Street Fighter 4 Is Street Fighter 2...2
Posted at 2:16 PM Jan 06, 2009
Okay. I am well aware that Capcom's Street Fighter 4 is in 3-D. I got that. 3-D character models, 3-D backgrounds...very obvious. And I'll add that seeing the gameplay looks far better than i originally thought in motion. But looking at the completely 2-D gameplay, I can't help but see...a gussied up Street Fighter 2. I'm hardly an expert, but watching Cammy and Fei Long up above, the moves seem the same. The combos seem the same. Hell, obviously the character roster is the same, even with the inclusion of Ryu's master Gouken who was rumored to be playable in SFII. And the game is set in-between SFII and SFIII. So...why is this one called "4" again?
I was certainly expecting Capcom to cater to hardcore SF fans with the character roster. And I think I'm happy SF is still a 2-D fighting game than a 3-D one. But I was expecting some kind of...I don't know, change, over the previous titles in terms of gameplay, not just the graphics. I mean, there's already a gussied up SFII on Xbox Live. And it doesn't have that horrible fucking announcer.
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You cant really call it Street Fighter II since SFII already exists, so either keep counting up or call it "Street Fighter II: 3D" -- which is both ridiculous and something I would totally buy anyway.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 12:02:14 PMThe "IV" thing is kind of nuts, but III was kind of out there, anyway.
There are new characters here, plus some fan favorites returning from Alpha as well, so that should help mix things up a little.
But this is largely a nostalgia play, to kind of draw people back, last I heard. I think "New Super Mario Bros." was something of an inspiration.
On the gameplay front, I forget the specifics, but there is supposed to be a new counterattack system implemented.
--LBD "Nytetrayn"
Posted 01/06/2009 at 01:03:15 PM2 words.
Jiggle Physics.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 01:12:28 PM
Posted 01/06/2009 at 01:51:46 PMThat announcer is fucking TERRIBLE, who thinks that's a good idea?
Gotta disagree here. The 'gussied up' SFII HD Remix for Xbox/PS3 online is really just Street Fighter Alpha graphics applied to the old template. SF4, on the other hand, looks new and fresh (and awesome, I think) enough, without sullying the spirit of the original shit. And how many new game-play innovations do you really need? If it ain't broke, keep your goddamn hands off of it. My hope for SF 4 is two-fold - one: have a decent, FUN online community (unlike on the current online for SF II Turbo HD Remix, which is impossible to find matches on w/ the PS3 half the time) and two: I'd like to have more NEW characters as well as a robust (if not complete) roster of the former fighters. Street Fighter is what it is, man. Ya gotta appreciate the variety and the art and the nostalgia. And I think the cheesy-ass announcer is a hoot.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 02:39:30 PMIt's actually pretty deep with the new ex super moves, focus attacks/cancels, super/ultra moves. There's a lot more freedom to do combos & juggles with dashes and cancels.
This explains it a bit more:
Posted 01/06/2009 at 03:27:47 PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzBy8iTpPc&fmt=22
Brilliant. I really must say that any videogame or film that utilizes the beauty that is camouflage smeared legs and a unitard is not just mere entertainment but genius of the purest form.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 04:01:05 PMIf I remember right, the producer behind Street Figher 4 was obsessed with the new Street Fighter being more accessible to the main stream crowd. He mentioned that fighting games had become this niche gaming group with extremely high learning curves with a whole book of moves to memorize per character, which is largely true.
He said he wanted people to be able to get back into Street Fighter and he included most all of the characters from Street Fighter 2 because there was a big backlash in the fighting game community when SF3 was released and people couldn't pick Dhalsim or whoever was gone from 2.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 05:06:41 PMNo jiggling breast?! Aw, man. that sucks!
Anyway, nice video.
Did anyone of you saw Fei Long cupped Cammy's breast in the first round?
It got his ass kicked.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 05:26:30 PMThe makers of the game had a three D engine originally, and they focus tested it on a bunch of Street Fighter obsessed expert players. All those players complained that the game didn't 'feel' enough like the old SF games, so they changed the engine to 2D. So you can thank the fact that fans of any franchise basically don't dig change and they whine when there is anything made different.
Posted 01/09/2009 at 12:00:33 PM