SFIV is so much more fun than SFV

Arzehn said:
This is the Street Fighter cycle, everyone thinks the previous game was the best. People shit on 4 for the longest time and said 3 was more hype and skillful, and before that was SF2 > SF3.

Looking forward to people saying how much more fun they had with 5 when SF6 comes out.
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Seriously

The SF4 hate on this forum was fucking immense up to like a year ago and now everyone's talking about how great it was
 
You folks remember Latif and how he destroyed Daigo to face Fuudo @ EVO 2011? What a great showing that was.

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Hell no I cannot agree with the OP. SFIV was balls. Stupid knockdown games for days. I felt like I was lying on the floor more than I was fighting.

At least SFV has easily recognizable problems that can be fixed, SFIV was just bad by design.
 
I-hate-u said:
It also has the greatest SF character ever that is SORELY missing from SFV, Cody.

In all seriousness, visuals is about the only department SFV bests IV. Literally everything else is better in the 2009 game, including tournament play. Even in the darkest days of vanilla SFIV, with Sagat and Akuma ruling the game, it was still more enjoyable to spectate than SFV. Watch SFVI be a reboot starring with the SF2 Turbo cast again and be successful. Capcom should never stray away from that core roster.

I am starting to think Sony cursing Capcom or something. Literally every-time they put money in a SF game, it flops. Capcom hasn't had any luck since UMVC3 6 years ago.
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Nah, they don't really need everyone from SFII Turbo. We could honestly do without E. Honda & Blanka. Plus we really need to move past SFIII:3S in the timeline, & SFV is opening the door to that possibility for SFVI.

As for my pecking order, it's SFIII:3S > SSFII:T > SFV > SFA2 > USFIV > SFA3 > SFA1 >>>>>>>>>>>> SFI
 
SF3 and V are reasons why they should not stray away from that core. SFIV did it right, started with the SF2, and then added fan favorites from 3 and Alpha within the year.
 
SFIV was great and I prefer it over SFV although I do very much enjoy SFV as well. I definitely much prefer either game over the SF3 games.
 
I enjoyed both but I lean towards V even with its issues, everything packs a greater punch, art style is stronger, combo timings are more lenient for chumps like me, its starting batch of newcomers are a lot preferable to me than those 4 kicked off with and the music is magnitudes better.

And I swear people were bagging on 4 quite a lot before 5 came along, the game is so tainted currently it's making people look back fondly on 4.
 
I-hate-u said:
SF3 and V are reasons why they should not stray away from that core. SFIV did it right, started with the SF2, and then added fan favorites from 3 and Alpha within the year.
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I'd say that SFIII stripped away too much of the SFII crew. SFV in particular had half of its base roster consisting of World Warriors. SFII representation isn't the problem with SFV, it has just the right amount in terms of the SFII-to-Everything-Else ratio. And honestly, if the rumors are true about Sagat coming in Season 3, Capcom could stop there in terms of SFII characters (maybe bring in Fei Long, but that's it).
 
Yeah, but sf3 is more fun than sf4, and alpha 3 is more fun than sf3, and st is more fun than alpha 2.

Oh, and sf5 will be more fun than sf6.
 
I-hate-u said:
SF3 and V are reasons why they should not stray away from that core. SFIV did it right, started with the SF2, and then added fan favorites from 3 and Alpha within the year.
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the roster had nothing to do why those games weren't as popular as their predecessors.
 
JayEH said:
the roster had nothing to do why those games weren't as popular as their predecessors.
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You could make an argument for SFIII, but it wasn't the #1 reason (New Generation was marketed pretty poorly). But you're 100% right about SFV.
 
I Can understand liking 2, 3 or alpha whatever more but i can't get behind sfiv, sfiv was such ca drag for me after like, the first year or so it turned me from an SF diehard to a Blazblue fan.

I didn't like most of the cast (impressive when it was so large) didn't like the graphics, didn't like the gameplay, don't like focus attacks, don't like the option select heavy setplay garbage... I just don't like it lol.

SFV brought me back
 
Nah. Gameplay in SFV is more fun.

In addition to the lack of a proper arcade mode (with 8 stars of difficulty and best of 3 round matches) my only concern gameplay wise is the input lag: right now it isn't that bad but they should improve it again and if possible to reach the USFIV level when playing with DS4 and PS3 sticks.
 
remz said:
I Can understand liking 2, 3 or alpha whatever more but i can't get behind sfiv, sfiv was such ca drag for me after like, the first year or so it turned me from an SF diehard to a Blazblue fan.

SFV brought me back
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I kinda feel the same way. I was on-&-off SFIV throughout its iterations (came in for Vanilla, left, came back for Super, left, came back for AE, left through AE 2012, came back for Ultra). It's a solid game, don't get me wrong, but I guess it never jelled with me like SFII, SFIII, & SFV do. And even then, I didn't go to tournaments as often as I did in my very young years until MvC3 came along & pulled me back in (remember, MvC1 was my first video game & what got me into both comics, video games, & the FGC).
 
entremet said:
SFIV was pretty huge from jump street. Casuals, streaming, etc.
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I'd say that really has nothing to do with how "good" the games are. More the timing of their releases. SF4 was released after a huge hiatus of the series, which was a very hyped up moment. SF5 was released while SF4 was still being played. Also most casuals had moved on, how many actually stuck around toward the end of SF4's life when the game was at it's best? It was all front loaded.
 
Always thought SFIV was a real sad step down from Third Strike, especially visually but gameplay as well. The new characters were ok but all the classics were awful and jittery. The attempt to emulate the 2D anims was just a bad idea for me.

SFV is the best SF. It was just promoted very poorly. Had it launched as a 30 dollar online edition year 1 with a full release later things would be different.
 
I still enjoy SFIV way more despite its faults and how it aged visually. Mostly because it's as perfect a roster for my taste as I could expect.
 
sf4 made me feel like a narcoleptic in how often it put me to sleep but i don't watch sf5 at all barring when i'm reminded it's on so there's some marked difference in it, i guess.

i still haven't seen or heard of a single sf5 salty suite or seen any sf5 money matches personally and i wonder if that's just the modern environment or if there just isn't that kind of passion for the game

like, i've actually witnessed more sf4 money matches post-sf5's release than sf5 money matches and i'm just left wondering what the deal w/ that is
 
IV is better, but that game had tons of problems that made me end up hating it as well. The main thing IV has over V is the variety of playstyles available to you, whereas SFV you're pretty much only looking at rushdown oriented characters for the most part.

But lets not act like SF4 was good or anything lol
 
sf5's biggest problem imo is throws literally being too poweful
throw loops are just plain retarded, and i don't understand why they don't implement something like gg's system where you can't be thrown you wake up

throw loops are dumb, and looks dumb

talking about normal throws btw, i wouldn't mind if the loop is for special throws, but normal throws really shouldn't have a loop
 
I think V is vastly superior, if only because it went more towards Third Strike whereas IV went more towards Super Turbo, and Third Strike is the best fighting game of all time. IV does feel more polished though, I'll give it that.
 
BiggNife said:
This is a load of hyperbole IMO. SFV blows xT completely out of the water.

At least SFV never had garbage like gems or a comeback mechanic that was so useless that no one ever used it.
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SFV was just unexciting from its reveal for me. One of the bigger mistakes Capcom made, imo, is USF4. There was no need to release a new version at the end of its life (especially one that changed the balance SO MUCH) so it's not even a game to go back to unless you kept playing it.

Why I think xT wasn't as bad was because it was okay to not take seriously. It wasn't the front-runner and as a game, it was deliberately loony. It existed alongside standard SF.
 
Nah. At the very least I like that V-skills/triggers are tailor-made for the character, rather than the one-size-fits-all FADCs.
 
What I'll give IV over V is that IV's presentation was much better. The announcer was hype and not this stale ass esports direction they went with V, each character had multiple taunts and round win poses, and the menus and such felt they had much more style to them.

I started with IV and was pretty frustrated at the time that I couldn't do a lot of the advanced techniques but I've gotten over that now. I do like hopping in there occasionally because the roster is so big with Ultra but V will get to a huge ass roster like that over time.V definitely went a bit too far in the simplification of the game but it's still SF. Right now IMO it just needs more defensive options.
 
People are hating on SFV a lot lately. I remember how a ton of people were saying the game play/mechanics were amazing. After season two, a lot of people are flipping on that. I guess the changes made were damaging.
 
IV bored the fuck out of me, and I loved all the games before then. I can't imagine what another Street Fighter game/subseries could do to take that crown.
 
I'd rather play 5 than 4. 5 just feels better to me. None of the attacks in 4 have that much impact compared to 3rd Strike or 5.
 
I don't want to be THAT guy. But you were playing on PSN Now and say it feels great. SF4 was dope I love it, but vortexs unlockables a cheap Ultras like rose, elena. And by the time ultra hit it was a mess. SfV is is shaping up to be more diverse.

Also lol at the guy saying Urien made him quit but he was cool was Elena I guess.
 
Nope it's not I think sf v is a great fighting game and worth playing. SF IV is very good and still a great game but I'd rather play SF V over it.

TaterTots said:
People are hating on SFV a lot lately. I remember how a ton of people were saying the game play/mechanics were amazing. After season two, a lot of people are flipping on that. I guess the changes made were damaging.
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the mechanics are still as good as ever
 
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