Streets of Rage 4 Major Free R08 Update Patch Notes

Update R08 for Streets of Rage 4 has arrived, and here are all the changes and improvements mentioned in the patch notes. Not only is the update free, but Dotemu has made the game 50% off for a limited time, and this applies to the game’s DLCs as well. The free update brings innumerable changes to the game, from balance improvements across the board to new game modes and new coop special moves. Here is the complete list of patch notes for update R08 for Streets of Rage 4:

Streets of Rage 4 Update R08 Patch Notes

Stages:

• Added some destroyable to help to maintain the combo counter

Combo counter:

• Added a half second to disappear
• Stage transitions have a bonus time to not break the combo counter

Added Custom Survival Mode:

• Players can tweak his/her survival experience with a variety of options.

Mania +:

• Added Cursed arcades in Mania+ difficulty.
• Added special reinforcements during boss battles.
• Added One life.
• The score to get an extra life is higher in the arcade mode.

Added coop attack:

• Hold ‘Pick up’ and grab your partner to throw him.
• Airborne player can press a special button to perform a unique attack.

All characters:

• Lots of reduced hit stop
• All charged attacks and normal combo last hits can hit multiple enemies after the first active frames even if an enemy is hit
• Fixed a bug where some wall bounces could do no damage
• Increased stun on air-down attacks
• Throws will hit the other enemies close to the player with more consistency

Enemies

Zack:

• Removed armor during wake-up.

Z and Z elite:

• Master more weapons.

Cherry boss:

• Star move starts up slower

Signal:

• Signal enemies now scream before their slide and throw.

Yamato:

• Slight damage buff.

Survival buffs:

• Glass cannon reduces defense by 60% instead of 100%.
• Charged buffs are stronger.
• Full of yourself is stronger.
• Sharpen tool is stronger.
• Allied Gold is stronger.
• Allied Donovan masters more weapons.
• Allied Galsia does the correct amount of damage with golden weapons.
• Allied Cop has more life and his throw cannot be escaped.
• Allied Mr. Y starts in an angry state and can juggle enemies with bullets.
• Allied Stiletto attacks faster.
• Allied Condor has more health, blocks less, and added wall bounce on hits.
• Allied Sugar is armor during her headbutt preparation and has improved wall bounce.
• Allied Steffie has a faster grenade throw rate (and the first grenade spawns instantly).
• More healing pick-ups in survival mode at higher levels (so bloodthirst is not mandatory to reach high levels anymore).

Misc:

• Flames from fire buff are different from regular flames.
• Elemental effects in survival are toned down.
• Ball hazard reworked and re-tweaked always launches in the same direction as the ball’s momentum.
• Ball damage reduced for small hits.
• Reduced Hole fall damage
• Weapon throws are invincible and special cancelable.
• Zan, Shiva 3&4, Roo can now activate bonus levels.
• Improved Durian’s hitbox
• Shorter transition time going out of bonus stage 2: Stage 4 full combo is easier.
• Shorter transition time going out of bonus stage 3: Stage 5 full combo is easier.
• Shorter transition time going out of bonus stage 4: Stage 8 full combo is easier.
• Smaller hitbox on fire and steam geyser.
• Added hidden weapon in stage 6 tower first floor.
• Big Chinese sword has more durability.
• Dick enemy has less life.
• Barney enemy has less life.
• More heal pickup in Stage 3
• Ruby has less life.
• You need more scores to gain an extra life in mania plus.
• Can follow up a special move by a neutral jump without frame loss.

Update R08 for Streets of Rage 4 is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. For more detailed patch notes and information on future updates and patch notes, head over to the official Streets of Rage 4 Steam page here.