The beat em up genre is alive and well. SOR4, Ninja Warriors Once Again, Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle, and the upcoming TMNT game. Hopefully this keeps going because I love that era of gaming.
Note that Shiva doesn't pick up weapons... He just kicks them into the air and launches them at enemies. A skilled warrior like Shiva doesn't need a weapons to win.
Never played a SOR game before, got this yesterday together with the DLC and Shiva was love at first sight right from the character select screen. Love seeing what's possible to do with him! 🤩
@@chunkylover5367 Right lemme be more specific - you can cancel shit like Max' slide with the defensive special which is a godsend because being utterly helpless post-blitz is what makes characters like Blaze, Adam and Axel is needlessly frustrating. I kinda get why they did that since the Bloodborne style health recovery system means defensive specials are potentially more broken than they would be in a conventional beat em up, but it's still annoying to have to sit there and watch yourself get hit with no recourse. Though Max' spinning vortex is just plain dumb
stage 4 was kicking the living hell out of me. Seeing you tear through it was such beautiful therapy. Currently up to Y Tower and Mania+ is a wonderful mix of challenging, frustrating, and therapeutic puzzle untangling.
I freaking love Shiva and knew if he came out as DLC he would be my No 1 character in the game...and he is so freaking better than I could ever have hoped for! The combos the moves the specials! And air juggle! I was in love soon as I first tried him out!
It's really interesting that Shiva in this Game as a boss was a total fail, But as a playable character instead of being nerfed he is a freaking monster...😱😱He is literally a one man army, a force to be reckoned...
I say it was about time we got a break from unlockable boss characters being mediocre, as "that meme" suggested. Shiva looks just as fast as Blaze, maybe faster. I'm now interested in playing as him. I main as SoR 4 Blaze.
The SOR4 team just make the game much much better, all content from only $8 is a dream, also as a fan of SOR3 they add much new things i was asked like you now can roll with the weapons or the star move of Axel sor3 use the sword and of course the survival gives the game a infinite replayability! If you dont buy the game yet, now is the best oportunity.
@@DatBoiRatchet yes, as a big fan of sor games (Sor Remake included) playing roo dont make me feel that initial stepback of sor4 , with roo feels good run , roll up/down and all the moveset from sor3 , and now with the sor4 combo system!! that is what this game must be from day 1. Sorry my regular english xD
Shiva's redemption arc of villain to hero was character development not common of the 90's era games. I think that is the reason fans like him as much as Axel.
this game has an interesting effect on me when i watch a long gameplay or when i actually play it, even though i have been just playing it or watching it for 30 minutes somehow it feels like it has been hours, could not say why. Anyway, awesome play ma dude :D
9:01 Just seeing that animation of Officer Dick waddling at blazing speeds across the screen to grab someone is so damn funny to me. Boy, this policeman’s got *places* to be.
Thank you very much for that! :D Was really looking foward for your amazing SOR4 gameplays! You mastered the Weapon himself! Looking foward for Max gameplay soon! ;) Thank you once again for that!
Damn. I always felt the Police Station was one of the best places to show off combos, and I was not disappointed with my expectations of Shiva holy hell
all the times you are kicking and punching a dude in the air a billion times and they've already turned dark, I can't help but hear that little boy when Homer is beating the Krusty Burglar _BOO HOO HOO STOP STOP HE'S ALREADY DEAD_
Just imagine being the dudes in the dojo, just training and doing your best, and then your master just comes in and beat the living crap out of you and your colleagues.
That wasn't even something I planned lol. While I was fighting him I just noticed that the top part of that area is pretty tight, so you can infinitely air combo him without him getting knocked away.
While final crash is cool, it sadly dosen't have near the amount of utility that the flying kick has, not to mention final crash putting you in a state of voulnerability after coming down after the move against uppercutting foes. Just try spirit palm followed upp with flying kick directly after and you know what I mean. Not even the Goro's (white suit karate guy who counters) can stand against that combo and gets an instant guard break and the flying kick will land all its hits on them, at the same time retaining the energy spent on the spirit palm. Very dirty indeed.
They made Mania+ too difficult at points that it's tough to survive unless you get lucky since it's a cheap difficulty. Thankfully I got all S Ranks on it for stage select pretty quickly.
@@masterlee1988 Unfortunately I do not have any way to play this game to judge whether it is easy or difficult, but from my point of view I find it difficult
I knew this was coming! Yes Shiva 4 is a beast! Also shout out to the new color palates and blaze s 2nd moveset! Definitely a great dlc already spent 6 hours playing it. I ll probably get a mania + clear myself here soon
I haven't even experimented with any of the other character's new moves yet. Going back and trying everything out to find the ideal combinations makes the game feel more fresh. It's an awesome addition, and undersold in the marketing imo.
@@iconoclast575 Ah that makes sense. Yeah balance changes can often change how it feels to play a familiar character even better. Like all the changes to Axel so far have improved his fun-factor easily.
@@masterlee1988 Nice. That sounds cool, and I like that survival has an added incentive to it. Personally I'm not a fan of challenge modes that don't unlock anything.
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Final Fight, Warriors of Fate, Armored Warriors, Sengoku 3, Streets of Rage 4, Battle Circuit, Zero Team. I think that would be my top tier. I like almost everything I've played though, so it's kind hard to pick favorites to be honest.
Congratulations! You are a boss! I tried to play in "hard" difficulty and I don't succeed at the "Chinatown" level. On "Mega-drive", I succeeded to finish the first "Streets of rage" in "very hard" difficulty !
Shiva in Streets of Rage 4 is the only selectable boss character I know of, that's not nerfed and actually stronger than his cpu counterpart. I'm glad the devs decided to let loose and let us have fun with this particular character. He's literally a God in this game. This is how an unlockable should be and feel like. The characters are fun. I wish they included enemy characters like Streets of Rage Remake V5.2 and totally cut loose. Why not 🤷♂️ I'd love to play as the Twins, Baron, any of the other bosses , just for fun.
Man i can only imagine how annoying it is to see your chain streak got broken repeatedly by a sneaky jab, a sneaky uppercut at the wrong moment taking away lots of scores. But still amazing gameplay. Shiva is awesome.
I honestly didn't think it was possible to make Shiva any cooler.
Air combos?
Clone super?
Purple stuff??
Hands down one of the best
His old suplex was better.
"Purple stuff..." That tickled me! 😆
He really is a cool character. His moveset really pulls you into the action.
Shiva feels like they said, "fuck it" and dropped an MvC2 character in the game, and I love them for it.
@@johnm.9525 reminds me of gmod idiot box
don't forget the akuma style star move!
The beat em up genre is alive and well. SOR4, Ninja Warriors Once Again, Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle, and the upcoming TMNT game. Hopefully this keeps going because I love that era of gaming.
Upcoming TMNT???????
@@Kuliothecreator Yes, published by DotEmu just like SoR4!
don't forget about Final Fight LNS
And asterix
They need to bring back Guardian Heroes. The king of all beat em ups.
I just take solace in the fact that Shiva is, canonically, FINALLY one of the good guys.
Yep. He's a hero now. It seems right because he seems like a genuinely good guy.
And could you imagine how scared the Syndicates have to be knowing they're fighting their former boss's bodyguard?
Ikr 🤣
he’s taking revenge after mr x fired him
@@sirtieman I don’t think Mr. X fired Shiva. If anyone fired him, it was the kids
@@curtiswoods8884 he did get demoted though as he was only the first boss in sor3
@@sirtieman that is true
I really enjoy shiva's new variety of ways to attack your opponents, he's truly the weapon.
Note that Shiva doesn't pick up weapons... He just kicks them into the air and launches them at enemies.
A skilled warrior like Shiva doesn't need a weapons to win.
@@jimbodeek shiva vs yujiro hanma
The Man, The Myth, The Fucking Legend. Shiva is the one we need after all.
you DAM right son
@@IrinaSwat liu Kang isn't rocking that glorious hair, and isn't seggsy like Shiva is in this game
Shiva is actually one of my favourite characters! I'm glad to see him knocking out people in his sight! :)
Shiva is on total Beast mode in this game.
Never played a SOR game before, got this yesterday together with the DLC and Shiva was love at first sight right from the character select screen. Love seeing what's possible to do with him! 🤩
Great run! Shiva's a fucking monster. Being able to cancel moves with the defensive special make both Shiva and Max feel absolutely wonderful
Everyone can cancel moves with defensive special. Shiva a monster? I don’t think that’s what you’re really seeing. I think Iconoclast is the monster.
@@chunkylover5367 Right lemme be more specific - you can cancel shit like Max' slide with the defensive special which is a godsend because being utterly helpless post-blitz is what makes characters like Blaze, Adam and Axel is needlessly frustrating. I kinda get why they did that since the Bloodborne style health recovery system means defensive specials are potentially more broken than they would be in a conventional beat em up, but it's still annoying to have to sit there and watch yourself get hit with no recourse. Though Max' spinning vortex is just plain dumb
stage 4 was kicking the living hell out of me. Seeing you tear through it was such beautiful therapy. Currently up to Y Tower and Mania+ is a wonderful mix of challenging, frustrating, and therapeutic puzzle untangling.
man I hear you. Trying to work through that on Mania + and it's kicking my ass.
I freaking love Shiva and knew if he came out as DLC he would be my No 1 character in the game...and he is so freaking better than I could ever have hoped for! The combos the moves the specials! And air juggle! I was in love soon as I first tried him out!
It's really interesting that Shiva in this Game as a boss was a total fail, But as a playable character instead of being nerfed he is a freaking monster...😱😱He is literally a one man army, a force to be reckoned...
I say it was about time we got a break from unlockable boss characters being mediocre, as "that meme" suggested. Shiva looks just as fast as Blaze, maybe faster. I'm now interested in playing as him. I main as SoR 4 Blaze.
Vergil: Ahh I see you are a man of *MOTIVATION* as well.
Shiva in this game subverts expectations in that sense. Usually superbosses are monsters until you play as them
@@ArksCovenant Blaze lacks mobility. That's her only downside
I personally say his boss version was merely the guy holding back as in previous games the guy was a monster as a boss character
The SOR4 team just make the game much much better, all content from only $8 is a dream, also as a fan of SOR3 they add much new things i was asked like you now can roll with the weapons or the star move of Axel sor3 use the sword and of course the survival gives the game a infinite replayability!
If you dont buy the game yet, now is the best oportunity.
You can also play roo from SOR3
@@DatBoiRatchet yes, as a big fan of sor games (Sor Remake included) playing roo dont make me feel that initial stepback of sor4 , with roo feels good run , roll up/down and all the moveset from sor3 , and now with the sor4 combo system!! that is what this game must be from day 1.
Sorry my regular english xD
They move so damn fast on mania. Shiva is even faster. Sheesh.
Like Bruce Lee?
Shiva's martial arts skills are extraordinary as a playable character.
Shiva's redemption arc of villain to hero was character development not common of the 90's era games. I think that is the reason fans like him as much as Axel.
this game has an interesting effect on me when i watch a long gameplay or when i actually play it, even though i have been just playing it or watching it for 30 minutes somehow it feels like it has been hours, could not say why. Anyway, awesome play ma dude :D
9:01 Just seeing that animation of Officer Dick waddling at blazing speeds across the screen to grab someone is so damn funny to me. Boy, this policeman’s got *places* to be.
power walk was nuts
Fast as fuck boiii
He's gunning for that promotion for sure
Shiva is my best fighter EVER !!!!
Like Shang-Chi
And Axel Stone is my best fighter ever too!!!!
Fun fact shiva means god of destruction, that would explain why he’s so OP.
Been waiting for this ever since the DLC came out. Hope you will upload more SOR4 videos soon. Enjoying every one of it.
I cant stop watchin this game Vids, Shiva is just AMAZING badass, final boss material
Very nice. Learned a couple things about Shiva, and he's definitely my favorite character now
32:28 love this infinite combo
My absolute favorite character in this game. Shiva is a beast and is just insanely fun to play as. Him and Estel are my mains.
That LEG SLAM at the exact time the beat drops is EPIC!
@48:07
Estelle requesting backup 3x back to back was hilarious
Who is Estelle?
boss fight @ 24:26
I was waiting for this, thanks again for the great content dude.
wow that was an amazing run!! very impressive. cheers
God like gameplay my man! I've been having a hell of a time trying to S Stage 3, and now I know what defensive I *SHOULD* be using, hahah. 😨😂
Shiva is a badass hes easily my favorite character in So4
Thank you very much for that! :D
Was really looking foward for your amazing SOR4 gameplays! You mastered the Weapon himself!
Looking foward for Max gameplay soon! ;)
Thank you once again for that!
Damn. I always felt the Police Station was one of the best places to show off combos, and I was not disappointed with my expectations of Shiva holy hell
Awesome work, Joe!
Hell yeah your back
all the times you are kicking and punching a dude in the air a billion times and they've already turned dark, I can't help but hear that little boy when Homer is beating the Krusty Burglar _BOO HOO HOO STOP STOP HE'S ALREADY DEAD_
He’s my new main.
Me too
Everyone at a boss battle: Shiva's just standing there.... MENACINGLY!!!!!
Man I cannot *wait* to see the post-DLC speedruns
Shiva is my favorite Character in street of rage 4
Shiva have his own Shun Goku Satsu
I’ve only played one streets of rage back when I was a kid maybe like 2006 but the soundtrack of this Installment sounds amazing
Shiva vs Guy from Final Fight. Imagine that fight🤔
superb moves woow..
I'm impressed with your skills with Shiva on Mania+. I'm having difficulty with Shiva on Mania+. I need to practice more. Much respect.
Just imagine being the dudes in the dojo, just training and doing your best, and then your master just comes in and beat the living crap out of you and your colleagues.
This is the first video I have seen of gameplay....this game looks incredible!!! I like how they kept the same sound effect when picking up an item. 👍
Truly well played.
Enjoyed watching.
Btw, i love how you stun Barbon in stage 5, just make a combo and repeat that combo, nice
That wasn't even something I planned lol. While I was fighting him I just noticed that the top part of that area is pretty tight, so you can infinitely air combo him without him getting knocked away.
Incredible playing. It's nearly insane ))
I like the new dlc so far all characters get new moves is a nice touch,Shiva is a badass hands down.
I was destroying this..1,2,3 and 4.
Blasting💥 With out all this fancy moves. From '92 till '22!
Axel✊️🔥
I just can't decide which of the two blitzes i prefer. Final Crash is a classic but this "Liu Kang" kick looks tremendously fun to use!
While final crash is cool, it sadly dosen't have near the amount of utility that the flying kick has, not to mention final crash putting you in a state of voulnerability after coming down after the move against uppercutting foes. Just try spirit palm followed upp with flying kick directly after and you know what I mean. Not even the Goro's (white suit karate guy who counters) can stand against that combo and gets an instant guard break and the flying kick will land all its hits on them, at the same time retaining the energy spent on the spirit palm. Very dirty indeed.
I just finished my Mania+ run with Shiva. He is broken, very broken.
I used to think I was pretty good at this game, then I saw this video. Oh well, back to playing it on easy XD
Geez would you let the bad guys breath?! LOL!!😂 Nice work man! This game still kicks my ass!
they made the game very exciting and difficult too!😭
They made Mania+ too difficult at points that it's tough to survive unless you get lucky since it's a cheap difficulty. Thankfully I got all S Ranks on it for stage select pretty quickly.
@@masterlee1988 ohh you are smart👌🏼
@@masterlee1988 Unfortunately I do not have any way to play this game to judge whether it is easy or difficult, but from my point of view I find it difficult
Where is the fun without a good challenge?
@@franco-tirador3643 Yeah that's true. I like a fair challenge which is why I play many games on their hard/hardest settings.
Saving the Streets Shiva Style😀💪🏾🙌🏾👊🏾💥👍🏾.
I knew this was coming! Yes Shiva 4 is a beast! Also shout out to the new color palates and blaze s 2nd moveset! Definitely a great dlc already spent 6 hours playing it. I ll probably get a mania + clear myself here soon
Curious about this 2nd Blaze moveset. How do you select it and how does it work?
I haven't even experimented with any of the other character's new moves yet. Going back and trying everything out to find the ideal combinations makes the game feel more fresh. It's an awesome addition, and undersold in the marketing imo.
@@iconoclast575 Ah that makes sense. Yeah balance changes can often change how it feels to play a familiar character even better. Like all the changes to Axel so far have improved his fun-factor easily.
@@QueenSydon You select the moveset when you choose your character but you have to play Survival mode to unlock the moves.
@@masterlee1988 Nice. That sounds cool, and I like that survival has an added incentive to it. Personally I'm not a fan of challenge modes that don't unlock anything.
Iconoclast, what are your favorite beat em ups for solo play?
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Final Fight, Warriors of Fate, Armored Warriors, Sengoku 3, Streets of Rage 4, Battle Circuit, Zero Team. I think that would be my top tier. I like almost everything I've played though, so it's kind hard to pick favorites to be honest.
@@iconoclast575 No Alien Vs Predator?! My heart! (J/K, nice picks and a great vid!)
@@mikeuziel loove the Alien v Predator beat em up! Also Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara
@@kevintheodoreofficial Oooohhh yes! Great memories of that one!
Not bad, you're almost on my level...impressive indeed.
Awesome my brother
Nice. Keep 'em coming
Holy SH*T! They need to add a wizard difficulty for you on this game! Great job!
He's my favorite character from the DLC apart from the cop girl 😌😌
Good stuff bro
Congratulations! You are a boss! I tried to play in "hard" difficulty and I don't succeed at the "Chinatown" level. On "Mega-drive", I succeeded to finish the first "Streets of rage" in "very hard" difficulty !
Shiva is a beast...a badass.
Now can 3 Characters DLC Max, Shiva, and Ester!
They added SOR3 Roo too!
Ooooooh. You still Roo?
How many Hollywood martial Arts stars do what Shiva does? I haven't seen very many. Shiva is legit.
Shiva is so OP as a player.
Shiva in Streets of Rage 4 is the only selectable boss character I know of, that's not nerfed and actually stronger than his cpu counterpart. I'm glad the devs decided to let loose and let us have fun with this particular character. He's literally a God in this game. This is how an unlockable should be and feel like. The characters are fun. I wish they included enemy characters like Streets of Rage Remake V5.2 and totally cut loose. Why not 🤷♂️ I'd love to play as the Twins, Baron, any of the other bosses , just for fun.
He is nerfed. Many of his infinite combos were removed. Still the best, and still has infinite combos.
This guy should be in Street Fighter game
@ 1:25 is that a fucking raging demon LMFAO
OH SHIT, MORE HITS, THAT WAS SO COOOL
Damn and that's how you use Shiva like a boss
This guy is tearing it up!
Man i can only imagine how annoying it is to see your chain streak got broken repeatedly by a sneaky jab, a sneaky uppercut at the wrong moment taking away lots of scores. But still amazing gameplay. Shiva is awesome.
Master of SoR!
Amazing game play
Oh goodness this game is so fking cool and so fking fun and insane on weed i love this game
🔥 🔥 🔥
Shiva-sensei: I....AM....THE WEAPON.
Im the only one who think Shiva is almost the same charakter like Liu Kang from Mortal Kombat? 🙃😁
"BACK UP REQ-, BACK UP REQ, BACK UP REQUESTED!!!"
*dead*
Bang up job!
59:48 😂😂 he took you with him!
damn bro you're a beast 😍
Nice work with Shiva hes amazing it sucks when I have a high combo and they break it
you are good!
I was happy I finished it on easy
lol
32:30 OP combo strikes again
3:06 someone get this man a big mac
Shiva is the only character I know that can link first area to second area from the apple. Lol
hey iconoclast, I noticed the 3 DLC chars are in the SOR playlist, but not in the general Beat 'em Ups playlist!
24:23 Estel was scared shitless she got 90% health down to her 5% she requested more backup.
Great performance
New run with Adam's new moves please
well done👍
Ok, how do you do the jumping flying kick that hits multiple times?
It's his alternate blitz attack. You can unlock it by playing survival mode.