I have no idea how you support "plays like an evolved SFIV" unless you're reducing it down to a level of "yep, has fireballs, there's ryu, it's street fighter."
no fadc combos, no starting with lights, generally no long combos, no ultras, no invincible backdashes, etc. at a technical level it's a different game.
Yeah, I really don't get statements like that. V plays like a return to traditionall Street Fighter whereas IV always felt like an outlier to me.