Welcome back. USF4 has been out for a few short months and it has been a blast. For those that have dropped off somewhere along the Super Street Fighter 4 Turbo Addition Edition Arcade Ver.2012 updates, ULTRA Street Fighter IV is the current penultimate version of Street Fighter IV with the most aggressive roster and balancing yet from Capcom. With Street Fighter V announced and at an announced 20% completion as of this post, we won't be seeing it until early 2016 at the earliest so rest assured this game will not be obsolete anytime soon. That, and SFV will be a completely different designed beast in it's own save for another discussion in the future Announcement Trailer [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0BbPcSAgw[/video] Official USF4 Trailer and New Highlights [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d__QncYv3VU[/video] Release Dates Digital upgrade on PS3 - June 3rd, 2014 Digital upgrade on Xbox 360 - June 4th, 2014 Full versions, retail and digital on PS3 and Xbox 360 - August 5th, 2014 Full version, retail and digital on Steam/PC - August 8th, 2014 Full versions will be $39.99 for the consoles, $29.99 for PC and Upgrades will be $14.99. Full versions will also contain every single DLC costume since original SFIV included so it will be the definitive version. New Characters! Rolento, Hugo, Elena and Poison joins the cast. Being from another fighter nobody plays anymore, they want in on the fun. Decapre is the only "new" character. The evil twin of Cammy had enough of her BS and wants scrubs to use her instead. New Stages! And by new I mean Capcom's meaning of new. Ripped straight from another game they've made! As with the "New Challengers", these stages are also from Street X Tekken. New Gameplay Mechanics! ☀ Double Ultra Combo - Now players can choose to use both Ultra Combos during a match at the cost of less damage. Unless you're a Deejay player, you'll need all the damage you can get there. ☀ Delayed Wakeup - Scared of crazy muh fuggahs rushing you down? Just play dead for a split second. It might just save your life.Then you get up and unleash some demons on them. Or get knocked down again. ☀ Red Focus Attack - At the cost of two meters, three for cancelling, you can use this nifty new badass tool to absorb multiple hits of non armor breaking stuff and even at the lowest level, your opponent will be like, ow, and stunned. Examples below. It can be charged up to three levels as like the regular focus attack but has the same problems like getting thrown and is prone to armor breaking moves. Like I said, even at the lowest level you can put a hurting on your opponent. This opens up what you can call easy mode into Ultras. Examples below once again. New Modes! ☀ Elimination - An upgraded version of Online Team Battle Mode. Think King of Fighters. ☀ Online Training - Now you get to beat up or get beaten up by someone indefinitely until you both get tired of each other and call it a night. ☀ Edition Select - Edition Select Trailer - For offline versus play only. You get to choose which edition of characters to play as. Something something Tiger Uppercut ow. Various other little things - ‣ Players can upload both online and offline matches directly to Youtube on their own channel. But Only in 480p. Capcom isn't made of money you know. ‣ Network simulation is added to training mode to help online warriors practice against Dahbomb and God's Beard like internet lag. Up to 20 frames of lag can be simulated. ‣ Save and reloading states lets you pause and reload certain conditions you see fit for training purposes. ‣ Training Mode Fight Request is added just for the hell of it. ‣ Button configuration during character select is added to help shave off precious tournament time and the likes. And finally...... Changes Every single character has gotten buffed or nerfed in some way. Full change list can be seen here. For example. Ryu can now focus attack dash cancel into his second Ultra. Since the launch of USF4 on consoles, a new very recent update was pushed out to balance the game for tournament play. Full list of adjustments here In addition to the balancing done by Capcom, they also brought upon a new mode called.. ☀ Omega Mode - Omega mode is a completely new mode in which every character has been modified and outfitted with new normal and special attacks, resulting in a refreshing take on the characters you’ve come to know and love over the last six years. As the primary goal for this mode was fun, more emphasis was placed on making the characters feel new, than on their balance. Omega Mode Move List
.....And if you're a PC player, you can grab the full game right now for less than $20 USD on GMG http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/action/ultra-street-fighter-iv/ Take an additional 20% off with code: WINTER-SALE20-GROGRE Let me know if yous wanna get games online via PC or Xbox 360. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!
