Reviews from

in the past


the new stages and remixed tracks are great, and widescreen in the arcade versions is downright gorgeous. Third Strike invalidates it gameplay-wise, but this one's still a raw time.

I prefer the aesthetic of this to 3rd Strike, especially since it has native widescreen support! Necro sounds weird though.

somehow better than third strike

Has has some some points over 3rd Strike (nicer stages, widescreen support, cool super effect, actual win screens), but it's all visual. The bugs and awkward hitboxes almost ruin it. Just play 3rd Strike.

O Sean é o shoto negão que todos precisamos nesse jogo


Only real improvements from New Generation is the soundtrack, slightly updated roster (Yang, Hugo and Akuma) alongside news stages. Only game where Sean has his own theme and is good. Other than that, pretty forgetable and rushed.

Core gameplay here definitely isn’t on the same level of polish and depth of 3s but this is the version of sf3 I play whenever I just wanna relax. The presentation in 2i is very colorful and laid back in comparison to its successor. While I prefer 3s’ atmosphere overall because of how well everything meshes together, certain aspects of 2i like the soundtrack and stage design are a lot stronger here compared to 3s. It’s a lot of fun being able to kick major ass with ibuki and sean as well, I love those two characters and sean in particular got totally neutered in 3s

Some people like this more than Third Strike. Don't listen to them, they're all Sean players.

Oh no. Don't tell me we're gonna have another SF 2-type problem.

Shoutout to Hashin Sho for being so fucked up that Capcom's approach to nerfing it was removing it entirely

Solid, but very janky
It's no 3rd strike, but a fun game

what it lacks in third strike’s “lightning in a bottle” disposition it makes up for in complete aesthetic insanity

i still think that this game is the visual peak of Street Fighter; no game in the series (before OR after) looks better than this game imo. it has an argument in the audio department as well (although i'll probably still give the best audio nod to 3rd Strike).

aside from the visuals, there are other aspects of this game that make it worth visiting even after playing 3rd Strike. Sean is actually a viable character in this game, and he's incredibly fun to use.

sure, this game isn't as good as 3rd Strike overall... but don't write it off without trying it first.

Semana passada eu comprei o Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, e desde então venho jogando Street Fighter incessantemente, talvez uma preparação pro SF6? Eu só sei que fiquei com muita vontade de jogar os jogos da franquia e a coletânea estava no precinho, então não deu outra, já que amo a franquia de coração. Dentre todos os presentes na coletânea decidi dar um pouco de amor num textinho ao esquecido Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack (que nominho em?) pois é o único jogo da franquia que eu não tinha jogado, e também pelo fato de ser um grande jogo que acaba sendo esquecido até pelos fãs. Em matéria de gameplay, o 3rd Strike é claramente um jogo superior, já vou tirar isso do caminho pois fatos são fatos. O jogo tem uma sensação de peso nos golpes diferente, parry impreciso, balanceamento que foi pro espaço, no entanto, ainda é um bom jogo e bem divertido, e acredito que Giant Attack ainda seja um jogo com grandes méritos próprios em relação a seu sucessor, e gameplay é algo que eu não quero entrar em detalhes aqui.

Um de seus primeiros méritos que em minha opinião são superiores aos de seu sucessor são os cenários, eu acho que a maioria deles são mais bonitos que os presentes no 3rd Strike, e não falo só de beleza visual, estranhamente de qualidade também, os fundos parecem até borrados no 3rd Strike em comparação aos daqui, quando você pula de um jogo pro outro é bem nítido essa mudança. O segundo ponto e esse é o mais importante: a trilha sonora. Dependendo do dia que você me perguntar é a melhor da franquia, é só ver o tema da Ibuki por exemplo, ou o do Gill que parece uma mistura maluca de Street Fighter com Final Fantasy. Toda essa vibe noventista é absurda nesse jogo levando a um extâse audio-visual que está entre um dos fighting games mais lindos que já joguei. Se você busca algo a mais do que gameplay em fighting games, eu acredito que Giant Attack seja um jogo que marca a caixinha em todos os departamentos, seja trilha sonora, estética, arte, visual, tudo, e acredito que o jogo merece um pouco mais de atenção e amor. É muito legal ver as diferenças entre as três incarnações de Street Fighter III, e acredito firmemente que esse aqui merece uma conferida, vale a pena pra cacete.

The stepping stone of the stylistic and technological revolution of that was the 3 series.

I'd probably give this 4 stars, but the soundtrack is so good it bumps it up a half star. Also the stages are very pretty. Still, Third Strike is the way to go.

it's not an extremely different game from its predecessor. the three new characters are cool, with hugo being a lot of fun to play as, but it doesn't really add a lot. i like that taunts are added and have gameplay effects such as increasing meter. i like the depth that EX moves add to the game. it's nice that gill now sometimes has a chance to pick a less stupidly broken super than resurrection. but i don't feel this is quite at the level that alpha 2 was compared to alpha 1. it's not quite the obsoleting that i was hoping it would be, and the stages don't change backgrounds anymore (potentially to save memory?), so in that way, it's worse. not the worst sequel we could've gotten, but there was a lot more they could've done here.

Unpopular opinion, but I think it's a bit of a downgrade from New Generation. I thought the fighting wasn't as good and I don't want to put this over New Generation just because of a bigger roster. It's soundtrack isn't strong like other Street Fighter games and overall not as well made. I think it's the weakest of the SFIII games but it's still playable and a lot of fun.

GRADE
B+

Sean is the most fun shoto y'all ever did, buff him back you cowards.

This game's hard to learn. But the timeless visuals and the OST keep me coming back.

the only reason you play this is cause sean doesn't suck ass

2nd Impact

Coisa linda. Certamente ainda carrega uma estranheza do jogo parecer não ter peso, apesar de melhor que o anterior. O jogo continua lindo, adiciona uns personagens e mecânicas aqui e ali, mas o pico da gameplay está por vir ainda. Ademais, esse é o jogo com a melhor OST entre os 3, e as intros especiais são bem mais carismáticas que o 3rd Strike.

9/10

Decent update to SFIII. The addition of Urien, Hugo and Akuma is nice but you certainly get the impression they should have been here from the start.
Aside from that, the new stages are nice and great eye-candy.

Not much else to say since most of the game's other flourishes are more on the technical side of things, it's pretty much just a better version of New Generation.

....Which makes it completely irrelevant since you'll probably just end up playing Third Strike instead.

It does have a widescreen mode though! Which is cool, and kind of a trip after being used to the usual aspect ratio, but again there isn't much of a reason to play this way since it breaks a lot of the tech.


Fuck you all Sean players

I still come back to this from time to time since
-the backgrounds look better
-I prefer most themes to their 3S counterparts and there is no reused music for characters
-The Victory screens are downright gorgeous
-Fun Sean
I really do like the presentation in this game a lot, a big shame that capcom either replaced or straight up removed a lot of SFIII's charm when it came to making Third Strike.

Better than New Generation, not better than 3rd Strike. The parry mechanic wasn't perfected in this version, which makes 3rd Strike the superior game. Good introduction to newer characters that weren't in New Generation such as Hugo, and a cool showcase to display Alex and Hugo in a rivalry.

The sound and the stages are always a great feature. The overall presentation is great, but 3rd Strike still takes it to a higher level.

Enjoyment: 5.5/8
Replayability: 0.5/1
Graphics: 0.5/0.5
Sound: 0.5/0.5
Total: 7/10

Recentemente fiz uma live testando o arcade das duas versões antigas de Street Fighter 3, o meu jogo favorito da saga.

De primeira, é interessante, mas logo percebi que 3rd Strike melhorou muito minha visão do jogo. Primeiro, o clima das versões passadas é legalzinho mas nada se compara ao 3rd, em comparação fica bem mais sem graça, principalmente da primeira versão.

O cpu também é meio chato as vezes, das duas versões, 3rd sinto que ainda é intenso mas mais divertido. E por fim, a trilha, perdeu muita personalidade do 3rd apesar de ainda ter umas músicas BEM BOAS.

Acho que única coisa que sinto falta são os cenarios do 2nd Impact, que são bem animados e tem alguns que até se despedaçam durante a batalha, acho que poderiam unir isso com os cenarios do 3rd e fazer uma versão perfeita. Com opção pra mudar a trilha também caso alguém prefira as antigas.

Foi uma boa experiencia, mas ainda fico com meu 3rd Strike mesmo KKKKKKKKKK