Ok sure...it looks good, but after playing the game for a simple 10 minutes I have to say that it's been a big waste of money and anticipation. As much as I loved the original Street Fighter games, this version has been cursed with the same stupid ethics as Xbox Arcade re-release, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3...It's just TOO difficult. Sure everyone loves a game that is challenging, but a game that is sluggish and has AI that loves to spam the same moves at you (Blankas jumping around and T-Hawks flying attack, not to mention Dhalsims already tedious elastic arms) just ruins any fun the game has to offer.
When I first fired it up I had a browse at the achievements, the usual Xbox Arcade quota of 200 points up for grabs doesn't make this game worth the pricey 1,200 points price (Roughly £10.00), especially seeing as predicted, a good chunk of them are online which (again the same as UMK3) will have you facing spamming opponents, leavers and people who just happen to be miles better than you at the game. A game with no ability matching never works online, it always ends up with a room of say 7 people which 6 just get repeatedly pwned from 1 person.
Lastly, the controls. The SF series in the arcades had joysticks similair to car gear sticks, with allocated groves for the stick to be pointed in the desired direction, but now that we're on analogue sticks which the game subliminally suggests you use...it just doesn't work. You can (in your head) be doing the exact directions/combos the move list asks of you, and you'll get nothing 90% of the time. So you'll go to the Xbox 360's horrid Dpad, which is mainly used as a menu sidekick in most games...it also is on an analogue pivet so again the same applies.
Frustrating and time wasting, I advise you to look past the "ZOMG STREET FIGHTER" and "OMG HD GFX!" and save your precious money/microsoft points and do something better with your time other than wanting to chew your control pad to pieces in frustration.
4 out of 10 (just because it looks nice)
