Street Fighter

Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
$19.99
While world warrior was fun I was not the biggest SF 2 fan. There tend to be two camps...Those like me who loved the Alpha series....and the hardcore traditionalist who left the SF mythos after SF 2 added cammy, D-Jay, and T-hawk to the fold.

It is a shame SF suffered a dent in its' fanbase considering SF 3 was awesome. Sadly SF 3 suffered from what KOF 12 is now afflicted with. When SF 3 first came out it had bare minimal characters. It was still very fun and looked beautiful from an artistic perspective but those whom got used to SF Alpha 3's huge roster were pretty disappointed. All things considered at least the first iteration of SF 3 still had decent endings for every participant & the newcomers such as Sean, Elena,Ibuki, and Necro added a breath of new blood the franchise desperately needed.

Fortunatelly for you the game in this package is 3rd strike. Some may argue SF 3 2nd Impact is the best but I prefer 3rd strike for the sheer amount of content and an even meatier fighter roster.

Compared to the Alpha series 3rd strike forces you to strategize. Each character has quite a few "super arts" but they can only choose one before the battle royale begins. Furthermore Ken, Chun Li, Akuma, and Ryu have been completely "remixed" so there is actually much diversity in even the classic characters. The shota characters are still "similar" but at least now there is more variation between them.

3rd strike also introduced the "parry system". It allows any character to block then counter any move from an opponent leaving them wide open. In tournaments between the most devoted street fighter fans you can see how much depth this adds to the game!

My only qualm is Alpha remastered the SF story line and made it good whereas 3rd Strike's conclusions leave much to be desired. Let's just say the character development was usually much better even in the other versions of SF 3 whereas 3rd strike lambasts the characters or has them fade out into the credits with a whimper instead of a bang. It's much like playing Tekken 5. It's as if the designers decided to make 3rd strike into one half brawler comedy and one half obscure nonsense. The few endings that are not ludicrously ridiculous are simply "meh". Even Remy's more serious journey may have you scratching your head.

I know I've neglected SF 2 and for those of you into "the classics" rest assured most iterations of SF 2 exist in the Anniversary collection and there is a "mix mode" that allows you to pit different variations of these characters against each other! Of course my biggest gripe is many characters remained mostly unchanged throughout the evolution of SF 2 so it is not quite as epic as it sounds.

At $14.00 this is a great opertunity for 2D brawler fans. Don't pass it up!

Pros

+Every version of SF 2 exists with a mix mode

+ SF 3rd Strike is essential to every SF fans collection.

Cons

- In my opinion I would have liked if 3rd strike was in a collector's bundle pack with the other iterations of SF 3

-I'm not the biggest fan of SF 2 though I'm an overall fan of the series. If you want this game at its' peak I suggest downloading Super SF 2 HD mega mix over X-box live or your Ps3.

Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
$29.99
this game comes complete with five of alpha street fighter games on one disc.
alpha warriors,alpha 2,alpha 2 gold,streetfighter 3 and
bonus game also.there are various combo moves and plenty of high speed bells and whistles.
pick your poison,great game!!

Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
$19.99
Great game. If you like any of the other classic street fighter games, then you will love this one too.

Street Fighter IV
$29.99
this game is Very hard for people who dont normaly play fighters, i found that the fights can be very tuff even when set the easy, however the online play is very good and if you like to play fighters then im sure you will love this game, a must have for fighting game players. 4/5