Customer Reviews

Super Street Fighter IV

5 star:		(89)
4 star:		(41)
3 star:		(15)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I only played Street Fighter 4 a couple of times before I realized that I just plain didn't like it. And that's pretty bad coming from someone who grew up with the series, playing the first incarnation of Street Fighter 2 when it hit arcades in the early 90s. Something seemed off to me, balance was horrible, and the online modes were lackluster. Plus it seemed like there was a lot missing that they could've put in, but didn't just so they could make the release date. Sure enough, Super Street Fighter 4 was announced just a few months later. So I waited, and once I saw gameplay of the new characters and the changes they made to the original cast, I went and pre-ordered it, knowing I wouldn't be disappointed. Obviously, I wasn't, given the title of this review and the ratings, and anyone who was disappointed with the first SF4 should at least give this a rental/borrow.

First things first, the new characters. While I wish they would've added a few more unique characters (like Oro, so then we could have the 4 true masters in one title finally!), the characters they added all rock for the most part, and getting to see Dudley take on Balrog is something that needs to be seen for yourself in order to experience the gentlemanly bad-assedry. Juri's pretty rad too, and once I played as her in the Training mode just to see her moves, I could see why there are so many people playing as her online. The original cast from SF4 got changed here and there, like some attacks having different priority, being slowed down, or not being invincible during an EX move. Sagat and Ryu were notorious for being god-like in the previous version, and here...they're still pretty tough, but not -as- impossible to take down as they were. Trust me when I say that if you play competitively, the tiers list will be quite different from the SF4 tiers. Heck, I think Cody's an automatic upper tier just because his knife attacks do chip damage while being blocked and one of his Ultras can almost always hit you when you're on the ground.

Online modes have been revamped as well, and it's so much better from what it used to be. There's little to no lag most of the time when I'm playing people in the same region, though sometimes there'll be a quick freeze for both players, and then it goes back to normal. Endless Battle is similar to the mode in the Dead or Alive 2 remake for Xbox, where a person hosts a game, then others keep playing them until they're defeated. This can be a true test of skill if you think you're all that. I still wish there was a way to do rematches when a match ends in the Ranked Battle, so I wouldn't have to go right back to the Network menu to pick another match type, but it's not that big of a complaint. I did have some problems with trying to join another person's Ranked Match. Sometimes it would say that there was a problem, and ask if I wanted to try again, only to have another problem. If this happens to you, just host your own game. SSF4 is so hot, there's ALWAYS someone to play against. Heck, look at Super Street Fighter 2 HD Remix- there's ALWAYS someone to play against on there too, and that thing's been out for a while.

There are a few extra features, like titles and icons you can earn through Arcade, Network and Challenge modes, and there's also a completely new set of trophies to earn here. Nope, they didn't just port over the old list from SF4, everything's new and you'll have to earn them again. Costume packs from SF4 transfer over to SSF4, and that 'bonus' that Capcom talked about for people who have their SF4 files still saved...is just an extra color. It's a cool filter [that only works for the original color] that gives you a comic book look, similar to the style in Valkyria Chronicles. Capcom also gave a couple of characters an extra Rival scene in Arcade mode, but unfortunately, Gen and Akuma didn't get one. The opening and ending animated scenes are still horrible, but eh, how often do fighting games get good endings in Arcade mode? I would've liked Capcom to have finally made a Story mode like what Guilty Gear and BlazBlue had. They've been sitting back while the fans figure out what's actually going on with the story for way too long. Even the endings here, which are completely different from those in SF4, don't explain much if they have anything to do with the story, and what they do explain is often left for you to figure out (like Akuma's).

The graphics remain the same from SF4 of course, but the new animations for new Ultras can range from incredible to incredibly goofy (like Akuma's new Tasmanian Devil Ultra). There are a lot of new tracks to listen to, and I'm happy to say all of them are just as memorable as the old themes from the first Street Fighter 2. You gotta love Cody's theme, and especially the new Dudley mix. As with the last game, you can also set the voices to English or Japanese...or mix and match and choose who you want to speak either language. 'very good for those people who whine about 'omg da english subs sux0rz' all the time and think it affects gameplay.

All in all, despite the few problems here, I'm glad I waited for this. Oh heck, I was actually hyped for this game, and I -never- get like that for anything. While I love BlazBlue, Street Fighter tends to be the fighting game series that I always play the most, and with SF4, it looks like it'll be staying that way for a while. Now if Guilty Gear X3 comes out...

I am almost 40 and when I was a kid I remember playing Street Fighter in the arcade and then at home. It has always been a 2D fighter. This latest iteration helps this long in the tooth fighting game revive some of its newness and lost luster. Now you can fight as all of the original fighters plus 10 new ones. I have not played the online multiplayer yet.

Gameplay (+)
This game is a fantastic 2 player game to have at your house when your friends come over. Its so much fun to battle your friends head to head as characters you have played in the past. The mechanics are still the same and you can pull off combos with the right joystick movement/ button combo.

Graphics (+)
The last street fighter I played was probably 4 years ago and at that time they were trying to introduce 3D into it. It was never that convincing because one of the beauties of this game is actually the 2D space. By restricting you to only forward and back you can concentrate on the killer moves needed to take out your opponent. What this version does (and others prior to this might but I never played them), is bring in 3D movements and marry that to the 2D space. Now your fighting moves are very lifelike and yet you are bound to the restrictions that make this game work.

Scenes (+)
The scenes are just great. Each one of the characters has their background that fits their look. Each one is animated with great characters or objects.

New Characters (+/-)
I like the new characters. Each has their own style and special moves. I have not unlocked special characters as of yet. The main selectable new characters have cool looks, and genre specific styles that emulate where they come from like Juri is Korean and has a Hapkido/Tae Kwon Do look to her style. The negative I can see is that the new characters are archetypal versions of what we already have. The big muscular slow fighter, the fast quick light fighter and so on. Nothing added is really innovative other than their special moves.

Special Moves / Finishing moves (+)
Some of the finishing moves are absolutely hilarious and great to taunt your friends with. An example is Hakan; this fat slow guy that resembles a hippo. Some of his finishing moves I have tried out are awesome. He slimes himself up so when he fights hes slippery. He uses that slime to do some cool finishing moves on people. I have not tried every character out, but have seen some of the moves watching friends play this in the arcade.

Tactics: (+)
You could go into this doing the same combo over and over and quickly see that you would have your butt handed to you. This iteration of the Street Fighter series rewards you for tactics in that there is more damage done when you pull off the harder moves and not spam your opponent with them repeatedly.

Summary:
Overall this is a fantastic fighter to have in your arsenal of games. The price makes it even more appealing. I highly recommend it!

Thanks for reading my review.

I played the original SFIV, but felt that it was lacking characters. However Super SFIV is a step up, but nothing ground breaking. Online play is ok; some challenging opponents others just do nothing but the same move. I do recommend this game, but I would wait until it hits [...] - games like this go down in value fast...

Getting so much fun with this game, the graphics so good, music, sounds, voices, effects, animation complements the excellent balance of the characters, even when you think something is wrong at first then you find the way to get out of trouble just keep fighting and thinking, also remember enjoying it.

Go ahead, ad me and let the fight begin, my psn username is omnymisa I'm at night.

Just got my copy of SSF4 and it is just like the old one on the super nintendo along with arcade style graphics and some bad to the bone super combos. A great buy for under $20 and a classic beers, buddies, and brawling game. HURRICANE KICK!

It's been a long time since I really spent time with the SF series so this was sort of my homecoming. Super Street Fighter IV is an incredible looking fighting game with some great move sets and a variety of fun and unique characters. The 3D character models in a 2D environment preserve the essence of the series while updating the look in a very flattering way. Just about every special move in the game is satisfying, and nothing feels as good as coming back from the grips of defeat with a well executed ultra or super move.

Despite all these great things the game has going for it, the aggravating imbalances and questionable fighting engine prevent this game from reaching its full potential. The first major problem is that despite the longevity of the series, Capcom still hasn't given the characters on their fantastic roster enough tools to combat every type of character, putting you in extremely unbalanced matches. Balance has improved since SFIV, but there are still plenty of glaringly bad match ups that will make you want to go hulk on your controller. Nothing is quite as aggravating as outplaying somebody and still losing.

I'm not a phenomenal fighting game player, but I know how to learn match ups and adjust my playstyle accordingly. Even though I'm not a top tier competitive fighter, I still think a game should be fairly balanced at all levels of competition and sadly this series is way below par. On top of that, you can end up investing a lot of time into a character only to find out your character is low tier and will hit an impassible roadblock.

The major focus in this game seems to be execution, framerate, and exploiting your opposing fighters weaknesses; not terribly exciting gameplay. Execution of supers and ultras can be a real chore with some character, especially charge characters and characters who have to be really close to an oppenent to connect. Using forward motions for these moves also open you up for precious frames, making some characters very risky to play. Framerate isn't a huge issue, the big glaring problem for me is grabs. Grabs have received some nerfs and don't deal as much damage as they have in previous SF titles, but they are nearly impossible to counter. I don't have the frame data, but I spent a significant amount of time in training mode to figure out how fast I have to react to a grab to counter it and guess what? You can't react... You can only predict when someone is going to try to grab you and hope your timing is perfect. I have no problems with grabs being in a fighting game, and they are definitely necessary in a title that favors defensive playstyles, but I just can't wrap my head around why making a counter something you have to anticipate instead of react to. Grappling ultas and supers are also seem to be much easier to connect with. As far as exploiting character weaknesses goes, I don't know how many matches I've lost to a Ryu or Ken who immediately start a match by putting max distance between my fighter and spamming hadukens, waiting for me to get in close enough, and then countering every possible move I have with an uppercut. Apparently every move that every character I play, can be countered by an uppercut, which is just the tip of the iceberg as far as exploiting goes. If you want to see what to expect from top tier SSFIV, check out the SFIV championship videos: Haduken fest... Aside from feeling that losing to players who use this strategy is extremely cheap and unfair, it just isn't fun. Even when I win matches against these players it isn't satisfying. I've even gotten to the point of being so furious by grappling players that I stopped was I was doing and and only defeated those players by using grabs, just to give them a taste of what it was like.

Street Fighter has a ton of potential. If you are looking for some great nastalgia trip, or a casual party game for you and your buddies, SSFIV delivers in every way. If you are looking for a fighting game that is balanced at all levels and allows you to be competitive with just about any character, look elsewhere.

I will continue to play SSFIV, but I will definitely be gravitating to Tekken and Blazblue

Christmas Day Approx. noon or so:
Happily ripping the plastic off a shiny new greatest hits edition of 'Super' Street Fighter 4.
Turning on the PS3, hooking up a extra controller for my brother to play with, & getting ready for one heck of a versus mode fight that surly would start soon...

...15 minutes later: I was Crying... over the lost $19.99 that was forever lost upon opening the game...WHY!!????

I'm not the greatest fighting game fan, But this is ridiculous. I made the mistake that this would be on the same level as 'Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3' (or even the standard edition). It's CAPCOM!
Surly the company that made the coolest brawling game(ever),can make their latest game of a classic franchise a instant master-piece!... I guess it's like thinking Pong is the most beloved, number one seller of all time... Both are fantasies.
There's no special taunts for anyone (if Chun-li Says 'Are you ready for this' one MORE time...HISSSS). + I'm AMAZED at how SLOW everything is! I'm not sure, But I think the games from 10 years ago were FASTER... & if only that were all...

Makoto can't even land a hit before she's dead, I've seen molasses leek out of a capped bottle faster then she can move.

Ibuki moves a little faster but she only seems to have 2 (VERY LOW-power) attacks.

Chun-li's rapid kick is pathetic. I can rapidly smash a button or just tap it to a slow rhythm... both have the same effect.

Please PRAY that Balrog & Dudley never get into the real world... As they would get their asses kicked by a REAL boxer, Like Juan Manuel Marquez. & Did I mention how SLOW they are? Even George Forman could take them on, & he's at least 60...

Sagat is no fun. 3 non-blocked hits & your dead? WHERE is the challenge? But, if your a sissy with a big ego, who likes to win thru no talent or strategy, nor even do ye even play for FUN anymore... he's gonna be your favorite.

Sakura. She was so cool in puzzle fighter & even had her own comic... Now the only one she can beat up is herself... (& WHY do you have to smack your-SELF before the round begins? ARRGGG)

Crimson Viper may be the only character worth playing as, Not as she is extremely strong or anything, It's just kinda cute to hear her answer her phone after she beats the crap out of someone... Or call them a loser. hmmm.....

Dan: Pathetic Dan. Oh so VERY Pathetic Dan... It is just so fun to beat this guy up!

Ryu: Same as every other game he's in... But may have gotten slower... A LOT SLOWER.

But enough bashing... There is ONE positive thing to this game! The voice actor of Ken Also does the voice of Dante (Devil May Cry)... Or he sounds the same...(Maybe this isn't a plus to anyone but me?) Anyways, There are better Fighting games out there! Like Marvel VS Capcom 3, With A more lethal Chun-li, Ryu, Akuma, Crimson Viper, & the What-not! heck. I'd say even Puzzle Fighter is better then this.

Poseo Street Fighter IV, compre este porque el primero es muy muy entretenido y este pense que pudiese ser igual, bueno, no lo es. Aunque no lo parezca (ademas de los personajes nuevos disponibles desde el principio), le han cambiado la dificultad y el IA de los personajes es muy superior.. si eres (o crees ser bueno en SFIV) aca de inicio no lo seras.

Es un juego mucho mas dificil y tecnico, necesitas dedicarle muuchas horas para dominarlo y por ende apreciarlo, asi que no es un juego para todos.

Mas personajes, Mas escenarios, Mas modos de juego, lo que debio ser SFIV pero no lo que seria en un futuro SSFIV arcade edition.

Conclusion: Para los Fanaticos de toda la vida, este es un Street Fighter, para los que no son, al menos que tengan paciencia para dominarle, es muy probable que no sea del todo de su agrado.

PD: El Online, es tan dificil conseguir partidas disponibles (aunque esto puede ser porque ya esta en el mercado Super Street Fighter IV Arcade edition) y los Trofeos, si eres un cazador de trofeos es practicamente imposible conseguir el Platinum.

Habiendo dicho esto.. Have a good play!

It arrived be fore I expected, and it was in good condition. It has been a long time since I played street fignter (in arcades), so for me this game is more difficult, with new moves and more fighters. Well, it will be more fun.

It's just a great fun Street Fighter game, with multiple difficulty settings. It's fun to play with friends, and the arcade mode is interesting. Yes the story is cheesy, but it's nice to see the Anime cut scenes. You could switch the language of the game to Japanese if you wish, English subtitles is of course available.
Online fighting with opponents across the world is great and smooth! Graphics is perfect without lag, or bug. If you love street fighter serious, this would be a great additional to your library.