Excuse my blashpemy, but Street Fighter IV SUCKS BALLS!

[tribaL]

You can’t flame me. It’s my 27th birthday today, so I’m safe from retort.

i expected better from a 27 year old than a lengthy, whiny post about a game that he furiously typed out on his birthday.:nono:

i think you should tell this story to your family and friends in the inevitable post-happy birthday singing and cake cutting banter.

[JDR]

To be fair, he didn’t say whether or not it was any good.

It is a catchy. In a horrible kind of way.

[john4p]

Your right, SFIV is "Super Street Fighter II Turbo all over again."
And thats why its so popular you dumb ass, all it needed was its graphics bought to this generation with a few tweaks here and there.

They need to do what they did with SFIV with more games from the late 80’s, early 90’s.

Just because it has all of ST’s cast (except T-Hawk and Dee Jay) doesn’t mean it’s “Super Street Fighter II Turbo all over again”.

EX moves, dashing, throws whiffs and the focus attacks are more than a few tweaks - these additions change the whole gameplay fundamentally.

[Xeris]

uMad?

:lame:

You waited for the game to come out on PC?

lawl

G G your life.

[nesmar]

the root of the problem is you like the vs series more than super street fighter 2 turbo

ill take super turbo and SF4 over MavCap any day

[Machineking1313]

lol, looks like the OP sucks at SFIV. This is easily the best fighting game since 1997, and to those who say it sucks, well, there are some people that think the Nazis were good guys, like them, you are in a severe minority group.

[Tundra]

Boy, what a disappointment this turned out to be. Since I don’t have a console, I had to wait for months in eager anticipation for the long-awaited sequel to one of my favourite fighting series to be released on PC. Finally getting it up and running on this old laptop just filled me with a boyish delight I had not known since MVC2 was released. But after playing around with it for a few days and unlocking some of the hidden characters, I had to give in to that nagging feeling in the back of my head: Street Fighter IV is a lousy fighting game!

Okay, before I move onto the complaints, let me highlight what I do like about the game. Presentation-wise, SF4 is flawless. The theme song by Exile is notoriously catchy and the stage tracks are all very memorable. Likewise, Capcom did an excellent job squeezing mountains of dialogue into the game, and it’s a delight to hear all our favourite fighters speak english. Graphically, although there was a lot of controversy surrounding the style at first, I really enjoy watching the character animations and facial expressions prior to an Ultra combo. So in the audio-visual department at least, SF4 is a success.

Where it disappoints is the actual gameplay. To put it simply, it’s fifteen years old! This is Super Street Fighter II Turbo all over again. It was a great game for it’s time, but hasn’t the series evolved in the slightest after all these years? Capcom did pursue gameplay enhancements in its other fighting games, particularly regarding combos. I refer you to the superb system used in the VS. series. People say that’s it’s a totally different style from Street Fighter, but it’s not! It’s the evolution of what began with glitch combos in Street Fighter II. Capcom first included a genuine combo system in Night Warriors by cancelling a light punch or kick into a heavier one. This was later improved upon in Marvel Super Heroes with super cancels and super jumps, and eventually perfected in Tatsunoko VS. Capcom with variable moves, delayed hyper combos, baroque and more.

So while the VS. series has seen constant improvements to the gameplay, Street Fighter IV seems to have regressed to an infantile state. The combo system is shit. Punches and kicks don’t cancel into one another, so there’s little reason to open a combo with a light hit. You can’t hit someone on the ground, and hitting someone in the air can be a nightmare. Sometimes you can uppercut a falling opponent, sometimes you can’t. Somtimes a move will catch someone close to the ground, sometimes it won’t. There’s really no consistency in this game. Even the basics are messed up. The rhythm is ruined because your opponent is always floored after every Shoryuken or Somersault Kick. Dashing is useless because the characters only do a tiny hop and leave themselves open to attack. I always get confused what to do when both characters jump towards each other because there’s no air blocking and most fighters don’t have air throws. And besides, you wouldn’t get off more than one hit from the exchange anyway. Even when compared to the SFA and SF3 games, there’s a shocking lack of options. No parries, no ISMs, no Excel, fewer Ultras… In fact, moves is one thing that this game sorely lacks. Each character only has one Ultra combo! Well, okay, one and half if you consider the insignificant Super variation. And it’s alarming to see that after eighteen years, Guile still only has two moves! Two moves! TWO! What. The. Hell.

I have no idea where Capcom is going with this minimalist approach. People who would argue that it’s balanced might as well stick to Rock, Paper, Scissors. That’s a balanced game, but why the hell would you want to play that when you’ve got World of Warcraft at your disposal? Why can’t Capcom see that more moves and combos enhance the gameplay? I want multiple Ultras! I want Aerial Raves! I want tag battles! I want whatever possible move or trick Capcom can throw at us! I don’t want to see the Street Fighter series doomed to a prehistoric fighting system when there are so many better alternatives already available. There’s so much more that can be done with it!

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to play MVC2…

“You are not a warrior. You’re a beginner.”

[Raunwynn]

lol, nice thread glitcher!
happy birthday!
:party:

[Rey_Aries]

lol, looks like the OP sucks at SFIV. This is easily the best fighting game since 1997, and to those who say it sucks, well, there are some people that think the Nazis were good guys, like them, you are in a severe minority group.

Well, there are people who say SFIV suck and are top players at it~

I think the problem is he went into SFIV expecting something completely different. I was expecting 3rd Strike, but I was wrong and I hated the game for a while. But now, I accepted the fact that it’s not 3rd Strike and it’s not meant to replace it, so I started having way more fun with it.

[Machineking1313]

Well, there are people who say SFIV suck and are top players at it~

I think the problem is he went into SFIV expecting something completely different. I was expecting 3rd Strike, but I was wrong and I hated the game for a while. But now, I accepted the fact that it’s not 3rd Strike and it’s not meant to replace it, so I started having way more fun with it.

No matter their skill level, they are still a massive minority. A lot of times I have noticed people say the newer games suck because suddenly they have to become good at the new game, some of the MLG people who were really good at Halo 2 said Halo 3 sucked because the sword was different, etc etc…

[Darklightjg1]

You can’t flame me. It’s my 27th birthday today, so I’m safe from retort.

The only way you can be safe from retort is if you use 2 EX bars so you can FADC your opinion.

Happy Birthday btw.:party:

[kona]

The only way you can be safe from retort is if you use 2 EX bars so you can FADC your opinion.

Happy Birthday btw.:party:

I lol’d. HARD.

[Obanye]

Theme songa I am ashamed to like.

But honestly. A lot of people got into it because its so like the old school fighters but with new graphics and ultras/supers. Its Street Fighter brought back to its basics of fundamentals and mindgames instead of executions and juggling(a ton of people like this). Honestly I didn’t like the game at first much either( feels like you are playing in jello ) but now it is my favorite game of all time. Give it some time.

[Hatred_Edge]

Don’t know about you guys but I’d rather have a rousing match of STREET FIGHTER IV than play WOW.

[123-Genei-Jin]

I rather play one of those tiger electronics SF games than WoW (or any MMO for that matter)

[Obanye]

Don’t know about you guys but I’d rather have a rousing match of STREET FIGHTER IV than play WOW.

WoW PvP is pretty fun but its purely team based and not 1v1 based. Also its unbalanced in the fact that the person with the most time, instead of skill usually comes ahead and is able to push that advantage with even better gear( more advantage) .

[kitch907]

I value your opinion about SF4, but you sound like one of those 12-year old Xbox Live kiddies. Comparing games and saying it’s nothing like the game they’re good at.

“omg this is bullshit, (insert game name here) doesn’t have (insert Halo3 item here) like Halo3 does! This game SUCKS.”

“You are not a warrior. You’re a beginner.”

I lol’d so hard

[Bzerk45]

nothing to see here people, keeeeeep it moving.

[pherai]

I am critical of SF4, and lots of my peers aren’t exactly crazy about the game, but this is easily the most wack list of complaints I’ve seen about the game. The SF franchise represents branching progressions in fighting game design. You shouldn’t assume the VS series represents a linear progression in the franchise from which all future games should draw from.

lol, looks like the OP sucks at SFIV. This is easily the best fighting game since 1997, and to those who say it sucks, well, there are some people that think the Nazis were good guys, like them, you are in a severe minority group.

The OP is obviously a terrible example, but I don’t think you should write off people who don’t like SF4 so quickly, whether they are in the minority or not. It’s not an objective matter.

[superlollo]

The one and only thing I’d change about SF4 would be giving more than one ultra to each char. Something like Alpha 3.

The game is so good just because it’s similar (well, in a certain way) to ST.

If you like flashy air combos just buy blazblue