wish it had every version of sf3, but having the sf2 movie as a bonus was pretty tight
Should I play Third Strike
Big thanks to my bro Josh_The_Fourth for mailing this to me!
I actually don't have too much to say on this collection, but regardless it kinda rocks! The best version of SFII and a very competent port of Third Strike, alongside a (heavily edited) cut of one of the coolest video game movies are included. You could say that overall, this was a lazy release, which is fair. It's two pre-existing PS2 ports of these games bundled together with a movie slapped into it to add more value. However, just playing this gave me a smile on my face. Both games have the arrange soundtrack option which are awesome, and are faithfully ported.
Playing Third Strike with a DualShock 2 while seeing that blurry image on my TV gave me such a feeling, a feeling of something I never experienced: a pizza night hangout with friends, playing the game against each other in turns, just pure casualty and fun. That's not really something you can replicate anymore, and despite the fact that I felt I was missing out on such a thing, the thought of it made me feel happy. It made me think of the awesomeness that communities for fighting games can have, both past and present, and it makes me look forward to trying to join one someday.
This is less of a review and more of me having some weird existential feeling about a video game collection from 19 years ago, but it made playing this feel worth it for the joy it gives me alone. Third Strike is a game I want to write up on eventually, and this definitely helped, that's for sure.
I actually don't have too much to say on this collection, but regardless it kinda rocks! The best version of SFII and a very competent port of Third Strike, alongside a (heavily edited) cut of one of the coolest video game movies are included. You could say that overall, this was a lazy release, which is fair. It's two pre-existing PS2 ports of these games bundled together with a movie slapped into it to add more value. However, just playing this gave me a smile on my face. Both games have the arrange soundtrack option which are awesome, and are faithfully ported.
Playing Third Strike with a DualShock 2 while seeing that blurry image on my TV gave me such a feeling, a feeling of something I never experienced: a pizza night hangout with friends, playing the game against each other in turns, just pure casualty and fun. That's not really something you can replicate anymore, and despite the fact that I felt I was missing out on such a thing, the thought of it made me feel happy. It made me think of the awesomeness that communities for fighting games can have, both past and present, and it makes me look forward to trying to join one someday.
This is less of a review and more of me having some weird existential feeling about a video game collection from 19 years ago, but it made playing this feel worth it for the joy it gives me alone. Third Strike is a game I want to write up on eventually, and this definitely helped, that's for sure.
The definitive console ports, basically the only ones I will gladly play instead of begrudgingly play.
Pretty good collection at the time plus has a lot of bonus concepts and even the SF2 movie included.
Físico
Not the biggest Street Fighter nut but these are great ports. Responsive controls and looks great. Such a great style and weight to Third Strike and goes down as one of my favorite fighting games.
3rd strike is good, II is bad, this is a review of the fact it came with a movie
Tão bom quanto o atual
Bought this when working in Germany with the intent of playing SFII tournaments with a load of wee neds but instead we got obsessed with 3rd Strike for the first time. Went online (like, onto the free web browser of the single PC in the hotel's lobby) and learned about buffering moves and parries and overheads and just played Ryu versus Ryu with Jim obsessively.
The version of SFII lets you choose from different iterations of each character but we weren't expert enough to know the differences at the time.
You could also play online but the lag made it very difficult and the few players on there were pretty experienced. It also included the dreadful cartoon.
Really good times. A lot of half chickens and chips were eaten also.
The version of SFII lets you choose from different iterations of each character but we weren't expert enough to know the differences at the time.
You could also play online but the lag made it very difficult and the few players on there were pretty experienced. It also included the dreadful cartoon.
Really good times. A lot of half chickens and chips were eaten also.