They're announcing modes and roster number now! Very helpful to keep in mind exactly what we're seeing.
The particles are look a lot better. And the characters... are actually starting to look like themselves. Angel instantly looked like "her", rather than some odd cosplay version of herself.
They're actually starting to show some flair, too. Are we finally getting proper pre-fight intros back? The Camera angles are changing during supers. Kula's hair and Iori's jacket tails are actually moving respectably well, too.
Welcome back Ralf, Billy, King! Oooh, just saw on stream, the victory screen is nicely animated, with 2 characters taking a general victoly pose, the main winner doing something more elaborate. I like.
There seems to be multiple announcers. The female sounds pretty genki, ha. Interesting detail anyway.
I mean... it moves like KoF. It's nice seeing people already starting to play like they did in XIII with weak to strong pressuring normal and such. I like this gameplay transition more than I did the one to SFIV personally, because it looks properly 2d in a lot of ways. Watching Kula do her double-hit close C feels like that rhythm I've known for years, y'know?