How’s that Super Street Fighter 4 grinding going? If you haven’t bought the game already, then you’re going to be hard-pressed to convince your fellow SF fan you’re a fighting gamer…Although, I’m sure you can come up with a legitimate excuse like poverty, availability, and nerfs…
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Yet, regardless if you’re still playing SF4, or you’ve already made that transition to Super, the Davis and Sacramento crew’s experiences may prove useful. Impressions of SSF4, character analysis, interests and disappointments in the new characters, speculation on the top 4 characters, and a pinch of whining—all of that will be revealed in this Super Street Fighter 4 article!
Q1) What are your general impressions of SSF4? How do the overall gameplay changes affect the game and balance?
Thxyoutoo:
The game speed makes it a little more interesting. Nerfs to shoryukens make it a lot more of a rushdown type of game, but that’s not to say turtling won’t be powerful. I really like the choice between the two ultras. While in most cases characters want to use their original, others will find that picking an ultra will depend on certain matches and character situations… Also, I feel that the new characters aren’t that good. They’re kind of like the vanilla console characters—they are undeveloped compared to the arcade characters. Their normals aren’t very good outside of T-Hawk. Though in this game, Capcom improved normals and nerfed specials, so there’s a lot more incentive in the ground game because of the ability to link to untechable knockdowns. A lot of characters can now jab to sweep (Ken), and even the characters that could before have more frame advantage in their links. Balrog’s standing jab seems to have an additional + 2 frames, so the link for standing jab to crouching roundhouse seems to be easier. Disclaimer: Or Thxyoutoo is just that good.
On the other side of the spectrum, 200yen shows his dislike for the changes.
200yen:
I think the game itself is not well-made. Capcom just reduced all the damage. The game takes forever compared to vanilla. If you have the best patience and endurance, then you will be the best player. Play a character that fits that style—which is Boxer and Guile, in my opinion—and give a lot of people trouble.
Q2) Who was your main character in SF4, and how do the changes (if any) affect his/her style in Super?
Popo187:
Honda was my main. I would say that Honda in this game seems pretty much unchanged. He feels a little blockier, just from general flow. His ultra II is not good (they can jump out of it). I don’t feel right now, from what I’ve seen, that it’s valuable. I know that they at least buffed ultra I. However, because Honda is unchanged, his damage is the same, so he will be a good character. For any obscure character, it takes a special someone to bring him out from mediocrity like Akimo from Japan. His patience is out of this world—it’s what wins him the game. Thing about SF4 is it’s the person who plays patiently that wins the matches: you have to know your options, you have to know your character, and you have to be confident. Everything seems like it’s more or less the same with Honda. My sub was Guile. He’s a lot stronger than he used to be. I think he’s going to be a top contender in Japan (when Super is released in arcades). His sonic booms are a lot faster. His forward medium kick covers a lot of ground; it’s going to be a really good poke. In SF4, it wasn’t any good at all, but in this game, it made it go longer and faster, it’s probably better than his standing roundhouse. It has a little bit of startup, but once you have control, it’s a frame trap.
Noticing a trend in “unchanged means good,” I asked the same question to Thxyoutoo.
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