I think this is the best game in the series (that I actually played, which excludes Revenge and StreetWise). The problem here isn't that there's not very much new to the table (contrary to what I said in an earlier review), but that there's barely anything to bring you back when you've played the hell out of the others. Had this been the first game, I would've given it five stars easy. I like that dashing has been added, I like that you can keep your character facing in one direction while holding L or R (or some other button if you change the control set-up in options) as you move toward and away from your enemies, I like having the option of a computer-controlled partner (though that can slow the game speed down sometimes) when I don't have another person to play the game with, I like that I don't HAVE to have a CPU partner or second player when I don't want to, I don't like that my grammar in this review is a bit inconsistent, I like a lot of the game's music, I like having super combo moves that can be executed when a special bar is filled (you can still do standard powerful moves that deplete your energy), I like the addition of moves that can be performed Street-Fighter-style, I like the fact that Guy is back (despite being a jerk and not doing anything while his fiance and future stepfather were kidnapped in Final Fight 2), and I love being able to beat the crap out of my enemies while dashing into them. The ability to do combo attacks when using certain weapons depending on the character is also worth mentioning. Seems like a lot, doesn't it? Well yeah, but that doesn't keep it from getting tiresome after a few minutes, which brings it back to being average.