My avatar is Locke from Final Fantasy VI(FFIII in the US). As you may guess, I love RPGs and eventhough I appreciate FPS games, I really can't get into them. When I was young I just dont understand why my friends love Wolfenstein when it came out for the PC, which requires a 386sx PC back in the day. Me, I was happy with my 286 PC playing Roger Wilco of Space Quest or Text base RPG Zork and Bard's Tale.We were students then and most of North America shunned video games as a quirky, nerdy, 'uncool' hobby.There was always a heated argument between me and my best friend what game to get as we pool our money to get the newest games. Money from part-time work as a student is not much so usually we ended up flipping a coin to decide the matter. Mind you, when I was pushing for Secret of Mana for SNES and my friend wanted instead to get Contra IV and won the 'flip', I was so mad that we were almost came to blows and decided that this is the last time we will be 'pooling' our resources again.

Well, this changed when Street Fighter 2 was released on the SNES console in the 90's. After getting a perfect 10 from EGM, we both decided to pool our resources to get the game for $89.99CDN. I still remember turning on the SNES and hearing the soundtrack and the graphics...it was just UNREAL on how closely resemble it to the arcades. As we played there for hours on end and getting finger cramps and blisters from the horrible SNES pad, we knew that the price that we paid for the game was worth it. We realized thatStreet Fighter 2 was sort of a 'middle ground' between gamers with tastes that are at the end of the spectrum: I like the 'RPG' aspects of the game when choosing my fighter and their 'story' while my friend loves the action and 'twitch' button-joystick combo aspects.

We finally agree that Street Fighter 2 is like a deep RPG game and addictive 'FPS' mechanics rolled into one that every videogamer should experience. Come Tuesday, SSF4 will allow me and my old friend to have a 'reunion' over PSN network and relive the glorious era of gaming goodness. I just hope that I have trained my siblings better than he does his to get bragging rights.