Street Fighter 4

There are just a few beat 'em ups out there for PC and one of them is Street Fighter IV. I used to love those games on consoles and I was a big fan of "Dead or Alive" but that was during my Dreamcast days.....Yeah where were we? Oh yeah, Street Fighter 4 impresses with a nice little intro movie full of artsy fartsy graphics which I liked by the way. The welcome screen is the good 'ol Street Fighter screen.

Intro Movie Captured

You can play different modes from Arcade Mode to Live Mode which connects you to the internet via Windows Live and allows you to play online. I chose to play Arcade mode to watch the little cutscenes and I loves the scenes because of their anime style and storyline. I played two characters namely Crimson Viper, an american agent, and the imfamous Chun-Li, the chinese cutsy girl.  You see that I love playing girls and deep inside is a strong belief that girls will eventually be stronger and kick ass in fighting. You can access more characters once you finish the Arcade modes with each character.

Now about the game play: Let me tell you guys, freaking beat 'em ups on keyboard is a tough cookie. I constantly keyboard bash and I really don't want to have to. The moves are hard to fulfill when you can't even properly rotate the move directions like on a controller. The game play itself is super fun. Moves are varying and good and the graphics received some brush ups but stayed pretty much the same; in 2D with now a little hint of 3D.

Cutscene playing Crimson Viper

The Arcade challenges in particular were difficult as hell. I love fighting games and I am a crack at it, but this game on PC? No way hose did I ever win in normal mode. I had to play in "Easy as Pie" Mode in order to even get to Seth who is the boss. Seth just drove me nuts. Until now I haven't defeated that bastard and I think until I won't defeat him, you guys won't see any other games coming around in this blog -.- ......... Don't worry I can discipline myself into trying three times in a row per hour ;).

Street Fighter IV is definitely a must have for beat 'em up fans, but be sure to have a freakin controller by your side when playing.

Seth the Boss in Arcade Mode

Cutscene Chun-Li

                                                                         Happy Fighting Guys!