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General: With Street Fighter EX, Capcom finally decided to bring their trademark 2D fighting game franchise into 3D. While it was interesting to see some of the classic Street Fighters finally make it to 3D form, the gameplay overall didn't live up to it's 2D counterpart, and neither did the graphics... The blocky character models with grainy textures really didn't do the Street Fighter characters the justice they deserved, and for some of us Street Fighter fans; it was a rather depressing sight to see some of our favorite fighting game characters turned into "block monsters"... (the first poster below says it all). On a more positive note, the animation in the game wasn't half bad, and the artwork was top notch!
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The SF EX series brought some interesting new faces to the roster each with some uniquely entertaining special moves, but unfortunately, many of the basic priority attacks are shared among ALL characters, and definitely brings the diversity down. Some characters can perform some rather cool super moves, with some sweet ouch factor to boot, and is probably the best feature of the game. There are also some decent combo possibilities but some of which are frustratingly hard to pull off on a regular basis... The home version even included a fun command training mode where you perform these different combos, and requires you to perform every combo to clear it. Also worth noting, the sound effects were solid and a lot of the music in the game was rather catchy... The game had it's ups and downs overall.
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Manufacturer: Capcom
/ Arika
Platforms: Arcade,
Playstation
Release: 1997
Characters:
Ryu,
Ken,
Chun
Li, Dhalsim,
Guile,
Zangief,
Sakura,
Kairi,
Allen,
Blaire,
Hokuto,
Skullomania,
Pullum,
Darun,
C.
Jack, D. Dark, Akuma,
Garuda,
Evil
Ryu, Bison
Related Games:
Street
Fighter EX 2,
Street Fighter EX 3, Street
Fighter, Street Fighter 2, Street
Fighter 2 Champion Edition,
Street Fighter
2 Turbo, Super Street Fighter 2,
Super
Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Super Street Fighter
2 Turbo: Revival, Super Street Fighter
2 Turbo HD Remix,
Street Fighter 3: New Generation,
Street
Fighter 3: Second Impact, Street Fighter
3: Third Strike,
Street Fighter 4,
Street
Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street
Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper,
Street
Fighter Alpha 3 Max, Street Fighter
Alpha: Anthology, Street Fighter
Anniversary Collection, Street Fighter:
The Movie,
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo,
Super
Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Pocket
Fighter
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Closing Comment:
Definitely a nice attempt by Capcom, but they had a lot of learning to
do about 3D fighting games... Maybe Street Fighter should never be in 3D?
Well, Capcom didn't think so, and soon released SFEX2
and SFEX3. Over a decade later, Capcom finally
proved they could do 3D with Street Fighter
IV. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
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