Street Fighter EX 3
If you are looking at that weird “EX 3″ with a blank expression I can’t blame you. In fact you were probably better off not knowing about it, so I apologize for ruining your innocence.
Of course you DO know about Street Fighter. Well the most popular fighting franchise of all time was probably feeling a little insecure about itself after some great 3d fighters were coming out and selling well (Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Soul Blade). 3d was the new hot thing and the way of future. Capcom wasn’t about to be topped in the genre that it made popular, so out came the original Street Fighter EX for arcade. It’s follow up, “Street Fighter EX plus A”, was later ported to the PS1… and it was terrible.
Street Fighter EX 3 is the 3rd iteration of the series and was ported to PS2. It features characters from the Street Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha series and plays more like a 2d fighter than the original EX game, but still has most of the same flaws.
The concept of a 3d Street Fighter is a pretty bad idea. The whole game is balanced for 2d play and those same moves and combos just don’t work anymore in a 3d environment. Still Cacpom can be a pretty stubborn company at times. That’s why we’ve got 3 Resident Evil Gun Survivor games, and now 3 of these. When they have an idea that they know will work, they keep pushing it. Street Fighter EX 3 has gotten better with each iteration. That’s mainly due to them moving towards a 2d gameplay style that simply uses 3d. It’s also due to the amount of thought put into so new features in the games.
The gameplay is where this game stands out, for good, and for bad. Overall the gameplay is slow and boring. Everything is “floaty”; jumping in the air causes you to hover there falling slowly like you’re fighting on the moon. This really ruins the game since SF has become known for it’s fast paced fighting. Some moves have also been changed up to work better for this game. Ryu’s spin kick is a good example, instead working like it’s 2d version of the move, it’s scaled down to basically a jump kick.
I don’t think I have keep hammering on the fighting system, watch the system and you’ll see what I mean. Maybe you’ll even be the small percentage of gamers that really dig the game.
There are some good features about this game though. It introduces focus moves. Holding down two buttons will perform a big attack on your opponent. While this might not seem like a big deal, it was obviously loved by some as it has been included in Street Fighter 4. Also it’s got an interesting team battle mechanic. There are tons of different types of battles. You can fight 1 vs. 3, or 2 on 2. After you beat a group of opponents, one may decide to join your party. You can team up to fight other opponents. It works pretty well and if I liked the combat more, I would love how the game is structured. There’s different strategies to be employed for each type of match, it really mixes things up and keeps it repetitive.
Honestly, watch the video. This one is your call. I can’t recommend it to anyone, but there are gamers out there that really like it.
probably better off not knowing about it, so I apologize for ruining your innocence.
Of course you DO know about Street Fighter. Well the most popular fighting franchise of all time
was probably feeling a little insecure about itself after some great 3d fighters were coming out
and selling well (Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Soul Blade). 3d was the new hot thing and the way of
future. Capcom wasn’t about to be topped in the genre that it made popular, so out came the
original Street Fighter EX for arcade. It’s follow up, “Street Fighter EX plus A”, was later ported
to the PS1… and it was terrible.
Street Fighter EX 3 is the 3rd iteration of the series and was ported to PS2. It features
characters from the Street Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha series and plays more like a 2d fighter
than the original EX game, but still has most of the same flaws.
The concept of a 3d Street Fighter is a pretty bad idea. The whole game is balanced for 2d play and
those same moves and combos just don’t work anymore in a 3d environment. Still Cacpom can be a
pretty stubborn company at times. That’s why we’ve got 3 Resident Evil Gun Survivor games, and now
3 of these. When they have an idea that they know will work, they keep pushing it. Street Fighter
EX 3 has gotten better with each iteration. That’s mainly due to them moving towards a 2d gameplay
style that simply uses 3d. It’s also due to the amount of thought put into so new features in the
games.
The gameplay is where this game stands out, for good, and for bad. Overall the gameplay is slow and
boring. Everything is “floaty”; jumping in the air causes you to hover there falling slowly like
you’re fighting on the moon. This really ruins the game since SF has become known for it’s fast
paced fighting. Some moves have also been changed up to work better for this game. Ryu’s spin kick
is a good example, instead working like it’s 2d version of the move, it’s scaled down to basically
a jump kick.
I don’t think I have keep hammering on the fighting system, watch the system and you’ll see what I
mean. Maybe you’ll even be the small percentage of gamers that really dig the game.
There are some good features about this game though. It introduces focus moves. Holding down two
buttons will perform a big attack on your opponent. While this might not seem like a big deal, it
was obviously loved by some as it has been included in Street Fighter 4. Also it’s got an
interesting team battle mechanic. There are tons of different types of battles. You can fight 1 vs.
3, or 2 on 2. After you beat a group of opponents, one may decide to join your party. You can team
up to fight other opponents. It works pretty well and if I liked the combat more, I would love how
the game is structured. There’s different strategies to be employed for each type of match, it
really mixes things up and keeps it repetitive.
Honestly, watch the video. This one is your call. I can’t recommend it to anyone, but there are
gamers out there that really like it.If you are looking at that weird “EX 3″ with a blank expression I can’t blame you. In fact you were probably better off not knowing about it, so I apologize for ruining your innocence.
Of course you DO know about Street Fighter. Well the most popular fighting franchise of all time was probably feeling a little insecure about itself after some great 3d fighters were coming out and selling well (Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Soul Blade). 3d was the new hot thing and the way of future. Capcom wasn’t about to be topped in the genre that it made popular, so out came the original Street Fighter EX for arcade. It’s follow up, “Street Fighter EX plus A”, was later ported to the PS1… and it was terrible.
Street Fighter EX 3 is the 3rd iteration of the series and was ported to PS2. It features characters from the Street Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha series and plays more like a 2d fighter than the original EX game, but still has most of the same flaws.
The concept of a 3d Street Fighter is a pretty bad idea. The whole game is balanced for 2d play and those same moves and combos just don’t work anymore in a 3d environment. Still Cacpom can be a pretty stubborn company at times. That’s why we’ve got 3 Resident Evil Gun Survivor games, and now 3 of these. When they have an idea that they know will work, they keep pushing it. Street Fighter EX 3 has gotten better with each iteration. That’s mainly due to them moving towards a 2d gameplay style that simply uses 3d. It’s also due to the amount of thought put into so new features in the games.
The gameplay is where this game stands out, for good, and for bad. Overall the gameplay is slow and boring. Everything is “floaty”; jumping in the air causes you to hover there falling slowly like you’re fighting on the moon. This really ruins the game since SF has become known for it’s fast paced fighting. Some moves have also been changed up to work better for this game. Ryu’s spin kick is a good example, instead working like it’s 2d version of the move, it’s scaled down to basically a jump kick.
I don’t think I have keep hammering on the fighting system, watch the system and you’ll see what I mean. Maybe you’ll even be the small percentage of gamers that really dig the game.
There are some good features about this game though. It introduces focus moves. Holding down two buttons will perform a big attack on your opponent. While this might not seem like a big deal, it was obviously loved by some as it has been included in Street Fighter 4. Also it’s got an interesting team battle mechanic. There are tons of different types of battles. You can fight 1 vs. 3, or 2 on 2. After you beat a group of opponents, one may decide to join your party. You can team up to fight other opponents. It works pretty well and if I liked the combat more, I would love how the game is structured. There’s different strategies to be employed for each type of match, it really mixes things up and keeps it repetitive.
Honestly, watch the video. This one is your call. I can’t recommend it to anyone, but there are gamers out there that really like it.
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