Quote Originally Posted by Lionx View Post
Street Fighter IV - Once again not a bad game, but I definetly question the choice of reverting the core game mechanics back to SFII. SFIV kind of taught me that some modern 2D fighting advancements (like air block) are actually quite handy and something I'm just accustomed to. The game is also pretty slow by modern standards and even the new patched versions still move like molasses. The game is fun but nothing I would dedicate too much of my time with. I'm still waiting for a SF game to succeed SFAlpha3 for me. Though to be fair, it's more playable than MvC3...
I still think the game is more like 3S than SFII...
I never played a lot of 3rd Strike so I can't make a good comparison, but I do agree that I never quite got the SFII comparison either having bought SFIV not long after getting the Super Turbo HD Remix and playing then both quite a bit at around the same time. There are quite a few aspects like focus attacks which are pretty fundamental to the game which weren't in II. Not to mention I agree that it felt quite a bit slower, not to mention quite a bit more convoluted than SFII with multiple meters and moves that are sometimes needlessly complex.