Despite first landing on arcade cabinets in 2008, it still looks gorgeous today. That, specifically, is one of SF4’s specific triumphs.
And they’ll all look stunning, they’ll flow beautifully into one another and never seem out of place.
You’ll see something new at every moment – a combo, an extension, a specific timing, counter or punishment for that matchup which turns it on its head. Tuning into Street Fighter for the first time, or after a long period away, is better than any trailer. Ostensibly, there are no secrets, just what each player knows about their character’s capabilities. What you see in front of you is every single piece of information available to everyone in the game: a pair of health bars, two power meters, and what each character is doing on screen.
You need no prior understanding of videogames or any other piece of culture to know how a fight, a street fight no less, works. While complexities beyond that (and team-mates to blame) have clearly proved more popular for gaming as a whole, that immediacy is great for watching.
