This is one of the games that persuaded me to recently pick up an Xbox 360. As a more casual player of fighting games (my gaming tendencies have mellowed out since the 64-bit era), I must say THIS GAME ROCKS. I've kept up with the core SF series through the years and this is my favorite iteration so far. Here's my two cents:
GRAPHICS: Excellent! When I first saw screenshots of this game, I was a bit leery of the characters being too beefy - even the usually svelte ones like Dhalsim or Vega. But in motion, all of the characters look fantastic. The attention to detail in the animation is exceptional (keep a close eye on the slo-mo sequences in the end credits, just beautiful). The painterly appearance touted in the trailers aren't particularly visible from the normal distance, but as soon as the game zooms in on the action, all the glorious detail comes out. While the backgrounds are fun, dynamic, and look great overall, they don't have hard lines like the playable characters do, so the characters sometimes look like they don't belong in the environment. This is hardly an egregious thing, though, the rest of the game considered.
AUDIO: As is the case for many fighters nowadays, the games is filled with pseudo-techno tunes. They accent the gameplay well enough, but I do prefer the more rock-driven tunes of titles past. The occasional remix of classic SF tunes in SSFIV is welcome when you get them. There's no shortage of voice acting. Some are a bit cheesy and some are a bit repetitive (Hakan is a major offender, though I love the character), but the majority make the game feel more alive than a stock set of grunts and screams would. Sound effects are great overall with thuds, thwacks, and bone crunches that augment the sight of your character's fist burying itself in your opponent's chin.
GAMEPLAY: Reminiscent of classic SF, but with enough alterations to feel fresh. New or returning players will appreciate the pick-up-and-play action, and veterans will appreciate exploring the new characters, some of whom have special moves with refreshingly odd functionality. It's definitely a smoother experience that the previous sprite-driven games. The new mechanics offer a good amount of depth and it would behoove new players to spend some time going through the Training mode to get the hang of the combo timing and new Focus attacks/cancels. The selection of characters is great and offers a vast amount of variety. Balancing is excellent and I never felt as if the World Warrior I was using was at a disadvantage against my CPU opponent. Seth, the final boss, is an odd choice (I felt the same way about Gill in SFIII) and did seem a bit cheesy at first, but once you go through him with a few characters, he's actually a reasonable end boss.
Overall, this is a fun fighter and a great game. The graphics are flashy, fun, but have a lot of subtlety if you care to look. The fights range from raucous and wild to calculating and nuanced. The moves hit hard and the defeats - if you'd learned something in the preceding fight - can be as satisfying as the victories. I suppose I was lucky that I waited so long to pick up an Xbox 360 since it gave Capcom a chance to release SSFIV :D
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Alot of scratches for a NEW game.
Bought this NEW disc for my brother so we could play online. The Disc has more scratches on it than the one I have had for maybe 10yrs or when I got my first Xbox 360. I am only keeping it because 'so far' it works and I have get it to him before he leaves the country.If I wanted to risk it and go cheap I would have bought used on purpose.
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