Streets of Red Brings the Permadeath To Switch, PlayStation 4 This Month

Beat-em-ups are always a lot of fun, but a good portion of them give you the option to continue onward after losing all your lives, taking away some risk when it comes to the idea of, "I wonder if I'm going to reach the final boss."

However, a forthcoming game from Singapore-based Secret Base will challenge that notion, as Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe challenges you to stay alive as long as you can. Because once you run out of lives, that's it. Game over. No continues, no putting in quarters to continue. You have to start all over again.

The game has been confirmed for both Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, and will cost around $8.99 when it releases on February 27. The game will bring plenty of satisfying beat-em-up action, but you'll obviously need to watch your step, lest you risk losing everything.

Here the full rundown for the game, straight from the publisher:

About

In Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe, the only thing scarier than being eaten alive is running out of quarters! It's a permadeath multiplayer horror beat'em up that bestows players with the skills of retro gaming heroes in a fight against a legion of undead monstrosities. By paying tribute and playing parody to the great horror games and films that came before it, Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe balances lighthearted comedy against tension so thick that you could cut through it with a knife, axe, or even a chainsaw! The chills, thrills, bills, and opportunity to learn new skills here won't stop until every street runs red with blood! Are you up for the challenge of an anti-lifetime?

Gameplay

If a video game wants to generate real horror for its players, it first has to give them something to care about. Arcade beat 'em ups once had a natural advantage over their console cousins in that regard. After all, in-game deaths mean a lot more when your real life quarters are on the line. Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe takes that brand of old school tension and transports it to consoles in 2018 with an arcade-style currency system, tribute-parodies to classic horror and video game characters, and an ever-evolving level structure that makes every run a new experience.

Key Features

• Simple Super Smash Bros.-style controls make for easy to learn but hard to master action!
• Dynamically evolving difficulty adjusts to the number of players in game!
• Parodies of characters from Stranger Things, Rick and Morty, Attack on Titan, and many more!
• Use in-game money for upgrades or continues. Run out of quarters and your save game dies with you!
• Six unique playable characters and over thirteen bosses, some so big that they barely fit on screen!

You can check out the trailer above. This looks like a lot of fun, but, remember…there is no pushing forward when you lose lives. So keep in one piece!