so I finally got a chance to download it...and I have always hoped for the best...I have been bashing critics that weren't giving this game a full 10....I still think the game deserves best xbla game of the year but it is definetly up for some improvements...and CAPCOM THIS IS WHY if you were making a game for the fans you should keep them posted on every detail of development not tell them its coming out 1 week prior to release..... anyways here we go

the good:

online play, HD, responsiveness of controls, dumbed down controls, changes made to gameplay and new moves, FUN FUN FUN

the bad: THIS IS HUGE CAPCOM, I mean any other game I would not have bought

ART ART ART - I do not like the art for most of the characters except maybe chun li,,,,,i mean the old art had a certain ruggedness to it, this art seems like it has been drawn by walt disney..,,even third strike art was more rugged...you guys should have kept the original sprites just refined them... NOT START FROM SCRATCH!!!

controls - why the hell would anyone release this game without releasing an hd remix arcade stick and d-pad, i mean yes I will be buying the sf4 arcade stick which is fairly soon, but you shoudn't put up the leaderboards until that happens....its hard playing with the 360 pad

choice of old announcer - I have been able to bring back the old music but I keep getting the same announcer, I like "big bird" better then this guy, I thought they were bring back the original SF2 announcer instead they bring a guy who sounds like he is making fun of both platyers when he says perfect like hes mocking us for playing the damn game

old school backgrounds - not available, how exactly is this 2 games in one

I played the game for about 4 hrs straight because it had the same gameplay and I was late for work today, it is a good thign since I have not played a game for 4 hours straight in about 2 years.....it would have been so much more enjoyable with these bad things fixed all in all 7.5 out of 10.....sorry capcom but I tried to love it enough to give it a 10 but yeah disapointed at the art....I could not tell that it looked this way since all the videos were cell phone shots that were released prior, and even if I complained which I believed I did..... I was not heard

ART ART ART - Sort of agree but there is a story about why it ended up like this.  Also, you get what you pay for.

controls - Well Capcom shouldn't be responsible for the crappy controller you are using.  You bought the 360 version knowing the fact that the D-pad will suck.  Also excited for the SF4 sticks.

choice of old announcer - Yeah...so many people complained about the old announcer and now look what happened. =( I miss "Barlog Wins!"

old school backgrounds - I'm guessing that it won't work well with widescreen mode.

Nov 27, 2008 -- 11:53AM, RuffNite wrote:

controls - Well Capcom shouldn't be responsible for the crappy controller you are using.  You bought the 360 version knowing the fact that the D-pad will suck.  Also excited for the SF4 sticks.

well they are releasing an arcade stick for SF4 so they oviously understand the importance of controls...the game is very responsive but if they are making a game for the 360 they should be aware of the 360's capabilities and know that responsiveness means nothing when your d-pad is garbage...ps3 controllers arent that great neither....they hsould have released a stick just like they will with sf4

Yeah, 7.5 for the 360 version seems about right.  6.5 for the PSN version would be more appropriate (no dolby digital, no trophies)

Though it doesn't affect gameplay that much, they did promised the old version along with the new, and that's not what they delivered.  The new sprites are pretty good, but they lack the "roughness" of the original game (the originaL sprites UDON had planned were more inline with the classic sprites).

The start screen is bland, the original animation is not there even for classic mode, and the endings are in low resolution, very annoying.

I purchased it for the nostalgia factor and I'm sure I'll get a lot of play out of it.  However I still think the game feels rushed and unpolished.  Compared to the value delivered by Capcom's last remake (Bionic Commando Rearmed) SSF2THDR it's definitely not worth its $15 price tag.

Nov 27, 2008 -- 12:40PM, EVILSIN wrote:

Nov 27, 2008 -- 11:53AM, RuffNite wrote:

controls - Well Capcom shouldn't be responsible for the crappy controller you are using.  You bought the 360 version knowing the fact that the D-pad will suck.  Also excited for the SF4 sticks.

well they are releasing an arcade stick for SF4 so they oviously understand the importance of controls...the game is very responsive but if they are making a game for the 360 they should be aware of the 360's capabilities and know that responsiveness means nothing when your d-pad is garbage...ps3 controllers arent that great neither....they hsould have released a stick just like they will with sf4

 

Just get used to it, and stop whining already! The problem is YOU not ADAPTING to the controller. Some people prefer the PS3 controller for SF other the X360, and others the Arcade sticks. (Have you tried the analog sticks? sometimes they are very precise and responsive as well--but then again, you'd have to get used to it.)

I personally prefer controllers in genral over Arcade sticks because that's how I learned to master SF2 (back then on the SNES). So when I go to the arcades, in my school (UoH), and I lose because my left hand is not as quick and precise as my thumb, I don't go all out blaming on the quality of the game itself, or Capcom.