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Impressions: Street Fighter IV & Tekken 6
AlucardX24 | 1:14 AM on 11.02.2008 8 comments




Today was a great day. I entered the streets of Manhattan's China Town, a place full of hidden gems. Woe and behold, I encountered an old fashioned arcade, fully featured with blaring DDR machines, crowds of spectators, the smell of cigarettes, four Street Fighter IV machines, one Tekken 6 machine, and Japanese-style Arcade Sticks.



Street Fighter IV was well worth the money, and it wasn't cheap. One dollar per play, with single-player machines linked together for multiplayer. While the arcade version lacked Sakura, Cammy, Fei Long, and Dan, I was still extremely impressed. Lacking the parry system of SF3, I was afraid this game would be too simple. Capcom has graced the game with surprisingly deep gameplay, packed with reversals, counters, and very nice looking super moves. I may have lost all three matches I had played, but I had a really good time, and I was vsing the local champion.



Tekken 6 is a very gorgeous game, even on arcades. It's definitely got the next-gen look, without the jaggies that usually come from arcade ports. The gameplay is spot on, pretty much the same as Tekken 5, except it seems like they took out the cheap dropkicking from 5. It feels a lot more balanced and technical, which should make for some excellent competitive play.

I'm pretty sure I'll be preordering both games for my 360, along with a couple of Japanese arcade sticks. They're both very good fighting games, and should allow me to show off my awesome skills on Xbox Live. Soul Calibur IV has nothing on these two.

If you guys would like to visit the arcade I went to, it's called Chinatown Fair, and the address is:

Chinatown Fair
8 Mott St
(between Chatham Sq & Mosco St)
New York, NY 10013

Alucard out.



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Gregory Hall's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 05:54
Gregory Hall
I'm looking forward to the next Tekken since the last one I got my hands on was Tekken Tag on the PS2. It'll be nice to see how much the game has improved since then.
Endstiem's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 06:43
Endstiem
I'm just rapt that Tekken 6 is coming to the 360, since I have no desire for a PS3.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 11:09
Shin Oni
no Arcana Heart Love? for shame.

if I was closer to chinatown fair, I would've been there already. a lot of competitive players are always in there gettin games on.
Infinite Obscurity's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 14:58
Infinite Obscurity
I didn't even know they had Tekken 6 at Chinatown fair. I don't live far, I definitely need to go back there soon. Hopefully this has at least taken some pressure off the street fighter 4 machines. Last time I was there it was just 2 single player monitors for SF4 and you had to sign a list with about an hour wait time to get in on a match.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 16:13
Dan CiTi
Street Fighter IV sounds like a lot of fun.

Tekken 6 sounds like more of the same, which may or may not be so great. Tekken 5 was pretty good as a budget title at least.
AlucardX24's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 18:05
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The Tekken 6 machine is new, and there's only one. It's a great game though, with online play, it'll be worth every penny.
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