Continues to be one of the most respectable releases of a Street Fighter game on Steam.
+ Well optimized. Can run on a potato
+ Large roster with a diverse variety of movesets that holds up pretty well
+ Decent input leniency
+ Tons of DLC costumes
+ Animated arcade mode cutscenes
+ Badass arcade mode bosses
~ DLC costumes tend to never be discounted, but I can't complain too much since it's at least cheaper than later games' DLC costumes. I just limit myself to a few costumes packs per month to slowly collect them all.
~ Continues to use the antiquated method of unlocking everyone's alternate colors for the SSF4 cast but not the AE or Ultra cast where playing matches gets costumes. Doesn't take too, too long though.
~ Action figurey art style has not aged well, but I have to cut them slack since it's kinda what put the series back on the map
~ People complain about no rollback, but I managed to get some great matches with a friend overseas who was on wi-fi. IDK what we're doing here, this netcode is quite fine for delay based.
- Few players online. Of course, this is bypassed if you are planning to mostly play friends anyway like me, but I figured you should know.
- Balance issues, particularly with the new characters for Ultra SFIV. I would consider banning certain Ultra moves for a tournament. It's weird because they used to have a habit of nerfing tournament winning characters (not actually a good strategy tbh) but they didn't do it for the last EVO which this game was there, so make what you will of that.
- Pressing three buttons AND a double motion is a weird way of doing a desperation move. Especially makes it difficult to differentiate between a teleport that uses a 623 motion, and a 4charge646 ultra.
- Relatively shallow single player offerings, but that was the style at the time
- Sometimes won't play nice with you if you change video settings

BRING BACK DUDLEY FOR SF6

cant find any games. no one in community wants to help. RIP sf4