Great Mobile Street Fighter Port! ***WARNING BELOW***
***WARNING***
If youre looking to get this game just for online capabilities and you have iOS 10, DO NOT BUY THIS OR UPDATE TO iOS 10! Due to the removal of the Game Center, you can no longer get matched up with others online, and you are unable to add friends and have private matches as well. Having different versions of iOS also kills the function of Bluetooth multiplayer.
-REVIEW-
Street Fighter Volt is honestly a great job at a mobile port of Street Fighter. Even though you dont get the full moveset for characters in the actual SFIV games, the combos and mechanics are still just as fun. The simplified controls still maintain the feel of the base game as well. SP Move assist is a helpful way to aid players with special moves as well as the one touch Supers and Ultras. Problem is, when running into people online, its usually a laggy mess and people abuse SP to zone or spam SPD like churning butter. Focus Attack mechanics are simplified and only require one input forwards or backward to initiate a dash. A big complaint about this game is FRAME RATE. The app runs at 20 FPS. Yes, not 30 FPS, not 60 FPS—20 FPS. Although this may seem to be a huge turnoff for some people, after playing the game for a few seconds, it doesnt feel as bad. This does mean that a few moves in the game are weirdly rounded and some attacks have frame 1 startup. Despite all the quirks and oddities of SF Volt, I think its still a great game to get, and is worth the price for a mobile port of the Street Fighter 4 series.
tl;dr lazy bums
PROS
-Game is slightly rebuilt and made to suit mobile touchscreens.
-Still maintains the Street Fighter IV feel.
-COMBOS?!
-SP Move Assist (dependent on your views)
-Online Capabilities (which the other SF IV app is missing)
-More Characters!
-Still a huge online player base. (Takes about 5 or less seconds to find a match on iOS 9)
Cons
-iOS 10 ruins online functionality. (Not really Capcoms fault)
-Game runs at 20 FPS (youll get used to it)
-Still doesnt support Retina displays, meaning that there are vertical black bars on each side of the screen if you have a device iPhone 5 and up.
-Online is usually laggy, some of the worst netcode I have ever seen.
-Bluetooth Multiplayer doesnt work across different versions of iOS.
-SP Move Assist (dependent on your views)
OVERALL RATING
-I think SF Volt is a really solid port of Street Fighter IV for iOS devices. The reason why I give it a 4/5 is due to that some parts of the game need some definite fixing up, and needs better netcode. Other than that, go get this game if youre looking for a fun, "6-Button" fighting game!
***WARNING***
If youre looking to get this game just for online capabilities and you have iOS 10, DO NOT BUY THIS OR UPDATE TO iOS 10! Due to the removal of the Game Center, you can no longer get matched up with others online, and you are unable to add friends and have private matches as well. Having different versions of iOS also kills the function of Bluetooth multiplayer.
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STREET FIGHTER IV VOLT, v1.05.02