I originally wasn't going to get it but I couldn't resist a cheap offer.
The visuals are amazing. I've only played the game maybe casually before (as in button mashing) at a friends house. Now that I'm trying to learn it, the gameplay seems pretty complex. I was used to doing combos in L M H format thanks to MvC3 and SFXTK but this is so different. I can also easily do supers/hypers in MvC3 and SFXTK but the double qcf/qcb movement is making it more difficult in this game.
Don't have a main character yet. I've always wanted to use Vega but I can't do charge attacks at all. Most people can do them easily but they don't fit my playstyle and irritate the hell out of me. lol
I only just got the game, though, so hopefully I can learn it. Although, if I was to do a comparison, I enjoyed my first two days with SFXTK a lot more than my first two days with AE. Tag system makes everything double the fun. (going off topic) That game could have been so much more if Capcom execs didn't add all of this DLC, gems and whatnot and the team did better quality checks on the online, character balance, etc. Resources were seriously wasted on creating gems and pandora. Game would have been perfectly fine if not better without either of these features.
(Back to topic)
Overall, AE seems pretty fun and complex but I'll probably be able to give a better opinion after I learn it a bit.
Edit: Some questions,
1. How long does it usually take to learn the system? I mean it probably differs for everyone but general average time would be good to know.
2. How is El Fuerte?
Edit 2: Nvm question 2. El Fuerte is on the bottom of the tier list in the image posted in the SSFIV thread. lol
Edit 3: I edit way too much and I talk/type way too much. >_>
El Fuerte is D tier and one of the worst characters in the game.
For being brand new to SFIV you sure learn combos very quickly. You were able to bust out sakuras BnB EX combo multiple times easily. I still can't pull off any of Ryu's combo's in an actual match besides my punish HPxsrk and my os crMKxHaduken