Back around 1993, Street Fighter 2 revolutionized games as we know them. A simple, yet insanely innovative premise involving 8 characters with multiple fighting styles would spark off a flood of copycats and clones for years to come. Nowadays, the popularity of fighting games has somewhat gone down, with less and less games of this type being released. Enter Street Fighter IV, Capcom’s latest entry into the franchise that seeks to be just as revolutionary as its previous incarnations.
GRAPHICS 10/10
I can’t really begin to describe the graphics and do them any type of justice. Art like this has to be witnessed, and to be honest, even screen shots do not do the graphics justice. The fluid motion of the characters and the smooth frame rate all showcase the level of polish that went into this game. When it comes to games, I’m a straight up polish whore. Maybe that came out wrong, but bottom line is I really appreciate those little details (as in “polish” not “Polish”)
Perhaps the best way I can describe the graphics is a cross between cell shading and something thought up at Pixar. The field of play is classic 2d, but the pleasantly distracting backgrounds are full on 3d. When watching someone else play the game, its just as easy to become lost in the backgrounds as it is with watching the actual fight. The particle effects are flat out amazing. Continue reading →
After nineteen years as a made-for-TV movie, Stephen King’s It is being brought back to life by Warner Bros. Based on one of the scariest of King’s many scary novels, It chronicles a group of kids who call themselves the Losers Club in 1958 and encounter a child-murdering clown — the terrifying Pennywise, or It, or Robert Gray. Cut to 1985, and the Losers Club is now a group of adults faced with the same clown they defeated 27 years ago. In the new adaptation, which will be written by Dave Kajganich (The Invasion, Creek), the time frame will be present day. Hopefully Pennywise will be just as horrifying as Tim Curry played him. (SPIKE)