SF2= Revolutionized the fighting game genre SF4= Resurrect the FGC

SF4 was one of my first ever fighting games that wasn't in the Tekken series. I rented it from a video game rental store a couple years after it came out, and I remember looking at the cast and thinking there were so many cool and interesting characters, but who did I choose? The prisoner that could throw rocks and yell Bingo! Ya, I mained Cody back in the day and I sucked so bad at it. Good times.

Street Fighter 4 save the fighting game community such a great comeback game of the franchise.

I remember EVERYONE's minds were blown by the fact that it'd be the "first" time a Street Fighter game would be 3D. Obviously there were others, but this really gained mainstream traction, and I know some people thought the game looked kinda ugly at the time, especially with some of the faces, but dude, I remember thinking this was like, the NEXT GEN FIGHTING GAME as a kid.

I'll never forget that time I met my friend sabastian at the GameStop Street Fighter 4 tournament and we wound up staying there for like 9 hours being the only people left until they closed.... playing this s*** over and over again and then we found out we lived in the same apartment complex and continued playing until like 3:00 in the morning!

I remember when this came out.... I cried tears of JOY!

Going to be honest the way that Max opened this video about Street Fighter 4 was SO Epic flaming the chat!

We need an announcer back for this series. Almost didn't even need real commentators with the Ultra one. This game has so much style, detail, and energy.

I never tire of seeing my two buddies in the car freakin' out about Street Fighter 4 in that video. Street fighter 4 did so much for everyone back in the day and honestly, its still my favorite SF game to date. Maybe its because it brought SF back from the dead, maybe its because I met so many cool people online and became friends with, maybe its just the epic roster of characters and badass tunes in it. Either way, this game has its place in the pages of fighting history.

Literally one of the first games I've played on the PS3.

Street Fighter 4 revitalize the fighting games genre and Street Fighter was dead for years.

SF4 wasn't just a revival for Street Fighter, it was an evolution for fighting games as a whole

I was 6 years old when this came out. Before my uncle and I grew distant from me growing and him starting his own family, this was the game that gave us a true common interest. He bought my first fightstick. It was that small SF4 fight stick. I remember learning the motion inputs, unlocking every character, and watching Daigo's Ryu on YT with my uncle. Great times. I hope SF6 can give me a similar feeling. Does not at all need to be the same game, but I just something great.

I played fighting games casually growing up with my friends. The SFIV games are what introduced me to the bigger FGC. SFIV series imo was peak Street Fighter. Unique roster, GORGEOUS soundtrack, hype in-game announcers, and endless hours of fun (casual, competitive, and spectatorship). I still own the 3DS and mobile games today.

Street Fighter 4 was my first Street Fighter game and defeating Seth on hardest difficulty in Arcade mode remains one of my greatest gaming achievements of all time!

Ryu's second ultra was the most gorgeous in this game. The pop offs when it hit... good times

Capcom really knew how to make super moves back then. I don't know what the hell happened between 4 and 5 that caused all the super moves to be lame as hell but you only have to go back and watch the dynamic angles on these ultras to see the difference.

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The menu sounds, the announcer, the "KO!" is all so nostalgic. I think sf4 had my favorite game sounds ever, i'm glad they have persisted in memes because i could not live without them lol

The Street Fighter 4 opening song is one of the best. It gets you pumping. It's always on my workout playlist.

I always find it interesting that the SFIV team at Capcom originally weren't sure if they were able to handle adapting the franchise into "3D" themselves for so long, only for them to then see Arc System Works' Battle Fantasia, which then gave them the confidence that they could actually do it if they followed ArcSys' lead, in terms of visual style. In essence, Arc System Works is the reason why Street Fighter was able to be revived, in general.

this game introduced me everything fighting games were about. I wouldn't be where am i if it wasn't for street fighter 4 and the multiple versions after it. It still holds up to the day

I'm not a fan of playing Street Fighter myself, but this was the game that got me into watching tournaments. The high level play was so HYPE.

The intro alone had every fighting game fan out there hyped when this game came out….remember seeing that opening for the first time like it was yesterday

The best Evo moments. The best members of the FGC. Cross Counter TV before the crazy. SF4 is easily the best SF.

I got USF4 for the 360 recently. OH MY GOD ITS SO FUN! I just want to say thank you for getting me into a great genre of games. Also, Shine on!

My uncle got this game for me on PC. I still have the box with the dvd. I played countless hours online when I moved to a city where I had literally no friends to hang out with. This game was FUN. The other editions are indeed amazing but none of them hit as hard as vanilla SF4 for me. What a game.

Street fighter 4 absolutely resurrected the fighting game genre. And now its arguably better than ever with so many quality titles out there. Sf4 will always have a place in my heart for that

The most important fighting game of all time is Street Fighter 2. The SECOND most important fighting game of all time is Street Fighter 4. Except for a few franchises still barely hanging on like Tekken and KOF, fighring games pretty much DIED in rhe aughts as a genre. Street Fighter 4 revived the fighting game scene with a vengeance and was the first game od the modern fighting game tournament scene. EVO would not be the big deal it is now without SF4. I remember I was in basic training for the US Army back in 2007, and part of basic training is, obviously, that you don't have access to social media or electronic devices during the 9 weeks of it. The only real access to any outside news is either if your drill sergeants told you any (fat chance) or if your family and friends tell you any through letters from home. Well, I received a letter from my brother, and he obviously got me up to speed on gaming news. I started to read the letter, and suddenly I shout at the top of my lungs: "CAPCOM IS MAKING STREET FIGHTER 4!!!" My entire bay of basic training mates erupted in cheers and applause. The drill sergeant on duty walked in angry at the sudden outburst, and smoked us, and he asked me what the fuck that was about. When I told him that Street Fighter 4 was coming out, he immediately ran into his office, and 5 minutes later, he let us watch the teaser on the computer. It was one of my favorite memories of my Army career. Street Fighter 4 has a special place in my heart. It still is, IMHO, the best Street Fighter game after all its iterations, and my favorite fighting game ever, even dethroning Capcom Vs. SNK 2 in that regard.

Yeah, I still remember when this game came out all those years ago……. It’s the game that REVIVED 2D FIGHTING GAME!! We wouldn’t have had a fighter renascence without it!!

This game's main theme is _still_ THE song that first comes to mind when I think "Street Fighter".

That intro is the definition of HYPE! The arcades had shut down anywhere relatively close to me by the time this came out. My friends and I would hit up Wrights Barnyard (well, DZ's Hollywood Park to be exact by that time) for the single token deal for every machine in the summer months. They closed in like 2005/6 due to the 80/94 expansion swallowing up the land. Still need to make it out to Galloping Ghosts one day, its only about 35 mins from me.

This game was revolutionary to me and many others. Especially seeing vanilla Sagat

I swear, the Street Fighter IV Era was the most hype era in all of Street Fighter. Change my mind now.

Dude street fighter four watching you play that was what made me get into fighting games and all I can say has been a great journey my dude ❤️

My first game I played so seriously for 7 years, I can't say I was that committed to anything else (well besides college haha) This was definitely really nostalgic for those who played SF2, like that's exactly what Vanilla was going for and it did it so well.

Watching the enemy's eyes widen to a comical level when using ultra is always hilarious

You can't deny that SF4 is the most important fighting game in recent history. Basicaly brought the genre back to life when fighting games were becoming irrelevant in the 2000's.

I remember first playing USFIV on mobile and it was my first traditional fighting game I ever put lots of time into. I would always try to do the combo trials on mobile for gods sake, which was as you can imagine, hella difficult. Cheesing the ai with focus attack in arcade mode was my favorite past time after coming home from school. But it introduced and got me interested in fighting games in general, and I wouldn’t have been an SF fan without it

A lot of the voice actors sound so young in SF4. Its really interesting to hear since I've wound up following a lot of their careers since this game.

I grew up with SF4 and was the first fighting game I played. This game made me fall in love with fighting games and in SF.

Hey look it’s a street fighter game with combos, I forgot what it meant to land those after trying to play sfv

This is how I found the dood of doods looking for sf4 videos and never stopped watching damn time flys

I remember being surprised when I saw SF4 on the shelves because I didn’t even realise there had been a SF3. Seth Kilian said in an interview that Capcom nearly threw in the towel after third strike because the player pool was so small. SF4 was like an adrenaline shot for the series

Max is so right about the timing of SF4a release... It was MUCH needed, I hadn't been pulled in by a fighting game like that in awhile, but I returned after playing MVC3/UMvC3 and the game felt WAAAY too sluggish to get into, but I still have the very fond memories of it's release...

I'll never forget the hype for this game. It was so great. Unfortunately 5 didn't even come close to this. Hopefully 6 can turn it around and we can recapture this.

I remember crying my eyes out cuz I couldn’t do specials (I was 12 at the time I used to main akuma,ryu,gouken) although i mashed and mashed it grew to combos and then long ones the amount of insanity I had to deal with in training mode trying to copy combos and also trying to be creative is insane I will always love street fighter 4

Oh man. I remember me and my cousin playing this for hours. I was a Dan main and he was a Gouken main. Had this whole storyline on how Dan was gonna teach him a real fighting style. Our matches were insane. Never got the same feeling with SFV. SF4 just had a more dynamic and exciting feel. I’ll never forget the time I had with it.

This is definitely one of the best Fighting games out there in existence!!

I suck at this game, but land a FADC into a Ultra is satisfying as hell!

Hearing the shout out to Video 94 and remembering the days of going there every day after school to train my Bison, man that made my day. Respect.

As far as I remember Street Fighter 4 got a warm reception. But it wasn't until Super Street Fighter 4 that the fighting games really came back.

I'll never forget when it first came out! When I bought my PS3 this was the first game I bought! I was so glad to get back into Street Fighter. I never got into 3. Only played the originals and Street Fighter Alpha. But when 4 came out! Played it a ton!

This is no bullshit . Maxamillion dood ken replays are a big part of the reason I got into sf4 so much. You can still see My comments on his old videos blown away by his ken before i even learnt what hit confirms were by watching lord of ultimate tutorials. I still play it occasionally 12 years later and am a member of the facebook revival group and keep Up With the latest scene and will always love it .

This was a moment in time alongside MK(2011) like I grew up playing all the collections on the PS2 and Super and Turbo on an SNES but I was about 13 when SFIV came out and holy shit was it amazing. Just the fact I got to experience a SF game at launch and with friends was phenomenal. This brought back a ton of memories

My journey and love for Street Fighter began with Ultra Street Fighter IV and since then I’ve played and tried out other fighting games. I first played it on PS4 and man what an introduction. It inspired me to play Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Third Strike, and the Alpha games. I have my issues with SFV but I ended up liking it. When Ken was announced as a playable character in Smash Ultimate, I was hyped as all hell. Because of what Street Fighter IV is and what it is to me. This game will always hold a special place in my heart.

Shout out to Team Four Star having Max voicing in Stardust crusader's part 2 in 9 minutes

when i first got this game for the ps4, i had no idea how big this was to the SF fans, all i knew was this was the first street fighter game ive owned (other than that, i played one match at a street fighter 2 retro arcade as a little child) i loved the game, the opening song is my ringtone. this was one of the few things that brought my family together

the street fighter 4 art for me was brilliant and it always fascinated me as a child growing up in the early 2000s

Arcade Infinity was one of the first places I played this. I still shed a tear when I drive by where it used to be.

For alot of people Street Fighter 4 is their Street Fighter 2 if you know what i mean. Got alot to thank for because of SF4.

The character selection music was the one song I would always listen to. I downloaded it on my tablet. And I still remember the mods

SF4 Super was my very first fighting game that I got into competitively! Made so many awesome friends from tournaments too. Watching tournaments on twitch and learning about Daigo and Excellent Adventures of Gootecks and Mike Ross. Ah I miss it!!

Seeing this brought back MAJOR nostalgia. Also got me excited again for SF6 weirdly enough. God I CANNOT WAIT to see SF6 GAMEPLAY!!!!

Street fighter 4 was the first fighter where I played other people online. It was one of the games that really got me into online gaming as a whole. Since than I have been really enjoying online gaming as a whole. I certainly have loads of memories of this game. It came out when I was still in high school 2008. One can say there is a huge gap in where we are today as opposed to where we are now.

Still the best intro cutscene to any fighting game for me. The music, the art style, everything is so hype it’s ridiculous. Still gets me pumped to this day man

this game was always on in the dorm rooms. having fei long back was the best. and when dudley and Cody were added....sweet Jesus

Still remember taking 2 hour drives to get 1-2 arcade matches a day🥰 sf4 will always have a special place in my heart for Fighting games, the journey and hype was real

I remember playing this at Super Arcade! The memories, I’ve seen you there many times.

I haven’t played Street Fighter 4 in a long time. It’s great to see this game again.

Wow. That is quite a... knee... that Ken's got in that thumbnail. I'm sure all the ladies are impressed!

Playing Street Fighter IV for the first time was like seeing your favorite band get back together. All those old faces with new 3D clothes!

Street Fighter IV holds a special place in my heart. Not only did it bring me out of semi-retirement when it comes to video games but it outright saved the fighting game genre. After this we got that boom period of Marvel vs Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat (2011), Street Fighter III Third Strike Online, King of Fighter XIII, Injustice, Street Fighter X Tekken (super underrated), Persona 4 Arena, Tekken Tag 2, Skullgirls, Dead or Alive 5 and Blazblue Calamity Trigger. It was a glorious time.

SF4 will always be one those special games. It was one of the first fighting games I got back in 2009 and I just loved street fighter ever since. The gameplay, the music, everything is just nostalgic

Oh man, the start of SF 4 when you could take entire sets with Sagat with just his jump-in, heavy kick, tiger shot and sweep. Good times.

I remember watching Gootecks and Mike Ross on CrossCounterTV and seeing Max on there for the first time. They hooked me but Max got me to stay in terms of loving fighting games. I don't play as much anymore but I love watching. This brought back so many memories.

I missed watching your channel Max. I’m so glad to see you still being awesome

Never gonna forget how SF4 brought me into fighting games. 5 of my friends owned it and we were all extremely good at our character pools (Mine was Ibuki, Juri, Abel, Makoto, Sakura) we also all made it mandatory for all of us to learn Dan so we could have Dan vs Dan joke matches.

When I was 13, I always borrowed my cousin’s laptop to play Super SF4, my favorite game of that time. So memorable.

Street Fighter IV was my first fighting game that I learned more than just mashing buttons. Was alot of good times being fresh out of HS and spending days at Arcade Infinity back in the 10's. Totally miss those times.

Family arcade in front of lacc also had it. It was crazy how many people got attracted to it and they kept getting the updated versions. Fun fact, that arcade is still open.

I have a lot of good memories attached to SF4. My friends and I always used to hang out and play it, just passing the sticks for hours. It makes me miss those days!

As an mma fight fan I agree 100% the buildup and anticipation a lot of times is more fun than the competition itself. We're here for a show

I literally went to the gym this morning and had the song from 12:17 playing during my workout!

Street Fighter 4 was how I met my now best friends. We don't play anything but USF4 whenever there's a UFC fight now.

I had the amount of hype with the sheer majesty and dedication that is kof 15, I havent been excited much for games, but THAT made me game nut.

I didn't really play SF4 a TON but hearing that music start up did take me back to playing this in my college apartment.

The first fighting game I really tried to learn. Before I had played a bunch of Tekken but only as a normal casual but one day in 2010 I cam across a video of SF4 and it was Ryu vs Ken and it looked so cool and technical and I immediately wanted to play it and so I did and here I am 12 years later still playing fighting games, at an intermediate level at best but still improving. Also funny fact about that video I saw, at the time it looked super high level and fast and hype but I found it again 10 years later and it was hilariously low level, even more hilariously one of the players was Poongko, the Poongko, crazy ass Seth player Poongko. How things have changed.

Found my copy on 360 at a second hand thrift store. Disc didn’t work but my dad knew a dude with one of those resurfacing machines and thing still works to this day.

I was in college when it came out and distinctly remember blazing through an accounting exam to run to GameStop and grab my pre-ordered copy. It came with a red headband with the game logo on it. I kept it in the plastic for the longest, but I think my brother ended up taking it out years later. lol Good times.

The game that made me say "Hold my space, I gotta pickup my kids from Daycare."

this was my first ps3 game..it came out in arcades before consoles and people from japan were uploading fights. i had to own it cause it just looked so fun

I actually got into Street Fighter IV not too long ago. I went to a comic shop back in 2020 before the pandemic, and I found a Vanilla copy of SFIV for the 360 with the manual and everything, it was like opening a time capsule man, there were ads for Darkvoid if that's any metric.

Definitely some nostalgia with this one. I remember being so so SO hype for it man, I even participated in a day 1 tournament for it at a local comic book shop. Honestly not one of my favorite games within the series looking back on it and I think it’s art style and graphics have aged sort of badly, but I give it its props and respect for what it did for the FGC and “reviving” the genre. It’s still a good game.

Sf4 was literaly my first fighting game i ever played and it was also my first ps3 game so i absolutly love it

man I remember the hype for this game like it was yesterday I was totally like those dudes in the car screaming street fighter 4 with my friends at the top of our lungs if you weren't around it is hard to explain basically in the 90's I could get anybody to play street fighter 2 with me but street fighter 3 practically no one not even in arcades but street fighter 4? everybody played that game with me I had no trouble finding opponents whether it was online or irl that is how well known this game was and why max said it brought street fighter back from the dead because it basically did for better or worse

It’s wild that I haven’t seen this video yet. SF4 was where I got started and it’s the reason I came back to the series when SF6 showed so much promise.

SFIV was a turning point for me in my journey with fighting games. It was when I began to look deeper into them. My friends and I played this consistently for a decade. I can't think of any other game in my life I ever done that for. It also helped that I would eventually get my two favorite SF characters in the same game for the first time with Rose, and Elena in the roster.

SF4 (standard version) was my first Street Fighter game / fighting game that i tried to focus on a main character to beat the arcade ladder even on max. difficulty. Boxer and Ryu/Ken were my mains.

I hope you are proud Max, you made me redownload SF4 on 3DS just to fight for a few minutes and make me remember what the game was like. Wish the online wasn't a broken mess (or there was someone even playing on it still) but spamming focus attack on AI was still pretty fun.