12.28.2007
It's almost been 10 years since Capcom released Street Fighter III: Third Strike. A large part of me had figured the series was dead. After all, how many companies ignore a major piece of intellectual property for that long in the gaming business?
The good news is that the core gameplay has stayed strictly 2D, which is a major win for longtime fans of the franchise. Considering that every fighting game that has garnered decent sales in the last 10 years has been in 3D, fans should really stop complaining now. It's amazing the development group even got this approved by the suits at Capcom.
The amount of message boards that are filled with hate towards the character design and artwork in Street Fighter 4 bewilders me. How can we even complain? We're getting SF4 and it's in 2D. Weren't those the two major things we asked for in the first place? I'd agree the characters in still shots look slightly off, but the game is over a year from release. Surely this type of reaction isn't going to encourage MORE videos in the near future, and that's unfortunate.
Watching the video is enough to sell me on it at this point. Whether you like the artwork or not, the gameplay is clearly 100% Street Fighter. And isn't that what really counts? Here's to the countdown to the revival of one of the biggest franchises in gaming. Personally, it can't come soon enough.
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