SF4 first screenshot

Post by **gradualmeltdown** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:21 am

Hey all, just wanted you to know 1up has the first SF4 screens. IMO it looks bad ass! 2D gameplay is confirmed. This could be amazing. EGM will have full impressions of hands on gameplay in January.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3164756

Post by **fastbilly1** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:58 am

Man thats pretty

Post by **nightwalker** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:01 am

wow it looks awesome

I just hope they don't screw it up

Post by **ohayes** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:16 am

I really hate how they call it '2d' gameplay, when it is still using polygons over sprites. For me that's the whole issue, regardless if it plays on a 2d plane the fact that polygonal characters are slower and inferior than sprite based ones causes me great concern for Street Fighter IV

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:40 am

ohayes wrote:I really hate how they call it '2d' gameplay, when it is still using polygons over sprites. For me that's the whole issue, regardless if it plays on a 2d plane the fact that polygonal characters are slower and inferior than sprite based ones causes me great concern for Street Fighter IV

Well, it is two-dimensional gameplay.
That's why they say gameplay instead of graphics.

Looking good though -- about how I pictured it after watching the trailer.

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:13 am

Very interesting cel-shading technique there. That's definitely using some current-gen power to render. The backgrounds need some work though, in order to compare to that. The people in the background dont look similar to Ryu's look at all.

But I still have little faith that Capcom can make a good 3D Street Fighter.

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:17 am

Mozgus wrote:Very interesting cel-shading technique there. That's definitely using some current-gen power to render. The backgrounds need some work though, in order to compare to that. The people in the background dont look similar to Ryu's look at all.

But I still have little faith that Capcom can make a good 3D Street Fighter.

Project Justice wasn't bad, but its not tournament quality.

Has there ever been a 2.5D, tournament-quality fighter?

Post by **RyanDG** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:25 am

racketboy wrote:Has there ever been a 2.5D, tournament-quality fighter?

I've been thinking hard about this since I saw the screenshot... I honestly can't think of one.

I'm not feeling the "style" personally. It looks okay, but there seems to be nothing behind it. It's like they just phoned in the art design.

Post by **kinn** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:00 pm

Impressed with the screen shot. The background gives me a vibe of Chun Li's level from SF2.

Post by **marurun** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:47 pm

Most of the early 3D fighters were, aside from flashy camera angles, effectively 2D, or, as we now call that sorta thing, 2.5D. I'd say Virtua Fighter and VF2 are both tourney quality 2.5D fighters.