Reviews from

in the past


I don’t know why it took me so long to write something for this game, since this was the game that made me fall in love with 2D fighters. Everything is perfect in this game, the music, the sprites and scenery, and it’s the most fun I’ve ever had with Street Fighter. (This was my second SF game after Hyper SF2, cause this came with the game)

Look, it's third strike, not much has to be said about the legacy and honor that this game has. Parries are sick, SA is a cool system and a lot of a fundamentals of this game stayed with the series for good reason. That being said, I think this game is heavily overrated. I don't mind games with small rosters of viable characters, but some of these guys don't even feel finished. Shawn, Q, Hugo, Twelve, Remi, and like half the mid-teirs in this game only work because the system mechanics exist and are so strong, rather than feeling like a complete character. This feels weirder in Street Fighter because due to it's slight more grounded nature, they don't really have the insane stuff on low-teirs that can make them fun to play in those settings. Not even mentioning Chun and Yun, who are probably some of the most brain-dead top-teirs in this franchise. There's a lot of good, but I just can't vibe with the game as much as I want to given how many of the characters are more frustrating to play than they ever needed to be.

This game is absolutely gorgeous...or at least I think so. I'm not really sure, i can't see clearly after being punted across the stage fourteen times

really really good, feels nice to play to this day.