Street Fighter 4: First gameplay footage released!

youcancallmeal · 29-12-2007 02:17AM #1

I've been watching 1UP's coverage of Street fighter 4 very carefully and now that they've finally released some gameplay footage today I'm still unsure if its going to work. The animation style is really different to anything they have done before. It probably wont even be out here for another year on the PS3 so theres still a long way to go but what do the rest of you think?

You have to watch two or three minutes into this but its the only clip I could find so far. It'll probably be up on youtube in a few hours anyway

Lex_Diamonds · 29-12-2007 02:41AM

The graphics look like some kind of sick joke. I'm hoping they'll come out and say "Ah we were just ****ing with you guys, here are the *real* character models!"

Still, it's a Street Fighter game so I'll keep an eye on things as they develop.

IamBeowulf · 29-12-2007 02:45AM

A year from now it may very well rule. But personally I think they've gone to that well too many times now.

And ffs the "reviewers" are nothing more than overpaid undereducated manchildren with grossly sad humour and that annoying US accent that rises a few pitches at the end of each sentence. God how I wish I had their job.

Retr0gamer · 29-12-2007 01:01PM

Streaming is very slow for me. It does look decent enough but the black ink effect seems to obscure a lot of the screen when it happens. I'm still lamenting the fact that it's no longer in2D

wayne040576 · 29-12-2007 03:30PM

Looks ok. The artwork is ok and the basic fighting is still the same. I never liked all those combo bars though. I know they were looking for a way to update the gameplay but I preferred the basic moves and manual combos. Also hoping it's closer to the sf2 style of fighting as I hated what they did in sf3.

Creature · 29-12-2007 03:39PM

Well I'm sold. I think it looks great

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Creamy Goodness · 29-12-2007 03:42PM

that ink effect that retro mentioned will get annoying and fast.

Creature · 29-12-2007 05:02PM

Eh I would've thought that ink effect is just something used in that video for transitioning between moves/parts of the footage.

Andrew76 · 29-12-2007 05:45PM

Agreed that ink effect doesn't look part of the game itself. Fell out of love with SF after SF2 Turbo but this looks great. Retr0 - the game is still 2D, looks it from the video and from what 1Up are saying:

"The difference with an Ultra combo is that instead of doing damage, it does big damage. This is also where SFIV momentarily strays from the strictly 2D perspective to kick off 3D fireworks. This is basically a cinematic, as the game never, ever wanders into the realm of 3D gameplay..."

Taken from the 2nd page of the 1UP link. Looks very promising so far.

L31mr0d · 29-12-2007 05:48PM

Creature wrote: »

Eh I would've thought that ink effect is just something used in that video for transitioning between moves/parts of the footage.

eh yeah, i don't think that ink effect was actually in game, I think that was just 1UPs way of transitioning between the various clips from the game.

Looks good alright, but i'll reserve judgement until I see some Footage of Akuma, never was a big Ryu or Ken fan. Plus as its only WIP footage, it can only get better, I'd like to see the environments being used more though, instead of just having the players rotate around an invisible circular arena in a psuedo 2D fashion. I really hope they bring back the bonus vehicle beat em up stages, used to love those

Retr0gamer · 29-12-2007 08:57PM

As far as I know the ink effect is part of the game since it's been in all the trailers so far and screenshots. It was used in some of the transititions but it was definitely used in game as well.

The game may play in 2D but I rather the game used HD animated characters and backgrounds rather than polygons.

projectmayhem · 29-12-2007 10:25PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The game may play in 2D but I rather the game used HD animated characters and backgrounds rather than polygons.

i agree. the art direction is great, but the fact that they've build 3d worlds and given us a 2d perspective means the characters look a bit strange, and also seem a bit disconnected from the world around them.

there's still some time in development left, but right now it does look great. i'm crap at fighting games, so SF was always one of my favs (easier to get into then VF or whatever). IV and 2HD are on my "must have" list for 2008

(also, see sig)

Giblet · 29-12-2007 10:53PM

I don't think we'll ever see it to be honest. The time and cost of animating sprites of that quality with SF3 quality animations (or above) would be too high for a genre that isnt' that popular anymore.

The new HD remix is probably the best you could hope for, because they are tracing sprites so it is quicker to develop. A HD SF3 could happen, although that would take 3-5 times more effort (and they're still not creating new poses).

Rotating vectors is probably what you will see, and I think that looks useless for a Street Fighter type game. Odin Sphere uses this method along with more traditional methods.

Retr0gamer · 30-12-2007 01:07AM

True, still brings a tear to the eye. I'll just have to play Odin Sphere and other Atlus games to get my 2D kicks. Have to say that the animation is very impressive and love the big bulky characters, very Neo Geo.

Creature · 30-12-2007 04:28PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

As far as I know the ink effect is part of the game since it's been in all the trailers so far and screenshots.

It's only been in that one trailer that was released first. I can't recall any screenshots using it.

Cunny-Funt · 04-01-2008 11:14PM

Looks fantastic apart from their faces. Seriosuly wtf?

Praetorian · 04-01-2008 11:18PM

I'm really disappointed so far with the way it looks.

Jack Sheehan · 04-01-2008 11:58PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IuPwIKQ1s

Just the gameplay.

Gonzo · 05-01-2008 04:20PM

looks fantastic I think, cant wait for this:)

Placebo · 10-01-2008 05:48PM

i think it looks fantastic, are people forgetting how street fighter ex looked like when theyre dissing the cel shaded look?
while id have loved to see something like 3S but its too much of a risk to spend alot of 2D games, when some tekken 5.5 will take the lead easily.
Game is strictly 2d, camera may budge on certain finishers is all.

A-Trak · 12-01-2008 01:39PM

Have to say I'm really excited about this.

SFIII 3s for the original Xbox is still one of my most played games on the 360.
And would agree completely with Palcebo about the look of it, as long as the control remains on 2 planes and the visual "2.5" D is not to jarring then it's win for me.

Now if I could only get a controller with a decent D-Pad for the 360...

Creature · 08-02-2008 01:21PM

The original eight are all back for SF4.

As well as a new character; Crimson Viper.

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3038/sf4ns2or8.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1383/sf4ns3hu3.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1686/sf4ns4hv9.jpg

Placebo · 08-02-2008 01:24PM

beat me too it, didnt really wanna post it with the lack of support aswell, friend was saying they looked tacky?
i think it just looks ciredible, over the top, some blur effects etc look nice too

Creature · 08-02-2008 01:45PM

I think they look great, especially Blanka and Honda. Blanka looks much more like an animal/beast now as opposed to just looking retarded.

Shiminay · 08-02-2008 01:51PM

Agreed, Jimmy Blanka was some BAYSSSHT of a man as we'd say in Mayo

FutureGuy · 12-02-2008 02:48PM

A-Trak wrote: »

Have to say I'm really excited about this.

SFIII 3s for the original Xbox is still one of my most played games on the 360.

Now if I could only get a controller with a decent D-Pad for the 360...

I didn't know that was playable on the 360?

Creature · 17-02-2008 08:15PM

Figured I might as well keep bumping this instead of maiking a new thread everytime there's news.

Anywho we've got some new gameplay videos and another new character this time.

Crimson Viper vs Abel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXc_WY1CkJk

Guile vs Zangief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hInWDDXr3jk

Ryu vs E. Honda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS0T7hy31Vc

Multi-character exhibition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkNJS6Ie2s

He kinda reminds me of Geese from Fatal fury. Though he seems to play like Alex from SF3, using a mixture of throws/grapples and rushdowns.

Kevster · 17-02-2008 08:52PM

Praetorian wrote: »

I'm really disappointed so far with the way it looks.

Why? - I think it looks fantastic. What more do you want from a game but fantastic gameplay... ...? Street Fighter never disappoints on gameplay. In fact, part of the reason why I became disinterested in game so much recently is due to developers 'over-concentrating' on graphics, and not gameplay.

Mossy Monk · 17-02-2008 11:42PM

Kevster wrote: »

Why? - I think it looks fantastic.

Got to agree. I think it looks fantastic too. Can't wait for the release.

Placebo · 18-02-2008 11:59AM

Guile vs Ryu

you mean zangief, not ryu. Revenge system look sinteresting, gonna be good.

Creature · 18-02-2008 02:03PM

Placebo wrote: »

Guile vs Ryu

you mean zangief, not ryu. Revenge system look sinteresting, gonna be good.

Whatever do you mean? I never said Ryu...<_<
>_>

I'm really excited about this too. Can't wait to see what the rest of the lineup looks like.

Street Fighter 4: First gameplay footage released!

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