The TakeOver has a story reminiscent of Mighty No. 9: A re-invigoration of a genre that ends up coming out just as a classic king returns. However, while MN9 faltered, The TakeOver earns its stripes and deserves to live alongside Streets of Rage 4 as a great homage and wonderful game all in itself.
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Ron from NoobFeed writes - It doesn’t matter if it’s for nostalgia’s sake or just because you want a game to wind up and relax, The Takeover is worth your while.
From PSU: "A gorgeously framed love letter to the Streets of Rage series, The Takeover is a surprisingly robust and attractive side-scrolling brawler that finds itself let down by poor AI, repetitive enemy types and completely unneeded non-fighting stages. Sadly, the upshot of such devoted love for Sega's series is that the developers behind The Takeover seemingly were concerned more with making the next Streets of Rage, rather than focusing on making the first Takeover."