February 24, 2009

  • Say hello to my newest addiction, Street Fighter IV. This game has been out for a week on the home consoles now, and wow have I clocked in a lot of hours on it. There have even been some times that I would be playing this game for 4-6 hours straight! It's ridiculous I know, but this is one of my most favorite franchise ever since SFII hit arcades in 1991, and just perfect to play against other people. Especially now with online competition, I don't have to find an arcade machine to find challengers (my xbox live gamertag : optimum5). It's a shame though to think that Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix was just released a couple of months ago, and is now most likely abandoned in droves by us gamers stuck on Street Fighter IV. Oh well, that's how it goes...

    As far as the game itself is concerned, comparing it to previous version, I've got to say that it's a lot closer to Super Street Fighter II Turbo, mixed with a little bit of Street Fighter Alpha. I admit to say that I still believe that Street Fighter III is still a more technical and challenging game compared to this version, but it's use of the parry system tend to have kept a lot of casual SF2 gamers away from that version. SFIV's decision to go back to a more "universal" form of Street Fighter is the right thing to do, in order to expose this iconic franchise to newer gamers. I just have to think that a teenager today may not even have been born, when I was already in the arcades throwing my first hadouken in SFII : The World Warrior. I hope this seemingly archaic 2D plane fighting game still has the mojo to attract the fighting game fans of today who are used to the 3D based fighters that are popular in this past decade. The graphics in SFIV definitely helps though, as I never thought I would see a Street Fighter game being accepted as something other than a 2D sprite based fighter.

    It's been a long time since Street Fighter got a proper sequel, but wow am I glad that it's back in the limelight again.

Comments (2)

  • Remember to cook the rice when your wife asks you.
    Talking about old school, I'm actually waiting for my Samurai Shodown Anthology preorder.

  • The screenshots on that game look AMAZING!  It's so cool how next gen consoles have come.  They have gotten just as good if not better than arcade ones. 

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