better to have characters without jackets etc... Much cleaner, and thinner.

While I've come around to the "fat Axel" redesign, I wish they would take off that jumper he has tied around his waist. I think Blaze's jacket is ok though.

 

[GustavoLT]

While I've come around to the "fat Axel" redesign, I wish they would take off that jumper he has tied around his waist. I think Blaze's jacket is ok though.

It looks like Axel is skipping leg day!