Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix

I was one of those kids that would spend money at the arcade when I got the chance to play games I wasn't very good at. Street Fighter 2 was one of those games that ate up a few allowences. Then Street Fighter 2 came out on the SNES and a good friend of mine got a copy of it. The good news was no more money being spent at the arcade- the bad news- I still wasn't good at it.

Now this comes out and I welcomed it like an old friend only to find out after all this time I still suck at it. I downloaded a Wii Virtual Console port a while back and still was never very good and when I found out about this one I was excited. After playing for a few hours I realize I still suck.

After all this time I still suck at this game! Playing with the xbox controller feels a bit weird so if you pick this up you might want to consider getting a good cheap arcade stick (or you can make your own) here here and here

old-new (and it looks great!)

The game looks great! The character models look stunning and the backgrounds look really detailed and alive. There are no unlockables but that's okay. We know what to expect from this game, and it really delivers as the best version of SSF2 on the market. If you're a fan of fighting games and don't mind getting your ass kicked this game is for you!

9/10

Getting to play as Akuma

Beginner tutorial by David Sirlin

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Art

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe

When I first heard about this game I thought "really??" and dismissed it as a cheap gimmick for a series that has been slowly getting worse with every new release. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed MK Deception for it's unloackables, and crazier new characters, but I knew it was starting to run it's course.

MK vs DCU felt as though it would "jump the shark" so I thought nothing of it. Then it came out and my girlfriend thought it would be fun to play for a few nights so we rented it from blockbuster. I was surprised! It was actually fun to play. It's a bit slower than most other fighters so anybody can enjoy it and the story mode from the hero side was actually pretty funny.

Bad run-on sentence explanation ahead:

Superman zaps Darkseid while going through a portal while Raiden does the same thing to Shao Khan which causes a rift in the universe smashing DC's earth with Mortal Kombat's earth, so the heroes and villians on either side join forces to fight each other until they figure out the true enemy is a new guy that is Darkseid and Shao Khan mashed together... whew..

Pretty cheesey but it works.

My favorite characters to play as are from the DC universe side (Batman being my favorite.) The moves are easy to pull off and to learn and the backgrounds and character models look really nice. I was alos impressed with some of the costumes from the DC universe side. They made minor changes to some that really work well and look good (Green Lantern being one of the biggest changes)

The game really suffers from lack of characters. With only 20 characters to choose from and 2 unlockables it really feels limited. So many of the regular Mortal Kombat characters are missing and I would've loved to see more from the DC Universe (Reverse Flash, Mr. Freeze, BatGirl, etc etc)

With no unlockables (what happened to the graveyard?) and very few characters this game can get old fast. Worth a rent or wait until it's cheap but I wouldn't pay full price.

7/10