[Multiplatform] Street Fighter 4 - For some reason they're still putting in characters other than Ken

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

360 controller viability for a Street Fighter game is approximately none. Unless you enjoy being high frustrated by controllers and wish to feel like smashing yours on a regular basis. For example, a comment I made elsewhere on my attempts to use the 360 pad for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix:

Seconding these comments. I can't tell you how many times I've looked fucking silly, punching in the air as my opponent closes in and capitalizes on my OBVIOUS failure to perform hadoukens/shoryukens. Consistently.

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Pads with SSFIIHD plates coming?


Shameless taken from SR and first from CU which was then taken down.

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Street Fighter IV CE changed. Now with more awesome:

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1. The game (duh)
2. A limited-edition (ie., not sold anywhere else) figurine – Ryu in the PS3 box, C. Viper hotness in the 360 flavor. Decisions, decisions...
3. Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind: a 65 minute anime movie -- created by Studio 4C -- that sets up the story of SFIV by explaining events post-SFII. BluRay disc in the PS3 box! The Xbox version is a 360 game disc that outputs the movie at 720P, not a DVD.
4. A mini-strategy guide from Prima, written by the same people doing the full-on guide and illustrated by Udon Comics
5. CD soundtrack. Rock SFIV stage chunez in your car!
6. …Plus some secret additional downloadable content that we’re not quite ready to reveal at this point. Look for more announcements soon!

Ugh. I'mma be spending like $300 on this damn game.

How ya doing, buddy?

Really cool interview with community manager and some footage here:
1UP Show 12/19/08 Street Fighter 4 Preview KeyStone Arcade Pro Player Matchup Video Gameplay Trailer from GameVideos

I'm getting really excited for this game. I can't lie. I was really lukewarm when this was first announced/shown but I'm completely sold, day one, at this point.

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Originally Posted by Rotorblade

Too bad we couldn't cheat the system with the arcade stick and PS3's open USB with the latest controllers. Try not to freak out when you run into thousands of Rufus players online, guys.

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Is rufus turning to be amazing or something?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Rotorblade

He's always been really good, it's just worth noting now to folks who haven't really been following arcade play and such. He has the best punishment move in the game (EX Messiah Kick), you'll be seeing a lot of him depending on how you play this game. I really don't care, I play as Guile come hell or high water, but it's something I feel should be pointed out.

Haha. I'm a ken guy all the way but I'm EXTREMELY interested in C. Viper and If I end up digging how she plays as much as I do her character design, I'll have a new character.
Edit: First match in this set is Rufus vs Zangief. Rufus seems a lot faster than I thought he'd be:

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Originally Posted by Rotorblade

She'd be pretty tough to pick up now. She's nerfed to the point of having to work ten times as hard for damage that other characters get for less effort. Unless you feel like being completely different from everyone else, you might want to reconsider before leaping into some hefty frustration. One thing I've noticed about Viper matches is that all it takes is finding a good one and then watching the consecutive set of matches afterward to see how easy it is to figure out and snuff out her game plan.

Fire Kick wake up games (easy cross up) and baiting shockwave juggle into Fire Kick is just not my idea of a good character. They really should have left her the stuff she had in the earlier builds.

I'll be getting this for the PS3 for sure, so you'll have some competition, Shen.

PS: Ken is gay

Yeah, after lurking SRK and various other places more I found that out. I'm not too worried since I don't plan on getting too competitive..it still sucks a bit. I've also noticed in all the tournament vids etc, everyone seems to be sticking to 4 or so characters. Rufus, Ken, Bison an Zangief.

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How is Abel fairing? I've barely seen anything on him. I really don't think I'm gonna give up on Viper. I've all but decided Ken and her are going to be my mains.

Some new SFIV action figure shots:
http://youbentmywookie.com/news/neca...re-images-2575

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Originally Posted by Rotorblade

Abel holds up pretty well. I mean, if you're wondering how he's fairing overall, all characters have their shitty match ups, but he seems pretty good overall. I read that they lowered the damage on his rekka chains, which seemed unnecessary. Just play who you're going to play, just be aware of what you're walking into. Saves you the frustration and keeps you focused on what you need to do to win. I guess I wanted to give the warning about Viper because I've only seen and heard bad things about her since the arcade balancing started happening.

I definitely appreciate the heads up. Reading up more on it to educate myself haha. Biggest gripe seems to be the fact that her normals do shit damage and her ultra hard to chain and recovery from it is too slow.

I have not felt this excitement for a SF game since 2 haha. With the way 09 is looking, This and Skate 2 will be my time sinks.

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Just reaffirming the quality of the Tournament Edition Stick (already pre-ordered):

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OXM reviewed SFIV:

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Online play is really where Street Fighter IV will really shine. The whole game is clearly weighted toward Live competition; the more you play, the more titles and icons you unlock to show off to other people in the multi-player lobby. That's really no surprise since SF has always been about human competition, and Live is clearly the next evolution of player match-ups. We also liked the ability for anyone on our friends list to challenge us in the middle o our match-as if they walked up next to us in the arcade and dropped in a quarter.

Conclusion: It should make Capcom proud as well as every fighting gamer proud. Street Fighter IV says we can be trusted with our own legacy, that you can respect the past while living in the present day, and that sequels –even highly anticipated ones with a legion of passionate fans-don’t have to stink.

Street Fight IV 9.5
+ Does the Impossible: Preserves the past, embraces the future.
+ Fantastic art direction..
-Anime sequences don’t add much to the experience
? Seth, have you met Dr. Manhattan?

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Originally Posted by Rotardblase

Watching those matches, it's very apparent that the ones where Viper wins are against players who have no clue what they're doing, so keep that in mind. When I see Rufus do an EX Messiah Kick with Ultra Meter and not pull off that juggle to win the round, it doesn't so much speak well for the Viper player as it does speak poorly for the Rufus player.

I saw her Ultra get blocked against a whiffed Rufus Ultra and I think I hate that even more. It's such a useless move in a family of character moves that are supposed to be anything but.

Thats some of the problems people have with her. She's just not balanced well at all. Her defense is low, her attacks weak and her ultra is hard to connect and the recovery from it is too slow.

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Originally Posted by Mo0

When it comes to English voice acting, Street Fighter has only one direction to go as a series, and that's up.


Way, way, up.

Why are you trying fuck up this thread bringing that garbage in here Mo0?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Did you see the Guile combo vid Rotor? Thought you'd appreciate it. It's long and starts off slow but still:
EDIT: Fuck, I'm drunk. You just posted that.

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I can finally see what omagnus sees in Cammy. That was really cool.

FELIPE NO

Gen and Rose's ultras are...hilariously bad.

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Ars Technica spent some time with pads as well:
Mad Catz six button gamepad: the ultimate d-pad has arrived

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I'm not sure if they ship to Canada Skills but you might want to try the wait list on Lizard Lick Amusements - Arcade Machines and Arcade Machine Parts. The guy who runs it actively posts on SRK and it's pretty trust worthy (a lot of custom stick makers buy their parts from there if they don't need to import). MC seems to be dropping hints of a possible reprint though so still keep your head up (or at least, they're beating around the topic). Managed to get my pre-order in at amazon mid December.

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Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

So GT has a new trailer up which demonstrates all the English voice artists for SFIV. All I'm going to say is that I'll be switching pretty much most of them back to the Japanese VA once I unlock it (except maybe some of the English speakers and a couple of others, like Zangief).

Cammy's English voice is still <3 though.

Trailer linky: Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - Exclusive Story Trailer HD

Yeah, Seth's, Cammy's, Zangief's and C.Viper's are the only decent ones. Abel's sounds alright but so god damn boring, like his va was uninterested. I'm really liking Seth's. Dan's of course, is just hilarious because they went with the most effeminate voice they could find.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well it doesn't matter at first anyway. Don't we have to beat the game atleast once before we get the option to pick for each character?

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I was speaking idiomatically.

Shenanigans for the most part, always work on Seth. His pattern basically comes down to yoga punch/spam fireballs if you're at a distance with teleports thrown in. Up close he's going to DP and Teleport SPD the shit out of you so be ready for that. If you're quick you can actually punish him if he teleports behind you.



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