Street Fighter 30th Anniversar (PS4)

Before I begin the review, I just want to say that growing up as a kid in the 80’s and 90’s was so awesome and part of that reason is this classic fighting game, Street Fighter 2. I can still remember the day me and my cousin went in to the arcades amusements shop (in Dalston) and saw a whole group of youngsters gathering around this arcade game and the rest is history!!!Yeah I know I sound like an old man explaining all this, but that just goes to show that I could talk forever about this arcade classic. So what can I say that hasn’t already been said about this brilliant compilation? For a start I’m so happy that they included the first street fighter game from 1987 as this was a game I never experienced on arcade but as some would say it’s just an ok game, nothing ground-breaking but for curiosity alone.Now, onto my favourite trilogy of the Street Fighter 2 series, World Warrior, Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting (Turbo) I absolutely love these games, these 3 games I never get tired of playing and each time I play them, I enjoy them even more. These were the games I cherished so much on my Super Nintendo console back in the day, the nostalgia alone gets me fired up. In all honesty, I cannot pick a best of the three as all three are legendary.I also have fond memories of the Alpha trilogy, these games have much better animation, graphics and fight mechanics than the previous trilogy but if I were to pick one of this series, hands down it would be Alpha 3. An excellent series overall.I’ll be honest, I am not as familiar with the Street Fighter 3 series, except for New Generation. This is most likely because by this stage, arcade shops were getting closed down and I just don’t remember 2nd Impact or 3rd Strike but since this compilation includes them and having now played all three, I would say that 3rd Strike is one of my favourites now.So overall, I am very happy that Capcom released this compilation of my childhood favourite fighting game, much like I was very happy with the recently released Devil May Cry HD PS4 collection.Hopefully we will one day receive the following games as a compilation:Street Fighter The VS Series (XMEN Vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Marvel Vs. SNK, Marvel Superheroes Vs. Street Fighter)Mortal Kombat Compilation (This would be EPIC!!)Tekken Compilation (Also just as EPIC!!)We can always dream!!! Bottom Line, if you love Street Fighter, buy this game right now!!

I bought this way way way after release so i have no clue what the pre-order deal of USFIV is all about, nor do i really care and i hope we'll actually get a second physical collection that includes it, and maybe with some HD Arcade ports of the Street Fighter EX games too, eh Capcom? maybe put a little bit of love into that series maybe? hmm? whatever, this collection is pretty good but i'm saddened by the fact that we'll probably never have another port of Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, which is by far my favorite Street Fighter overall and has the most replay value out of all of them, this collection however was a good way for me to play several Street Fighter games i've never even played, each game even had a lot of detail put into them like if you hover over a game and press triangle you'll get that game's backstory, and sometimes even "cheat codes" which was super nostalgic, and i love pointless trivia so that's two thumbs up from me, highly recommended!

I am willing to concede that over time my reactions are not as good as they were when I was a teenager, when I first played these, but getting some negatives out of the way firstly.There are options but I find that due to the games being Arcade versions, the options are more limited, an example being that for the Street Fighter alpha series on PlayStation there were x3 kick and punch buttons which could be configured, in this they are missing from what I can see.Due to the Arcade versions I find that the games feel a lot harder than I remember, I am getting owned on easy at times, where I could in the past do moderately well on a medium setting, I don't think I'm THAT crap at it :DBesides all my gripes and frustrations however, I DID play Street Fighter 3 for the first time, and yes I got owned, but it was great to finally play that.There are a lot of games here to enjoy, I have only played the offline stuff, if you have a PlayStation Plus subscription there are online options , if you like these games it is alright BUT just be aware that they feel a bit harder and clunkier than the console version

Arcade retro perfection of 12 original arcade versions of classic Street Fighter games, excellent value .

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Great to see all these games in one collection. But unless your very much into fighting games, expect to get destroyed even on the easiest setting. Don't bother buying this to dip your toe into some retro fighting from the 90's - it will disappoint

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Amazon disappointed all pre-order customers by not providing Ultra Street Fighter 4. Amazon then drops the price to £21.99 the day after release. Huge offences in my opinion. That aside, this collection is a bare bones arcade mode only collection with some online play and a gallery etc. It does not have all or some of the features you would find in the individual releases. I created unrealistic expectations for myself by hoping that this would match up to the quality of the Alpha Anthology collection. Alpha Anthology included Street Fighter Alpha 2 Dash (the refined home copy) as opposed to the rough Arcade diamond you get in the 30th Anniversary Collection. It's still a great opportunity to play all past titles as there are many out there who would have missed one or two along the way.I did wonder how certain vendors would follow through with pre-orders of the physical retail copy..... They would have to provide a code to redeem USF4, otherwise there is no way of telling who preordered what. At £21.99 on PS4 this is a good pick up. I've learned my lesson from pre-ordering.