The intro for 5.2 is amazing and leagues above the one from 5.0, but I still have a bone to pick with it. I would recommend that the scene end and transition over to Scene 8 (Jetski Ride) or Scene 9 (Boat) and allow the players one final chance to get onto the SOR 2 route, rather than stay on the SOR 3 style route.Ĥ.Replace the Mr.X Sprite that appears in the 5.2 intro. Now this section is the only part of the game that has no boss in it and just goes into Stage 6 very abruptly. Inversely, the Jetski route, Scene 6 (Down River) originally had a Jack/Soya boss, but this was removed in 5.2 when the vehicle sections were shortened.
Originally the stage would just end in 5.0 and it felt very lazy. One of the improvements I like to Stage 5, Scene 5 (Deep Forest), was the inclusion of a Fredrick/Zamza boss fight on the walking path route.
I'd think it'd be neat to bring this concept back by having the option to see all enemy health bars, only the boss's health bars, or none of them.ģ.Update to the Stage 5 (Helicopter/Jungle) route progression. Taking a page out of Streets of Rage 1 and 4, enemies don't have visible health bars in the original game, only the bosses. Still, the endings should be played as normal, obviously.Ģ.Have the option to choose if enemy health bars are visible. It would be nice to have an option to disable cutscenes to have the game flow more like Streets of Rage 2, with instant stage by stage progression. I have made multiple playthroughs of the game and unlocked every scene, so for me at this point, the cutscenes become kind of redundant. That is to say that it's not perfect, and I do have some ideas that can be played with for a future update. The gameplay is fun and the new music tracks are great. I'm not into the technical aspects of the game, but I've played through on Normal with all of the original playable characters and never had any issues as far as I can see. Recently found about Version 5.2 and I've been playing it on and off in the meantime. Hello everyone! Long time player, first time poster.