there is no such thing as a good final fantasy game, thx. 6 came the closest but still…
really the only square games that deserve the praise they get are chrono trigger + einhander (i keep hearing about vagrant story but i haven’t played it?). and saga frontier is about their only thing that’s legit underrated.
ANYWAY
yeah hdr isn’t bad, just disappointing relative to what it could have been. sirlin’s done much worse (laggy ST @ evo 07…)
ST is my favorite.
I have never played 3s, the alpha series, or cvs2. So i wouldnt know how good those games are.
I will have to put a nod to SF2 Hyper Fighting. It is like a chess match. It is pure, the speed is great, and it really pits skill against skill.
I do love almost every other SF though. I love playing SF1, but I do agree the game kind of sucks. Alpha 1 is so-so. It plays well and is fun, but too light and the custom combos make the game a tad weird.
Alpha 2 and 3 are great.
SF3 was a big disappointment to me. The animations are top notch, but the graphics are grainy and the colors are saturated. It took awhile for me to enjoy the gameplay, but eventually I did when I finally invested quality time with Third Strike.
I love SFIV. Th ebest of SF2 with some new additions akin to SF3.
But to me, nothing beats the purity of Hyper Fighting. And yes, when I was 12 I played SF1 at the local arcade and loved it. Now days I can even pull off the specials pretty regularly. I was 14 when I first played SF2, and so I am a bit old school. This may be a big reason why I love the purity of the original SF2 games over any other incarnation.
6 was good, yeah, but the Espers for everyone aspect ultimately broke it gameplay-wise. It’s still the best story of any numbered FF though.
4 was probably best for gameplay, a mi.
Tactics>All Comers - real talk.
Hyper Fighting, hands down
3rd Strike.
Beyond God tier :
Street Fighter II Pinball, easily the best SF game made so far.
But really On topic, I would say that World Warrior is the best SF, but clearly, this is just my vision.
**Damn whats with all this HF talk?
I’ve never heard it praised until now.
And why is no one mentioning Alpha 3? :annoy:
And yeah, fuck ST…**
are you serious? alpha 3? lol
Next to MvsC2, A3 is the most broken capcom game, i would say.
have you ever played A2?
A2>>>>>>>>>>>>>A3
What i hate is that, just because A2 never had a descent port to console is overlooked, most people remember A3 for the ps1 release.
the only good port a2 had was in sega saturn and ps2 alpha anthology.
go to ggpo and play some a3 japanese players, and prepare for infinite fest.
Edit: oh, you are beign sarcastic… because no one can hate ST… oh well. my post is dedicated for all the people who praise A3.
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Presentation wise, I loved Alpha 3
Didn’t play much Alpha 2.
And no I’m not being sarcastic.
FUCK ST…**
street fighter vs x-men
LOL no.
ehh all of them had pros and cons
but its between
ssft and sf4 because they were the ones i played the most
Yawn
Ok in terms of balance all the SF games are fucked to hell with the possible exception of HD Remix and SFIV so hopefully you guys aren’t using balance as one of the criteria.
For me it’s Alpha 2.
It was an evolution of SF2 but got rid of alot of the things people hated like throw loops. But even then that game had it’s own serious issues. Fuckin 80% life CC’s for one thing.
This song always makes me feel like General Hospital is starting. But, SRK probably doesn’t watch soap operas, so I digress…
Anyways, EX series music is king. [media=youtube]pfHefT7F7MQ[/media]
On topic, SF4 is nicotine addictive. And, SF3 is an audio/visual delicacy. New Generation is just beauiful.
Yup.
HF I’ve always said it. Always will.
EmblemLord: Actually, though it has a lot of extreme counter matchups, original ST is more balanced than most games in one crucial area - every single character has a losing matchup somewhere. Even GG can’t say that…
Don’t forget about HF, either - character/matchup balance is one of the reasons a lot of OGs hold it in higher regard than ST.
I got 100% by a rolento player in a real game, that was fucked up. But ST, remix and A2 for life, the most balanced, fast and aggressive SF games (excluding Vs series).
Yah yah, Forgot about HF for a second.
Honestly A2 Gold would probably be the best game but it saw no play since it was console only I think.
Toned down CC stupidness and slaped some nerfs on the top tiers to even things out a bit.
*A2 Gold *= *Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha * in Japanese Arcades
I thought the same thing but some of the more experienced A2 players tell me its not as good as it sounds despite stuff like requiring more meter to activate CC (good), raped some CC combos (good), takes more meter to Alpha Counter (good), taking away Chun Li’s bufferable mk (good, at least to me) but they apparently raped even the lower tier characters (like Rolento CC (?)).
I see their point but personally I think SFZ2A fixed a lot of crap that was wrong with high level SFA2 even if it does suffer from some typical Capcom ‘balancing’ (rape everything).
Eh.
are my top 3.