The most literal example of the term "Anime Street Fighter"
Alpha 2 functions a lot like Street Fighter 2 Super Turbo. No dashes, combos in general are very short and simple. Most of your gameplay is walking back and forth to bait the opponent into missing an attack, hit them if they try to jump at you, and try to approach the opponent/keep the opponent away from you.
Combined with the excellent music and very nice pixel art graphics, this makes it very fun and approachable for a beginner. Especially with how many mechanics games have these days, Alpha 2 can be refreshing in how barebones and basic it is.
Once you get invested though, you can start to squeeze a little more out of it, by learning to use the Custom Combo mechanic to perform fast high damage combos like what you see in Guilty Gear or Blazblue.
Alpha 2 functions a lot like Street Fighter 2 Super Turbo. No dashes, combos in general are very short and simple. Most of your gameplay is walking back and forth to bait the opponent into missing an attack, hit them if they try to jump at you, and try to approach the opponent/keep the opponent away from you.
Combined with the excellent music and very nice pixel art graphics, this makes it very fun and approachable for a beginner. Especially with how many mechanics games have these days, Alpha 2 can be refreshing in how barebones and basic it is.
Once you get invested though, you can start to squeeze a little more out of it, by learning to use the Custom Combo mechanic to perform fast high damage combos like what you see in Guilty Gear or Blazblue.