Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

40 to 100 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Best in series"

I've been playing Street Fighter since it came out on SNES. I played SF2, SF2Turbo, SuperSF2, I've been through Alpha, SF3 and here I am. It really feels like the first SF2. The same joy that rise in my guts is there when playing SF4. Fortunately, Capcom has revamp the look of the game to feel more like a 2009's game than a 1992's game.

Of course, it's in the arcade that SF had made its success back in the beginning of the 90. I got almost the same feeling playing SF4, when you're fighting is interrupted by ''a new challenger''. This new guy is not beside me, but somewhere in the world and he can reach my game through out the web.

Yes the characters are in 3D, but it plays in 2D. The visual are still funny, with some ''jokes'' with the people in the background, falling, yelling and acting in a funny way. The charge move bring some chinese ink in the fight, which bring a bit of artistic touch.

The sound is great, while fighting in the alley, there was a dog that was barking, really feels like it was outside of home!!!

Everything is good, except if you wanna improve and perform the best combo there is to do, I felt like I needed to purchase an arcade stick.

Still, though, I was able to kick some ass online. But, it's a game that you need to keep practicing. I didn't play for 1 month. After that time, I thought I had to start all over again, I wasn't able to pull those moves so easily. I had to play a few hours to feel that I was gaining back my skills.