Ultra Street Fighter IV

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 117 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 117
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 117
  3. Negative: 19 out of 117

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  1. TwoEars
    Jul 20, 2015
    7
    As a long term Street Fighter fan I have to say that this is a very childish and shallow game. SF2 is a pretty simple game by today's standard, but it was state of the art at the time and had a cool and tense martial arts feel to it. SF3A and SF3 Third Strike were more "cartoony", but both those games had incredibly deep fighting mechanics which you could spend years honing, exploring andAs a long term Street Fighter fan I have to say that this is a very childish and shallow game. SF2 is a pretty simple game by today's standard, but it was state of the art at the time and had a cool and tense martial arts feel to it. SF3A and SF3 Third Strike were more "cartoony", but both those games had incredibly deep fighting mechanics which you could spend years honing, exploring and perfecting.

    In comparison to these previous games USF4 is a shallow game with nerfed chains, slow animations, cheap grappling moves, stupid "revenge" mechanics and very badly balanced characters.

    In Street Fighter Alpha 3 each character had 2-3 super moves, and each super move had 3 different power levels which you charged up as the fight went on. This led to an incredibly deep experience with lots of room for tactical play. Now in SF4 each character only has one super available at any one time and you charge it by getting hit, that's right.. you earn the ability to unleash this single special move by playing badly and getting hit.

    It leads to a very stupid experience which doesn't reward skilled players. I recommend playing Street Fighter Alpha 3 or Virtual Fighter 5 instead.    … Expand
  2. CharcoalBurst
    Aug 9, 2014
    5
    Well, this is the ultimate version of Street Fighter IV.
    This game features five more characters and stages, most of them copy-pasted from Street Fighter X Tekken as well as some balance updates too.
    You know what Street Fighter IV is all about, granted you've not been living in a cave with Gollum for the past 5 years. This is simply the most played versus fighting game online (ever ?).    Well, this is the ultimate version of Street Fighter IV.
    This game features five more characters and stages, most of them copy-pasted from Street Fighter X Tekken as well as some balance updates too.
    You know what Street Fighter IV is all about, granted you've not been living in a cave with Gollum for the past 5 years. This is simply the most played versus fighting game online (ever ?).

    The community is really active, so you always find an opponent online which is a cool thing with games that mostly rely on the multiplayer modes (Too bad King Of Fighters XIII Steam Edition is only haunted by a few ghosts by the way).

    There are several "problems" with this game/dlc as of now:
    - You have to pay about 15$ to update a 5 years old game. "Next-gen" consoles have been out for about a year now. Couldn't they just develop Street Fighter V with updated graphics, new mechanics and REALLY new characters ?
    - There are some balance problems with some overpowered characters like T. Hawk who is the perfect example right now. Guess it will be fixed with a forthcoming update.
    People who bought all the costumes DLC on GWFL were screwed with the Steamworks transition. They're pricy as hell !
    - The netcode is a disaster since the Steamworks transition. Don't try to improve your ranking right now, you could be crushed by a beginner because of the lag. This is a shame since SSFIVAE had been on Steam for about 4 months, they could have fixed the netcode during that period and even more pathetic since the multiplayer modes at the core of this game. Capcom are working on it. Let's hope it works.
    - The OST is disgusting to me. As a SNK fan, that music just feels bland, random. Not catchy at all.

    I'd have given this game a 8/10 if it weren't for the crappy netcode issues. With a good netcode only the crappy music, the cash cow DLC thing and the 5 year old graphics engine would help this game from becoming the perfect Street Fighter game.    … Expand
  3. smilzoboboz
    Oct 16, 2014
    7
    I waited a lot before writing this review because this awesome game is cursed by a really bad netcode implementation, I thought the issues could be fixed but since after 2 months the situation is almost the same I think things are going to remain like that forever. Anyway, let's start with everything else, we will get there eventually.

    The game is, as was SSFIV AE, one of the best    I waited a lot before writing this review because this awesome game is cursed by a really bad netcode implementation, I thought the issues could be fixed but since after 2 months the situation is almost the same I think things are going to remain like that forever. Anyway, let's start with everything else, we will get there eventually.

    The game is, as was SSFIV AE, one of the best fighting games ever made. The roster is huge and the gameplay of each character is unique (shotos share similarities ofc). Usually with a huge roster tier list gets crazy but in Ultra Street Fighter IV there are almost no impossible match-ups.

    Graphics are really nice and on PC you can customize even more game's graphic settings, music is really good (character bgm are better than stage bgm IMHO, but that's just for me) and SFX/announcer are part of what makes the game street fighter.

    Now let's talk about the netcode implementation. When you buy a fighting game you're not supposed to play alone by design.
    In 2000 you wouldn't expect the game to have any online mode implementation and you'd have struggled to search players at your level (it involved moving around your country a lot) to learn the game and eventually enjoy yourself.
    In 2014 you expect your game to be fully playable online since 30~40 ms ping values are totally bearable (it's more or less 2 game frames that should even be mitigated by the netcode). Sadly this is not the case.
    The netcode is bad and so the "mitigation" is completely missing (at least it feels like that) meaning that if you play with low ping values (let's say 40ms) outside ranked, the game plays fine, otherwise you will experience totally unplayable games.

    To recap, gameplay 10 (wouldn't make major changes), graphic 9 (it's old but on PC you can enhance it), music/SFX 9 (totally enjoyable), netcode 2 (well, read above)    … Expand
  4. BenzoSt
    Jul 12, 2022
    7
    A fun 2-dimensional brawling game with about 40 different playable characters. The game's technical structure and character balance is excellent. I had lots of fun playing this game with friends in the early 2010’s. And this game is indeed at its best when played with real people; arcade mode is fine, but whatever. My grievances with this game are that the graphics are quite cartoony, theA fun 2-dimensional brawling game with about 40 different playable characters. The game's technical structure and character balance is excellent. I had lots of fun playing this game with friends in the early 2010’s. And this game is indeed at its best when played with real people; arcade mode is fine, but whatever. My grievances with this game are that the graphics are quite cartoony, the characters are excessively 'roided up, and the music is rather mediocre.… Expand
  5. Emerald3ME
    Apr 4, 2023
    7
    Easily one of the best Street Fighter Games ever released. The only issues that are prevalent are regulated mostly to a lack of single player content that most fighting games struggle with anyways.

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82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. CD-Action
    Oct 24, 2014
    70
    6 new stages and 5 new characters – sounds great until you realize that ‘new’ means ‘borrowed from Street Fighter X Tekken’ (with the exception of Decapre, which is a Cammy clone with an interesting move set). [Nov 2014, p.61]
  2. Hyper Magazine
    Sep 14, 2014
    80
    The two-player training mode and 3v3 team battles function exactly as advertised. [Issue#253, p.75]
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Sep 4, 2014
    90
    Ultra Street Fighter IV is a great experience and should not be missed from the collection of any fan of fighting games.
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