Amazing. Perfect reincarnation of SFII for us who grew up on it. It lives up to everything I could have imagined. Brief thoughts-
Rufus is fucking awesome. Biggest surprise of the game for me. His American voice sounds like the Rob Reiner parody on south park, its hilarious. The character himself plays so well too, if you love fast characters look at him. I was really against this character when I saw pics of him online, but he has really grown on me.
Geif is probably going to be my main. I've always been a Ryu player, but I need a change and the Russian seems so strong and oozes charisma.
Speaking of that, all the characters have tons of personality. My girlfriend came over later tonight and played a bit. Shes a casual player, but she remembered SFII from growing up and she commented on how well the characters came across and how they seemed better then she remembered. I feel the same.
Abel is a really cool character, but has been hard for me to get into.
For some reason, I find myself using Guile a lot. I just love the way he plays in this game. Looks awesome too.
Sagat is definitely one of the strongest in the game. Even this early in the game, its apparent how strong he is. He hits hard as hell, isn't slow. Just an offensive beast.
I fucking suck at the game, and need to really learn it from the core up. Gone are the days of just dragon punching/fireballs. I want to learn combos, strats, everything. I'll be on SRKs forums.