I wouldn't go that far.
Up close you definitely see a difference, but during actual gameplay yeah, the difference might not be immediately noticeable.
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Holy crap, Street Fighter IV is a lot uglier than I remembered it being.
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I wouldn't go that far.
Up close you definitely see a difference, but during actual gameplay yeah, the difference might not be immediately noticeable.
I'm just kidding, because this is what people said when SFV came out as one of the arguments against the game. And it was always baffling to me. SFIV looks in no way similar to SFV, to me.
3d was a mistake
(It was not... but I still prefer sprites or highly stylized shading like gg/dbfz)
(It was not... but I still prefer sprites or highly stylized shading like gg/dbfz)
They had all the momentum you could ask for heading into Cap Cup 2018 and then they was like, "Y'all are a little bit too happy, so we're gonna stop for 8 months."
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Jesus christ. That has to be a PS2 prototype or somethingthis reminds me about the alpha look of the game. man i wonder how the game would have been received if they had kept that look lol
Maybe in motion (NRS gonna NRS) but at least in stills and the general art direction, MK9 is better than SF 4
Them folks put Jett to work though. Had people saying the animations were exactly the same and he went and got fuck tons of gifs comparing the 2 games and people still were trying to argue otherwise.
I tried going back to play it but god damn did it look so damn ugly. The colour palate, the character models and everything in general sucks. I also really dislike the music it has.
Hopefully Rose and Hugo comes to SF5 so I can retire it forever.
Hopefully Rose and Hugo comes to SF5 so I can retire it forever.
Even with Ken it looks miles better. It is only his character select screen that looks weird as hell.
I'm guilty to say, I felt SFIV was fine for its time. Only because it was ages, at the time, that we were getting a new SF game. Now looking back, yeash did it certainly not age well in the art style and animations, which SFV certainly improved upon.
Though would be lying if I said "I never had a fun time playing the game itself."
Still I'll be honest, SFIII without a doubt is still the best-looking of the SF games; just a shame barring certain ASW games and Skullgirls, sprite-based fighters haven't been as prominent as they once were. Kind of like how it's pretty much a rarity to see more traditionally animated films widely released in theaters compared to CGI animated films.
Edit: Yup don't forget SFV had a better soundtrack than IV; was techno that big in 2008 by any chance?
Though would be lying if I said "I never had a fun time playing the game itself."
Still I'll be honest, SFIII without a doubt is still the best-looking of the SF games; just a shame barring certain ASW games and Skullgirls, sprite-based fighters haven't been as prominent as they once were. Kind of like how it's pretty much a rarity to see more traditionally animated films widely released in theaters compared to CGI animated films.
Edit: Yup don't forget SFV had a better soundtrack than IV; was techno that big in 2008 by any chance?
Virtua Fighter 5 is still the best looking non sprite fighting game of that gen. Tekken Tag 2 comes close though.
this reminds me about the alpha look of the game. man i wonder how the game would have been received if they had kept that look lol
Yeah, that low-res image is very bad. This one's a bit better for the models.
Source: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2014...type-and-pre-release-builds-street-fighter-4/
Disagree. Looked great then and now. Nice animations, great colors, good character designs, fun backgrounds. Top notch job overall.
I imagine it's been a while since you last saw MK9.
Yep. To the credit of NRS, its games just slowly improved in presentation and style over time.
The first three NRS games looked like absolute trash. The last two look great tho.
Street Fighter 4 was *always* damn ugly
It's good to see more people realize this though
I never thought MK9 and Injustice looked too hot tbh
I was actually gonna say the Tekken characters look great
Then I remembered SFxT Heihachi
It's good to see more people realize this though
I never thought MK9 and Injustice looked too hot tbh
I was actually gonna say the Tekken characters look great
Then I remembered SFxT Heihachi
Holy hell. He looks like Dr. Wily if he was on the juice.I was actually gonna say the Tekken characters look great
Then I remembered SFxT Heihachi
Have the best models of Ryu, Ken, and I guess Guile been the ones that are used for Smash Bros?
Happy to see that most people think SFIV was ugly since day one, because it was... especially after how was Third Strike.
I hate the overall style and presentation of Street Fighter IV. The annoying energy from the announcer, the styling of the UI, the really weird cel-shading and modelling, it all felt like it was trying too hard to look cool. It's a good representation of 7th gen games in that way.
I was actually gonna say the Tekken characters look great
Then I remembered SFxT Heihachi
Kazuya looks really bad as well.
Even though it was ugly there's still something I really love about SFIV's goofy style. The big, gurning jaws in Shin Shoryuken stills, mouths falling agape and eyes widening when during the ultra freeze, Rufus' sloshing gut. It's all great. I did hate Ken's mullet though.
It's a shame that SFIV and V never did anything cool with the lighting in their stages. Most of them feel a bit flat. Hopefully with SF6 Capcom takes the time to add some polish (and content!) for launch.
It's a shame that SFIV and V never did anything cool with the lighting in their stages. Most of them feel a bit flat. Hopefully with SF6 Capcom takes the time to add some polish (and content!) for launch.
I never could stand the visual style of SFIV, or any of the cheesy artistic flair used throughout. Gameplay might be quite fun but it's just not appealing to me to watch and listen to. Still at this point the game is quite old and it did quite well all things considered, but that's not the 3D approach I wanted them to take after 3rd Strike
In case anyone needs to wash their eyes from what they've seen in this thread so far. I sure as hell needed to.
I always hated that weird skin texture they used for SFIV and SFvT
SF4 was uglier than SF3, but had amazing animation, particularly facial expressions.
Good looking Street Fighters by today's standards are:
SF Alpha series, SF3 series, SFV.
That's it. SF1,SF2, SF the movie, SF EX series, and SF4 are all ugly by today's standards ( tho SF2 has that nostalgia effect going on for it, so people may disagree. )
Good looking Street Fighters by today's standards are:
SF Alpha series, SF3 series, SFV.
That's it. SF1,SF2, SF the movie, SF EX series, and SF4 are all ugly by today's standards ( tho SF2 has that nostalgia effect going on for it, so people may disagree. )
I'd much rather look at Alpha or any of the SF3s than 4 or 5. SF4 was butt ugly to me the first time I rented that shit from blockbuster but I don't remember thinking Ex3 was that bad when I first played it.
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Ah, an Era user of class. I like you.
Indestructible was and still is a banger. Best theme song of any Street Fighter IV incarnation and it isn't even close.