Review: Street Fighter IV
- Thread starter John Funk
- Start date
A really big part of sf2 for me was the damn catching and memorable music and the eye poping colorful stages that were the extreme essences of the characters flavour. I cannot remeber the last time I played a fighting game where it was considered to be homefield advantage for playing in your characters stage against an apponent not due to any technical advantage, but due to the atmosphere. The music and stages are all just bleh now. I will always miss the overly sterotyped kalideoscopic 2 and a half screen widths of yore.
Got the game, been having loads of fun with it.
But then, I'm a fighting game fan...
Haven't been online yet, want to unlock the characters and get some basic combo's in my fingers first. Due to all the multiple button inputs it seems a stick is almost mandatory.
The tutorial is good but sometimes falls short in explaining stuff, omitting that you need to dash forward after a max charge focus attack to connect a crouching MP for example. Timing of moves is more forgiving than it was in previous games but still pretty precise.
Weird sidenote on the video:
Thought you pronounced Arendt differently. But it must have slowly mutated throughout the ages. Waht with Arendt being a German name and arend (or adelaar) meaning eagle in Dutch, which is my native tongue. I figure both came from the same root word in Germanic or Saksen somewhere.
But then, I'm a fighting game fan...
Haven't been online yet, want to unlock the characters and get some basic combo's in my fingers first. Due to all the multiple button inputs it seems a stick is almost mandatory.
The tutorial is good but sometimes falls short in explaining stuff, omitting that you need to dash forward after a max charge focus attack to connect a crouching MP for example. Timing of moves is more forgiving than it was in previous games but still pretty precise.
Weird sidenote on the video:
Thought you pronounced Arendt differently. But it must have slowly mutated throughout the ages. Waht with Arendt being a German name and arend (or adelaar) meaning eagle in Dutch, which is my native tongue. I figure both came from the same root word in Germanic or Saksen somewhere.
But Schmoopy, it's a long ways off. They haven't even announced the release date for it yet.SirSchmoopy said:
There's also the fact that it's gonna require specs higher than Starcraft or KOTORII, so I'm screwed in that department.
Yes, my pronunciation is definitely the Americanized version, though kudos to you for knowing the true version.Vortigar said:
Wait a minute it's not on PS3? or Wii? /suicide
Stormcaller's interpreter back from when he smashed a brick into his face in the War of the Games thread: Stormcaller's ghost is telling me his birthday is now partially ruined and that Team Fortress 2 better be pretty damned good.
Stormcaller's interpreter back from when he smashed a brick into his face in the War of the Games thread: Stormcaller's ghost is telling me his birthday is now partially ruined and that Team Fortress 2 better be pretty damned good.
I'm down for some online versus mode!SirSchmoopy said:
I was in and out of the fighting games... I started out watching the uber guys in the arcade (school has/had and arcade), started playing, but then dropped it because of plateau-ing skill issues. Maybe I'll give this one a shot...
picked it up last night for PS3, man, it looks totally amazing, plays pretty well too, but I suck so hard that it's difficult to know for sure
i think i need an arcade stick tho....
i think i need an arcade stick tho....
*Stormcaller's interpreter casts Redemption*CantFaketheFunk said:
See kids, Paladins are useful for something after all!
And on that note: WOOHOO!
Time to also invest in a second controller and some friends now I guess...
Edit: What is this arcade stick and where do I get one?
I just picked it up today, darn you Best Buy not getting shipments on time, give me a few days to catch up and enable my Gold Account again.CantFaketheFunk said:By the by, if you guys have XBL, you're welcome to challenge me
Then I'll try and Shoryuken you into the next county.
Dude. You're right across the room.Slycne said:I just picked it up today, darn you Best Buy not getting shipments on time, give me a few days to catch up and enable my Gold Account again.CantFaketheFunk said:By the by, if you guys have XBL, you're welcome to challenge me
Then I'll try and Shoryuken you into the next county.
If we need XBL for this, then something is very strange.
Because Capcom can't be arsed porting it is my guess.BIGpanda said:
The Wii isn't that much weaker than the X-Box or PS3, but it's probably weak enough that it would require some work (like Dead Rising).
There's also the fact that most companies are too busy flooding the market with crappy party games to care that the Wii also has a more hardcore faction who are dying to see anything get released.