Comments on: Street Fighter IV – Review

By: Darrin

Darrin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:53:50 +0000

There’s most definitely skill to playing fighters. I’ve seen expert players play and it’s an awesome sight to see. And there is a precise game logic of hit boxes and and attack timings.

On the downside, it can be frustrating because the underlying game logic is hard to see on the surface and learning is largely trial and eror.

But I was being too negative. Fighters can are very pure games of 1-on-1 eye-hand coordination. It’s like a video game equivalent of table tennis or air hockey.

I’m going to give these more of a shot.

By: Lordincubus

Lordincubus — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:32:15 +0000

At Darren…This game can be a lot more technical then you think. It is more then just smashing buttons and watch what happens. For good players they smash a button and knew exactly what is going to happen. The tricky part is gauging what you opponent is going to do and how to react. Puzzle games are fun for about 30 seconds. Once you have mastered the game you can do it over and over but the levels are slightly harder. Playing this game is pure thumb /eye coordination. I suggest you get a PSN account and play me online. I’ll show you the Technique. This is my gamer tag.

By: Trieloth

Trieloth — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:19:15 +0000

Iam a huge fan of Street fighter games but this latest one is garbage. What a waste of money. I have to do alot of adjusting to the moves for characters that I had mastered. Nothing seams right…if they would have named it something else I would have looked at it differently, maybe. Bring on Tekken!

By: James

James — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:15:27 +0000

Here’s an idea. Further to your suggestion of a spectator mode, how about a “winner stays on” mode. ie. of a group of friends, two fight, the rest watch and after the match the loser gives up his go to another friend. Can make a friendly competition of it with a highest streak.

By: Tosh Hatch

Tosh Hatch — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:30:30 +0000

I liked Street Fighter 2 back in the day. But I grew tired of it after all the turbo, alpha, super, amazing versions since then. I’ve tried pretty much all the fighting games, and I keep coming back to Tekken.

I noticed several people on my buddy list playing SFIV. I’m not saying it’s a bad game, just not for me. I’d like to try a demo though.

By: ehandlr

ehandlr — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:07:44 +0000

Amen Darrin. I thought I was alone. Back when it was Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Championship Edition vs Marvel Version 82…I was deeply in love with this game…..478 iterations later….meh. I played with it…..found it completely boring.

By: darrin

darrin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:42:09 +0000

When I was a kid, I *worshipped* SFII and Mortal Kombat.

Today the whole genre seems completely boring. Just two people punching and kicking each other? And you just do the same basic thing over and over? And the game logic seems arbitrary. When someone plays Asteroids or an FPS or a puzzle game, they know exactly why they die and why they clear a level: the rules are very clear. With fighters, players just mash the buttons and watch what happens.

This game is fascinating from a nostalgia perspective. It’s amazing how they preserved the old style of the game but made everything look a thousand times better.

This genre looks like you took a game like God of War and stripped out the story, the levels, the adventuring, and character building, and just had the core combat mechanics repeated over and over. And that’s not any fun.

By: Barandum

Barandum — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:34:13 +0000

I love the game but it is soooo difficult to master. Even on “easy” I could not finish the arcade mode.