Tbh I'm still kinda in the honeymoon phase with this game but god damn i love it to bits so far


We really haven't had a street fighter newcomers hit this hard in a long as time, i pretty much love all of them, and the mechanics they introduce with drive rush and drive impact are super fun to use and really help give this entry an identity. I will agree that the music is pretty Mid-zilla but i believe that the tracks that hit hit like a goddamn freight train ( I'm looking at you Mr. Top Player)

But something that really stuck with me that i really wasn't expecting to hit like it did was the story mode, at least the ending anyway.

I think finally getting away from the "cutscene-FIGHT!-cutscene-FIGHT!" type story modes that gained popularity due to stuff like MK9 and X (no shade to those games btw those story modes are tight) and taking on this cool rpg approach is super neat, although it does kinda drag a bit, but the ending is what i really wanted to talk about

I was really caught off guard by just how melancholy it all was, not just because basically Bosch's sacrifice and death was all for naught and the ending itself just being a real downer , but that the question posed at the beginning.

I think the question of "What is strength?" is not only fit for the context of a Shonen style "I wanna be the strongest guy" type story, but also resonates with the player, as the goal of most fighting game players is to grow and to learn and to become the best of the best.. to become stronger

And for it to end on the realistic answer of "TRUE strength is not known" letting YOU ruminate on what strength is and means to YOU,

Idk as a fighting game player also trying to push myself to be better, trying to find my own strength, shit was just kinda poignant to me

I never expected a damn fighting game story mode to make feel anything but here we are