Alright, so I played through the story mode with Zangief and my impressions:
I still don't like the art, not as much as I didn't like it before, but there's still something off setting about it.
The movement and character animations feel soo much slower and heavier than any other SF game I've been playing (Alpha 3, ST, 3S). Having the game run on a 2D plane with 3D characters still feels and looks really awkward.
Overall, I'm not disliking the game as much as I thought I would, but I still feel like 3S is a better game....but maybe I just need to let this game rub off on me a bit. I remember the first time I played 3S, I absolutely hated it and then a few months later I came back and got really hardcore into it, so maybe that will happen SFIV.
Also, Seth is a little bitch.