Super Street Fighter IV ( PS3 / XBOX 360 ) 9/10 Great

The 2010 installment of the long running Street fighter series entitled Super Street Fighter 4 is Capcom’s 2^nd installment of the veteran fighting game for the current gen console systems. Overall the game delivers a brilliantly diverse roster of 36 fighters which has the most notable legacy characters like the legendary Ryu and Ken as well as Chun-li, Bison and all from the 1991 world wide arcade and console hit Street fighter 2.  The new characters are well designed and actually fit in quite well in the series although it looks like the new characters have had more design time than the classical fighters which gives the motivation to try them out for a bout or 2.

The game comes with a semi 3D look and feel, although presented with a 2 dimensional outlook. The game delivers deliciously animated 3 dimensional move sequences and throws which certainly makes for some good utilization of the current Play Station 3 and Xbox 360 graphical capabilities.  As a lifelong Street fighter fan I have to say it is fabulous to find that all legacy character moves still work in addition to which there are a series of special moves for each character that are presented with such vibrant, light flashing, high speed and brutal delivery that it outta put a shrug smile on any Street Fighter veteran player as well as any player new to the.

Classical fans will be happy to hear the familiar character stage soundtracks as auxiliary music when the arcade mode is initiated triggering fond memories of Street Fighter 2 battles of old. A great new feature is that backgrounds now have a 3D behavior which rotates the angles and views gradually as the fight progresses which compliments the mostly visually stunning backgrounds. The classical car bashing bonus stage has been included which will have you fist and foot bashing against what looks like a previous generation C-Class Benz,  I wonder what the folks over at Capcom really think about the German Car manufacturer in light of this development.  Three is no Benz Emblem though but after playing Street Fighter 4 Super I can’t help but feel like taking a tight fisted jab at the next Benz I see, but that’s just me.

The lack of a playable story mode gives it a narrower play variety when compared to other fighting games of this generation like Soul Calibur 4 and Tekken 6 which offer an alternative form of gameplay that may extend play-time. However the exclusion a story mode keeps it true to its roots which can’t be a bad thing considering the multitude of cultic fans of the highly venerated Street Fighter 2 games.  This makes online multiplayer bouts highly entertaining. Besides that I can’t see any fault in this installment of Street Fighter so if you are a Street Fighter fan or a newbie looking to kick virtual opponents around your television screen then street Fighter 4 super is for you.

Seth; the current  street fighter boss is semi fierce and deliverers reasonable challenge for the final battle but given a barrage of ken’s fire balls, uppercut punch and spinning round house kicks plus one or two special move executions, he should succumb to the force of all that button bashing and analogue stick toggling. Over all Street Fighter 4 Super is a welcome addition to the current generation fighting game titles and is well worth the purchase.

Logitech GT Force steering for PS3

Got our hands on the Logitech GT Force steering for PS3 Friday night,its absolutely awesome. It astoundingly feels like real racing thanks to the Force Feedback Technology from Logitech that makes the experience more real by not only giving you jerks and rumbles when you hit a wall or another car but it actually lets you feel the road,every little bump of tar is sent directly to your hands.

Furthermore you feel the resistance of the road by your tyres which gives you a simulated experience when taking corners or on tilted Nascar flavored tracks. Logitech and the makers of GT5 went a further step to include drive time controls such as traction, ABS, 4wd and so on to give you accurate control of the feel of your ride.and not all rides have the same additional controls.

If you are a bad driver you would rather stick to the regular dual shock 3 because the logitech steering will give you a powerful Tyre swerve effect when you take a miscalculated attempt at a corner literally overpowering you for control like a real car. And get this; if you take your hand off the steering on a straight the steering will gradually swerve from left to right and increase the effect like a pendulum until you take control again. The analogue foot pedals allow you to apply any amount of foot pressure and luckily there are manufactured with different axis which means that they give individual pressure, they are a bit weak though but I'm guessing this was made to
combat foot fatigue.

The best thing about it is that the steering will give you a different feel when driving different vehicles, for example I played almost the whole of Saturday using a Honda Civic and I mastered it such that I didn't need to upgrade it but once I bought an Integra, I couldn't do certain things quite as well such as drifting.

Oh and for once the first person view Is finally a logical option because the steering gives you accurate feedback on taking corners such that you don't need to see the full car body to determine that you have taken the correct angle on the driving line. And besides you get a greater impression of speed with 1st person view since the camera is closer to the ground also giving you the bonus of hearing enhanced intricate tyre to tar sounds that you cant get from full car view.

Gone are the days of having to know a track corner by corner to get better lap times with the Logitech your innate driving skills can get you though even on the first attempt, not saying that its easier but a greater driving experience that shocked the watch of my wrist. Might I add that that choice of either using stick shift gear and pedal shifters is wonderful and enhances the experience of using manual transmission.

Bottom line if you are a fan of racing this is a must have to compliment your gaming investment..... You got to get it, it's worth 10 times more than its price.