After what seems an eternity of waiting, gamers that bought Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 can now download the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix beta and have a taste of what’s to come when the full version is released on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network. The beta itself is exclusive to Xbox Live but Capcom promises the data it collects from this beta will help develop the PS3 version as well as the 360 version. Yes there are some problems with the beta, but I’m not here to talk about them. I’m here to talk about the actual game and how it plays.

After downloading the beta from the Commando 3 title screen, you need to go to demos in “Game Library” to access the beta. Once loaded, you are welcomed to the main title page where you can select Multiplayer, Leaderboards, Achievements, and Help & Options. There are four options available in Multiplayer: Local Match, so you can play against some one in the same room, Ranked Match, in which stats count for the leaderboards, Player Match and Tournament Match. When creating a player match you have the option to either play it as the Remixed version or Classic mode. There is also the option to turn up the game speed, 2 being the normal Turbo speed up to 5, which will really test your Street Fighter skills

You have the option to be either Ryu or Ken and the only location playable is Ryu’s own stage which is in Japan. The first thing you will notice while playing the game is how good it looks: it will be without a doubt the best looking XBLA and PSN game when it releases later on in the year. The HD sprites are detailed, giving Ryu and Ken their well deserved transformation to the HD era. One thing to notice is the fact that, although the title screen and menus fill up the whole TV, while in game it cuts of leaving a rather annoying black screen behind it; hopefully this wont be the case come the full game comes out.