Beefjack writes: "2009 was certainly an interesting year in terms of gaming. It was very busy and seemed to rush by in a blur of activity. But was it the post mark year for the reboot? It's an interesting question, and one that applies not only to the gaming industry but my personal life as well. I rebooted my life by firstly getting married and later realizing what I really wanted to do with my career, then started a long and slow journey to rectify the situation (part of the solution is exactly what you, dear reader, are currently browsing)."
The Street Fighter series has a long history, but which are the seven best games the franchise has yet offered to gamers?
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After Street Fighter II released in in 1991, it caused a fighting game explosion, both in arcades and in home consoles. But, as the decade ended, and arcades were failing, so too were 2D Fighting games. This is how Street Fighter IV completely revitalized the genre.
I'd say Blazblue helped too. Didn't care for Street Fighter 4, but Blazblue was amazing during that time. Sad that the series kind of went downhill after the first 2 or 3 games though.
BlazBlue was phenomenal. Platinum'd Calamity Trigger because I loved it so much. I remember buying Continuum Shift back in the day at launch for like $40. They did have DLC characters (Valkenhayne, Makoto, and Platinum at the time) and it came out to just a tad more than it would at full price. Didn't mind at all.
Great fighting game.
Continuum Shift was definitely my favorite. Spent way too many hours on that game, haha... Had the counters for days with Hakumen.
BlazBlue was the much better, more technical game..and a real 2D Fighting Game after all. But yes, since it was a big name..the characters were still popular and the game itself was good, SFIV indeed helped a lot. However, I am pretty sure the much better-selling Mortal Kombat 9 would have been done without SFIV as well..and that one truly helped to make the fighting game genre in general more popular again.
You’re sound dumb. Blazblue was not better than sf4. You’re just saying that because you’re a street fighter hater.
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The content of IV was severely lacking when it launched. It got better over time.
I agree there were alot of reboot games in 2009, but I'm sure there will be just as many if not more in 2010 and on.
SF4 trophies are hard as hell n i can't w8 for RE 5 gold edition it feels like what it should have been
I tend to like reboots for a number of reasons, the biggest being that it allows new generations of gamers to experience great IP. For instance, I thought the Resident Evil 1 remake that came out on GameCube a few years back stayed true to the original while updating it. There are drawbacks of course, ie continually recycling the same material, but I think overall reboots don't have to be a bad thing.
I like some of these reboots, and how they can come in different forms.
I actually liked Bionic Commando. And Shadow Complex, though not technically a reboot, brought the metroid series (2d) back to light.