I have been an avid player of Street Fighter since SF3. I mained Ken in the game. I never really got into any serious play, played a few local tournaments, won one of them. Went to the arcade on some days and spent the whole day there playing people.
I was excited when i heard SF4 is comming out. SF4 was released. At first i didn’t like it. But then i warmed up to it a bit. The only thing i would change about SF4 is changing the reversals to be 1 frame windows. I main Balrog in SF4
Then i thought, SF4 is based (loosely at least) on SF2, then i remembered SF2HDR
So i thought, if SF2 is supposed to be the best in the series, i should try it out.
I bought HDR and fired up training mode with my man Balrog. After learning a few BnBs and some ways to combo into Super. And a link or 2. I decided to hit up multiplayer.
To my suprise i did not find what i expected.
I was not rewarded for doing combos, i was not rewarded for landing my supers in a combo, i was not rewarded for punishing wiffed SRKs.
I found that Spamming specials won the day, Landing a super randomly won the day. Wiffed SRKs have 1 frame recovery so its nearly impossible to punish.
At first i thought, "Ok, i just gotta get better, maybe ill go watch a video with some of the old pros in it “Daigo/Alex Valle etc.” What did i find?
This
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Seriously?
Both of them Daigo and Alex, did nothing but spam fireballs the ENTIRE time, with the occasional Hurricane Kick/Tiger Uppercut.
WTF?!
Why is SF2 considered such an amazing game and why do people say it is better than SF4? Seriously, i dont understand this, this game looks like the epitome of noobness.
Someone, please explain it.
Also found this vid of my main Balrog getting owned by a fireball spamming Ryu, couldnt do anything. I know, because im on the recieving end of it ever time i play HDR.
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