In Pursuit of Super Street Fighter IV Skills: Fei Long
The Street Fighter series has been a mainstay for me throughout my entire life. Heck, I love it so much, some of its damn fictional characters have shaped my life (I feel a little weird admitting that). So when Super Street Fighter IV was announced, I was determined to get back to a respectable skill level. I'm getting there, one character at a time.
Sure, things like Hadokens and Dragon Punches are so ingrained in my DNA that I'll never be able to forget how and when to use them, but I want to branch out. I want to establish a deeper skill set and I want to be less of a one-trick pony in the game. So I decided to start playing with characters I have little-to-no experience with. First up: Fei Long.
Values from Video Games: Ryu
In an attempt to get more content here on my personal blog (I can't just write Quick 'n Dirty Reviews forever now, can I?), I've decided to get a bit personal with Values from Video Games, a semi-regular feature on the games and characters that helped shape me as a person. In the first edition, I'll be talking about Capcom's Ryu and how the fictional man taught me to be a real one.
I don't mean this post to be any slight against my own father -- he worked almost 14 hours a day when I was younger to get enough scratch together (not to discount my mom's efforts, which included taking care of us and working) so he could get our family out of Philly and afford us with opportunities he never had. As such, I never had many male role models around me much when I was a kid -- just my evil, manipulative and selfish brother - but I sure as hell had a lot of video games!
Thoughts: Street Fighter IV
So I picked up Street Fighter IV yesterday. I never really followed the game when it was revealed because the look turned me off so much and I thought they were going to EX-it-up again. Thankfully, that isn't the case, and SFIV is actually a pretty decent game. Not as good as the classic games, but a nice installment in the series. Head past the break for a breakdown of its pros and cons, as far as I think.
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