I found the mental AI bit only on Seth - not too many of the other characters. I beat the game on max difficulty with Akuma (only Akuma thought) without too much trouble - except on Seth. I'm not trying to sound like some SF elitefag (I'm not), but I found the AI to be just a hair more forgiving than, say, that asshole BISON on SNES SF2T.

I don't think the 1p mode should be the focus anyway - online is where it's at. I'm pleasantly suprised at how well the connection is for MOST of the games - it's just getting into the habit of NOT matching up with shitty connection folks, jumping out of the lobby before the match starts, etc...

We differ.