Streets of Rage 3

Streets of Rage 3 (Bare Knuckle 3 in Japan) is a side-scrolling beat em' up released in 1994 for the Sega Genesis. It is also the third game in the Streets of Rage series.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The combat system has more moves than the previous game such as a meter which lets you perform a special attack, a star system, rolling, every character could dash, etc.
 * 2) There are unlockable characters, which the previous games didn't have.
 * 3) Speaking of the game introduces Dr. Gilbert Zan, and also Roo and Shiva as secret characters.
 * 4) Every stage starts out with a cutscene which increases the game's story.
 * 5) The game is more fast paced than the predecessors.
 * 6) The soundtrack was ahead of its time.
 * 7) Most of the stages are in different settings unlike Streets of Rage 2 which most of the stages in that game copied the settings of the first game.
 * 8) The characters have their own unique playstyle.
 * 9) The graphics are more detailed than the other games.
 * 10) Multiple endings return.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The localized version of the game is very flawed.
 * 2) * Blaze, Axel, and Skate got the color of their outfits changed for some reason.
 * 3) * The difficulty in this version is cheap as the enemies are health sponges and their AI makes them harder to fight.
 * 4) * The story is butchered.
 * 5) * Censorship.
 * 6) * Lame voice-overs compared to the Japanese version.
 * 7) * The names of the enemies got changed for no reason.
 * 8) * It's one of those games that don't let you progress to later stages if you choose easy mode.
 * 9) Some people may not like the game's soundtrack because it's in a different style than the other games.
 * 10) Zan is the worst newcomer in the series because when he picks up a weapon, it turns in to a spark, if he gets hit, he loses that weapon.