The Shoryuken aka Dragon Punch

[BlackKnight]

Personally I love the Shoryuken. Conceptually at least. Its fast, it has high priority, invincibility and can shut down so many different enemy movements. As long as you don't spam it out, its a great move.

[Inky]

Yet they gave Ryu a side kick in SF3 to expand his (marvelous) 2 moveset.

 

A few moves is all you need, because it's very likely you'll be using those 3-4 moves as you base over and over unlike in other games.

and I love the side kick!!

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

Yet they gave Ryu a side kick in SF3 to expand his (marvelous) 2 moveset.

 

A few moves is all you need, because it's very likely you'll be using those 3-4 moves as you base over and over unlike in other games.

and I love the side kick!!

 

yeah but in the end there's only so many tactics you can devise with such a limited moveset. not to mention the boredom that installs itself after a while... a fight has to be beautiful and artistic. if fighting like in SF would happen in real life, you'd think Ryu would simply stick to his 4 moves? nope, because as you train, you evolve your capabilities, refine your style. he'd be able to throw aerial hadoukens from his feet and do downward shoryukens after a while. seeing him whoring the same 3 moves over and over and over again makes you feel like he's just a carbon copy, albeit better looking of his older game counter parts. just an example, mind you, there's other characters with similar conditions "guile T_T has 2..., even Charlie had 3..."

[alexis]

shoryuken was the move back in SFII, the triple or quad dragon punch could easily take 3 quarters of your life and Ken's was the best, besides being powerful, invincible and anti air, it also had a cool horizontal reach

[Wizard]

yeah but in the end there's only so many tactics you can devise with such a limited moveset. not to mention the boredom that installs itself after a while... a fight has to be beautiful and artistic. if fighting like in SF would happen in real life, you'd think Ryu would simply stick to his 4 moves? nope, because as you train, you evolve your capabilities, refine your style. he'd be able to throw aerial hadoukens from his feet and do downward shoryukens after a while. seeing him whoring the same 3 moves over and over and over again makes you feel like he's just a carbon copy, albeit better looking of his older game counter parts. just an example, mind you, there's other characters with similar conditions "guile T_T has 2..., even Charlie had 3..."

It's why theres throwing and special normals

[Skythe]

Yeah but when you do these moves does Dan Forden pop up and yell "TOASTY!"? I don't think so. I've proven my point.

[Wizard]

Yeah but when you do these moves does Dan Forden pop up and yell "TOASTY!"? I don't think so. I've proven my point.

Yes. Mugen Edition of SF :V

[Skythe]

Yeah but when you do these moves does Dan Forden pop up and yell "TOASTY!"? I don't think so. I've proven my point.

Yes. Mugen Edition of SF :V

 

Mugen doesn't count.

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

yeah but in the end there's only so many tactics you can devise with such a limited moveset. not to mention the boredom that installs itself after a while... a fight has to be beautiful and artistic. if fighting like in SF would happen in real life, you'd think Ryu would simply stick to his 4 moves? nope, because as you train, you evolve your capabilities, refine your style. he'd be able to throw aerial hadoukens from his feet and do downward shoryukens after a while. seeing him whoring the same 3 moves over and over and over again makes you feel like he's just a carbon copy, albeit better looking of his older game counter parts. just an example, mind you, there's other characters with similar conditions "guile T_T has 2..., even Charlie had 3..."

It's why theres throwing and special normals

 

yeah but maybe I prefer not to use throws, and would like to do something other than slapping with my backhand...