street fighter iii: third impact (dreamcast)
...And you know what? It's, uh, alright. There's a great Fatal Fury game for the DC, Street Fighter Alpha 3 for the DC, Capcom vs SNK for the DC, Marvel vs Capcom 2 (which is overrated, but...) for the DC.... and best of all, Guilty Gear X for the DC. Get any of those, or maybe even the King of Fighters, over Street Fighter III!
No, I dunno. The gameplay is good, it's just... okay, nearly all the characters are horrible (hence why, 12 years after release, none of them have really appeared in any other games, except for spin-offs or "Super" SF IV). Dudley is just Balrong. Necro is just Dhalsim and Blanka combined. Hugo was just ridiculous. A ton of Zangief-ish characters, 2 Fei Long characters (who are twins), a Sagat-ish character, and of course, 2 dudes dressed like Ryu and Ken who have some of the same movies. In a way, it was cool that they decided to make an all-new roster (aside from Akuma, Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li), but uh. Yeah. These characters blow. Especially compare it to something like SF Alpha games where all the new characters were awesome. And what was with the Q guy, who kinda looks like a Watchmen character? My biggest thing is -- I usually like to play as girls, as I've noticed the fighting style of the female characters is usually more in tune with how I play, and there was only one girl I liked (of the only-3 in the game!)... Ibuki..
All the rest sucked! What was the deal with TWELVE? Was he supposed to be Carnage, the T-1000, and Reptile rolled into one?! Also, what exactly is the point of going invisible if you turn completely visible as soon as you do even one move?! "Ha ha! I took the 2 second animation to become invisible so I could invisibly get a little punch on you!!!!!! Ha ha!" Just a weirdly sloppy game. The actual mechanics of the gameplay are pretty fun, but nothing you can't get from Alpha 3 (which is faster and more satisfying) and vs. SNK 2 (which is just better in every way).
I dunno. Just a weird game. Is 4 any good?