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Too Much Hyper, Not Enough Fighting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-that-all-you've-got dept.

Jason Booth takes a look at the recently released Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, on Xbox Live. A highly anticipated title, Mr. Booth lays out why Capcom has fallen short of the high expectations gamers had for the title. From the article: "Now, where the game really falls down is online. It's bad enough playing SF2 on the 360 controller, but with lag it's nearly impossible. The funny thing is, the lag really isn't that bad from a technical standpoint. Most matches feel as if I'm getting a reasonable ping time and response. But SF2 turbo is a fast game, and at that speed, you just can't play, and can't compensate enough for the lag. If you press an attack button while leaving the ground on a jump, it'll probably go off as its landing."

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  1. Re:street fighter 2 many by Not+Anonymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think they went to III once, but everyone hated the change to the Roman Numerals.

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  2. Let me sum up the review... by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm aging. I'm nostalgic for the game I used to rock at. Why can't they just remake that game exactly the way it was when I was in high school, so I can pretend I'm still cool? They must have sped it up, because surely my aging reflexes haven't gotten any slower. It must be lag that's letting all these other players kick my ass. Wah! Wah!! Wah!!!!

    -Eric

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  3. Re:SFIIHF Is Good by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just remember, this is an 80s game!

    An 80s game... that was first released in 1991?

    I'm shouryuken find a better way to describe the game's vintage than that.

  4. Street Fighter 2 EX PLUS HYPER ALPHA FIGHTING!1! by Not+Anonymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You might want to nix the Movie and the EX games if you're strictly counting games by Capcom. AFAIK, the two games were done outside of Capcom (the EX Series having been done by ARIKA). Also, you're missing Street Fighter EX III, since you're counting the EX Series (though, I'm not sure if that one saw an Arcade release, which I don't think it did).

    And might as well add X-Men Vs. Street Fighter and Street Fighter 2097 for NES if you want to be really complete about it (that and tons of Alpha compilations and tweaks for the consoles).

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  5. Booth and SF2 by cspariah · · Score: 3, Funny

    One of my greatest achievements in arcade gaming is that I managed to take one round -- not a full match, just a round -- from Jason Booth in SF2 Turbo when we were both at Turbine. Of course, he was only using one button -- light kick. When he switched to light punch, I was done.