Street Fighter 4

Anybody in London?

http://battleofdestiny.com/sf4.htm

You have to make reservations though. It's free unless you want to participate in the tournament. Then its 10 pounds.

 

For those that still play arcades and live in Southern Cali, Super Arcade has a SFIV machine.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12369991&postcount=1

 

Good quality footage of the 360 version:
http://gamersyde.com/news_7025_en.html

Looks really good. (between no sound in the vids).

 

How can anybody say this is bad art? It looks gorgeous.

 

I think people have rosy tinted glasses when thinking about the old SF games and what they actually looked like in game.

I played SF4 today in a local aracde. I only played 2 coins worth, but I spent a good amount of time watching other people play it as well. In this particular arcade, there were 2 SF4 cabinets linked up. And right next to them were SFII Turbo machines. If anything, art and animation wise SF4 looked far far better. Much of SF2 was hilariously campy in comparison. I was laughing at how campy the animations for Chunlee were.

The only area where I had any problem with SF4 on a artistic level was with the backgrounds. But they were only poor in comparison to the other games that were nearby like Tekken6 and VF5R. But reletive to older to SF games, I would say they managed to maintain the spirit of the original games.

 

I don't look at graphics with rose tinted glasses. All good graphics eventually looks like crap given a few year's time.

What does animation have anything to do with bad art? Animation and art 2 completely different things. The characters can be badly drawn, but that doesn't mean their animation can't be good. Bad animation is inexcusable in this day and age, but bad art is still rampant.

 

I don't share that opinion, I sometimes play a bit of Street Fighter II Turbo (snes version upscaled with HQ3x filter) and I don't see much wrong with it. of course I have no SF4 to compare side by side with.

for a real laugh look at Mortal Kombat

 

First Review of SF4

http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/review-street-fighter-iv

Review: Street Fighter IV
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...................................................Street Fighter is now as much a strategy game as it is a fighting game, a brilliantly orchestrated exchange between two players that concentrates on expression rather than limited movesets. It would be foolish to make comparisons between three games that will continue to be argued over and played in tandem with each other for years to come, but one thing can be said unequivocally. Street Fighter IV is not only the finest 2D fighter since… well, since Street Fighter III, but it’s a triumphant demonstration that classic mechanics can be updated and reimagined in the current videogame climate. It’s every bit the equal of its older brothers, and in conceptual terms is perhaps even beyond them in the way it caters for players of all abilities. This is, without doubt, a masterpiece of the genre.

9/10

 

/Drooling on my keyboard

 

http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/14/resi-evil-5-playable-at-eg-expo/

 

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/690344/Street_Fighter_IV_US_Console_Release_This_Winter.html

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/923/923017p1.html?RSSwhen2008-10-23_103100&RSSid=923017

 

i was in Tokyo back in August and Street Fighter IV was played extensively in the arcades throughout Akihabara. the game looks really impressive live and in motion.

 

Yeah I've seen this game in HD and it looks amazing, definitely a must buy.

 

Eurogamer review:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/street-fighter-iv-review?page=2 10/10

It looks like one of those 10/10's that's vastly outside of my personal tastes, though.

 

I will buy without a doubt.
The only question is where to pick it up.

I think Toys R Us has it for regular price and a free figurine.
I usually buy at Best Buy with my Reward Zone card for points though.

I love the old school 2D plane fighters. Next up should be a 3D/2D Darkstalkers or even better Marvel vs Capcom.

 

has there been any word on ps3 version vs 360 version? need to know which one to pre-order.

 

360 version has AA & higher resolution compared to PS3 version (as usual). Something else to take into account though is the fact that the 360 d-pad is not ideal for games like this, unless you sand it.

 

? Wait a minute...what means?

 

From the IQ thread:

 

However I'll be wait to said that because it isn't so sure and there are different opinions in the same threads ...it's only based on ruliweb shots and unfortunately there aren't 360 version shots in the same moments to do a comparison.