Free Street Fighter IV Championship DLC Dated and Detailed
The free (yes I said free) Championship Mode Expansion Pack DLC for Street Fighter IV will be released next week on April 24, with a bunch of new features.
Announced back in February before the game was even released, Street Fighter IV’s Championship Mode DLC will introduce some new significant features including a tournament match making system, a replay mode and both a Championship and Tournament point system to rank players.
The tournament mode will be set up using Grade Points (GP) that players will earn and eventually allow them entry into more advanced tournaments. The seeding will be random based on player skill with single elimination bouts and double-blind character selection to try and make each fight fair. Players who disconnect will be knocked down in their tournament rank, and even better, quitters will have their disconnect percentage displayed for other players over Xbox Live and PSN.
The replay mode will, obviously, allow players to share recorded matches, watch top-ranked ones and allow you to vote for favorites. The odd thing is that the Xbox 360 and PS3 will have different replay modes.
The PS3 replay modes allows player to rate matches while you watch in real time according to different characteristecs such as “beautiful” and “funny”. The vote ratings will be the source of how replays will rank.
On the Xbox 360, you can’t really rate the matches, but instead choose your favorite ones and download them to study the players’ technique. You can also turn on the input commands to show and watch their buttons and joystick motions in detail.
Not sure why both the 360 and PS3 replay version can’t be the same, but either way the Championship Mode DLC is going to be free, so don’t bitch about it!
Source: Joystiq
