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IGN reviews Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition

Posted by Catalyst — June 6, 2011 at 3:03 p.m. PDT

IGN is one of the first major media outlets to post a review of Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition. They recap a lot of what people on the site already have long since known, but they give the game a respectable 8/10 score, citing that it's not a must buy for the average player, but for hardcore gamers it's a great addition.

There is a little part where they talk about some of the new features the game has, it reads:

There are a few presentational improvements in this version, mostly related to the online Replay Channel. The Arcade Edition lets you check out the replays of elite players and integrates a Twitter-like follow function that lets you more easily add their replays to your channel. Capcom also considered that adding in the Arcade Edition might fracture the online player base, and so lets you filter to search for Arcade, vanilla Super Street Fighter IV or both when looking for a match against others. It's a nice way of ensuring that purchasing Arcade Edition doesn't lock you out of the entire Super Street Fighter IV community.

Mentioned by CrimsonClaw.

Comments

thepuscifer said on June 6, 2011 at 3:10 p.m.

hardcore gamers unite.....ok

MALDA said on June 6, 2011 at 3:15 p.m.

(This user was banned.)

ado said on June 6, 2011 at 3:15 p.m.

UNITE!!!!!!!!

DestinyZX1 said on June 6, 2011 at 3:15 p.m.

Getting it as both DLC (360) and a stand-alone title (PS3).

FutureRyan said on June 6, 2011 at 3:19 p.m.

An 8 out of 10? Damn son

Bob_Freeman said on June 6, 2011 at 3:19 p.m.

i still think that capcom are bloody lazy

Sasuga said on June 6, 2011 at 3:24 p.m.

vanilla Super Street Fighter IV? Where did the chocolate one go ;)

king_e_dawg said on June 6, 2011 at 3:25 p.m.

IGN at it again... It makes me so sad that the once-great 1up.com will soon be affiliated with these clowns.

vsDenjin said on June 6, 2011 at 3:26 p.m.

I still prefer justin wong's day one twitter reviews...

Grim said on June 6, 2011 at 3:29 p.m.

Those people leaving comments on IGN are crazy. You must know nothing about how fighting games are released if you think Capcom is milking us fro money by making Super and now making AE. I'm sure these are the same people who buy COD every year.

#10

OneDrop_ said on June 6, 2011 at 3:30 p.m.

@ #8

8/10 is a fair score as it's basically the same game with 2 extra characters and revised 'balancing'. (i use the term 'balancing' loosely)

#11

thepuscifer said on June 6, 2011 at 3:30 p.m.

What's the definition of this one then? Strawberry SF4? Mint? No not mint, that's just rank. Can't wait to get this! From the uk so got 12hrs or so yet :(

#12

thepuscifer said on June 6, 2011 at 3:31 p.m.

@ ado

UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNITE!!!!

#13

Creeper said on June 6, 2011 at 3:34 p.m.

@thepuscifer
Rocky Road is the most common I've heard so far. It makes the most sense. It's not a whole new flavor of ice cream, it's still chocolate with some extras in it.

#14

thepuscifer said on June 6, 2011 at 3:39 p.m.

Aha I like that analogy! Makes sense indeed.

#15

MonkeyCha0s said on June 6, 2011 at 3:44 p.m.

lmao ive never heard rocky road before. and even though i like the sense it makes, AE is much easier to write. Rocky Road isnt catching on

#16

Creeper said on June 6, 2011 at 3:51 p.m.

Yeah when I said most common, I just meant with ice cream. It seems like everyone just wants to call it AE, it's the easiest and you don't even need to include the SF4 part for people to know what you're talking about.

#17

Scorpion said on June 6, 2011 at 4:04 p.m.

Vanilla- IV
Chocolate- Super
STRAWBERRY- AE

all 3 = Neapolitan...

#18

Pig_Red said on June 6, 2011 at 4:06 p.m.

AE = 4 character, 2 of which were intentionally made more powerful than the rest of the cast. 8 out of 10 is very generous.

#19

xShonuffx said on June 6, 2011 at 4:08 p.m.

#18 Full of WIN!!!

#20

dtbighead0812 said on June 6, 2011 at 4:09 p.m.

yea this score is fair.. since only hardcore gamers will appreciate it.. you know those casuals outnumber us 10 to 1 :(

#21

DemonDethchase said on June 6, 2011 at 4:14 p.m.

so no one else then? no new guys other than the four put out..... man thats lame.

#22

Adjacent said on June 6, 2011 at 4:16 p.m.

Yep. I think it's official. The dream is over, we only get 4 characters. Oh well.

#23

DemonDethchase said on June 6, 2011 at 4:21 p.m.

oh and I forgot to say. Hey Scorpion, what up *raise hand for a high five*

#24

TonyCorleone said on June 6, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.

Why put all of that extra development time into an old game like 3rd Strike. I know it's a good game, but I would have rather them put the extra time and effort into AE.

They could have incorporated some form of GGPO for SSFIV AE, although I know it only really works with 2D fighters per se, but surely they could have done something better than what's currently on offer with SSFIV?!

Also, the direct upload to YouTube. Why the hell didn't they include that in their latest rendition of Street Fighter? Why facilitate that feature for an old game?

I don't know, I'll buy 3rd Strike, but I think the effort put into it would have been better served on SSFIV AE. Maybe they could have even put in a couple more characters.

#25

DestinyZX1 said on June 6, 2011 at 4:33 p.m.

@18: Wait a sec. I came up with something like this.

Vanilla = SFIV
Chocolate = SSFIV
Chocolate with Sprinkles = SSFIV AE

#26

Kogia said on June 6, 2011 at 5:15 p.m.

The old cynic that I am I was still secretly hoping there were going to be a couple of surprise additions, I feel a slight tug of sadness.

Yun & Yang are great to have but why so over-powered out the bag? Oni and ERyu are fine if you felt there needed to be more shotos online, it really would have been good to get a bit more variety to entice more players in.

#27

Novacane said on June 6, 2011 at 5:38 p.m.

Did they even fix the mic lag that PSN users get when there are more then 3 or 4 people with mics on?

#28

General_Awesomo said on June 6, 2011 at 9:26 p.m.

How about calling AE "Rainbow Sprinkles"? As a kid you're like "wow, it's so colorful!" But then you realize "hey, I could be getting something more worthwhile..."

#29

Rafabio said on June 6, 2011 at 11:30 p.m.

GamePro Review

http://www.gamepro.com/article/review...

#30

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