[quote name='hankmecrankme']And you clearly didn't play Gears 2.
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I wish I hadn't, the MP sucked balls.
[quote name='hankmecrankme']You tell me what's wrong about what I said. Please entertain me.[/QUOTE]
Sure, you're implying SSFIV was only some tweaks, new characters, stages and online modes. Which in themselves is quite the upgrade considering the genre. However, you seem to be forgetting the new story, new cutscenes, bonus stages, new rival scenes, new music, new sound effects, new ultras, new filters, etc.
Yes, you could say a lot of it's just superfluous, but I could say the same about the shit you mentioned for Gears. Adding story to a game isn't exactly unheard of, like Dead Space 2's alternate story. Maps? Bitch, please, they charge for those all the time. New multiplayer modes? Yup, been done as DLC. New characters? You could practically reskin the Gears characters and make them look "new." Different levels? Same shit as episodic story content, see Dead Space 2 again.
Good enough explanation for you? Feel free to continue, because I know a lot of the shit I said can be categorized in the same way, which just further strengthens my argument.
[quote name='panzerfaust']People are dodging the point here -- Gears 2 was ass and SSF4 made the game 50x more enjoyable.[/QUOTE]
Sadly, that was not my point, but a good one nonetheless.