Review RossBonaime 3/5 · May 3, 2025
I know for a lot of people, Street Fighter II Turbo was the best iteration of SFII back in the day, but it's main selling point is what I don't care about: it's too damn fast! I can appreciate what this is doing, and in many ways, it's the same great SFII I've always loved, but now, I just find …
I know for a lot of people, Street Fighter II Turbo was the best iteration of SFII back in the day, but it's main selling point is what I don't care about: it's too damn fast! I can appreciate what this is doing, and in many ways, it's the same great SFII I've always loved, but now, I just find it more frustrating. This definitely amps up the difficulty for me, as characters who were previously pretty easy to beat are now powerhouses, and I get the idea of giving people a bigger challenge (and sure, speeding up existing games was a major selling point of updated games in the arcades around this time), but it's just not for me.
I also find that of all the different SFII iterations, this is the least interesting evolution. Slightly faster and with different color options is...fine. But it doesn't feel like the step forward that something like Championship Edition was. And again, it's targeting a type of player that I just am not, and that's fine, but I've never quite found the appeal of SFII Turbo. It's still fun, but faster than I can usually handle.
