Super Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360)
Super Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360) Reviews
SSF4 is a great game. In my opinion, vanilla SF4 was a very flawed game with many imbalances. This new game fixes many of the flaws and adds a ton of extra content. With all the changes combined with the low price point, I highly recommend this game.
Love it. It will be a classic. SF4 with more. If you played SF4 and liked it this will be liked as well. But don't expect much more content. Some new moves, some new characters, but other than that it is the same game.
The new chars are great. Worth it just for the new chars.
This game was too much for DLC. It contains ten new characters, new stages, tweaks to all existing characters, new modes, a new engine, and every character got at least one new move. I'm not going to say that the game is more balanced. It's too early to tell, but it does retain the feel of SFIV.
Still, there are things that are different. I've already noticed that the arc of my jumping hk with Ken is different. Also he feels overall more powerful. The new characters can really put some hurt on (Dudley especially). These new balances change the strategy of the game some (I still don't use jumping hk much; mk is just much easier to combo off of). The timing of the moves is different. I can connect with combos I couldn't connect with before. So, the game has changed in subtle, but substantial, ways for returning characters. These tweaks amount, not to an expansion, but almost a new game.
The new modes are fun. It's easier to find good matches. The replay channel is a great way to spend time. If you just want to chill with some pizza, it lets you see good gameplay, save it, manipulate it, and whatnot, while providing more passive entertainment. I haven't gotten to try things like team battle, but I suspect that they will be just as well done.
Basically, this is SFIV on steroids and corrects some of its problems. Did you like SFIV? Then this game is for you. If you didn't like it, then you probably won't like SSFIV either. If you were on the fence, give it a whirl. It's basically a whole new game for the price of an expansion. It's easily worth the price.






