For whoever still hasn't already bought this game, AusGamers' in-depth review of Street Fighter IV is now online. Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and the gang are all back in their first true sequel since 1997's Street Fighter III.
This really is one of those games that will serve as a the new benchmark for the genre.
Read on for a detailed list of reasons why this game should be in your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 right now.
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Posted 06:35pm 27/2/09
i disagree, i like how they kept it old school and didnt even bother trying to do the lip sync... and i like the old school manga sort of cut scenes, its street fighter not some fancy ass tekkon 6 or something
Posted 06:49pm 27/2/09
Even playing this with the original Japanese audio might be better.. Possibly more authentic.
Posted 09:55pm 27/2/09
Posted 10:08pm 27/2/09
An arcade controller is going to do the job better for the pros. but for the average player the 360 pad is just fine (haven't tried PS3 as yet so can't comment).
Posted 03:55am 28/2/09
I didn't like at first it but i must say it has grown on me. "In..de....structable... na na na na nana nooo nooo nooo". For some reason i prefer the Japanese version of it too. Also sif set in game audio to english, they all sound like a bunch of american f*****s. Though I reckon it'd be cool if both players on live (or PSN) could hear each other's selected in game audio language, e.g. my kick ass mean Jap speaking sagat vs his americanised freedom fries eating homo sagat.
As for controls I tried the analog stick and I think it works but it feels too loose compared to the Dpad, and for some reason i don't trust when it comes to combos.
Dpad will end up giving you a sore thumb. i find especially hard trying to consistently pull off moves using Dpad + LB and LT just because they're on the same side of the controller. It really is a b**** of a thing and its frustrating knowing you couldn't win a match because you couldn't pull off the move that would've KO'd your opponent.
last edited by MatchFixer at 03:55:03 28/Feb/09
Posted 09:25am 28/2/09
Posted 11:17am 28/2/09
I'm so f*****g pissed off though, this morning I was playing through arcade mode to unlock gouken.. This one is f***ed right, you gotta have 2 perfect rounds, 3 ultra combos (this is all before you play Seth).. After you beat seth you have to play Gouken himself, and you can't lose any rounds at all... So when I did all that bulls***, I beat Seth amazingly first go, I then had a f*****g instaboner and was waiting in anticipation to take on Gouken, then the f*****g credits came up.. I was like wtf!! I then realised I missed the part where it says you have to do it with Akuma :/
last edited by Martz at 11:17:58 28/Feb/09
Posted 11:53am 28/2/09
Though the perfects and the ultra combos aren't hard to get. If you miss getting a perfect just go for the ultra combo and even if you miss out on a round for both you'll still have one up your sleeve against your rival.
I pretty much got perfects against Akuma, gouken and even Seth in an attempt to unlock those 2 fuqqers, and i'm no expert by an means.
last edited by MatchFixer at 11:53:01 28/Feb/09
Posted 01:45pm 28/2/09
last edited by Martz at 13:45:23 28/Feb/09
Posted 01:25pm 28/2/09
You don't have to do it with Akuma. I did it with Bison, doing exactly what Martz mentioned. You just have to have finished arcade mode with Akuma once before hand (doesn't matter how many continues or anything you use).
Posted 02:11pm 28/2/09
Are you sure?? see here:
http://spicytunas.com/2009/02/unlocking-characters-in-street-fighter-4/
Posted 02:19pm 28/2/09
Edit:
Does this mean the combo has to KO the opponent??
last edited by Martz at 14:19:03 28/Feb/09
Posted 02:44pm 28/2/09
Posted 02:53pm 28/2/09
I'm absolutely sure, it's how I unlocked him. To begin with, I just did it with Bison, without first playing as Akuma. Gouken came up at the end, and I beat him, but he didn't unlock. I then played through arcade as Akuma (not worrying about getting perfects or ultras or anything), then did it again as Bison. Gouken Challenged me again, I beat him, and he unlocked. That massive list of stuff you just posted seems overly complicated. Just do what I did and it'll work.
Posted 04:16pm 28/2/09
Posted 06:45pm 28/2/09
Also, I just noticed, JB hifi is selling more of the tournament sticks on their website, but the shipment doesn't come in till mid june :(
Posted 07:11pm 28/2/09
Posted 09:04pm 28/2/09
Some definite profiteering going on right now.
Posted 11:01pm 28/2/09
http://www.gamesmen.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=23233
Posted 12:06am 01/3/09
On very easiest it's not an intensely difficult feat. There are a few special moves that the computer hardly ever blocks on very easiest. Bison's pyscho crusher and heavy kick slide were the most consistent I found but I suck at Bison's Ultra so I unlocked Gouken using Ken.
Posted 12:51am 01/3/09
I tried what you said Midda but didn't work :/
last edited by Martz at 00:51:00 01/Mar/09
Posted 01:55am 01/3/09
Weren't CD wow selling the non TE fight sticks for 160 at one stage? they don't seem to have them on their website anymore for some reason..
last edited by MatchFixer at 01:55:53 01/Mar/09
Posted 01:57am 01/3/09
Posted 01:58am 01/3/09
Posted 02:34am 01/3/09
And yeah, I was dubious of the pad too, but after reading some reviews of it, it sounds like it suffers none of the problems of the 360 pad. And I'm desperate, because short of paying the ridiculous asking prices for sticks people are selling on ebay, or spending upwards of $300, theres no other alternatives. All the madcatz sticks, of all kinds, are sold out till late march/april, and even the shipment that comes in then, is probably all pre-ordered and pre-allocated by now (at least play asia's are, I would assume its no different elsewhere).
No stores I've asked at have any plans to stock them in Australia either, which to me just seems baffling, theres obviously a demand for them (when I asked the JB hi-fi guy about them he said he'd had heaps of people asking the same question).
Posted 03:30am 01/3/09
explain?
wanna see crazy???
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Hori-Real-Arcade-Pro-EX-Xbox-360-neu-Street-Fighter-4_W0QQitemZ140303720369QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPC_Viedeospielzubeh%C3%B6r?hash=item140303720369&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
plus shipping, I can't believe so many people have bid so much.. When will noobs ever learn to bid in the last few seconds :/
This part of the pad looks really difficult to do combo's with, I canjust imagine how sore your thumbs would get practising combo's:
last edited by Martz at 03:30:40 01/Mar/09
Posted 11:29am 01/3/09
If i was to get a stick it'd be this one from CD WOW for around 160, which is only $40 more than that fight pad (but they seem to have sold out):
Even then i'd be going halves with my mate cause he doesn't have an xbox 360 yet and i'd be
happyforced to share until we buy another stick.Posted 11:33am 01/3/09
Posted 11:43am 01/3/09
(hurry up with the stimulus package krudd lolza)
Posted 11:43am 01/3/09
The only thing I've had really annoy me with the controls is sometimes when I go to do Ryu's ultra combo, he keeps doing Shoryuken, which is kind of annoying.
Well, I don't know why, because I had no issues at all unlocking him. If you've already beaten arcade mode with Akuma, just get Bison and slide kick your way to victory, getting 2 perfects and 3 ultra finishes without losing. That's seriously all I did.
Posted 11:48am 01/3/09
Well, play asia has some more coming in March (no exact date, just says March), but it also says that they've already sold all the ones they're getting then. Other places are talking April as the time new ones are coming in, and then after that, theres apparently another run coming in around June.
Posted 12:21pm 01/3/09
yeah that's what I did last night, 1 x perfect, 3 x ultra finishes and 5 x first attacks, fought gouken and owned his arse... (you probably did the 5 first attacks without even knowing.)
Posted 12:31pm 01/3/09
Posted 12:33pm 01/3/09
Posted 01:44pm 01/3/09
:(
I wonder if there's some sort of console/controller hack mod out there somewhere...
last edited by MatchFixer at 13:44:32 01/Mar/09
Posted 01:31pm 01/3/09
But yeah, the reason the hori's and the mad catz SF4 ones cost a lot more, is because they use good quality (arcade quality for the most part) sticks and buttons.
Posted 01:42pm 01/3/09
haha, i didn't even notice that, but it looked just so polished..
Posted 02:04pm 01/3/09
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Posted 06:51pm 01/3/09
Posted 08:13pm 01/3/09
RRAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Posted 12:13am 02/3/09
true.. lucky I got that second one by accident then eh :P
Posted 10:47am 03/3/09
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Posted 12:10pm 07/3/09
Raging Demon heading your way soon, so add me: Cemax
edit: xbox360
Posted 06:34pm 07/3/09
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Posted 10:44pm 08/3/09
For those who have it on PS3, add me and lets have a few rounds: martz83
Posted 12:25am 09/3/09
Classic Ryu vs Sagat rival matches is hours of fun.
Need more QGL newbs, Khelzor?
last edited by MatchFixer at 00:25:20 09/Mar/09
Posted 10:41am 09/3/09
felt like they have noobified controls, was way too easy to get out my dragon punches, im used to having to work hard to get em out:
was definately fun though
Posted 11:29am 09/3/09
Posted 11:40am 09/3/09
I've never really been a huge Street Fighter fan, but even I've gotten into it. I really enjoy it.
I've found online matches to be completely unplayable, because it doesn't seem that there's any way to limit match searches to Australia. It's really f*****g annoying.
Posted 01:13pm 09/3/09
Yeah, I haven't played online much, but I might start having a few games this week, give everyone a new punching bag to beat up.
Posted 02:17pm 09/3/09
Also remember the SNES Version of Super Street Fighter 2 which had a local tournament mode for up to 8 players? I think all home versions of Street Fighters should have that! Also would be nice to have a way of somehow remembering a profile/players custom config if there are 3+ people playing on a local Xbox.
The Shoruken pack is good for Ryu & Dan, playing against people using Akuma's Alternate though goes against their entire art style of highlighting an attacks contact point with this stupid big arse rope on his back
/end whine
Other than that, it's a great game & worth the money. I just gotta learn to remember how fast Matchfixer's Tiger Knee is :)
Posted 03:04pm 09/3/09
Posted 03:08pm 09/3/09
Posted 09:46pm 09/3/09
I've even noticed a lot more Ryu players than Ken with this one. Ryu seems to chain the combos better and is just a well rounded solid character all round.
Posted 12:53pm 10/3/09
I'm getting better with Chun-Li too, she seems to be pretty effective, though I'm limited to playing against the AI and my incompetent mates. I really need to get my missus playing it so I have someone to present a challenge. I'm not that good by any means, but my mates are terrible! =P
Posted 03:20pm 10/3/09
I'm getting my ass handed to me all the time though - goddamit!
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Posted 05:57pm 14/3/09
Just busted it out for the first time and played through arcade mode with Sakura. Previously, with the xbox controller, I couldn't get past the 3rd or 4th (or sometimes 2nd) person in medium, and couldn't get past about the 4th or 5th on Easy, and to even get that far I had to use continues.
With the fightpad, played using Sakura on easy, smashed every opponent up till Seth without having to continue once, and beat Seth after only a couple of attempts. And when I did beat him, it was a clean sweep, he didn't win a round.
Ultras and Supers go off perfectly, exactly when I want them to, no more frustrating losses cos I'm sitting there trying to pull off an ultra that never comes. Every special move I did came off perfectly, I never accidentally jumped or crouched or did some random movement that wasn't intentional, every time I f***ed up it was purely because of my noobness, the controller was doing absolutely everything I told it to perfectly.
While the dpad looks like a larger version of the 360 dpad, it feels nothing at all like the 360 dpad. They call it a "floating" dpad on the box, and thats exactly what it feels like, it doesn't feel all stiff and s***** like the xbox one, it feels smooth and awesome but at the same time very tactile, not loose and mushy. It took a little bit of getting used to, because its significantly bigger than the xbox one, you really have to move your thumb around it, you can't just sit your thumb on it and tilt, but once I got the hang of it (which only really took the first couple of rounds), it was far far superior.
All up, I got no regrets, was worth every dollar and its reinvented the game for me, its turned what used to be a frustrating experience into a hell of a lot of fun.
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False
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