That said it's proof that the game is not just about combos... There's lots of ways to win.

I seriously seriously think SFIV is fantastic, but the Xbox 360 controller is pathetic - just try and do Chun Li's super combo, impossible. And Seth mars the game, as he's completely unfair. I beat him with Abel in fifteen seconds. Spent two hours with him as Lei Fang, and an hour as Ryu (who I can play without thinking).

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I played Street Fighter 2 back in the day, and more recently played Alpha 3 with some friends when I was in high school. It was pretty fun.

Then we discovered Guilty Gear, and it's been hard to go back to any other fighter since. I do love some King of Fighters, but I'll admit that that's mostly because I love the stylish character designs most of their characters have.

Street Fighter, what can I say? I just can't get into it, mainly because of the characters; I just find them bland. If you're going to spend a lot of time with a fighter, it would be nice to find a character you can identify a bit with; sadly, I don't find anything appealing about E. Honda, Zangeif, or two generic guys wearing gis.

Anyway, I don't mean to dog on the series; clearly it's just not for me.

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Last night, I was playing on "Easy" (the level 3 difficulty), and breezed through until Seth, where I couldn't beat him with Ryu at all. It's ridiculous the cheap moves, and annoying. I LOVE a challenge (I thought the end of Alpha 2 is a show of a great boss that was challenging, but not cheap), but this is stupid cheap, and reminds me of all the other fighting games that confuse cheap for challenging.

I expected more from Street Fighter.

Other then that gripe, and the annoyance that is the challenges in the middle of Arcade (I had to eventually turn it off), this game has delivered for me. I'm really looking forward to the inevitable DLC enhancements.

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For everyone else, other than SFIIHD this the best way to relive some childhood memories and in some cases trauma.

Its a SF game through and through. Horrible end bosses are a staple of fighters. SF takes the tradition a step further by making sure the end boss is always shirtless and wearing a loincloth.

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If you're not that big into fighters I doubt this game will be the one that'll push you over the edge. It's not that flashy ala Marvel vs Capcom or what...

Glad to see the game getting its dues. I've yet to see a negative review. And most of the criticism has been on the anime cut-scenes.

I admit I was a bit put off by SFIII. Sure I played it a bit but the mechanics were different on a whole new level because of the parry system. It depends on whom you ask if it's a good or bad thing.

I'm a SFII Turbo fan. The original SFII was the game I grew up with...Good to know Capcom got back to their roots.

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Bleh.

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Unlocking characters has always and always will be a staple in the fighting game genre, and it has always been a blast. If its such a difficult task for you to play through the single player more than once, you might be playing the wrong game.

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Honestly I've never seen the need for that many difficulty levels. Is there really that much of a difference between 4 and 5, for example? Three difficulties, or even four, seems like it should be enough, unless there's a significant difference between them, a la Guitar Hero. I could be wrong because I've never played SF4, but I know if I was playing SFII there were only 3 difficulties for me: 0 (for noobs), 3 (to get a character's ending) and 7 (to prove you're a real man).

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