Review Fix 2011 New York Comic Con Coverage: Street Fighter X Tekken Sneak Peek

Fighting enthusiasts have dreamed about this game for over a decade.

In March 2012, it’ll become reality.

However, gamers who got into this year’s New York City Comic Con got a sneak peak and an opportunity to play with a working version of the title.

They weren’t disappointed.

That doesn’t mean they weren’t a bit surprised though.

While both companies have done an excellent job of maintaining their artistic excellence here, as the game looks fantastic, the menus and graphics are surprisingly Capcom-inspired. Sure, all the characters from the Tekken series are beautiful to look at, but they look as if the Capcom team designed them.

That or the same exact graphical engine from the company’s last current generation fighter was the springboard for this title.

The controls as well have been Capcom-ed up, as the usually comfy grapple controls from Tekken have been modified. No longer do the X & O combination perform a grapple. Instead, by using the Triangle & Square combination, along with the analog stick, you can perform different grapple maneuvers. In the end, it’s quite possible the 3D fighting controls in “Tekken” didn’t sync up well with the fast-based 2D hybrid-fighting engine in the Street Fighter series.

The amount of time you’ll spend fighting in the air as well isn’t something Tekken fans are used to either.

Things like this are to be expected though. Whenever two powerhouses like these come together, sacrifices have to be made to ensure enough playability for everyone.

Sadly, the Tekken series was the one changed more. Some may feel more that it should have been.

Is it the end of the world? Not at all, as most of your characters favorite moves are there; you just have to hunt a little bit to find them. All in all, the game is still fun.

It’s just not the equal romance many expected it to be.

Aside from the cinemas before and after fights, the game features very little Tekken-inspired moments.

Even more proof of this is the fact that the Capcom characters feel eerily similar to their identical twins in “Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.” Not ironically, the Street Fighter characters’ controls haven’t been touched at all.

Through this, it’s easy to see this is more of Capcom fighter with Tekken characters in it, and not an equal partnership.

This may offend fans of Tekken, but after a few rounds of the silky-smooth gameplay, top of the line visuals and dream matchups, you’ll quickly forget that the game isn’t exactly what you hoped it would be.

Fighting fans, without a pure preference however, will find this to be the one fighting game they are truly waiting for.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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