This is now one of my favorite fighting series (favorite still SFII), but this games amazing graphics put it in a class of its own. Character detail, and well made stages/environments make this game a visual masterpiece. Fairly easy to learn to play, but takes a long time to "master". This game is pretty near perfect, but it is lacking slightly in the 1 player mode, which gets a little stale fairly quick, but the two player battles are what keeps the game going.