Streets of Rage 4 News

Lizardcube and Dotemu announced today that Streets of Rage 4 is now officially supported on Linux (and macOS), with a port done by Ethan Lee creator of FNA.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/11/streets-of-rage-4-is-now-officially-available-for-linux-along-with-vulkan-support-in-fna

• There is a 30% discount on Streets of Rage 4 title until November 16th
  
• Starting today, Streets of Rage 4 is officially available on Mac and Linux via Steam (thank you Ethan Lee for your awesome help)
  

• Online improvements: better fluidity and stability, less latency.
  
• New online stats display options available on the HUD section.
  
• Balancing improvements for all main characters.
  
• Major gameplay improvements for all stages.
  
• Various bug fixes.
  
• Fixed rare random crashes.
  

• Specials and star move can interrupt any hitstun state on ground
  
• Specials can interrupt hit freeze
  
• Faster jump start for SOR4 characters
  

• Faster move speed
  
• Better recovery on-air special
  
• Added additional invincibility frames on grand upper start-up
  
• Added grand upper on the ground (OTG) property
  
• Grand upper travels farther
  
• Added neutral special OTG property
  
• Neutral special has less hit freeze
  
• Pipe swing has a less recovery
  
• Air special: all hits connect when OTG + ignore weight class
  
• Denfsive cost lowered
  
• Rescaled damage on grand upper
  
• Forward special has a bigger hitbox
  
• Buff charge kick wall damage
  
• Infinite stun-lock on enemies are removed
  
• Special pipe goes farther
  
• Better recovery on combo
  
• Better damage on normal combo and star move
  
• Charge attack goes a little farther
  

• Cherry can jump cancel after uppercut combo and grab uppercut
  
• Added 2 frames stun on punches
  
• Flying punch from combo is fully invincible
  
• Cherry’s charged flying punch is invincible before hit
  
• Full invulnerability during fall is removed
  
• Special forward is faster
  
• Damage Buff
  
• Back throw works in corners
  
• Pogo kick can hit OTG
  
• Cherry damages are rescaled on normal combo
  
• Infinite head stomping fixed
  
• Cherry knee loop slightly nerfed
  

• Floyd’s attack x3 infinite is removed
  
• Neutral special life costs adjustment
  
• Floyd can no longer reset his grab move counter by jumping
  
• Special take less HP
  
• Floyd has now a slower animation throwing a butcher knife like all SOR4 characters
  

• Reduced vertical speed on juggle neutral special
  
• Reduced vertical speed on juggle back attack
  
• Blaze’s back attack has a high bounce
  
• Jump cancel on combo kick 1st hit
  

• Fixed Infinite loop
  
• Added neutral special OTG property
  

• Added invincibility on headbutt
  

• Hitting behind with flip kick
  

• Combo feels more like the original
  
• Added body hit property to his last kick in combo as in original SOR1
  
• Infinite fix
  

• Fixed Star Move not recovering green health
  

• Atomic drop recovery is now shorter and bigger AOE
  

• Damage nerf on blitz
  

• Infinite removed
  
• Increased run speed (+10%)
  
• Fixed Star Move not recovering green health
  
• Punch range is better
  
• Jab recovery is shorter
  

• Blitz damage nerf
  
• Fixed hitbox on Star Move
  

• Bug fix Diva never going in phase 2.
  
• Diva charge is slower.
  
• No armor on kicks.
  
• Electric area disappears faster.
  
• Diva has longer preparation for snake bite.
  
• Diva snake bite has less depth.
  
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• Balancing.
  
• Commissioner has longer charge punch time + lower dash grab hitbox.
  

• Police attacks are easier to dodge.
  

• Barbon kicks can hit another player after impact.
  

• Smaller hitbox on palm moves.
  
• Shiva double has a chance to align with the player (instead of being full random).
  

• Fewer armor moves.
  
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• Beyo is a little faster.
  
• No more armor moves for Beyo.
  
• Armor finishes sooner for Riha's moves.
  
• Less fire pond (lesser time and bigger cooldown).
  
• Riha fire aoe moves are slower.
  

• Throw aoe damage nerf.
  
• Some AI fixes.
  
• Can't combo the player anymore with 3 shoulder tackles.
  

• Mr.Y is now harder to defeat
  
• Elite Shadow reinforcements during the fight.
  

• MrY stage 11 harder.
  
• MrY stage 12 evades more.
  

• Mr.Y and Ms.Y final fight lasts longer (before the robot appearance)
  
• Some robot hitboxes are smaller.
  
• Legs positions have changed.
  
• Twin getting into the robot regains full life.
  
• Additional damages on the robot.
  
• Fixed a bug preventing Mr.Y from throwing grenades.
  
• Spider robot now has the same attacks in phase 1 & 2.
  
• Fix a bug with Ms.Y not grabbing in stage 12 last fight.
  
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• Nerfed Galsia weapon hitbox
  

• Apple added in the changing room.
  
• Added a roasted chicken.
  

• Less green life at the beginning.
  
• Fixed Pheasant and sparrow rising move.
  
• Shorter electric vial time.
  
• Reduced steam hazards hitbox.
  
• Lots of enemies rising armor moves removed/nerfed.
  

• Longer parry recovery time.
  
• Massive punch is easier to dodge
  

• Headbutt nerf: hitbox + hitbox depth nerf.
  
• Lower hp.
  

• Jump kick track less.
  
• Slap is slower.
  

• No armor.
  

• Slower kicks.
  
• Slower knee while rising.
  
• Turn towards the target when rising.
  

• Slower start up.
  
• Smaller hitbox height.
  
• Less HP.
  

• Bronze enemy is not armored anymore during his attack.
  
• Donovan and palettes have a slower jab punch.
  
• Lower nb of hits to destroy bikes : 3.
  

• Gourmand jump attack tracks less.
  
• Gourmand doesn’t do 2 hits anymore with an air attack.
  
• Armor removed on Big Ben fire attack.
  

• Slower shield regeneration.
  
• Slower attack.
  

• Barbon clone bug fixed.
  

• Faster walk speed before grab.
  

• Deactivated special burst in Battle Mode
  
• Enemies hurtbox while jumping on-screen is bigger.
  
• You can pick up an item that is in the air if it is in your character height.
  
• All characters can hit at point-blank.
  
• You cannot charge a move while doing a charged move.
  
• Forward specials are not triggered when pressing up or down.
  
• Wall bounces increments the combo counter.
  
• A character that is in « Body Hit » mode will collide more easily with other characters.
  
• Nora palettes aren’t armored anymore.
  
• Donovan can hold a hammer.
  
• Gold reinforcements on stage 10 boss.
  
• Stage 11 more score items on the plane.
  
• Stage 12 ninja floor changed a little (removed spike ball, added Big Bens).
  
• Faster transition on stage 1_2.
  
• Donovan with a hammer on stage 3_1.
  
• Boss Rush Mr.Y & Ms.Y robot trigger threshold as in Story Mode.
  
• Bikes are now breakable in Stage 6.
  
• Walking upward in front of Roo makes spawn 3 vials.
  
• Score: combo bonuses don’t have a point limit now.
  
• Better reinforcements spawn code preventing some reinforcements from spawning out of bounds.
  
• Combo counters stay alive when hitting shields or guards.
  
• Falling into holes breaks the combo.
  
• Lowered Koobo control weapons number (2 flying at the same time).
  
• Fixing Grenade throwers on roff throwing their grenades out of bounds.
  
• Damage reduced on players when comboed by enemies.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could infinite combo an enemy and refill his life.
  
• Fixing pickup bug when several items overlap.
  
• Weapons start flashing in red at 1/3 life (instead of 1/2).
  
• Sledgehammer freeze reduced a bit.
  
• Fixed input bug when canceling blitz by fwd special near a wall.
  
• Fixed some scripting issues in the 5-2 bar fight.
  
• Better reinforcements spawning.
  
• Throwing knives do 36 damage instead of 35 preventing some weird 0hp enemy situations.
  
• Some K-washi shield issues fixed.
  
• Retro Shiva boss fight reworked.
  
• Added 10 frames of stun after vault jump.
  
• Pummel moves fix preventing some infinite.