Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha

Developed By: Arika

Published By: Capcom

Genre: Fighting

Players: 2

Rating: Teen

Memory Card: Yes

The newest addition to the Street Fighter series is in 3D! Finally! But don't be scared away from this game Street Fighter purists, this game isn't really 3D, just the characters are. EX has the 8 original characters and 12 new characters, which brings the fighter count to a total of 23 including bosses and hidden characters. Despite the obviously mandatory lengthy name, this game packs the potential to become a fighting game classic.

The Street Fighter Characters were converted into 3D very well, some characters look even better in 3D. The most impressive part of EX's graphics is the incredible frame rate. The game's graphics rip with no break-up and speed which has to be seen to be believed. This is definetly the fastest 3D fighter I have ever seen. The only flaw in the graphics is the 2D backgrounds don't really blend well with the foreground, but you don't really notice it in the heat of battle. The new transparancy effects in the fireballs and such also put nice touches on the graphics.

The sound is nice and fits the game. The cracks and smacks convey the hits well, and the ha-doken! and all-you-can! expressions are clear as a bell. The music is primarly fast, rock riffs, but when you get to some stages, the music doesn't really fit. Guile's stage features elevator music, and Sakura's stage's music sounds like Kenny G.

The controls are very fast and responsive. Controlling a game of this speed takes lots of accurate contols, and EX has them in spades. Pulling off fireballs and such is easy, the only problem is that there are too many Ken and Ryu clones who have the same exact special moves. This is the kind of game where you don't have to know the moves to win, but it is a definite advantage.

This is one of the top fighters of 1997 hands down. If you are a classic Street Fighter fan and don't want to play this game because it is 3D, get over it, it isn't really 3D. If you are like me and didn't really like the Alpha games, this one is a little more like the originals. You're missing out on a great fighting game if you don't own Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha.

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