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Still awesome, even sitting at your desk in front of a monitor

Words: David Brown, PC Zone UK

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You should also be using a gamepad as well, even though we still firmly believe the keys could be an adequate substitute if they were implemented correctly.

While Street Fighter IV isn’t without little fussy issues (mostly related to Games for Windows – LIVE!) there’s no doubting this is the only fighting game you should consider getting. Ignoring the fact it’s probably the only one currently out on the PC, it could definitely be described as genre-defining. While our console cousins have been falling over themselves to lavish praise on and lick clean the boots of Capcom’s developers, we’ll be a little more reserved in our praise, because this sort of thing really is much more at home played on the couch on a big TV.

A brilliant combat game that can be dabbled with in short bursts or long bouts of human vs human combat, there’s no denying that it is a must-play for PC fighting fans and those looking for a bit of short, sharp fun. If you’ve got a setup that allows you to play in your living room on the TV, add three extra points to the score.

Jul 7, 2009

You'll love

Just as you remember it
Large roster
Just plain fun

You'll hate

Awkward menu system
Feels a bit weird on a monitor
Everyone picks Ken

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Diamondis - 4 months 29 days ago

You should've mentioned in your 'You'll hate' section that, unlike Xbox and PS3, your opponent's hardware effects you. If their PC is a pile of crap and can't handle SF IV your framerate is going to suffer in an online match. Obviously not an issue with consoles since everyone shares the same hardware and the only variable is how good or bad the connection is.

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zayleffein - 4 months 29 days ago

I love this game, and glad that it comes out for my favorite playing platform :)

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doomdoomdoom - 4 months 29 days ago

O My God (Buddha) not another street fighter they sell to many of the same game online and now this!
This is just like another fighting game punch kick win that is pretty much it
The only new thing about this game is it's 3d and not 2d just like all games now.

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festafreak - 4 months 29 days ago

@ Doomdoom.....

Did you not read the beginning of the article? The whole part of this going back to the roots of what made SF2 a really good and challenging game? I guess you aren't into fighting games much, but that is basically the gameplay, punch kick, win. But you can throw them together to make special things happen!!!

My game is just decrypting now (off steam) I hope GFWlive doesn't ruin the experience. I hated signing in in fallout 3.

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PuddingKnight - 4 months 29 days ago

Why DOES everyone pick Ken?

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gijas04 - 4 months 29 days ago

E Honda for myself

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JohnnyMaverik - 4 months 29 days ago

"You should've mentioned in your 'You'll hate' section that, unlike Xbox and PS3, your opponent's hardware effects you. If their PC is a pile of crap and can't handle SF IV your framerate is going to suffer in an online match. Obviously not an issue with consoles since everyone shares the same hardware and the only variable is how good or bad the connection is."

Yea but that basically goes with out saying for any game on the pc with online multiplayer.

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minimaxi - 4 months 29 days ago

how well does GFWLive perform? I'm planning to buy this and go online extensively

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DeadGirls - 4 months 29 days ago

Umm...
I'm a little bit disturbed (read: aroused) by some of those screens (the ones with the big guy fighting that schoolgirl). The first looks like he's about to dive into a muff sandwich (I def. see some lippage sneaking out of those red panties). And the second... are those his pubes protruding from the top of his bulging speedo?

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Shadowfax - 4 months 29 days ago

*Whinny*

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griffed88 - 4 months 27 days ago

Um, i read this review like 3 or 4 days ago.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=218809

All you did was change the words "I" and "me" to "us" and "we". I see you gave him credit at the top but something seems wrong with copying and pasting from another reviewer site. But maybe you guys do this all the time and this is the first time ive noticed...

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VMPSaberwolf - 4 months 23 days ago

I have a question:

How complicated is it to learn all the different moves, and how many are there?

I have not touched a single SF game since SNES, with my Street Fighter 2 Turbo game. I enjoyed it greatly, there were maybe 4-5 moves per person and the only complicated one I couldn't pull off was Zangief's crazy pile driving spinning 360 move, whatever it was called. I liked the simplicity yet arcade feel of the game.

I would probably get this game if the moves didn't requires crazy memorization skills, some fighting games have pages (yes...pages) full of moves...right right over does this...left up down does this...touch your nose while chucking your old school gameboy thru a window does this...I couldn't get into those games because I couldn't remember what did what.

That leads back to my question above...how complicated is this game in terms of memorization and how many different things are you forced to remember to get anywhere?

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VMPSaberwolf - 4 months 23 days ago

I just realized that I should probably have checked my grammar before posting...multi-tasking accounting work and gaming boards FTW.

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Japanjack - 4 months 15 hours ago

@griffed:

They didn't steal, it's the same review. Somehow that guy got reviews onto several sites. If you check it is the same person.

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real4xor - 3 months 25 days ago

Finally. decades of waiting. A worthy sequel and a grande addition for the small elite of beat em ups on PC.
They hardly changed anything to the game, it`s funny... but the looks are of today, and there`s always something new in a sequel.
Although I do wish there was a bit more than just streetfighter as PC beat em ups...

@VMPSaberwolf
nah, there`s no hard 23 buttons mashing super move in this game.

Basically, if you`ve finished streetfighter II, you`re halfway there to finish streetfighter IV.
and ummm, there`s always a practice option, as well as a list you can pop up anytime by pressing pause.

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zer0_cool16 - 3 months 20 days ago

Oh my! I couldn't believe I could play this with arcade quality settings on my aging GeForce 7300GT! And this game is much simpler (like SF2) but definitely better than the SF3 and SFA3! Now, NAMCO, how about you come into your senses and release a PC version of Tekken as well? Oh, I forgot.. some PS3 fanboys might cry if you do!

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