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Street Fighter IV, Thou Hast Forsaken Me

April 24, 2009 in Blog comments 18

Street Fighter IV has been perhaps the most anticipated fighting game in history. But Capcom, for financial reasons, deviated from the SFIII fighting system by removing the parry. Sure, it's mainstream friendly now...and it's also blasphemous.

They removed the parry system, the single greatest fighting game mechanic in the history of the genre. Street Fighter III was a miserable financial failure, so Capcom had to make a more mainstream-friendly fighting game. The parry system was wickedly hardcore, so that got axed.
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    Drago Shi Apr 24, 09
    freakin ken spammers and stuff turned me off from the game


    Soulcalibur 4 is betta anyway
    • 0
      Storm Apr 25, 09
      SCIV is a completely different fighter though.

      Meh, the parry system was decent, but yeah, more people loved SFII...hell there's like ten different versions of SFII.
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      iLLmatic Apr 25, 09
      Soul Calibur IV is trash. They watered it down for rookies.
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      Shinobi_razor Apr 25, 09
      SC4 doesnt come close to SF4. 2D fighting kicks the shit out of 3D fighting any day. just ask anyone. 3D fighting is for ppl with Downs Syndrome or short attention spans.
      • 0
        Drago Shi Apr 25, 09
        Jeez guys, my opinion was that SCIV is better then SFIV.

        *coughwhichistrueuncough*
        • 1
          Shinobi_razor Apr 25, 09
          well your opinion is wrong, ok?

          WRONG!!!!!!!
        • 0
          RabidChinaGirl Apr 25, 09
          It's okay, Drago Shi, I believe you.
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          Tiger of Wu Apr 25, 09
          SC4 = moar boobage.

          I completely understand.
        • 0
          Storm Apr 26, 09
          Brilliant, Shinobi.
          We can always compare/contrast characters from both games, then it'd be like the same material, only one with projectiles and one with weapons. Maxi, for instance, can be taken up by Fei Long players...their Critical Finish/Ultra are quite similar.
        • 0
          Shinobi_razor Apr 27, 09
          oh yeah i forgot SC4 has more boobs. although i could always just play DOA Beach Volleyball...

          but i must say Ivy's got some great knockers.
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    Smoke Apr 24, 09
    This just in: Capcom is planning to release a Parry System DLC update for the low price of $20!
  • 1
    iLLmatic Apr 25, 09
    Financial reasons? That doesn't even make sense. The game is a throwback to Street Fighter II. I would expect some changes from Street Fighter III, but it's far from blasphemous. It's a great game as it is. Additionally, it's inevitable that we'll see SFIV: 2nd edition, 3rd, whatever. By "lacking" some features now, Capcom allows themselves some wiggle room for future iterations of the game.
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      Shinobi_razor Apr 25, 09
      and i bet the extra Editions or whatever will be released as DLC for the game on XBLA and PSN for like $15 each.
      • 0
        Tiger of Wu Apr 25, 09
        Nah. Not their style. They'll just add the little differences and release whole new games.

        'Street Fighter IV Alpha: Now with armpit hair.'
        • 0
          Shinobi_razor Apr 27, 09
          Capcom should have realized that that never works too well with console games. it might work at arcades, but they can just replace old games with the new versions. only die hard Capcom nuts and idiots would buy a new version of the same game.
        • 0
          Tiger of Wu Apr 27, 09
          The majority of Street Fighter players are hardcore Capcom nuts and idiots... mostly the latter, something which is evident when you play online.
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          Shinobi_razor Apr 27, 09
          im a pretty big Capcom fan but im not gonna pay retail for essentially the same game.
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          Tiger of Wu Apr 27, 09
          A lot of people said they wouldn't pay for extra costume (not saying you have, of course, but a lot of people who have did say they wouldn't).

          In hindsight though I can see them putting the alpha and 2nd editions and what have you in Arcades, and then when they have enough additional content to justify a release to the sales team they'll come out with SuperStreetFighterIVTurdo4DPsycadellicMind*bleep*Remix.

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