Street Fighter IV

Best SF game!

Best Fighting game on 360

I loved street fighter 2 and I love this game. I play online all the time and I'm stunned at so little lag.(for me) The character Roster is a very strong one there is 1 or 2 people that didn't make the cut but that's OK. The story is lame, but it's a fighting game. Wada expect final fantasy? but more or less it is my favorite fighting game I've played on the 360!

SFIV A game that is great for casual and hardcore gamers alike.

Street Fighter 4.......................

Street Fighter 4, oh how I have waited for this game for years. It is finally upon us, and it's pretty good. I'm just not sure it's a 5. Let's jump right in and talk about what I don't like about this game instead of what I did like. Let's start visuals, the visuals are descent, not great in anyway. I did expect a little more/something different. The characters seem to lack in every way, they aren't ugly, they just aren't done impressive, not what you would expect after a 9 year wait? I don't care for a lot of the characters faces or their in game facial expressions, it seems as though Capcom doesn't want to take their own game to seriously, and that's fine, I get that. But it wasn't my preference. There is almost a comcial look on each characters face when they are struck. One character I really can't stand is Blanka, he looks TERRIBLE. He looks all blocky and and pixelated.

Next, backgrounds, I hated them. There is a volcano spewing lava all over, and you are fighting right there. I didn't think we were playing MK with over the top cheesy stages to fight at. All of the level in general are really pretty terrible I'm sorry. They aren't even dedicated to a character which annoys the shit out of me. I think fighting at the certain level against that certain character is highly addictive. That is something you don't forget, and keeps you wanting more. I haven't played one level more then once for a single character, they are always in a different spot, that doesn't even make sense. Why even keep the trademark street fighter map of the world at the title screen?

One thing that drives me crazy is why won't Capcom give us some real stories for our fighters? I know there is a ton of fighters, and that would be a ton of work, but this is about the same fighting system we have had for years, so they aren't spending years on the gameplay, they just keep fine tuning it and adding in elements to make it even better, if possible. The stories/cutscenes are terrible anime, and they are flat out cheesy, and aembarressing. Capcom needs to step up and give us stories for our characters that are engaging, and not paper thin, and actually give us some cut scenes.

Gameplay, the gameplay is great. It's obviously makes street fighter. It's just as deep as ever, actually deeper, yet simple. Anyone can play, and have fun with it. To take it a step further, you can learn more and advance your skills. Parrying is gone, thank god. I was never huge into that. One new element added in is the revenge attack, a great way to shift the balance of a fight if you get behind early. There is online play, and it's awesome. You can customize the fight you want. You can even add titles to your character, you can add icons. You earn coins and titles from fighting. There are a ton of acheivements, the game is deep. It will keep you coming back for me. Overall a good game, but I was left wondering why they didn't do a few things differently. For my money the recently released SSF2THD, is a better game, thought not as deep, but the game is much sharper visually, and a thrill to play, and it's only 10 bucks. GREAT DEAL AND GAME!!!

Had-O-Ken!

This game's a blast! Gorgeous graphics, cool new characters, intense fighting and just plain fun fun fun! It's exactly the game we've been waiting for, and I'm not even a fan of fighting games generally. I just can't praise this game enough!