

This is a very simple fight Bob will always do a punch upon standing up, so I counter it with the flipkick and do a strong stomp. The game begins with a pit fight against Handsome Bob. As far as these comments go, I am only going to elaborate on my stategies for dealing with the boss fights and the rationale behind them. I attempted to skip individual story events, but it ended up that pretty much everything needs to be done to allow you to move on, so there is not much room for creativity in an any% run. That leaves the guns, which are all about as good as youd expect a gun to be in a street fight.īecause of how this game functions, most of the game is spent running directly to the next scripted even in the story. Grenades are mostly useless due to their long fuses, while molotovs are fantastic since they instantly defeat standard enemies. Katanas are less useful than knives but do good damage in the situations that call for them.

Knives are very strong, defeating most enemies in two quick stabs which combo together. You can also strangle people with them for another instant kill but the animation is prohibitively long. Bats and other blunt weapons are generally bad unless you can stike a prone enemy with them, in which case it instantly kills them. Theres also an assortment of weapons with various uses. Most of these techniques are used in various places throughout the run. Quick steps can be used to evade enemy attacks and punish the recovery, or you can counter them by blocking them at the last moment or attacking them with similar timing. The instinct bar can be used to boost attack damage or to initiate specific special attacks. Throws give multiple options and can often be comboed into.

Mixing strong and light attacks in various combinations gives different attacks with unique utility and strength. Mechanically, Streetwise has quite a bit of depth. Then Cody gets kidnapped after getting hopped up on a drug called glow, and Kyle spends the rest of the game beating up everyone in his path to find him. The game features Cody's (previously unmentioned) brother, Kyle, beating up everyone in his path to earn street cred. Streetwise is a Final Fight game that holds a very special place in my heart.
