In the hallowed halls of the Street Fighter series, there's really only one stinker — one game that's just not fun to play — and that's the original Street Fighter.
It's a damn shame, cause the character designs are pretty cool (outside
of a couple of generic muscle-men like Joe), and the graphics are
really quite attractive for the time (Lee and Eagle's backgrounds are
pretty spectacular actually.) But the actual gameplay... well, it's
disastrous. You can only choose Ryu or Ken, they both control like your
commands are mere suggestions, special moves are near-impossible to
pull off, and enemy attacks seem to do vast amounts of damage randomly
determined on a per-occasion basis. It's a pretty startling swing and
miss for the normally infallible late-'80s Capcom, and though it was a
decent-sized hit at the time (big enough, anyway, to warrant a markedly
improved sequel) it's pretty much a historical curiosity at this point.
But because the graphics are cool and the characters are classic (and
because it's the first game in a truly legendary series), I've always
wanted someone to make a revamped version that was actually playable.
Well, someone has.
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