It's hard to stop playing!

Seriously, the game kicks ass on every level, and there is so much depth, so much going on. The animation is top notch. Watching the faces before, during, and after Ultras is a trip! Ryu's face right before getting Shinryuken'd is priceless, and have you watched closely at the face that gets made if you connect with Gouken's Utra? Blanka's face in particular is extremely amusing.

Gameplay is hard to beat. The system is perfect once you understand it. The depth is PERFECT for an at-home fighter with a tournament presence. I've come to understand and attempt to use the intracacies of the Focus Attack system to eat attacks and land unblockable, guard breaking attacks that radically change the face of battle.

Ultras and supers are the bastion of most players, where I find more success with the focus attacks and using EX versions of moves.

I'm trying to play as everyone proficiently, but it is not an easy undertaking. Seth's 3x Shoryuken seems to evade my fingers sometimes, but i've mastered the rotate 360 without jumping. Not easy, but it adds a whole new way of playing Zangief when you don't have to jump to land his moves.

There are a few tweeks that could be made to online play (lobby system a la HD Remix is a must for player matches!) and I wonder if I'll ever get every Title or Icon, but I am overjoyed with what Capcom and SFIV have delievered.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!