Additionally, in a future dev blog update, Capcom has promised to reveal details about the tweaks to El Fuerte, C.Viper, Abel, Rufus, Seth, Akuma, and Gouken. So, will Gouken be even more Gouken-like? The suspense is killing us!
Additionally, in a future dev blog update, Capcom has promised to reveal details about the tweaks to El Fuerte, C.Viper, Abel, Rufus, Seth, Akuma, and Gouken. So, will Gouken be even more Gouken-like? The suspense is killing us!
Reader Comments (41)
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:06PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Ooh, so can Dhalsim's high EX medium roundhouse fireball finally counter Dan's low ultra into jab uppercut spinning owl kick, but only in between the 4th and 6th frames of invincibility?
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:17PM Afiq Tadza said
> Ezio
Man, you're sure are hardcore bout Street Fighter. I have no idea what you just said but it sounds awesome!
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Man, you're sure are hardcore bout Street Fighter. I have no idea what you just said but it sounds awesome!
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:12PM Nate Addison said
So basically they could have summed it up and said that it is now harder to plat than ever before, and that if fighters are not your strong suit that you shouldnt even bother picking this up because it will make you cry tears of blood. Did I miss anything?
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:42PM Krackatoa said
The controls are exactly they same. They're talking about character buffs that the layman wouldn't even care about, like Dhalsim's Yoga Mummy doing more hitstun and Guile's charge buffers being shortened by a fraction of a second.
The balance changes are for tourney-f**s like me. You wouldn't even notice the difference between the characters.
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The balance changes are for tourney-f**s like me. You wouldn't even notice the difference between the characters.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:20PM Acosta02 said
I'm still not sold that Sagat will be nerfed enough; not only do they admit that he'll still be above the other players (although apparently not as much), but his play-style doesn't really have any flaws. He really has control of pretty much the whole screen in one way or another. Lowering his damage output CAN balance him, I suppose, but it's going to need to be done exactly right.
...right?
...right?
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:20PM goatchumby said
How about a limit on the number of times your opponent can pick Ryu?
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:30PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
No, people spam MOVES as Ken. Definitely online 8/10 people play Ryu. Possibly even 11/10.
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:23PM OmegaIXIUltima said
Make Chun-Li stronger and I'll be happy!
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:29PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
Chun Li is confirmed stronger from the previous entry. Plus her new Ultra has more combo setups than Ryu. Basically, infinity + 1.
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:24PM (Unverified) said
Um, so how about making these changes and balancing issues into a patch and fixing up the first street fighter 4?
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:57PM (Unverified) said
@Grey_Ryuk
Hmm, I wasn't even that interested, since I don't play it anymore :P But now, I'm curious, why can't they patch it? I did look it up just now, and I can't find anything that says they wouldn't be able to do it. They did add a championship mode, didn't they?
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Hmm, I wasn't even that interested, since I don't play it anymore :P But now, I'm curious, why can't they patch it? I did look it up just now, and I can't find anything that says they wouldn't be able to do it. They did add a championship mode, didn't they?
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:14PM Grey said
something like the amount of tweaks they did with characters and to the ultra system would be way to much to put into a single patch. Basically it changes the whole game. Personally I think its bs and agree with you but I've just gotten past it and learned from my mistake.(to never buy the first edition of a numbered street fighter)
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:22PM (Unverified) said
@Grey_Ryuk
Thanks for the that; just looking for some explanation. Yeah, I agree with you, sounds fishy, but maybe they just didn't design it that way to begin with. Although why they would do that is strange itself. Anyway, don't much care either way, had my fill of sf4 for a while.
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Thanks for the that; just looking for some explanation. Yeah, I agree with you, sounds fishy, but maybe they just didn't design it that way to begin with. Although why they would do that is strange itself. Anyway, don't much care either way, had my fill of sf4 for a while.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:24PM 216 said
If they tweak Akuma (aka give him back his defense) I will buy this game
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:29PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
Sorry bad news, Akuma only got nerfs due to his nearly infinite combo.
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 10:18PM Krackatoa said
Actually, Akuma is looking to take the top spot. He's lost none of his tools (The Jab > Roundhouse loop still exists, though it's specifics are tighter). His DP does less damage, but so does the DP of everyone else in the game. The rest of him is virtually untouched, and he was always A-tier before. With Ryu, Sagat and Rufus taking even larger nerfs, that leaves Akuma right where he was, but now his only competition for toppest tier will be the new characters.
People who complain about Akuma's defense don't really know how to play as Akuma.
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People who complain about Akuma's defense don't really know how to play as Akuma.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:27PM CloudStrife said
Hopefully they have made Akuma's stamina better, he used to get destroyed in about 4 hits by Zangief
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:35PM NinjaJesus said
Yeah, but if you know how to play Akuma you should have no problem not being anywhere near Gief...
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:30PM Garlador said
I agree. Make Chun-Li stronger. I could dominate with her in Street Fighter II, but she's pitifully weak by comparison in SSIV.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:32PM OmegaIXIUltima said
Good, I was disappointed at how weak she was in SFIV. It seems they were nerfing throughout the series. In 2 she was great, 3rd strike she was ok, and IV she was weak. Looks like she is going to be one of my mains again!
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:41PM MNC Dover said
She was OK in 3rd Strike? Seriously? She's like the top character in the game with Yun. Crouching mk -> super all day long. As a Chun player, I'm glad she got knocked down a few notches in SF4. After playing her in Super at PAX, she's only gotten a little better while the characters above her got a little worse.
tl;dr - in the right hands she can dominate now
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tl;dr - in the right hands she can dominate now
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 7:34PM (Unverified) said
Im deff going to game fly it before i buy because I hate overpowered sagats on line
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:09PM acefondu said
Dhalsim doing more damage is a misleading quote. The entire cast of characters does less damage overall, except for Dhalsim and Seth who did little damage to begin with, so they were left unchanged. So by comparison to everyone else now they do more damage, but realistically they do the same damage they always have.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:30PM DannyVElAcme said
I wanna see what the HELL they do to make El Fuerte not be absolutely useless, cause I actually LIKE the character, but playing as him is punishment.
Then again, the reason I played him, other than being a grappler(ZANGIEF FOR LIFE!!) is that he kinda played like Guy... and Guy's back, so yeah.
Then again, the reason I played him, other than being a grappler(ZANGIEF FOR LIFE!!) is that he kinda played like Guy... and Guy's back, so yeah.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:48PM (Unverified) said
After distillation, 100% Guile becomes 100% Guile! We tried to determine the potential of the new Guile by running some tests. The method involves sun glasses and none of our test subjects got past one shot.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 9:32PM Khazidhea said
Too bad nothing they do, short of changing the game completely, will keep this game from being a snore/turtle fest.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 9:56PM CaptainProtonX said
Who cares? Pick Ken.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 10:16PM Lokust said
........sakura?
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 2:18AM Cameage said
Here's what I got out of that:
"[none of this matters, because you'll still get flame-shoryuken'd over and over by Ken online, the training mode still won't help you get any better, and your friends still suck so you'll never improve]"
Awesome.
"[none of this matters, because you'll still get flame-shoryuken'd over and over by Ken online, the training mode still won't help you get any better, and your friends still suck so you'll never improve]"
Awesome.
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 3:17AM Alexisonfire said
I really hope they make Sakura more "playable"-like.
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 10:11AM (Unverified) said
I'll tell you one guy who took a really hard nerf:
E.Honda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pcwvqagQjg&feature=youtu.be
Fast-forward to about the 7 minute mark and start watching.....it's brutal!
E.Honda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pcwvqagQjg&feature=youtu.be
Fast-forward to about the 7 minute mark and start watching.....it's brutal!
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 10:59AM (Unverified) said
Way to openly admit you put out an unfinished product, Capcom
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