>Criticized for being cazualized in it's time
>Ends up being one of the last difficult fighting games to get made
>We absolutely be the last difficult Street Fighter that will ever be made
I'm sorry. I unironically apologize, I just couldn't have known at the time.

>25 characters on launch
I'm so sorry.

>>714861976 (OP)
capcom died harder than nortubel during the 7th gen

>>714862229
You now remember the "leak" Capcom put out tot make us think they were launching with 22 characters.

larpers are not attaching themselves to sf4?

>>714862229
SF4 released with 16 characters
console secondaries need to fuck off

>>714861976 (OP)
That's just how fighting games are. SF7 will be streamlined for the masses to such a point that everyone still in the FGC will look back on SF6 fondly.

>>714862229
And each one felt like they actually played differently, remember that? No six grapplers with armor moves, no four rushdowns with the exact same wakeup, just pure mid-2000s soul. You weren’t just picking a skin, you were picking a whole damn philosophy.

>>714866717
Not only that but characters could be played totally different from player to player, SF6 has niggas doing the same shit in gold and master.

>Went bad
>Got even worse
This is nothing to cherish

All these years later I still think this is the game that killed Capcom and would still be the ugliest looking game of all time if Capcom themselves hadn't surpassed it with the RE Engine. Gen 7 was a fucking mistake.

>>714869741
It was a mixed bag.

>le old game is le good le new game is le bad
Do I le fit in le guise XDDD?

>>le old game is le good le new game is le bad
>Do I le fit in le guise XDDD?

>>714861976 (OP)
This has my favourite announcer next to the SC2 guy.

>>714861976 (OP)
>Best 3d artstyle in the series(it has aged better than sfv and will age better than sf6)
>Revived the fighting genre
>Best tournament scene
>Actually made for hardcore fighting game fans and not casuals
>Focus was a great mechanic, and Ultras were perfect comebacks
>Decently balanced, big ass roster
>The last sf game that had a proper single player ladder with a rival and a final boss
>You can choose a taunt and every sf4 version for your character
>The original SF4 intro with the indestructible song is probably the best sf intro in the series
If you remove red focus and Elena, SF4 is without a doubt the best SF game in existence