Archview #50: Street Fighter IV

 What a lame way to have my 50th review.... and it's gonna be a short one too. I didn't even care about the cover picture, sue me.

  Street Fighter IV is an old game, and it's already on it's fourth iteration(SF IV(Arcade), SF IV(Consoles), SSFIV, SSFIVAE) with a fifth one on the horizon, so I'm just gonna focus on what makes this game different from Super, 'K?. For starters, the game plays and looks just like Super, with the difference that you only have 25 characters and only have one Ultra Combo. Unlike Super, you have to earn your characters, colors and taunts, and it can be tedious at times, specially if you are a Tournament Organizer. So yeah, on one hand, it's cool, having to unlock characters and stuff, it extends the life of the game, in Single Player, and it's fun getting rewarded. On the other hand, it's a nightmare for people that are to organize tournaments and have to unlock everything on every console.
 All 25 characters have different endings and openings, animated at that, but they aren't really worth it since they are really short, and you don't miss anything important if you just go straight to Super. There's also Challenge Mode, that has three different modes: Survival, Trials and Time Attack, and each one comes in Normal and Hard variety. Trials are just like the Trials from Super, but in my opinion, they ease you better on the use of the specific character. Time Attack is actually kinda fun, as you start with a set amount of time, and you can only increase it by beating your oponent, and each stage of Time Attack has different conditions, this holds true for Survival, however instead of managing time, you have to manage your life bar.
 Lastly, and the best exclusive feature, is the Gallery Mode. Why they did away with it is beyond me, but here you can watch any ending or prologue, plus the intro and various art pieces and promotional videos, which you must unlock, of course. Are the exclusive features worth getting vanilla SF IV if you own Super? Nope, not at all. Regardless, the basic game is still fantastic, hence I can't go below 7, yet with Super avaiable, it kinda makes this game obsolete.
 7 out of 10