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Street Fighter IV

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Game Info

Publisher: Capcom

Developer: Capcom

Genre(s): Fighting

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: June 30, 2009

Summary

At the completion of the second World Warrior Tournament, the Shadaloo crime syndicate was left in ruins, its grandmasters defeated and scattered to the winds. Now, the mysterious Seth, CEO of the S.I.N. Corporation, has set up yet another tournament and invited a blend of old friends and new faces to battle again for the title of the world's strongest. With 25 characters (including the original 12 street fighters), a blend of 2D and 3D graphics, and the new focus-attack system, Street Fighter has returned with a vengeance.

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Meristation

After years of absence on PC, Street Fighter comes back to PC with a flawless version of this outstanding fighting game. SF IV is a well balanced, fun and an easy to play but hard to master game, but the compatible version adds some welcome visual changes and a fantastic performance in a huge variety of systems.

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Multiplayer.it

Street Fighter IV is the beat'em'up we've been anticipating for ages. It's the perfect synthesis of innovation and classicism, of deep mechanics and easy play. Fun and challenging, the game has stunning visuals, but to enjoy this masterpiece an arcade stick is absolutely recommended.

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YouGamers

Street Fighter IV on the PC is easily the best version of the game and a must-buy for a fighting game enthusiast, yet not too harsh introduction to a newbie either. The only downside? Arcade style joystick effectively mandatory, driving up the total price of admission.

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Gamers.at

The PC-version of Street Fighter IV is just as good as on the consoles, and is what we consider to be one of the best fighting games ever created. See it, buy it, love it.

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Cheat Code Central

There is so much depth to this game it's almost obscene! You'll likely be playing this title for years to come.

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PC Gamer UK

The first fighting game in a decade built for flesh and blood gamers and simply the best brawler available on any platform. [Sept 2009, p.86]

Computer Games Online RO

I am sure that the PC owners who didn’t get to play the console version will be amazed by the quality and will be happy to receive at least the same things as their "mortal enemies" on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but as someone who played the console version for quite a bit, I can say that I expected something more.

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PC Games (Germany)

Street Fighter IV is the real "King of Fighters" – on console and PC! With its deep gameplay-mechanics, lots of game-modes, awesome design and rock-solid online-support, the lasting appeal is almost endless. To enjoy SFIV to the fullest, a decent gamepad or – even better – an arcade-stick is a must-have!

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3DJuegos

Street Fighter IV makes difficult things look easy, and achieves one of the best fighting games in this generation. Apparently simple but plenty of possibilities, this game is accessible and deep at the same time: Capcom presses the right button once again.

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Vandal Online

Street Fighter IV is the perfect heir of the Capcom saga. It is a great recreation of the original's spirit, its unbeatable gameplay and the near infinite online mode make it the best fighting game of this generation.

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GameStar

Street Fighter 4 turns out to be as good as we hoped. If you've never played a Street Fighter game or even one of the other games of the genre, this is your chance to do so. Countless modes and characters promise fun for several months. Similar games will have a hard time trying to be any better.

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PC Format

Street Fighter IV can be spirit crushingly hard in single player mode. [Aug 2009, p.98]

AtomicGamer

Despite a couple of minor complaints, Capcom has done a fine job porting SFIV to the PC, and its integration with Games for Windows Live is about as good as I think we can expect at this point.

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LEVEL (Czech Republic)

Best fighting game ever in the PC territory, has everything you wanted. The legend is back in full strength and knocks out all (non-existing) competitors with the power of fantastic combos. [Aug 2009]

Total PC Gaming

The best fighting game on PC. [Issue#23, p.55]

VideoGamer

It's instantly familiar but with enough innovation to interest fighting game fanatics willing to dig a little deeper. It would be a stretch to say the PC version is the definitive version – yes the graphics can be better, but not significantly so.

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GameSpy

When I peer down that rabbit hole, however, what is essentially a whole new game emerges.

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GameSpot

Robust and challenging single-player modes, strong online multiplayer, and gorgeous visuals make this a must-have for any fighter fan.

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PC PowerPlay

One Must Fall before this barrage of fighting goodness! [Nov 2009, p.54]

IGN

Street Fighter IV is a great game overall and Capcom should be commended for designing a game that can work on so many levels by appealing to both casual and hardcore players.

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PC Zone UK

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.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 145 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

qurntin c. gave it a10:
This is like the street fighter of old reborn! finally a fightning game on the pc that is worth a crap and isnt ported from the cheapest system its released on like alot of fighting games for pc. the characters are well done and well balanced. you have spammers here and there but if you can get around them with a CQ character (IE fei long, zangeif, abel) you can destroy any spammer. as for the people that say the games look is "Cheesy" well you must be a realism whore. street fighter has ALWAYS looked like this its always been more of an art driven look than a realism look but none the less it looks amazing and the extra toutch option on the pc is amazing . as for controllers you can use ANY controller that is compatable with your system IMO 15 bucks isnt expensive and this is a FIGHTING GAME a controller would be nice SO GET ONE! playing with a keyboard takes getting used to but ive seen people do just as good if not better than people with a controller. and if the game is too hard for you then give it to someone who WILL enjoy it and STFU.

Elgin M gave it a9:
Everybody knows how SF4 improves on everything that made SF2 a classic, so I won't belabor that point. I will instead address the poor online play. Lag has always been an issue with the console versions of this game, and the PC version is no different. The best matches are online (namely, in Championship mode), so don't get this game unless you have a good cable connection. I can't dock this game much because of something that's partially Capcom's fault (i.e., poorly-written netcode) and partially the consumer's fault (i.e., having a slow connection, which is itself the result of stale competition and low infrastructure investment in the oligopolistic U.S. telecom industry). It's also a pain in the ass to find matches because you only see three search results at a time. The CPU opponents in Arcade mode are ridiculously easy, even at the highest difficulty, but it, Training mode, and Challenge mode are good for practice. Again, you won't know how good you really are until you go online.

John B gave it a9:
I think it's safe to say that some of the complaints we see here are a result of a poor understanding of fighting games in general and in some cases, blatant misrepresentation. There are no such thing as 'hyper-combos' and Seth, the end boss of this game is par the course for Street Fighter titles in terms of difficulty. Arcade-mode on medium should not be a problem for anyone who doesn't completely suck. The complaints about peripherals are ridiculous, since all competitive fighters should be played with arcade sticks or at least a high-quality d-pad 6-button controller. This is par the course, particularly for a 2d fighting game, so blaming Capcom for this simple fact of fighting games is absurd and laughable.

Josh B gave it a0:
This game has the cheapest CPU players ever. 99% of the fights in the game end up with the player being constantly thrown into a hyper combo. I've been playing for the past few hrs and cannot complete arcade on medium, I am not slouch at Fighting games either, DoA, Soul Calibur/Edge, Tekken, Melty Blood AC, All games I', good and at most if not all i can play through with almost all the charas on the highest difficulty with out much problem and still in enjoy it. but when i cant touch a character for fear of getting thrown and can't be to far away from a character with out being hit (C. Viper, Dhalsim) its not fun. Unless you are one of those weird fighting game freaks who have timed out the frames and have already dumped ur allowance for the year in the Arcade of the past SF games i'd stay away.

Leo J gave it a4:
This game really isn't that good. Maximum cheesiness! The graphics are good but the characters look pretty stupid and the things they say are ridiculously dumb. The fighting pretty much sucks. It's not easy which is good and it can get pretty intense at times but really it's really nothing new and doesn't stand out as anything better than an old playstation 1 game... It's frustrating to see kicks magically pass through the opponent without any sign of contact. For comparison, Super smash bros wii is a much much much more enjoyable game and 1000x less cheesier even if you are fighting picachus and marios.

Dave K gave it a2:
If you advertise a game for sale on the PC platform, you should assume that most people will be playing it with the peripherals generally associated with a PC and program your game accordingly. A game that is all but unplayable without an additional, expensive peripheral is, in my view, fatally flawed. The game gets a score of 2 because at least it looks pretty while failing rather spectacularly to properly respond to your inputs.

AJ D gave it a10:
Back to the old school. Updated graphics but old style play, I love it. Plays online (sadly through windows live) as well. The game has always been about Ken and Ryu, and by extension Sagat and Akuma. Not hard to beat them once you know what you are doing. (Fighting Streets for Turbo grafix only HAD ken and ryu.) A good buy if you like the series, a step back from the alpha releases. (Which was needed.) A good nod to the up close characters as well, so Zangief is easier to win with than he used to be.

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