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PsycheDiver — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:05:30 MST

The second character trailer looks awesome. Hoping to see a HD version soon, and more from others.

PsycheDiver

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Video — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:24:54 MST

Man if I was there... I would be breaking the game with combos....

Video

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Ezekiel06 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:02:25 MST

Games looks amazing. Fix ryu's face though.

Ezekiel06

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zanzibarlegend — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:54:05 MST

@Witzbold: damn u Witz, ur mah hero -sniff-

seriously this game is the most want game for me next to MGS4. i hope they add more cast members.

zanzibarlegend

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PurpleMonkey — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:20:55 MST

I think the art style looks great, and even though I'm terrible at fighting games, I'm really looking foward to this. Never liked gamevideos.com though, takes forever to load.

PurpleMonkey

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y2kenjination — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:53:10 MST

And I'll say it again: WHERE THE HELL IS MY SAKURA!? I WILL NOT LET IT GO UNTIL YOU ADD HER CAPCOM. She's only my favorite Capcom female character from a fighting game. Okay, so it's a 3 way tie between her, Lilith, and Chun. Mmm, 3 way. But Chun is a given!

y2kenjination

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y2kenjination — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:18:41 MST

@Nexus6: LOLzzzz lets compare two fighting games that play completely different! SF just doesn't work in 3D. Case in point: SFEX. Capcom could easily make this game look like SCIV; look at Devil May Cry 4 and RE5. However, it just wouldn't work with Street Fighter and it's 2D plane.

y2kenjination

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Strangelove — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:55:37 MST

I agree with those saying it looks a bit slow, but I would assume there will be turbo options just like every other recent iteration. The gameplay, other than the speed, looks intact.

Strangelove

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fuchikoma — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:51:13 MST

As someone who eventually (after TONS of playing) got bored of SF2 and moved to SNK and eventually Sammy, I can definitely agree it looks slow - from that POV. For a SF game? I haven't followed the newest ones, but it looks about normal or a little faster. Actually I'll say something completely from gut feeling: It looks a bit more... responsive? compared to the SF2 series. Less wasted animation time. I'm not one of the uberhardcore who count the frames though so don't hold me to that.

Even if it looks a LITTLE slow for my taste in fighters, I'll definitely try it since I have such fond nostalgia for SF2. I want to try the new mechanics they added too.

(It's neither here nor there, but I'll always love the SNK sidestep. It shines so much in Cap vs SNK...)

fuchikoma

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Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD. — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:29:23 MST

@GoonieGooGoo: That is a gross, gross exaggeration. As slow as the original SF2? Have you ever actually really PLAYED the original SF2? That game is absolutely no comparison to SF4 in terms of speed. Not even close.

Plus, I will say that speed increases have never been of any real benefit to the pure Street Fighter games. Perhaps in the Vs. games, but not in SF. For real SF enthusiasts, speeding up the game is about as meaningful as adding something like X-Treme Hyper Moves to chess.

Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD.

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MarshmallowMark — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:00:34 MST

Speed increases? Some of you are ridiculous. I'll leave that to the next VS. installment, not in my SF4, thx.

Game's shaping up to look good. I'm happy people are actually giving a damn about the Street Fighter series again.

MarshmallowMark

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ShareYourTreats — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:48:06 MST

C. Viper is booommmb!
So far she is the best character in the game to me (even more so than the classic characters).
Summer can't come soon enough!

ShareYourTreats

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EtherealEcho — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:18:19 MST

@mossberg: No! Blanka not the headbite!
SFIV defintately needs a speed increase, because things were seeming kind of sluggish. They really need to fix Ryu's face too >__>

EtherealEcho

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Nexus6 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:43:23 MST

SC IV will take a steaming load on SF IV.

Nexus6

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Zwei Voltage — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:36:03 MST

@y2kenjination: Oh cool, thanks. I really want this game now, Chun forever!

Zwei Voltage

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Jakuub — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:12:12 MST

@Everyone commenting about how "slow" this seems - Does anyone Remember the 1up show SFIV Video? I believe they stated that when they played it, it was intentionally running slow, and once everything was ironed out, the speed would be brought back up; perhaps that hasn't happened yet?

Jakuub

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Futuresex — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:06:47 MST

American flag for C.Viper, French flag for Abel

just incase you missed it or didn't know already

Futuresex

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geoffcbassett — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:02:17 MST

@Luke Plunkett: I'm not saying it sucks or that I won't buy it, I just think its seems very slow to me. I meantion the two fighters because there pace is what I like my fighting games to be and wish this was, and can be with tweaking.

geoffcbassett

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SolidOni_ds — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:36:47 MST

lokks aight

SolidOni_ds

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Witzbold — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:17:35 MST

Trust me the game isnt slow when you play it.

Its damned fun and cant wait to play the final build when they are done with it!

Gonna be trying to master Abel since hes a rather interesting character.

Witzbold

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huhwhat — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:25:37 MST

I see a lot of people here complaining about that the game is slow. I just played SF Alpha 3 on the PSP, and in terms of match time, SF IV is about the same as Alpha 3. What I think that is perceived as a lack of speed is the absence of a good motion blur filter that would convey a sense of speed.

Also, Ryu's isn't really ugly. It's sort of an intense look. I'd hate SF to walk the path of feminine male leads, which I'll look to Square Enix for my fill.

huhwhat

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trunker — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:13:10 MST

@thecactusman17:

I'm pretty sure Abel is a remodelled dyrun (the indian guy) from one of the 3d streetfighter, sounds and fights the same

more dyrun than ramone imo

trunker

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pjrcrc — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:44:40 MST

I'm having EX flashbacks...
maybe I'll go see my psychologist tomorrow.

pjrcrc

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Buddyluve — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:43:21 MST

They look like cave men, ken and Ryu and Abel Guile ALL of em'..

Buddyluve

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elronathon — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:14:54 MST

also to everyone saying this is as slow as the earlier incarnations of SF2 - drop the hyperbole. It's not. Play one of them and refresh your memory as to really how slow they were...

elronathon

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elronathon — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:07:40 MST

woohoo! still excited for this game.

only nerdy comment: they seem to 'snap' to ground really fast when taken out with a low attack...like gravity the gravity is way too strong. Presumably its been done to avoid juggling and whatnot but it seems like they fall far faster than on sf3.

elronathon

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DrLilo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:52:51 MST

Eeeh.... Just sort of.... Looks like Street Fighter. Nothing new, really...

DrLilo

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Bando — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:40:08 MST

OH SHI..

Vipers gots teh SUPER CAPTAIN CORRIDOR!!1

Not to sure if those extra flaming flip kick... thing are part of it or not, looks like they are, balls

How are some of you NOT seeing the dragon punches? Sheesh.

What's wrong with the face? Ryu's face sorta looks like blend of his SFIII likeness, that Gats/Guts fellow from Berserk, and Luke Smith. But yea, very SFIII-ish

@KeroseneClimax:

THANK YOU!

Now for some nit pick, because watching shaky cam footage of something in beta make you expert of it. Hurricane kicks seemed to be governed by moon gravity... and... ehhh... fuck it. Well, as for speed, meh, it appears as fast as one of the IIs, yall need to quit whoring Yun and Chun in 3rd strike :p

Q MA BOII!!!1

@thecactusman17:

"Abel looks suspiciously like a clone of Ramone from KOF as well."

lol! LOL!!1lOloLollo!!!

Bando

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UmeShoryu — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:32:29 MST

Gameplay looks fine to me, it only looks slow because this is the first time people have gotten a chance to play the game and don't really know anything about the mechanics. This is the same for all games. Watching newbies try to play Melee or MvC2, it's going to come off as slow too but those two games are anything but in the hands of a seasoned pro.

Besides, I don't think I saw a single dash cancel. Nor a dash in throw/tick throw. Lots of crouching roundhouses and jump-ins with early attacks though which is a very common tactic for newcomers to do in SF games.

Also, if you were to analyze the frame data in SF4, I bet moves are coming out just as fast as they did in ST and 3S. Same goes for the jump animations.

UmeShoryu

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GoonieGooGoo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:00:59 MST

It seems that Capcom has advanced the SF Engine to ...1999.

That gameplay looked so slow I felt like it was SF II....not even SF II Turbo or SF II CE....but the original SF II....

While I think that Capcom should have devoted their energy to a new IP......others will disgree and I'm sure some will purchase this based on nostalgia.

As its not like there are any arcades left in the US to play it, it'll register some sales....but with TEKKEN 6, SOUL CALIBUR 4, and VF5 already on home consoles and online multiplayer....what's the point??

GoonieGooGoo

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gophzero — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:49:49 MST

People here are pretty wrong about the speed, this is actually about 1.5 times the speed of 3rd strike(trust me I play it daily)and is more along the speed of CvS2. The only issue I have is that the damage seems a little higher than it should be. Though I'm not at all worried , this is still WIP and once it's done there will still be the arcade balancing period before it hits console.

gophzero

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AlKusanagi — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:34:28 MST

I'm heartbroken to say that this it looking more and more underwhelming the more I see of it. Bring on the KoF XII please.

AlKusanagi

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Anthropomancer — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:30:50 MST

Plays as bad as the screenshots looked. The fact that whoever was playing was a footsweep spamming idiot probably didn't help.
Oh and by the time gamevideos.com loads, SFV will be out.

Anthropomancer

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deathsyth8888 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:23:50 MST

@KeroseneClimax: Even with that stroll down memory lane, I still say SF4 Ryu is fugly. In all of the pictures from all of his other incarnations, his face is strong and toned. But From what I saw in those SF4 gameplay videos, his face is a very swollen melon sized muscle-head.

deathsyth8888

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Ecks — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:21:12 MST

I hope they add Cammy, never played Street Fighter III enough for suggestions from it.

Ecks

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y2kenjination — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:19:28 MST

@Napalm Death: According to the EGM article, they're still deciding on how fast they want to make the game. So expect to see several tweaks before the official release.

y2kenjination

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y2kenjination — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:18:03 MST

Ryu looks a little too cracked out for my tastes.

But omg that Chun/Crimson trailer is teh sex! :O Now where the hell is my Sakura!? >_<

y2kenjination

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kickass solo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:17:05 MST

wait...
is that evil ryu?

kickass solo

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ParadiseEve — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:14:31 MST

This game look amazing i just can't wait till it becomes a Public console release.

ParadiseEve

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j13 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:03:53 MST

Thank God for the Ryu vs. Honda video. I was scared to death about how slow it looked when I was watching the others. That one didn't look as sluggish and awkward. I want to check this out now. Oh, and their faces could use a fierce overhaul.

j13

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Genocyde — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:55:08 MST

I don't know what video you idiots were watching, but the Ryu player seemed just fine to me. He pulled off at least 3 dragon punches, one classic combo (Jump Kick > Low Forward > Fireball) and a Hurricane kick to show how the game moves fluidly, albeit a bit slow.

Still, the game is (from what I understand) so early in the dev stages that all these little quirks should be ironed out as the months go on. Everyone I know is being a big hater to the current direction it's taking, but I'm still hanging in there as an old school SF player (and shit I'll still play 3S over any SF any chance I get, Ibuki all day son).

Here's hoping they do the series justice, and from the looks of things, they're on the right track!

Genocyde

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thinkfreemind — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:54:16 MST

As someone who earlier complained about the speed, I stand by what I think. I have no doubt that they can fix it though and I realize that it is still too early to make final judgements on the game. As it stands now I am looking forward to SCIV more, but this game should be a lot of fun by the time it releases.

thinkfreemind

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darthmole12 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:53:36 MST

@ChiChi_BBQ: The EGM article said that there was dashing. My guess is the people playing weren't aware of it.

darthmole12

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OT79 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:44:10 MST

I rally have high hopes for this one and for KF XII,hopes both tuns great games,SF IV deserves to be flawless,at least gameplay looks good,about the speed,I believe Capcom gonna give us the option to change it.

OT79

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wiggatron — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:43:02 MST

3D = FAIL

This just looks like SFII running on the EX engine to me. God, I hope this looks better when it drops.

wiggatron

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WolfGod — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:38:39 MST

This looks good, can't wait to get some direct feed trailers. Viper is pretty cool so far

WolfGod

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Highlander Wolf — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:38:38 MST

From a distance... looks just like SF2

Highlander Wolf

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thecactusman17 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:36:54 MST

Looking at this stictly as a beta demo for the public, I'm cautiously optimistic that this will end up an excellent game with a bit of spit and polish.

Sadly, I must confirm prior suspicions: Crimson Viper looks like any number of King Of Fighters characters, and new character Abel looks suspiciously like a clone of Ramone from KOF as well. Which isn't to say they won't be fun to play, just that they are indeed only Pseudo-Street Fighters.

Animation is looking good aside from the occasional hiccup. I like the speed displayed for movement etc., but I'd like to see those moves tightened up a bit. Economy of movement, folks, is the first rule of any successful martial arts style. Too much movement tires you out and leaves you vulnerable if something goes wrong. Also, not everyone likes to play at ZOMG SUPER FAST LOLOL speeds.

We need to see some pro players take a crack at this to see how good it actually is.

thecactusman17

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futurebiblehero — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:35:06 MST

Capcom: "We're bringing a veritable orgy of models to your house tonight, buying everyone drinks and hiring Godzilla (the actual monster) for entertainment".

The internet: "Most of the models are brunette, I like King Kong better and I only drink imports".

futurebiblehero

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Mr.DuckSauce — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:34:48 MST

the animations from his low roundhouse kick is horrible, i rather them use the one from sf3 3rd strike. That low roundhouse kick animation is from street fighter ex and that animation was horrible.

Mr.DuckSauce

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108 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:33:47 MST

@108: kotaku put my disclaimer into your article before the uninformed non-fighting-game-players of the internet destroy this game's reputation

have some social responsibility damn it :(

108

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king_e_dawg — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:28:39 MST

Y'all want something to complain about, check out the new Samurai Shodown footage. Looks like a half-assed Soul Calibur rip-off.

king_e_dawg

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t0yrobo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:25:40 MST

My god the faces look even worse in motion, the gameplay looks solid though. i still can help but wish they had done some okami style outlines on the characters so they look more like the art, it's not like they're going to sue themselves over it.

t0yrobo

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josh924 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:23:11 MST

@josh924: After watching that Chun Li v Viper video, I guess the art direction isn't all bad. Still, I don't like how Ken, Ryu, Abel, and Guile look, but at least the rest of the characters look decent.

@KPrecise: Why are people complaining about Chun Li's legs? They look fine to me.

josh924

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Kenofthedead — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:21:17 MST

Quite right.

If you look at the original videos of people playing Street Fighter III Third Strike, it looked just as slow.
It wasn't until after the game came out that we got the fast and hectic 20 seconds is to long bouts.

Kenofthedead

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wana10 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:21:06 MST

ignore my first post...the other vids look awesome. great idea of the speed in the viper/abel vid and it looks fine. probably a bit more tweaking still to come anyway.

wana10

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Hrist — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:19:56 MST

Is it me, or does the animation seem a little bit stiff?

Hrist

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108 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:18:28 MST

Yeah, it does look slow, though I think that's because none of the people playing have any idea how the "saving" and parrying/speed-grappling system works.

In other words, Kotaku should put a disclaimer on this post: "Warning, these videos present people playing a deep and complex fighting game for the first time ever. In other words, they suck, therefore this footage does not represent what actual gameplay will look like when the game is actually completed, which is probably the precise reason that Capcom doesn't want people taking pictures or videos"!

108

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audesys — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:16:38 MST

this looks awesome. looks fast enough to me - probably faster than the original sfII. Can't have it too fast otherwise they can't bring out the turbo version ;)

audesys

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argh — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:15:36 MST

I hate gamevideos.com so much. It's pointless to even bother trying to share videos from their site. It's so unbelievably slow.

argh

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Thorax — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:12:13 MST

All those people who are complaining about the speed; It's a freakin work in progress. Also, wasn't Ryu always that fugly?

Thorax

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KeroseneClimax — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:12:00 MST

I can tell they modeled allot of Ryu's animations after his SFIII character sprite. His LK & HK lowkick timing, his spinkick animation; hell even the way he falls looks ripped from SFIII...just done a bit slower. It feels as though the animation fluctuates from fast (see fall animations, specials and EX moves) to slow (pretty much everything else). To the games credit, Ryu isn't a fast character to begin with, and the players aren't that great, so that too should be taken into consideration along with the fact that they are still testing the game. All in all, the game looks promising.

Also, are peoples memories so fickle? Ryu hasn't changed much. He's just in 3D. The same designer of SFIII is doing this, and because it's in 3D we can see facial animation and design quirks more clearly. Click below for a walk down memory lane shall we? [www.fightersgeneration.com] . If anything, SFIV Ryu looks like SF: The Animated Movie Ryu.

KeroseneClimax

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SpishackCola — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:11:24 MST

The falling animation after getting swept looks like something out of family guy. I mean, I know you fall kinda quickly when your legs get taken out from under you, but the first video (viper vs ryu) falling animations after a sweep attack seem almost instantaneous.

SpishackCola

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thisbeatisbadass — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:10:37 MST

Wow my god.. that Chun and C.Viper trailer was so badass lol. That little showcase of Blanka and E.Honda seemed kinda fast too, so I guess that does it for me.

thisbeatisbadass

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king_e_dawg — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:08:44 MST

"It's too slow! The jump angle should be 45 degrees, not 42! Why isn't anyone good playing! The art is bad! BOO-HOO!"

Jesus, you people are bringing me down more than this footage ever will. A year from now, this game will be all gravy, and when they announce SF5 in 2D, everybody will bitch about that, too.

king_e_dawg

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wana10 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:04:07 MST

this is moving at the speed of the first iteration of street fighter 2...why? why would capcom do that? i'm not saying they should make it as fast as mvc2 or anything but at least bring it up to sf3 speeds.

wana10

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DaCarver — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:03:50 MST

Im not sure what many are talking about the gameplay being slow. From the video of E. Honda vs Abel, the gameplay looks a bit like SF III. Its not super fast like the SF II Turbo games but this is good. Im really enjoying how the game is turning out.

The only thing I want to know is, where is Cammy?

DaCarver

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doctorwily — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:03:45 MST

Seems that the collision for the basics like jumping in or crossovers are still off, and so is the sweeping animation.

doctorwily

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TheCleaningGuy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:02:42 MST

Ok.
I want this.
Screw all previous complaints I had (except for Chun Li, fix her).

TheCleaningGuy

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josh924 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:02:38 MST

Ken and Ryu's face are both ugly in SFIV, IMO. I'm not quite sure about everyone else's faces, but if they've been worked on by the same artist or artists, they're probably not much better looking.

josh924

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mugenektr — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:01:32 MST

THIS GAME IS GOING TO BE SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cannot wait. going to buy it for 360 and PS3!

mugenektr

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Dick.Blake — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:59:08 MST

Looks like Street Fighter to me....

Dick.Blake

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FP Shindokie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:58:17 MST

OMG they saved the best one for last. Thats right i said ken is better. This game is going to be sweet. I don't know about the specials. It seems like it pauses or freezes the other opponent so they can't manage to dodge or block. I might be wrong. Game still looks hot.

FP Shindokie

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weasl — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:57:38 MST

Nice. Hoping the char roster is a bit bigger then just SF2 + a couple more though.

weasl

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KPrecise — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:57:30 MST

Things they need to fix... (in my opinion)

-Ryu's face

-Ryu needs to be taller (seemed kinda short compared to viper)

-Up the speed

-Tone down Chun Li's thigh's just a little

-Is it just me or is the hurricane kick animation really awkward looking?

KPrecise

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dead_red_eyes — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:50:19 MST

Also, if you look at the other videos (like Ryu v Honda for example) you will see that it seems to be a little faster.

dead_red_eyes

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sonofnone — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:49:15 MST

@ Luke:

No joke man.

As for the gameplay, it looks really sweet. Yeah, the speed needs tweaking and art could probably use a bit of detailing, but for a game that was just announced (though I'm sure it's been in development for quite a while) it's pretty amazing to see how great it looks so far. Considering all the obstacles that exist for a classic series moving from 2D to 3D, I think that Capcom has done tremendous so far. Can't wait for a hands-on.

sonofnone

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dead_red_eyes — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:47:58 MST

@geoffcbassett:

Also, you do realize that this game is not finished right? Right?

They'll work out the slow-ish gameplay folks. This is just beta, hell ... more than likely it's an alpha build. Give them some time guys, they'll get it straight. The series is in the hands of capable people after all.

dead_red_eyes

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rzac30 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:47:30 MST

Whooo! Glad to see it still retains the same good ol' Street Fighter flow. I was worried they were going to tinker with the camera while the game is going! Hadouken!!!

rzac30

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Sailorcancer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:46:09 MST

SLOW... I thought SF was supposed to be FAST

Sailorcancer

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Augustus — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:45:45 MST

I think Capcom needs a lesson from Nintendo how to take characters from 2D to 3D. They did an excellent job with Link, Mario, and even Samus (Retro Studios).

Augustus

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dowingba — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:45:15 MST

@MoogPaul: Wait. Can't you just make it so moves deal half the damage, instead of some arbitrary "bar fills twice" thing? This is like the whole Spinal Tap dilemma all over again.

"This one goes to 11!"

dowingba

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Signvm — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:44:06 MST

Is there a US release date for this game yet? Is this game out in Japan?

Signvm

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symphony_of_the_night — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:43:26 MST

I hate the animation , especially the jump and the low kick, horrible horrible, SF4 just went down in my wanted list...
but thank god there is KOF XII !

symphony_of_the_night

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Bisu — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:41:53 MST

It looks pretty good! this makes me want to play Tekken 6 so bad.

Bisu

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doctorwily — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:41:43 MST

I don't think the speed is the problem. I thought it had potential not sure anymore. Looks like the newer MK titles and those barely have the same collisions as the 2d incarnations.

But damn, it looks pretty great in motion. I'm guessing this will end up feeling like Rival Schools when it's done, so I'm still hyped. 3rd strike hopefuls look elsewhere.

doctorwily

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MountainCool — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:38:52 MST

That looks awesome, except for ryu's face lol

MountainCool

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Zwei Voltage — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:38:48 MST

To be honest, this game looks a bit slower than Third Strike. I'm not complaining, but I really hope that they can at least bring it up to TS's speed when the game is actually done.

Zwei Voltage

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Gunhaver — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:38:42 MST

Ryu needs to stay off the 'roids.

Also, there should be a mandate that gameplay footage should only be shot with halfway decent players. Seriously, bad play makes the game look bad.

Gunhaver

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MoogPaul — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:37:57 MST

Ryu seems real... heavy? for the lack of a better word. Seems kinda clunky. I'm actually surprised we are still sticking with this one bar life BS. Maybe it's just for the arcades... but I feel having the bar be filled at least twice is necessary for testing true skill in a fighting game. Anyone can get lucky causing such little amounts of damage.
In addition, I hope to see some sort of finishing moves. Moves that can only be done when the enemy only has like 5% health left. I feel like finishing moves/combos in that art style could look very impressive.

MoogPaul

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Niric — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:36:32 MST

It looks like fun - I'm looking forward to trying this street fighter. Still - given this video... It looks like a sweeping wins battle system so far. The range on their sweeps look huge. Not such good news there.

I guess we'll wait and see. It's hard to say with out seeing it and playing it in person.

I'll try any game once or twice at least.

-Niric

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dowingba — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:36:14 MST

So remember like a month ago when they said the game was 1% finished or something? Either this game has had the most ridiculously fast development cycle or they were BSing because to have a playable demo like that means it's pretty close to completion in my books.

dowingba

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dead_red_eyes — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:34:43 MST

@darthmole12: "The guy playing Ryu really, really sucks though."

Damn straight.

I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one that's disappointed by Ryu's face. Shit it way too bulky if you ask me. He looks like Zangief almost.

dead_red_eyes

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dirkxxdiggler — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:34:13 MST

Concerning the speed of the game, if you wait till the end of the clip you'll see links to other videos of the game which seem to run the action a bit faster.

dirkxxdiggler

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chiablo — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:33:34 MST

Wow, the animations look aweful.

What's with the long delay after he does a sweep kick or Hado-ken?

chiablo

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ChiChi_BBQ — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:32:54 MST

Gameplay is slow. Doesn't look like there's any dash. Jumps need more forward angle to them. Generally reminds me of the 3D King of Fighters series, which is bad news.

ChiChi_BBQ

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FP Shindokie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:32:46 MST

@Luke Plunkett: Come on Plunke you should know by now is the internet. You just can't please people if you offered them enough money to make them happy.

FP Shindokie

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celery — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:30:19 MST

@geoffcbassett: After Guilty Gear, I think people forgot slow fighters can be fun too =P

But yeah, there really needs to be a video of someone who's not terrible before we can tell anything about the gameplay. There's still plenty of time.

celery

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InEffectMode — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:30:04 MST

@Luke Plunkett: and sometimes you can't serve them logic sadly. i feel you.

InEffectMode

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InEffectMode — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:28:32 MST

@dirkxxdiggler: i saw a glimmer of Jolie when the shades were off, i'll try her out as I usually try the female fighters first

InEffectMode

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Luke Plunkett — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:27:26 MST

@geoffcbassett: Jesus, theres no pleasing some people. This is the first time THE PUBLIC HAVE PLAYED IT.

Luke Plunkett

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celery — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:27:14 MST

Models and animations are looking good (yeah ryu face is ryu lol), but I'm kinda put off by the generic particle effect they're using for... pretty much everything it looks like. Looks like they can only make blue and yellow particles too. Hopefully the other characters will have more distinguishing effects.

celery

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FP Shindokie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:26:32 MST

@YUYU: DUDE wtf? If your not impressed there isn't a need for something like meh? Post something insightful instead of meh. How about i think they need to fix this and maybe that but that's my opinion. we don't need that here. YARGH! *looks for dagger but remembers he isn't worth.

FP Shindokie

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geoffcbassett — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:24:53 MST

Way to slow for a fighter, can't hold a candle to Soul Calibur 2 and Guilty Gear X2. Oh how about a vid where someone actually is competent :P

geoffcbassett

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YUYU — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:24:22 MST

meh....

YUYU

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TheCleaningGuy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:23:59 MST

Needs some speed. I'm mostly okay with the art style by now.

TheCleaningGuy

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dirkxxdiggler — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:22:48 MST

Did I just see a bit of bounce in her bust at the end of that clip?

dirkxxdiggler

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daknight — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:21:57 MST

I agreed with people saying is slow. The game seem sluggish to me compare to other Street Fighters, the animation was good and fluid, just that the gameplay look slow.

daknight

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king_e_dawg — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:19:34 MST

"Fix the face! Fix the face!" How many messed up character portraits has this franchise produced BEFORE a number four was ever even announced? It doesn't need fixing, it's called "artistic variety."

king_e_dawg

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brello — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:15:13 MST

Seems kinda slow...too much SF2 Hyper Fighting, probably.

brello

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shiwasu — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:15:12 MST

@Korey: @bobafett356: @logicaldefense: @Mpalm.: @jive238:
Agreed.

shiwasu

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thinkfreemind — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:14:40 MST

^ Edit: Hopefully. Sorry.

thinkfreemind

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thinkfreemind — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:13:24 MST

I agree with others here, the gameplay seemed really slow to me. Heopfully they will hear about this from people on the floor and fix it, otherwise I'll be waiting for the Street Fighter 4 Turbo Hyper Championship Remix Edition.

thinkfreemind

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KeithCourage — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:13:23 MST

No shoryuken? Come on, I know the Ryu player was new but still, sweep sweep sweep wasn't a good showcase for me :(

KeithCourage

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Ruglia — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:11:48 MST

I feel it plays much like SFIII, but I'm no expert.

Ryu's face = Focused, intense fighter (it's them eyes that bother everyone), and really ugly as well, which I think it's awesome! Ugly heroes are quite rare.

Still I think that the portraits in Super SFII Turbo has been the best SF art every. You know, that one with pointy nose Ryu.

Ruglia

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thisbeatisbadass — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:10:42 MST

gameplay seems kinda... weird. Slower than 3s?

but DAMN Crimson Vipah *licks fingers, touches booty* TSSSS!!

thisbeatisbadass

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Marouku — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:10:06 MST

Ryu is resembling Steiner from FFIX.

That's not a good thing.

Marouku

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NeoAkira — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:09:01 MST

I agree with some people here, the game did seem a little slow-paced, but I thought the graphics were quite nice and went well with the game.

NeoAkira

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Erwin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:08:23 MST

I am pulling my hair in approval. This is quite a change in heart.
Fix that face though. Yikes.

Erwin

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Draconis — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:08:18 MST

I like her.

Draconis

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DaCarver — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:08:11 MST

Wow, I must say, even if the footage isnt great. The game looks great and sticks to its roots. Im loving it, and the new character surprising looks pretty awesome, even though I wasnt a big fan at first. Im actually surprised and glad its not changing so drastictly. I can't wait for this game to be released, I want it now!

DaCarver

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darthmole12 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:08:01 MST

Looks pretty cool to me. Speed seems pretty much what I'd expect from a Street Fighter game.

The guy playing Ryu really, really sucks though.

darthmole12

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My name changed for an unknown reason — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:06:32 MST

Faces still look retarded and the gravity looks intense.

My name changed for an unknown reason

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Furious_Liver — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:06:08 MST

Needs a large speed increase...

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PaJamieez — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:05:20 MST

Hmmm the game looks a little sluggish, I don't know if the person playing Ryu sucked, but it seemed as if he was trying to do dragon punch but ended up jumping a lot and throwing fireballs. I mean, can 3D fighters play well when they're "suppose" to be moving at the speed of a 2D fighter?

PaJamieez

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FP Shindokie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:04:32 MST

I think they made his face ugly to show what happens when you Street Fight. Lets just say you don't get any prettier!

FP Shindokie

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Knoxximus is RELOADING! — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:04:00 MST

I'm on board....sign me UP.

Knoxximus is RELOADING!

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Fierfaerie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:02:42 MST

It's strange to see the transition from 2D to 3D even though it's not really true 3D but....ah hell, you guys know what I'm talking about...

That having been said, I'm really impressed with the fluidity of movements and overall look, especially considering that it's coming from a shaky cell cam. Those jerks needed to get out of the way!

It still looks like old Street Fighter, and I really appreciate that. I'm so used to a 3D game moving around and following the characters, so it's really nice to just see a back-and-forth pan.

In a word: EEEEEEEE!!!!! (if you consider that a word and not an obnoxious, high pitched screech of delight)

Fierfaerie

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mossberg — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:02:31 MST

huh that does look pretty cool, lol at guile saying sonic boom at the end of the video

mossberg

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Mpalm. — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:01:55 MST

I don't know, i can't stand what they did with Ryu's face... he was one of my favorite characters too :( Now he looks... eek.

Mpalm.

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jive238 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:01:39 MST

It looks a bit slow, the action that is. Also Ryu's face=FUGLY

jive238

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logicaldefense — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:01:37 MST

Ryu looks like a non-green Hulk.

logicaldefense

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Krackatoa — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:00:37 MST

I think it looks fine, but I've experienced the rigors of 3D modelling and game design, my standards are probably lower than that of other people.

Looks sveet.

Krackatoa

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:59:04 MST

The gameplay itself looks excellent, but I have one issue.

From the opening scene, it's quite damn obvious that she's a NMH tribute.

While that would make a cool Secret character, it shouldn't be a serious one.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

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bobafett356 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:57:55 MST

Yeah his face looks pretty horrid. Also, no dragon punch? wth?

bobafett356

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Ping5000 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:57:40 MST

That looks good.

Ping5000

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Korey — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:56:53 MST

They seriously need to fix Ryu's face.

Korey