Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting Review (Xbox 360 Live Arcade)

Generally I would write a review by going into some details of the different aspects of the game, and then in the conclusion section lay it all out and tell you if the game is any good or not.

Screw that. I am going to lay it out straight for everyone right here, with no bullshit to read.

Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting for the XBOX 360 Live Arcade is just horrible. Do not spend your $ on this game, worst $10 ever spent. Capcom dropped the ball big time on this one.

This is probably one of the worst ports I have ever played and mainly because of horrible controls. The controls are off, laggy, and generally less than responsive. In the on-line mode of SF II HF this only gets much worse.

Graphically the game is where it has always been. Nothing new to see, it’s just a straight port. This means no HD, and the game is not full screen for those of you who have a wide screen TV. You have the option of “stretching” out the image and making it full screen, but it just looks terrible that way.

Sounds seem a little muffled, but so was the original game. Once again, absolutely nothing exciting there either.

The on-line mode is just a nightmare. Lag, lag, and more lag. Laggy controls, and laggy games all over the place. It might take you 10 minutes to finally make it into a match and once you do, you’ll be frustrated with slow to respond controls and game lag. Granted that once more people have downloaded the game it might be faster at matching you up, but will more people online mean increased lag?

I am certain that there are a bunch die-hard SF II fans who will love this game any way they can get it. If you are not one of them, I would advise avoiding this game and the tempting nostalgic feeling you have. Why? Because you’ll end up regretting spending that $10.

This game gets a 5/10 and that’s high, only because it’s SF II.