Comments on: “Street Fighter IV”: Seth Can Shove It

By: Dizrythmia

Dizrythmia — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:37:25 +0000

Pain in the ass unlockable characters. Sounds like SNK vs Capcom for the Neo Geo Pocket.

In that you had a grid of 9 squares (I think it was 9), & every time you clocked the game a random square would be uncovered showing a part of the hidden character. The problem was that the random square would more often than not be one that was already unlocked. Imagine the pain in the ass it was to uncover that final square & every time you clocked the game it would choose any other square but the one you needed.

That took a lot of the fun out of that game for me. Now they’re all unlocked I go back to it every now & again for a quick play. But I was “over it” for a long time…

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:01:47 +0000

@m121

I know how you feel; probably 9 out of 10 matches I play on PSN, it’s versus Ken.

My usual choice is Ryu. I’ve been using him for what’s basically turned into a decade of playing Street Fighter. With this game, though, I’ve tried a different choice, which seems to be my anti-Ken: Sagat. Those Tiger Knees and Tiger Shots can really put ‘ol blondie in his place. Not to mention that punishing Ultra Combo.

I don’t pay attention to who’s on what tier. I play what I know with the characters I can use, and most of the time I can yank out a win, as long as somebody’s not being incredibly cheap (see: everyone online), and using nothing but Hadokens and Shoryukens.

I’d try using Chun-Li if I could look at her after seeing her movie. *shudders*

By: m121

m121 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:02:19 +0000

I actually think Gief is the anti-Seth, myself. Lariats go through is crouching fierce Dhalsim-esque BS. I unlocked almost everyone except Seth first day on Easiest, but it’s on 360. Don’t know anything about any difficulty glitch there. I agree that unlocking characters in this fashion is bs. Hell, I think unlocking characters in itself is pretty stupid. With the advent of online play, we don’t need silly ways of extending single player play. Unlocking colors, taunts, and titles is all fine, but unlocking characters just feels like needlessly dragging out and delaying the real game. Still, if ya gotta do it, do it like Soul Calibur IV. I had everyone except the bonus characters within an hour.

At the end of the day, the only problem I really have with the game though is the fact that everyone online plays Ken. EVERYONE. He’s not top tier by any means (Upper mid-high at best), but for some reason everyone plays him.

By: Bussani

Bussani — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:14:35 +0000

I haven’t done the partial install on my PS3…at least, I don’t think so. Unless my brother did it. How do you do it, anyway?

Even on easy, Seth can be a prick. Teleport’s behind you, unblockable Zangief throw; ugh. Like Timo suggested, I just lariated him to death all cheap like.

The character I -really- had trouble beating Seth with was El Maskedo Wrestler (forget his name right now). His special moves are so…argh! I ended up doing it just by spamming his body flop.

By: Dowlingusa

Dowlingusa — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:03:10 +0000

I know exactly what you mean! I spent 2 1/2 hours trying to beat Seth. Once I figured out any easy way to beat him, then I was fine. I beat him by going to the very corner of a stage and blocking until he jumped at me, and then kicked him mid-air. He repeats a cycle of jumping, being knocked down, punching a bit, and then jumping again.

By: Timo

Timo — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:23:14 +0000

I had no problems with Seth on easiest, no matter which character. But I think I beat the game with all characters, before the patch was there.

Even now I have no big problems with the game on the hardest setting. Sure, Seth is unfair and pretty tough, but after 3 or 4 tries, I beat (usual) him.

However, with Zangief it’s pretty simple, even on the hardest setting. Do ONLY the Lariat. Works perfect, no matter which opponent.