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Street Fighter IV In Motion, Just The Gameplay

pennywise — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:24:30 MST

Looking good not perfect but theres time to fix that specials look good.

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alienindahizouse — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:30:26 MST

Holy mother of God, all that is good and great, and Odin's left eye!!! Here...One...Two and THREE!!! There, now that everyone on this fine sight has collectively yanked their heads from out of their asses, open your freaking eyes people!!! If you do not think that this game looks amazing and is animated incredibly...your blind, stupid and spoiled! It is the absolute slickest SF I have ever laid my eyes upon. And for of you who are saying "The game play looked solid, but the facial expressions/animations were horrible." Holy crap-nuggets, they were DEAD ON!!! Grow up fan-boys, and I emphasize B-O-Y-S!!

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timotei360 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:20:30 MST

to the people complaining - when EGM got this footage, ono said the game is 1% complete, 2% tops. I don't know what you're expecting from a game that's only 2% complete.

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Benjo — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:01:05 MST

Wow, really shiny. I don't know why, but I'm not that impressed. I want to be, I'm just not.

Benjo

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Video — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:43:57 MST

I really can't say much about the Characters graphics yet (they still making progress). I can say the 3D background is nice. The speed is a little more faster than EX. Somehow I believe Naruto Clash of the Ninja Graphics (2D characters with 3D backgrounds except the shadowing) seems better, but like I said previously we have to wait and see.

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There is something that I just hope is in the game:

*All characters from all Street fighter games(No Exceptions)(No matter if that character die in the series like M.Bison or Barlog whatever you guys call it,Charlie,Gen,etc. They should be there too)

*All Powerbars and effects created from all Street fighting games including the capcom vs snk 2 bars

*Parry must be in the game, and if possible Just Defending...

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SpuddOner — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:33:48 MST

Well i personally dont think Capcom knows what the fuck they are doing cuz just look at the blasphemy of the art direction for the new Bionic Commando..

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iconsam — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:20:18 MST

I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I'm totally digging these videos. How much of a SF game can it be if it's so detached from the original SF2 formula that made it so great? I think they know exactly what they're doing. Keeping it real for the SF2 fans (that still exist) and coming up with new fans with a modernized look that's not anime (go get Guilty Gear for that). I think it's totally raw, which is the feeling that I got when I watched the teaser video. About fighting like brush strokes. Fast and intense.

Ryu was never a pretty boy. Even tho I somewhat agree that he looks South American, I think they got the hulk-like factor right. And with the emotive expressions for hits and misses, it's downright awesome. The videos are certainly bringing out the SF2 fan that's been dormant in me.

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DaiMacculate — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:02:50 MST

@king_e_dawg: Damn, I know there were tons of crappy ones on Famicom and such, but where is a kick-ass Fist of The North Star game now? That movie is part of the reason I still have no respect for DBZ, because Fist of The North Star>DBZ in every damn way.

Yeah, I actually have 2 SF2 SNES cartridges, and the design of the characters is actually not bad as being an evolution of that. People just got used to what Ken and Ryu look like in Alpha/SF3, is the main problem. For me those games might might as well have never existed, so I have no problem with that aspect of this new game.

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Q80 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:34:55 MST

@TWEEDLEDEEZNUTZ:

No it's SFEX4 3RD Strike Edition.

Q80

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TWEEDLEDEEDEEZ — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:11:32 MST

This or SF4AlphaTurboextremebiggulp edition?

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SuperMekman — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:43:35 MST

I love the look, if it were "weeaboo" or something, I'd forget about this game. They're big like "men" and not like FF dudes.

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Langis — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:39:13 MST

@Kado: Dumped in favor of something more fitting, and I for one couldn't be happier.

@Spolodaface: I do agree to an extent; the models need SOME work. But this is an early build and the overall style, even if the technicalities of the animations aren't perfect, is still very fitting.

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American_N_Japan — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:51:17 MST

@orochi_nin:

Serious? That is most excellent news! I do NOT want this game to suck. I would like it to look spectacular, but at present, its just not doing all that much for me. I was, and still am, a huge fan of the Alpha series.

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epherlite — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:06:23 MST

Hmm, you know what, my original fears that it would look awkward in motion have been cleared. I mean, after the stylization and motion in the 2D fighting animations, especially after 3rd Strike, I thought that 3D would come off really clunky. I think it could use some refinement, but over all the movements feel exactly like those of their 2D counterparts in 3D. It feels a bit slower, but I think that's the visual impact of losing the 'blur' frames in 2D. The weight and speed is about right for Ryu and Ken - I'd like to see how they work the speed for characters like Chun Li or slower fighters, and if it maintains that visual balance.

I'm uncertain about the faces - I'll need to see other character models in motion before I can make a call on that. I think it's an admirable attempt to balance the 2D stylization in 3D without making it overly cartoony or overly realistic (and losing the flavour of SF).

Also, the colour palette is bloody fantastic.

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MURDERFACE — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:26:39 MST

@MrSatan: I have a capcom best of PC game that i used to play on DOS it had the old megaman game and street fighter 1 & 2.

MURDERFACE

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asphix20 — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:07:05 MST

I'm not a big fan of the art style... The character models have a very "rubbery" feel to me. They look like more defined characters from the Toy Story universe...

I'd rather them work with sprites than do a shotty job (IMO) of converting them to 3d. Character design is half the battle.... the other half is lighting, shading and rendering!

As for the gameplay--it looks faithful to the classics with a good amount of modern polish! My gripes with the art style aside, it looks like it will be lots of fun to play!

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dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:46:51 MST

This looks frickin' amazing and I dig the cinematic supers. I'm going to go the opposite extreme and claim instant love.

I dunno why people are complaining about the gameplay. From what it looks like, it's lightning fast and looks like it has potential for some serious strategy. SF has never been about the same style that its 3D cousins have tried to perfect. The game is a 2D brawler with 3D graphics.

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Anata_Kusoyarou — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:38:26 MST

It doesn't look THAT bad people. Don't forget that this game is nowhere near finished and Capcom is being generous by releasing videos of such early work.

Anata_Kusoyarou

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Charlie303 — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:33:17 MST

Good,still think Smash bros brawl will be the best fighting game of 2008.

And what the hell happened to their faces.They look like shit.Look at ryu,he always looks fucking pissed.

Charlie303

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escopr — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:29:01 MST

Reminds me of powerstone which made for a somewhat decent party game on dreamcast but became old after about an hour.

Snk Playmore is experiencing a comeback now that they've finally stabilized financially. KOF XI is great and it looks like more and more 2d fighting fans are getting thier fix from them nowadays.

escopr

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xpnet — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:12:31 MST

Capcom Vrs Nintendo : Delta Series 4.

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On another note... This game needs to be in a arcade!! I'd put some serious coin down betting 10 bucks a game playing this puppy.

xpnet

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scottreich — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:45:02 MST

Lets all remember what made SF great in the first place. The combat system. The facial animations look comical. I personaly like it. It gives SF that charm that will appeal to K-A.

I'm sure the "counter" like system for the game with other special attacks will make RYU and KEN look like bad mofo's.

That said, it's obvious a layer of polish still needs to be coated on the final product.

Years ppl have been whining for SF4; now you've got it, so shut the F up! (joking) ;)

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Demolition Debbie — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:38:34 MST

Oh wow.
I was actually kind of looking forward to this but not so much anymore.
Ken and Ryu's feet look like lopsided bananas and Ryu's face scares the shit out of me.

Demolition Debbie

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orochi_nin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:15:01 MST

@American_N_Japan: Reading the EGM interview/coverage, Ono says that what we see here is pretty much 1 to 2 per cent done. So I'm hopeful. I'm also impressed with what they have so far, just wishing for more.

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American_N_Japan — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:12:06 MST

@ L_K_M,

Disagree with my aesthetics all you like, but my opinion on the game's presentation still stands-it leaves a lot to be desired in comparison to other games of the same genre.

Whether it is Capcom's goal to make Street Fighter IV lifelike or not doesn't really matter. I'm just dumbfounded with Capcom's decision to take a backseat while all other developers have pushed for more visual realism. I'm not talking about the mechanics of the game, its game-play, just its presentation.

@ARA,

What I spoke of when speaking about lifelike imagery had nothing to do with a green skinned Brazilian outcast, an Indian contortionist pyro, a Spanish matador with a bit too much narcissism, a Chinese police officer with thighs the size of Michael Clark Duncan's trunk or a Japanese martial artist with the power to channel flaming fists at his aggressor. I speak of the game's appearance. The game looks…dirty. Grainy. That's all I'm saying. If you don't agree with me on that, that's fine. Move along.

I'm not going to change your mind and you're not going to change mine.

Aside from its pretty impressive opening movie, this game is graphically unappealing as a Next Gen fighter.

American_N_Japan

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orochi_nin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:10:35 MST

@k3nji: Actually, SF4 takes place before SF3 and after SSF2T. Go figure.

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MedelliaObscured — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:53:25 MST

is is beautiful loooking!!lol...wow man im hella excited bout this i wanna hit the arcades and waste like 30 bux in quarters or sumthing good times hope its as fresh and clean like in SF3

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lucasreis — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:51:08 MST

@CiciColino: Ryu isn´t half japanese/half south-american. He is japanese. The one who´s half brazilian and half japanese is Sean from Street Fighter 3. Also, Ken is half japanese and half-american.

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kojirodensetsu — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:35:46 MST

I dunno, it seems like the characters blend in too much with the background. I'm not sure if that's the reason my mind is saying "something looks weird" or not. Then there's also the fact that the characters seem to have detachable jaws.

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laterthanyou — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:02:10 MST

it actually looks slow to me. Their walking and jumps seem slow as well as the weak kick and jabs. the weak kicks and jabs should take 1 frame to throw and hang for like 2 frames.. The slowness of it looks more real, but also looks less Street Fighter....

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neojam — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:01:42 MST

lol such weird expressions on their faces...

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Grave — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:51:23 MST

@Intellectualdiot: 360 is backwards compatible with SF Anniversary Collection for Xbox. Next best thing! You can already play 3S online now!

But I agree, if they could improve the netcode and make it available directly for 360 and PS3, it'd be lovely.

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Moh — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:48:39 MST

I will have to watch the full 1up video and see where Capcom wants to take this game. There are some new design elements that could end up being really cool. It is not going to be Street Fighter III-2, but its still SF at its heart.

Moh

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Intellectualdiot — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:47:01 MST

When they said Daigo was doing the art for this game, they did mean Daigo Ikeno right? I'm having a difficult time imagining how his artwork could have inspired those character models. At the present, I'm not a fan of that aspect of the game.

I'll admit that the relatively brief snippets that we've seen thus far do look both fast and fun, but I'm not ready to drop the EX 4 moniker yet. Is that necessarily a bad thing? I suppose not. But it's a far cry from the Street Fighter IV of my dreams. Of course, final judgment is reserved until I can actually pick up the controller for myself.

Just as a precautionary move, release 3rd Strike to XBLA/PSN shortly before the release of SFIV. Hell, if the price is right, I'm not even sure that improving the visuals would be necessary. 3rd Strike is definitely one game in which I wouldn't mind getting my ass handed to me over XBLA.

Intellectualdiot

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king_e_dawg — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:33:13 MST

@DaiMacculate: True, too true. Save for maybe Death Note, but it'll never be like it was. What gets me is people have such short memories. Remember Fist of the North Star? This was the style back when SFII was popular. Japanese character design was inexplicably buff & bulky. And anybody complaining about the facial animation needs to go pop in their SNES SFII cartridge and head straight to the player select. IF YOU EVEN HAVE ONE, YOU BUNCH OF WHIPPERSNAPPERS!

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StrikerGold — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:30:03 MST

Ruh roh Raggy!
I really really hope this is an alpha build of the facial expressions. And the animation... meh. SF2HD looks better than this.

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x999x — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:28:44 MST

Wow, same shit different smell... What a let down this game has become. So basically we get Street Fighter EX with new grotesquely updated models?

Floaty gameplay, no thanks.

x999x

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nxp3 — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:07:24 MST

character faces look aweful. Fighting seems ok.

nxp3

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azz0r — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:06:23 MST

Looks washed out and dull.

azz0r

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L_K_M — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:40:58 MST

@American_N_Japan: This game was never intended to look life-like.

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ara — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:36:50 MST

@American_N_Japan: "With just about every game made for this GEN looking super lifelike/clean and smooth around the edges, this game leaves a lot for a gamer to desire."

So you want super lifelike and realistic graphics for a fighting game that features characters hurling fireballs, jumping well over their height in to air, having stretching limbs, and some of them are green mutants? This is what Street Fighter games have always been, SNK had the more "realistic" and gritty visuals of the two, let Capcom build on their legacy instead of jumping the bandwagon everyone else has boarded.

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cactaur — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:11:48 MST

@CiciColino: Because they're messing with characters that people have invested a lot of emotional attachment to. After Alpha, SF3 and even SNK vs Capcom its like a step backward.

I've never liked the SF2 Ken/Ryu cos they looked like thugs in their basic pose .

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L_K_M — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:04:47 MST

@Grave: Agree. The animation looks pretty much like in SF2, except in 3D. Which is good - the speed at which SF is played demands this.

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CiciColino — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:58:12 MST

@K3NJI: You got both right, is he half japanese half southern american.. Brazil if I'm not mistaken..

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CiciColino — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:55:40 MST

I like how all these people are saying that the faces are overboard and retarted when in SF2 we had blanka's eyes popping out of their sockets or skeletons flashing when you got hit by his electricity.. not to mention a certain india guy spitting flames and dancing when he wins..

From what you're all saying SF2 design = Mortal Kombat

This game will be awesome and it already invokes much of the feeling sf2 and 3 gave me. period.

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Eliasoz_01 — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:35:58 MST

This. Is. Fucking. Sweet.

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American_N_Japan — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:34:44 MST

I wish I were more excited about the game after seeing two videos, but the truth is I'm not. With just about every game made for this GEN looking super lifelike/clean and smooth around the edges, this game leaves a lot for a gamer to desire. The only things this game's got going for it are good facial expressions (I loved them) and hit impacts that look like they actually hurt.

I don't know, but in my opinion, Street Fighter IV could have turned out better--I know the game isn't finished, but I can't image the final product looking much different from what we've been shown. The game looks pretty finished at this point, but still...

I will play it when it hits--I hope it wows me after I play it, but as things are now, I'm not all that impressed.

American_N_Japan

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Karoshi — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:28:33 MST

Does not look like it's the Rival Schools-esque floaty-fest I was expecting it to be.

Speaking of which, Kyosuke would be awesome in this.

Karoshi

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ara — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:28:12 MST

Mm, looks flashy. Textures are beautiful and have kind of a hand painted feel to them. Hit effects and explosions(?) are rather large, hiding much of the action within them. Animations, well, they need to be sharp for that kind of a gameplay, no time for smooth transitions, not bad but nothing to brag about either. As I was always much more of an SNK man, can't say I'm overly thrilled about the game itself, but I certainly am a fan of the art direction. I just hope they can refine it bit further.

ara

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rhugghed — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:18:35 MST

OMG, it looks like SF EX. Just with a graphical face lift. :(

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DaiMacculate — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:33:39 MST

@king_e_dawg: Heh, I laughed uproariously at your
"Anime is dead" argument. I only wish it were true, not because I hate Anime but because I can't stand teenage american Anime fans. Unfortunately its not going away soon...maybe if you changed your phrase to "Good Anime is dead" it would work better.

DaiMacculate

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SailorDDR — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:32:28 MST

You're right, it does look a bit like plasticine.
I still like it though. I actually liked the EX games which is why I'm excited about this. It's like what the EX games SHOULD have been.

SailorDDR

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Spolodaface — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:02:21 MST

:( looks like plasticine

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k3nji — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:00:58 MST

I always thought that Ryu was Japanese, I guess the name gave me this impression. After watching that video it seems Ryu is actually South American, who knew.

Also from Ken and Ryu's jaw structure it appears since SF3, they have both taken a liken to steroids.

@Aegis: I too wept.

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Aegis: Gentleman mercenary for hire... — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:36:56 MST

Ryu! What have they done to you? *weeps*

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jsin007 — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:00:30 MST

They look like they're on steroids. I hope the animation improves.

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Sailorcancer — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:38:04 MST

meh, it's what I thought it would look like.

Sailorcancer

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king_e_dawg — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:48:04 MST

People need to stop bitching about the look. It's a back-to-basics design; it's different, it's creative, it's making the old new again (Contra 4, anyone?). According to 1up, the game is only about as finished as what you're seeing here, which is hardly. And even if it does end up looking just like this, everybody's just going to keep complaining that it should retain the 2D anime look because anime is better than everything ever, including sex with real girls.

ANIME IS DEAD, SUCKERS. There's not going to be another Ninja Scroll, there's not going to be another Akira or Ghost in the Shell. And there's not going to be another SFIII or Alpha game. Just regurgitated pastel crap like Eureka Seven. We've moved on, Capcom is moving on, and if Ono is the only one who's not going to up and abandon the franchise, he's got my blessing.

king_e_dawg

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keiichimorisato — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:42:27 MST

Looks like classic SF2 mechanics, which is great.
Crossover attacks are still in.

keiichimorisato

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Mizzuru — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:16:45 MST

I was so happy there was another street figher game coming out but now I'm kinda dissapointed. The old graphics always gave it some charm.

Mizzuru

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InsidiousTuna — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:59:26 MST

Thta looks like something I would absolutely suck at. I'm halfway decent at VF5, but I've never been good at any Street Fighter games, and this doesn't look like it'll change that. But it's pretty!

InsidiousTuna

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Snappywave — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:59:09 MST

When I first saw Street Fighter 2 at the arcades, I thought it was awesome compared to the original SF. Again same goes for when Alpha and III came out. But this is different.. the expectation for IV is so high.. the videos do not justify and it's kind of hard to swallow.

Snappywave

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ChiChi_BBQ — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:46:26 MST

I hope Capcom doesn't make the same mistake SNK did with the 3D King of Fighters. Those lacked fluidity, and had bland graphics and awkward animations.

The video looks okay, but I thought the game speed would be faster. I wonder how SF pros feel about this.

@SpuddOner: He is Mexican.

ChiChi_BBQ

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Kazzahdrane — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:45:05 MST

I've never actually played a SF game (yes I know, I am a terrible person) since I suck badly at all beat-em-ups, but this looks pretty fun. As long as it reviews well and has good online multiplayer I might pick it up.

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aphexacid — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:36:12 MST

I am officially not a happy camper. this looks like ass.

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loligasm — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:30:53 MST

Although I have been one of Capcom's dear fans because of the Street fighter series, I always must keep in mind that this is a work in progress. The final product will probrably be 100 times better than this. It is still in its early stages, what I can tell are the facial expressions (it's been mentioned 100x) and the animation. I was hoping for a more fluid movement in terms of clothing... And Ken and Ryu should be much taller, unless the video quality makes them look like dwarves.

Capcom shouldn't forget to add the obstacles that are the end of both sides of some stages in SF2 to put in SF4 (like the crate's in guile's stage and bison's buddah statues).

The canceling moves look great, and the finishers look somewhat cheesy and would eventually bore gamers . All in all, good job Capcom. Now some Chun Li footage please.

loligasm

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zany_ninja — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:29:38 MST

Whats (almost) everyone on about? It looks mind-blowing to me, and the moves and animation look spot on...can't wait for it!

Now if only SNK would give the king of fighters the same treatment, life would be perfect...

zany_ninja

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LostHorizon — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:29:35 MST

LOVING IT!I bet its still in the works so it will most likely get better

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boopadoo — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:18:00 MST

After seeing the teaser with the spilled ink, I thought it was going to be some uber-cool 3D cell-shaded experimental thingy. Now it's like EX3. Ah well...

Maybe they should hand those animations over to Quantic Dream. Yeah...

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say — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:01:49 MST

Being at such an early stage, this looks awesome.

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Starplate — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:52:05 MST

well. I'm just glad there's no zoom up during super moves during actual gameplay cause Ryu looks like ass.
But from the looks of it, the gameplay definitely plays like a street fighter and not like Tekken or VF.

Starplate

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lker — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:47:12 MST

I think too many people here are being overly critical.

Honestly, I have to say that I haven't seen a Street Fighter game run that fast ever. In fact, I think it is safe to say that there will be no more frame counting and such tomfoolery at those speeds. Also, I like the art style because it reminds me of Shinkiro's. The characters look lively and animated, but they also give off that "serious-3D-character" vibe those ultra-detailed 3D fighters like VF5 or DOA4 have.

I admit it is strange to see their mouths actually move like that (Ryu-Ken Stomach Punch!) after playing something like Soul Calibur, but then other 3D fighters didn't have the most impressive ways for expressions (I especially hated watching taunts in the VS screen when Soul Calibur loaded because the way they spoke looked so unnatural). For a semi-3D or "2D" fighting game, I think Street Fighter 4 looks damn nice.

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RUSTBOY — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:10:22 MST

wow. Initially I wasn't liking the art direction being a huge fan of the original sf2... but after seeing the gameplay I'm totally stoked! awesome!

RUSTBOY

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SpuddOner — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:05:03 MST

Ohh?!.. Why does Ryu look Mexican?

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MikeTheSpike — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:04:18 MST

Ryu looks weird. It's as if the actor who played him in SF2 died, and they replaced him with some guy who *sorta* looks like him, but not really. It's very off-putting.

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SpuddOner — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:03:58 MST

I've said it before, It's going to be really hard for people to accept this game as a pseudo-3D graphics/game without the Cell shading, regardless how good it plays. Video was definitely disappointing, The Fanboys/Capcom are definitely blind if they think this is a step FWD in the series. I'm curious to find out if they are going to Nail the SF trademark controls, hopefully the gameplay wont feel "Floaty". Maybe my expectation are high for this game, but maybe they should be. Everything on these vid-clips has been done before, by SNK at that, on the PS2. I'm expecting a 2-D masterpiece not a SF-EX clone, SSF2T-HD-Remix is looking better by the second.

SpuddOner

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PlaidNinja — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:50:57 MST

OMG.... WOW

WOW

I didn't think I'd care about another Street Fighter release ever again, but wow...

Capcom really puts out some quality work. (Ok so there was that 'Under the Skin' game a while back, but still)

PlaidNinja

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suntorytime — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:46:04 MST

@MrSatan: There were SF2 and SF1 games released on the PC in the early 90's.

Videos look alright, it'd be more interesting to see a character other than a shoto. Visually the game I'm not bothered about, considering Capcom has a year to work on it and are doubtful they can finish it by the end of 08. Gameplay speed is good, but I'm kind of bummed about how simple the gameplay seems again, after sf3 and alpha :\

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lostpuppies — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:43:43 MST

so uhm...Dan better be in this game.

lostpuppies

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Kado — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:38:40 MST

I'm sorry, but the character model for Ryu is absolutely Hideous. Whatever happened to the nice anime style they had going that made all the characters look... well... not ugly?

Kado

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Dimipapa — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:38:10 MST

I really dont like the look, and some of the faster moves just look silly in 3D, why couldnt it have just stayed hand drawn...

Dimipapa

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Enigma_20XX — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:36:44 MST

KOF2006 actually managed to nail their 2D gameplay in 3D... let's hope this follows suit.... if not, I'll always have my old 2D SF games... SFIII.... Alpha III... SSFII...

Enigma_20XX

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Phlycheez — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:35:08 MST

Ignoring the complaints about the facial animations, here are the new gameplay mechanics I noticed in the footage. First it seems like there's some sort of charged/channeling move which Ryu performs multiple times in the second clip. Maybe that helps increase the Super Meter (similar to old school King of Fighters games).

I also noticed that Ken was able cancel right out of his Shoryuken after the first hit. It wasn't a cancel into a Super Move like in the old games. It was practically a dead stop of the move. That seems like it will open up a lot of mind games and strategic options.

I also noticed that the Parrying system from SFIII isn't in this game. It could still be in it (which I hope it is). Also before a Super Move is performed, it looks like a splash of that black ink, from the original teaser trailer, appears on the screen.

Overall I'm impressed with what I see. They might need to do some work on the facial animations though. That look on Ryu's face before he unleashes that charged up Hadouken doesn't look like him at all. The jumping animations look a little off as well, but the other animations for the moves are pretty good. Also performing the combos has a familiar look to them. I think they should up the speed a little more though. It looks a little too slow for my tastes (though that's just a personal opinion).

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Fishballs — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:22:57 MST

There's something very...visceral about the videos. It feels like those hits hit real hard. The detail and special effects look pretty current-generation. I like.

Fishballs

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xybur — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:18:36 MST

And there are many more in the second video.

From what I've seen so far, this has potential to be good. It looks like it controls well. We'll see how those angular shifts affect gameplay later, and how the supers will work.

But so far, looks alright. The "physics" don't feel to floaty, and at least visually the weight feels ok, which used to be a problem with capcom on their 3d games, characters that would scale 2 or 3 screens, in a 3d game. Personally, I think that works ok with 2d, but in 3d you have to consider weight a bit more than that.

xybur

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Fonzy — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:14:32 MST

Man, I can't believe how many negative views there are on the animations and style.. Have any of you "facial expression haters" ever played a SF game? That's their bag. Since the beginning. Over-the-top expression. The style mirrors the cartoon-like feel of 2D while not going to the awful cell-shading. Looks very crisp. I'm just so incredibly amazed at the "mehs" and general dissapointment.. wow.

Fonzy

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Ra is on TNG — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:13:20 MST

Im excited for it. I like the new look.

Ra is on TNG

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MrSatan — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:11:41 MST

@Kiriphii: Lol, good luck on that coming out on Wii. And since when was Street Fighter ever released on the PC.

Does anyone else think it looks a little slow? I hope the gameplay is faster in the final version.

MrSatan

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xybur — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:09:18 MST

At least it looks like they kept cross-ups. You can see one for a brief moment in the first video.

If thats any indication to "keeping it real" to Capcom 2d-fighter standards, then thats a good step in the right direction.

xybur

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KeroseneClimax — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:07:26 MST

CAPCOM gave us Project Justice. That game made me never doubt CAPCOM's ability to give their fans a quality 3D experience that not only had great characters, but FUN gameplay that still had the feel of a traditional 2D fighter. AKIRA developed the EX series, so I'm not going to compare that with CAPCOM's current efforts on SF4.

I'm still a bit skeptical about the route SF4's developers have decided to take the series after such a long absence, but it's still early to determine anything from just a few shots of gameplay footage. Lets wait and see.

KeroseneClimax

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Arikardo — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:01:49 MST

The game looks great in motion! The animation style is growing on me fast.

Arikardo

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Junker — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:00:24 MST

And I think it looks great, forgot to note that.

Junker

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Junker — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:00:10 MST

Everybody mind you this is still very much in production.

I doubt that's what it'll look like when it's done.

Junker

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Grave — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:47:59 MST

@okenny :): "I know in this age, it's customary to hate a game that it seems like people are anticipating but some people need to grow up and realize it's foolish to make snap judgments. No one commenting here has had enough exposure to this to start making game play comments."

Okay, okay. You're right.

"This game is going to be good."

...wait a sec...

Grave

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Langis — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:46:40 MST

Awesome footage! I can't wait to play the game.

I am digging the art style fo sho.

Langis

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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:43:24 MST

This game is going to be good. The animation looks really good and I think they're going to be refining that much more over time. I love how fast it moves. Watching this game in motion feels like a painting I've seen for years coming to life. I love the art style and I think it might look even better with some of the smoke effects from the teaser being incorporated during super moves but it still looks good. I love the fact that they are staying true to the form. I'm also looking forward to find out more about the save system.

I know in this age, it's customary to hate a game that it seems like people are anticipating but some people need to grow up and realize it's foolish to make snap judgments. No one commenting here has had enough exposure to this to start making game play comments.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

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mettleh3d — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:39:45 MST

nm, the 2nd video convinced me its 2d. =/

I'm a huge Marvel vs capcom fan and its ageless design.

mettleh3d

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mettleh3d — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:37:46 MST

it has a tad of 3d. Anyway, ryu looks terrible and they seem to be bulging out of their clothes, in a fat, pathetic kidna away.

Fighting style looks fun enough, however I'd rather play the debut trailer on repeat x 1000 than play this game. That trailer was wicked,

mettleh3d

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Grave — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:37:17 MST

@DasKonstruct: Thanks for this valuable insight into the mysterious SF4 development process! YOSHINORI ONO IN THE HOUSE EVERYBODY, DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS TO THIS GUY

Grave

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little computer freund — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:36:01 MST

Wow! what a great, great graphical style! I really admire how they managed to get that cartoony/sketchy Streetfighter style into 3D. And no cel-shading either.

Away with the so called "realistic" 3D models that weren't remotely realistic anyway! Next-gen finally starts to mean something.

little computer freund

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DasKonstruct — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:32:43 MST

People keep in mind these are initial looks into a game that isn't even close to being called an Alpha version. The final touch ups are done after the Alpha is about to be ready for Beta. Game speed isn't finalized, the animations aren't optimized to the displayed platform, and the lighting and textures aren't finalized. This is a broad broad broad view of how the game mechanics are planned.

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Krackatoa — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:26:57 MST

@Evo: I actually really enjoy the character design. It'll probably be a lot less big a deal once the rest of the roster is put in. After playing SF3, I just hope they keep the gameplay cool and froody.

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Darkest Daze — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:26:51 MST

@swordfish2eva1: @ssjmichael:
Going to agree. The animations are still rusty, but the gameplay looks to be fairly close to the SF2 series. I think this could possibly work.

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O-Z — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:26:23 MST

I recall a recent interview in which someone from Capcom said the game is still very, very early in development. Seems they might be doing themselves a disservice by showing the game at this point.

Frankly, it's ugly.

Of course, everything animates nicely and it looks like hit detection is spot on but I sincerely hope we're looking at something missing an entire layer graphic texture and polish.

O-Z

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nardsy — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:23:22 MST

Mm, why are Ryu's eyes bulging out like that? :(
Fighting looks alright...character design is meh :\

nardsy

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smitty1123 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:22:27 MST

Looks ok, but I'm still more excited for the SF2 HD remake.

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Evo — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:09:06 MST

The character design = CRAPPY. Ryu and Ken look like trolls.

Evo

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tsbaron — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:05:30 MST

The gameplay looks like it's good, but the problem with gameplay is that it can't really be judged until the game is actually played. It looks "fast" though, like it was commonly described, and I hope it feels fast too.

My only real gripe is that the character models seem off. I think the major issue is that Ken and Ryu's eyes look vacant and painted on. It's going to be a very ugly thing if ryu, ken, and any other fighters in the game can only stare directly in front of their face.

However, this is a work in progress, and I am confident that the end result will have the most serious of graphical and gameplay kinks worked out before we can pay to play it.

I still, however, haven't forgiven Capcom for taking out those create-a-fighter modes from the US releases of Rival Schools and Project Justice.

tsbaron

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Bentles — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:46:08 MST

I guess it has potential. But difficult to tell from crappy Gamevideos.com vids.

Virtua Fighter is still my fighting game of choice; and I am more excited about the HD SF2 than this weird Hobbit-esque redesign. Early days though, so I too will reserve judgement... and again, I just hope he doesn't mess it up like he did the 4th Onimusha.

Bentles

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cybereality — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:44:01 MST

I hope gamevideos just goes out of biz. Thier videos have never worked for me (Im sure I have all the plugins). Do they not realize its broken?

The SF4 gameplay looks solid. At least they kept it fast like SF2 Turbo. The character models could be better, the faces look like butt. Still better than I expected.

But what about SFIII:HD???

cybereality

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SG79 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:29:20 MST

@rich8606:

Tekken is hardly slow.. well unless you really don't know much about fighters. SF EX was slow, but the overall animation and feel is more faithful to 2D (but not dead on).

It'll improve after a while for sure.

SG79

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Mukatsuku — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:08:26 MST

Yeah... this game doesnt look all that anymore. lol. the faces look retarted.

Mukatsuku

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~pandafresh~ — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:06:54 MST

i dunno, i was really excited, and i still am, but i dont think this will as good as SF3, and def. not evoke the same feelings as SF2

~pandafresh~

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SuperCracker — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:05:05 MST

Gameplay looks solid. However, I wish they'd go back to a more anime style... hell, I wish it'd go 2D again.

*le sigh*

Still hopeful for it, though.

SuperCracker

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sing4england — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:02:09 MST

And also Street fighter III times :) -sorry for the double post-

sing4england

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sing4england — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:00:58 MST

The main problem with people is that they are still expecting the flashiness and all the stuff from Marvel vs Capcom crap... really marvel vs capcom almost killed the SF franchise, I am watching the video and remembering the good ol' times of street fighter II turbo to super street fighter II turbo at the arcades!!

sing4england

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cactaur — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:58:07 MST

@ballaboy311: Agreed, the face art went overboard with the caricatures.

cactaur

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MURDERFACE — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:54:03 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: The Vommiting Panda: I was only answering Kiriphii's question. maybe be he did not watch the vid. But i guess that could of been a sarcastic answer to his question.

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functioningbadly — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:52:33 MST

Awww man. Thought it would be cooler, guess not.

functioningbadly

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Ken Hikari — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:50:38 MST

I really want to like this game, but so far it just leaves me feeling...well...meh.

I think the style is interesting and somewhat refreshing, but the animations and facial looks just seem to strange to me.

Ken Hikari

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:48:43 MST

@MURDERFACE: Was that sarcastic?

It says right on the page "we don't know what system this game is coming out on"

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pokebud — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:47:01 MST

@cringer8:

really? I wish it was then I'd have something new to play...

pokebud

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Grave — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:40:40 MST

@MURDERFACE: Gosh, well, I'm convinced!

Grave

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MURDERFACE — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:38:12 MST

@Kiriphii: Ign said it's a wii game too.

[wii.ign.com]

MURDERFACE

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MURDERFACE — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:35:09 MST

It looks like a High Def SF alpha. But the faces they made where funny. the first Ryu face looks like he is strung out on pills or heavy meds. LOL

MURDERFACE

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dashyt2dafulliz — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:33:42 MST

1 day confirmed, this SF will be hawt like fire

dashyt2dafulliz

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cringer8 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:32:43 MST

Is this a PSP game?

Ha! See what I did there? I know this isn't a PSP game, but I think the graphics look crappy, so I...well, you get it. I'm so clever ;)

cringer8

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SSJPabs — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:32:27 MST

Is this some sort of contractual thing where Kotaku is required to use Gamevideos? Why not just link to the user-made You Tube version in the last post?

SSJPabs

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Grave — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:29:07 MST

@epionx111: I keep telling myself that in 3D, we expect smoother transitions between moves than 2D fighters gave us. You can't do that and still play like SF. But... the animation might also be absolute crap too. I'm not really sure, and I don't like that I can't tell.

@swordfish2eva1: I don't know, cutscene-like super moves fits the "too stylish" bill pretty well. I'd also argue that this game is a step back from SF3 visually, but this one also isn't done yet. Wait and see, sure, I know.

Grave

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Chief2BeaR — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:28:10 MST

Yellow?

Chief2BeaR

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Ballaboy311 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:27:19 MST

Their faces are the only bad part of the videos. Ryu's face when he gets punched in the stomach is just comical.

Ballaboy311

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reddevil — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:26:45 MST

I like the look. Very cartoony with quick animation, which is crucial for SF games. I remember that SF EX was slower which gave it a different feel compared to previous SF games. But this keeps the feel very similar while making it faster.

reddevil

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epionx111 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:18:55 MST

i'm seriously not digging the animation...

epionx111

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FP Shindokie — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:18:52 MST

@Maldron:

I know they wanted to try something new but i dont know. The look is bleh like you said. I hope that fighting stays tradionational though.

FP Shindokie

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:18:46 MST

The gameplay looked solid, but the facial expressions/animations were horrible.

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rich8606 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:18:37 MST

yes!!! they stay true to 2D gameplay.. I was worried they're going "tekken" slow with this game.

rich8606

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残心 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:16:54 MST

I'm pretty happy with how it looks. All of the moves look pretty faithful to Third Strike, just with flashier animations and 3D characters.

I don't know what you guys were expecting that has you disappointed at this, but it looks gorgeous to me.

残心

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DaiMacculate — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:15:08 MST

Ok, now note that I'm not complaining, because I'm happy to have these links, but why don't the video embeds from Gamevideos.com ever work? I mean, as a Mac user I'm totally used to having problems with random crappy media formats online, but the two different Windows PCs (one XP, one Vista Home Prem) I use on a regular basis and view Kotaku with can't watch them either. Its not that big a deal to follow the link back and just download the .mov of it, but it just seems like it almost defeats the purpose (for Gamevideos), they should have an option to just embed a graphical link to the download interface, maybe that would work better?
Also, the Gametrailers.com links and Youtube/etc work great, its just this site. They seem to have good content, so its just too bad they aren't as convenient.

As to this, I'm starting to have some hope this might not suck, though I remain skeptical. I'm not as big a fan of the Alpha games, I'd rather play either SF2/variants or Third Strike, and this game looks a bit like Alpha so far (its early of course). Also those black bursts (which are probably just video effects added after it was recorded) are really annoying more than anything else. Finally, I find the black outlines around the fighters distracting.

So yeah, I remain skeptical ;)

DaiMacculate

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whiskey — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:14:53 MST

Videos must work, but the 1up show usually goes up in the realm of 300+ MB per show so that is why maybe we cannot see it. I could be wrong but hey... i could also be wrong. In any case, a click on the player will get you to the gamevideos site where you could download other versions of it as well.

whiskey

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SuperMekman — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:13:46 MST

@ssjmichael:

Always willing the help my fellow citizens. This game gives me wood.

SuperMekman

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neoyaku — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:13:32 MST

I just hope they fix Ryu's face and eyes...
Ken's face too.. They just don't look like Ken and Ryu...

neoyaku

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Kiriphii — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:13:00 MST

Looks shiny, I wonder if it'll ever come out on the Wii... if not, I guess it'll be the PC version for me!

Kiriphii

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TheCleaningGuy — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:12:52 MST

Well, suddenly I enjoy the graphics I disliked in the screenshots.
Well played Capcom, Well played...

TheCleaningGuy

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swordfish2eva1 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:12:48 MST

@ssjmichael:
Thank You!

swordfish2eva1

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:11:24 MST

Thanks for the youtube link! (gamevideos sucks major ass seriously). The gameplay doesn't look as bad as some made it out to be. It barely looks "next-gen" but I'd rather they stay as close to the classic as possible to be honest. The game looks fun. period.

LittleBigPlaneteer

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AutoFashionKevin — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:09:56 MST

I still can't make a decision on how i feel about this game yet. I want to love it cause its SF but i just want to burn it into the ground with what I've seen so far. But I'll wait til I see this game somewhere near 75% done before i make my final decision.

AutoFashionKevin

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swordfish2eva1 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:09:34 MST

the problem is your expectations are in the wrong direction, this is up to pare with what I believe a street fighter game should be, it's the original, nothing fancy, nothing overly stylish just a good game to enjoy

swordfish2eva1

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Maldron — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:09:21 MST

Meh to the look. As for the actual combat, I wouldn't know.

Maldron

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SuperMekman — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:07:55 MST

videos don't work:

[www.youtube.com]

tubed linked again

SuperMekman

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VashWolf — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:06:53 MST

These videos disappoint me because the animations look similar to the childish attempts of Twisted Metal: Small Brawl...why would they ruin such a beautiful thing.

VashWolf

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Jeff Paine — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:05:05 MST

Now it's fine >_>

Jeff Paine

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Jeff Paine — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:03:38 MST

Looks like GameVideos is currently broken

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Synced — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:02:40 MST

My expectations for SF4 goes down every time new information is released. And this just brought it an all time low.

But i'm reserving my final judgement for when the game is out.

Synced

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swordfish2eva1 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:02:35 MST

my god if you just look at the still of the first one it looks like Ryu has gone mad, mad I say mad!

swordfish2eva1

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Heleos — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:58:18 MST

The videos don't work!

Heleos