- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike for Sega Dreamcast.
Product description
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Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, Sega was the place
to be for VS fighting games. Especially from Capcom. Several
domestic releases were great hits at the time and still are. This
is the final iteration of three versions SFIII released.
.com
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Break out your nunchaku and don your black belt: Ryu,
Chun Li, and Ken are back, and they've brought with them 16
friends and a ton of new special moves to vie for the coveted
championship belt in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.
This latest version of the celebrated Street Fighter series is
perhaps the most attractive yet, with its highly detailed
backgrounds and character animations that take full advantage of
the Dreamcast's power.
Like many 2-D fighting games, there are two methods to playing
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike--learn to finesse the joystick and
perform impressive special moves, or simply mash the buttons
randomly. As such, those who are willing to devote the time to
learning the game's myriad secret special moves will be able to
earn Street Fighter black belts and enjoy the game to its
fullest, while casual gamers who prefer the button-mashing route
might find more replayability in a less complicated game.
For those who have ninja fingers, Capcom has added to this new
version a grading system that judges the player's performance
after each match and comments on his or her skills.
The game's value doesn't end when you've mastered the intricate
maneuvers, either, thanks to the extreme level of customization
that can be made to the fighting, which virtually allows the
player to reconstruct the game's rules. --Benjamin Reese
Pros:
* Incredible graphics and sound
* New leap attack
* Highly modifiable fighting system
* 4 brand-new characters; 19 total
Cons:* Game can be played simply by mashing buttons
* High learning curve
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Review
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Hot on the heels of Capcom's double whammy of Street
Fighter III action, Double Impact, comes 3rd Strike, the third
game in the Street Fighter III series. While the two releases are
roughly the same, 3rd Strike delivers new characters and enough
new options to make it a worthwhile product, even if you already
own Double Impact. The main attraction that 3rd Strike adds over
Second Impact and the original SFIII is the addition of more
characters. The most notable addition is the return of Chun-Li,
who has been done up in true Street Fighter III style, and she
now possesses more frames of animation than she knows what to do
with. Other new characters include Twelve, the alien creature; Q,
the robot guy in a trench coat; and Remy, who looks like he
escaped from a King of Fighters game. Aside from a few minor
gameplay tweaks, it's business as usual, with selectable super
arts, parrying, and Gill, the game's ultracheap boss. What really
makes 3rd Strike special is the system-direction option screen.
This separate screen gives you ten pages of choices that alter
the gameplay, allowing you to cancel super arts into super arts,
enable air blocking, turn on chain combos, and lots more. Suffice
it to say that if there's something about 3rd Strike that you
don't like, odds are you can alter it with the system-direction
settings. Graphically, the game is smooth. The new characters are
as frame-laden as the older characters, and they fit into the
world rather nicely. The backgrounds occasionally look a bit
flat, but they still look decent. The game's sound has been given
a pretty major overhaul since Second Impact, with the addition of
a new announcer, a few altered voices, and a couple of Street
Fighter raps that play over the select screen. If you bought
Double Impact, that may very well be all the Street Fighter III
action you need. But if you skipped out on Double Impact - or if
you're fanatical about your SFIII - 3rd Strike is a good, refined
2D fighter that won't disappoint.--Jeff Gerstmann--Copyright ©
2000 GameSpot Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or
in part in any form or medium without express written permission
of GameSpot is prohibited. -- GameSpot Review
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