entremet
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Anyone else find it difficult to choose between these two? I know I vacillate between the two in terms of my favorite Street Fighter games.
Alpha 2 had great graphics and sound, more refined and more balanced mechanics from its prequel--although I liked chains. I do think this one also has the superior soundtrack. It gave us that awesome Sakura theme.
Alpha 3 had the ISMs, added more characters, including classic favorites, and the home release had some really interesting concepts--World Tour Mode was pretty substantial. Alpha 3's OST is good too and it had much different vibe from the other Alpha games.
Interestingly, Capcom's single player stuff for their fighters has been terrible since. World Tour Mode was an aberration sadly.
SFA3 also has the best gaming announcer ever. Some of the new fighters were also welcome, especially more females, which Capcom tended to ignore--Karin and R.Mika were fun additions. I hope R. Mika returns somehow.
Alpha 2 is special for me since I played it the arcades. It was the end of era of playing SF games in my neck of the woods. Arcades started to die after Alpha 2 release where I lived.
Alpha 3 was mostly a home affair on the PS1 for me.
It's a hard choice, but Alpha 3 wins over for, by a hair.
What about you? Why?
Alpha 2 had great graphics and sound, more refined and more balanced mechanics from its prequel--although I liked chains. I do think this one also has the superior soundtrack. It gave us that awesome Sakura theme.
Alpha 3 had the ISMs, added more characters, including classic favorites, and the home release had some really interesting concepts--World Tour Mode was pretty substantial. Alpha 3's OST is good too and it had much different vibe from the other Alpha games.
Interestingly, Capcom's single player stuff for their fighters has been terrible since. World Tour Mode was an aberration sadly.
SFA3 also has the best gaming announcer ever. Some of the new fighters were also welcome, especially more females, which Capcom tended to ignore--Karin and R.Mika were fun additions. I hope R. Mika returns somehow.
Alpha 2 is special for me since I played it the arcades. It was the end of era of playing SF games in my neck of the woods. Arcades started to die after Alpha 2 release where I lived.
Alpha 3 was mostly a home affair on the PS1 for me.
It's a hard choice, but Alpha 3 wins over for, by a hair.
What about you? Why?