(LAST UPDATE: 7/15/2009)
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Developer(s): Sega-AM2, Genki (Dreamcast version)
Publisher(s): Sega
Designer(s): Yu Suzuki
Platform(s): Arcade,
Dreamcast (As VF3: Team Battle)
Release Date(s): 1996 (Arcade), November 27th 1998 (
Dreamcast), October
18th 1999 (
Dreamcast)
Characters:
Akira,
Jacky,
Kage,
Lau,
Jeffry,
Sarah,
Wolf,
Pai,
Shun,
Lion,
Aoi,
Taka-Arashi,
Dural
Related Games:
Virtua
Fighter, Virtua Fighter Remix, Virtua
Fighter 2, Virtua Fighter Kids, Virtua
Fighter 4, Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution,
Virtua
Fighter 5, Virtua Fighter 5 R, Fighting
Vipers, Fighting Vipers 2, Fighters
Megamix, Last Bronx
Review: The third
installment to the VF series adds two characters (just like
in VF2), the newcomers this time around being Aoi (an Aiki Ju-Jutsu user) and Taka-arashi
(a sumo wrestler). Sega took the series in
a new direction, featuring "multi-tiered" stages. Fighting on un-even ground
offered a new gameplay experience, and also gave the game a unique overall
look and feel, but many hardcore fans missed the classic "rings" from VF
and VF2.
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Virtua
Fighter 3 played very similar to prior installments in the series, with the
exception of the addition of a new "Evade" button. By hitting the
Evade button along with a directional button, fighters could evade attacks and
counter effectively. The other new gameplay element was the inclusion of multi-tiered
stages, most of which were brilliantly designed. Fighters could actually get knocked off of
"high areas"
on certain stages such as the Great Wall of China stage, the rooftop stage,
and the subway stage... Pretty damn cool. 
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Returning characters were given plenty of new moves
to keep things fresh, and the characters also looked better than ever.
Character models seemed much smoother now, with less noticeable polygons,
and also had amazing facial detail and textures for the time. VF3 was no doubt
one of the best looking 3D fighters at the time, and retained the solid gameplay
that the series has become known for.
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8 / 10 |
Closing Comment:
The jump from VF1 to VF2 was hard to match, and although Sega raised the bar once
again in terms of graphics, the gameplay wasn't as revolutionary as it probably
should have been. VF's character
designs still lacked personality, which became more and more apparent has
fighting game characters from other franchises had eons more charisma.
Honestly, if VF's characters didn't have well thought-out fighting styles, they
would pretty much suck as character designs. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
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