ive been recently playing mainly with hugo on the original xbox version against friends, granted ive not fully gotten used to his best normals/tactics etc, but already i can tell you some matchups are going to drive you frigging insane. i was having a lot of trouble with the urien matchup the other day against someone who had never even played 3rd strike before. im still gonna stick with him, but it sometimes took an extremely long time to get him in a situation where i could do real damage to him.
Well Heās the only sort of grappler character outside of hugo in third strike
By Tuesday itāll be one week before the official release date
so just remember weāre almost there
she does if you land a cl. rh and have meterā¦
waiting to see what the dlc will be is killing me 
other then the tournament of course,which will be hype 
Really, what makes Third Strike special to me is how many characters I enjoy playing as in it. I feel like the entire cast has interesting aspects. For instance, I love Dudley, but also play Ryu (because heās so fundamentals feeling). usually use SA1 with Dudley, though, because I <3 that damage. If I can do a swing blow and catch them into cancel, itās good times and lemonade. Hate those dropped juggles with it, thoughā¦
I also play Yang (usually with SA3 for its amazing pressure and mix-ups) and even Chun. I recently starting messing around with Oro, too.
What Iām asking is: Does anyone else here just love playing with a massive amount of the cast? I just find every character so unique and amazing and fresh. Itās like a whole new game with each character, something that I donāt feel with SFIV.
Iāll agree with that.
The only character I canāt stand using is, honestly Elena.
From what Iāve gathered, your āusual styleā in 3rd Strike could be VERY different than in other games. Definitely put some time into the challenges and such and get a feel for the characters. Iām really leaning toward Chun-Li, and Iāve played around with a bunch of characters, but Iām still not 100% certain sheāll be the one I go with.
Which is why Iām happy Iām going on vacation till the 19:D
i just prefer a psychotic aggressive play style one where i am always sure to cause some mean damage
Sup GGPO trolls, are you fuckers looking forward to play 2nd Impact?
Hey is your name Louis?
Are you Justin Bieber?
Hugoās worst matchup has to be Dudley. Superior ground game, he will kill you for jumping, HK will keep you from hitting buttons, and Shortswing Blow comes in handy for both escaping throws and in combos because of Hugoās fat hitbox. Akuma and Ibuki are also bad, but Dudley is the worst grind. Thereās a reason even Hayao switches to SA3 when he fights him, itās just that hard.
Yes. A lot of them are very fun to play, even the shotos. Never, in any other game, would I be excited to play a Ken mirror match except 3rd Strike.
And itās a bonus that Dudleyās better here than in 4. Where else are you going to find the awesomeness that is Q?
Why does no one like Makoto? 
Technically Q is a grappler too.
Because she hurts so bad.
EDIT: Just because certain characters have command grabs doesnāt make them traditional āgrapplersā. You might as well say Yun and Yang are grapplers tooā¦
Fuck it everyone with a command grab is a grappler, that includes yun/yang/akuma(demonlol)/ryu(denjinisunblockablesoitsagrabright)
That would make them hybrid grapplers. Youād be a fool to say otherwise, unless you think the Twinks and Qās gameplay doesnāt utilize their grabs very much.