“No, Blanka! Not the Head Bite!”
Poop on you, E3. It’s not like we needed your boring old statistics, anyway. The games are the real champions of the show, and Kombo.com has a nice hands-on of Capcom’s Street Fighter IV.
Bonus trailer with chatty Street Fighter bitches that need to get on IRC!
Lucas DeWoody, who has a pretty adorable last name, wrote in his fighter’s log:
“The moment you hit the joystick you will be right at home. Yes, everything is all new: new engine, new visual style, new characters, but the moment the announcer yells “FIGHT!” you’ll know what to do (forward roll + punch = hadoken. Back two seconds; forward + punch = flying sumo head-butt). Nothing has changed mechanically.”
Know what I’m gonna do as soon as I get this game? Bust out Guile, bitches.
“Street Fighter IV took some time to get there, but at this point it’s safe to say that this is the most bold, beautiful, and complete 2D fighter in forever. Even with the limited selection of characters on the show floor, it’s plenty deep enough to satisfy the hardcore tourney player (the new Focus fighting system), but welcoming enough to bring back that old school 35 years old Bison player who only remembers how to Psycho Driver back and forth the whole match thanks to familiar controls. It’s probably the first fighting game since the golden age that has the ability to cater to both audiences. “
Behold, the sexy trailer:
(Images copyright Capcom)
I’m seeing a lot of invincibility frames, and some neat headgames. Still, the title of boldest and most beautiful fighter will remain Guilty Gear in my heart. At least until I can get my hands on this thing and decide for myself.
I’ve never played Guilty Gear so I cannot comment. But I hear it’s fantastico.
It’s hard to suppress my rabid fan instincts when it comes to fighters and not rant for hours about the system and the balance and playability. I’ll be strong and limit myself to this:
Any game that bases one of the main protagonists on FREDDY MERCURY /has/ to be hardcore.