Ultra Street Fighter IV (PlayStation 4)
By Chad Sapieha,
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Robust fighter has constant melee combat, technical issues.
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What’s It About?
ULTRA STREET FIGHTER IV for PlayStation 4 is designed to be the definitive edition of a game that has been released in varying versions on multiple platforms. It collects all the characters and features released across previous editions and includes all prior modes. Players can fight against computer opponents while working through individual character stories or completing challenges. They also can jump online to engage human opponents in one-off ranked matches and multiple-player tournaments. Outside competitive play, a traditional training mode provides an avenue to practice and master each character's large catalog of offensive and defensive moves. The PlayStation 4 edition also upgrades the game's resolution (without adding any new visual detail), delivers a faster frame rate for smoother animations, and is supposed to reduce control latency to empower skilled players to input commands even more quickly.
Is It Any Good?
Ultra Street Fighter IV for PlayStation 4 will be a familiar experience to fans of Capcom's storied fighting franchise. It doesn't add new characters, stages, modes, or features but instead simply gives players pretty much everything related to previous versions of the game on other systems -- and at a pretty good price. For $24.99 you'll get the base game plus all downloadable content released for earlier editions, all running at a higher resolution and at 60 frames per second. It sounds like a pretty good deal for the latest edition of perhaps the most popular of all modern fighting games.
But Ultra Street Fighter IV on PlayStation 4 has been plagued by technical problems. Some players have complained of visual hitches and input lag -- big issues for a game that's all about timing. Multiple updates correcting these problems were released in the weeks following launch, yet some players continue to cite issues as of this review. But not everyone is running into or reporting problems, which means the experience may be different for each player -- or even for players of varying skills who demand and expect different degrees of performance. Either way, there's not a lot here for anyone who's already played the game on another platform -- something to keep in mind before downloading.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
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Game Details
- Platform: PlayStation 4
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Available online?: Available online
- Publisher: Capcom
- Release date: May 26, 2015
- Genre: Fighting
- ESRB rating: T for Violence, Suggestive Themes, Alcohol Reference, Mild Language
- Last updated: September 30, 2021
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