Street Fighter 2: The Anniversary Edition

Gonzo

I was a really big Street Fighter 2 fan and was delighted when today I saw they released Street Fighter 2 for the Ps2, I so wanted this game as I last had it for my SNES and played the game to death all those years ago. Ive never been great at beat em ups but this ps2 conversion is unbelieveably difficult, there are about 7 difficulty modes and i wacked it down to easiest and the game still seems impossible, so difficult that I cant even get past the 1st fight!. Im no pro but this is insane, sf2 on the snes/megadrive was a walkover untill you got to the 'hard' difficulty setting but this is harder than 'very hard' on the easiest setting. Has anyone else bought this game for the Ps2 and found it insanely difficult?

Placebo

havent played it, is it any good ? what are the sprites like, is it just all the old ones into this 1 game ?

Fungtank

I saw it in gamestop today. It looks class. Like a trip back in time to the original "Nintendo". I would get it if i had a ps2.

Placebo

but what if u have an snes with all that.......

any new modes, from what i`ve read is that you can have different versions VS different versions, normal chunli VS turbo chun li.
wow wow ! how exciting, i suppose one would see it as a classic and buy it, not me though, if 60 euros fell from trees, then maybe.

Roller Toaster

My advice is to wait for the XBox version which will contain Street Fighter 2: Anniversy and Street Fighter 3: Third Strike both of which will have online play...

Placebo

STREET FIGHTER 3 ? no way, i always wanted that !!!!!! damn dreamcast.
i`l have to get an Xbox then, unless this is out for ps2 !

Placebo

Capcom bringing Street Fighter III: Third Strike to PS2.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=54855


WOhooo, dream come true !

Gonzo

the current game for the ps2 is SF2 only and has all the different varients of SF2 which you can mix, and the original arcade intro and the SF2 manga movie. The graphics are the same as the original arcade versions and the game costs €29.99 new everywhere I looked in town. It is a great game and still looks great, just a pity its soo bloody difficult compared to the sf2 games on all other formats.

BLITZ_Molloy

It isn't hard at all actually. You should try Super Street Fighter 2 X on the Dreamcast. You're talking 10 times for difficult again. The AI in that iteration of the game is a true mother ****er.

I don't see much point in this release. They've already released all these games on the PSOne in the SF Collection I/II. Sure you couldn't mix and match characters but its a bit of a weak gimmick.

Can't wait for the SF3 port mind. I don't have two arcade sticks for my DC so I think I'll wait for the PS2 ver.

I wouldn't get too worked up about online play over Live. Capcom vs SNK is awful. I can't imagine how difficult parrying in SF3 will be. DoA may be somewhat playable because the controls are so loose but I don't think we'll ever see a good online beatemup.

Placebo

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4303&item=8107274074&rd=1

go molloy, 17 hrs !

Creature

I bought it today and have to agree that it does seem a bit hard, though I'd say thats dwn to me being rusty more than anything else. At least the AI is done well in this. I bought Collection 1 when it was released and was utterly appaled by the disgraceful AI. In arcade mode the opponents literally just stood there and used the same special moves over and over.

This feels more balanced and tweaked. When I play this in single player mode its like I'm fighting against a veteran of the arcade.







Oh and I have 3rd Strike on the Dreamcast so :P

honru

Street Fighter III: Third Strike will be only bundled with copies of Hyper Street Fighter II in the US. Europe and Japan get the Street Fighter II movie as an extra instead.

Although I freakin' hope that by the time the Xbox version is released they will choose the former. I really want to play a version of Street Fighter III without having to resort to eBay.

What's the story Molloy? Capcom vs. SNK over LIVE is fantastic. There's hardly any lag and the parrying works fine.

Roller Toaster

God damn...how can an hour or so of anime compare to the hundreds of hours that Street Fighter 3 provides?

My only gripe with CvS2's online play is the interface, hopefully they'll sort this out for SF2.

KdjaCL

SF2 can be played online on a PC.

You need an emulator and a rom (which are illegal unless you own the game so dont ask for them its bad).

Check emulation forum, its possible the best online game ever but im crap at it so if anyone wants to play i can play with them.


kdjac

Placebo

SF2 can be played online on a PC.

You need an emulator and a rom (which are illegal unless you own the game so dont ask for them its bad).

Check emulation forum, its possible the best online game ever but im crap at it so if anyone wants to play i can play with them.

i accept your challenge, just let me know what emulator.
also Street fighter 2: Rainbow Edition, is amazing.

KdjaCL

Challenge ? i need lessons Final Burn Alpha latest version.

kdjac

Placebo

Ok Sorry Gonzo, for over taking your forum.

Kdjac, i have it.
msn messenger = cool_boy96@hotmail.com

if you want to play now .

Deadwing

I bought a SF game for the psone a year or two ago and found it really hard too, couldnt even get past zangief!! And i used to be a master of SF2, could finish it on the highest difficuly at the highest speed on sf2 turbo on the mega drive. I think its the ps controllers, the d pad just wrecks your thumbs and wasnt really designed with a ha-do-ken in mind.

honru

Originally posted by Roller Toaster
My only gripe with CvS2's online play is the interface

That's true.

po0k

.....mame emulator anyone?

KdjaCL

http://fba.emuunlim.com/

final burn is best emu for CPS2 games.


kdjac

Retr0gamer

Don't play Kdjac unless you feel like getting beaten. From what I heard he is a SF2 god. Don't let him pick Blanka whatever you do.

SF2 = Bestest beat'em up and multiplayer game ever.

bombidol

Anyone remember the cheat to get Akuma. hes listed in the manual for moves etc but not a playable charactor straight off the mark. Anyone??

KdjaCL

On PS it was pick Ryu and hold L1 and R1

kdjac

sound_wave

im waiting on this to be delivered from play.com! cant wait to give my brother a beating he shall never forget, feel the true power of my dragon punch!!!

Mossy Monk

got it yesterday and must say i love it

took me a while to win a fight but once i got used to playing with the PS2 controller it was grand

the film wasnt bad either even if it took me a while to find the thing. why they didnt put it on a bonus DVD i'll ever know

sound_wave

mine arrived today so played it all day. Its hard alright but once you get used to the PS2 pad and learn how to beat that Cammy bitch your sorted!

As regards the bonus Dvd its crazy they didnt put it on another disk, you cant pause it so i had to turn off the PS2 to go have dinner! I had never seen the movie before and i thought it kicked ass!

Now back to playing Street Fighter ....

Creature

Thought ye all might like to know that to unlock Akuma -

Choose Super Turbo. Leave Ryu Highlighted, then zip over to Hawk, then to Guile, down to Cammy and finally back to Ryu. Each character has to be higlighted for 2 seconds, no more, no less. Then select Ryu after the 2 seconds by pressing start followed immediately by PPP. Ryu's portrait should change into a black silhouette of Akuma's portrait.


this works for me in both Arcade and Training modes.

Horsefumbler

I'm a fairly big street fighter fan but i don't think i'll be getting this. I think the newer versions of the game are better. I have super street fighter 2 turbo x for the GBA and even that is too old for me. It has some super combos and the sagats upercut has evolved to a 5 hit from a one hit but i still think its shit. I think it's easier to be cheap in those games aswel. There's no moves like tactical recoveries and that kind of stuff which does add to the gameplay. And some characters moves were a bit too good like chun li's lightening kick.

Personally I think Capcom vs SNK 2 is great. Street fighter characters at their peak aswel as a whole host of zany characters from the world of SNK. Can't comment on the online play but man, I'd like to give it a shot just to show of my shin akuma sKillz

Placebo

SNK vs Capcom 2 is ****E,
firstly, the sprites are horrible and please dont comment on How i`m putting graphics before gameplay, its a 2d game, theres no rocket science before the graphics, the backgrounds look amazing then suddenly its morgan VS Ryu, Morgan looking like she was ripped out of the old game and stuck in this, it looks really bad,
all characters are just stuck in from different games, theres no story line to the game, as far as game play goes, good luck trying to fight off ken and ryu`s fire balls.

SNK vs capcom CHAOS ! now, here a game, all characters seem like they are made from scratch, new sprites, new moves, everything is leveled out, besides the fact that the SNK characters look a few cm short ! :rolleyes:

KdjaCL

Sf is balanced perfectly ,nerwer versions aint ,in WW CE and too an extent Super and turbo. Any fighter can be or counter another.

The later versions made some fighters too powerful so the likes of Dhalsim and Zangif cant beat them.

In the older versions they could beat anyone, reason i like it so much so very well balanced.


kdjac

Horsefumbler

bah. that total shit. It was the first games that zangief was shit. You could just fireball him to death with ryu or ken. hee didn't have his banishing flat to counter them and they didn't go through his double lariat as they do now. His jump was was so low and short it had to be timed perfectly to jump over a fireball. Think you got it all wrong kdjac.

I seem to spend my life defending CvSnk2 on this board but how and ever i think you shouldn't get hung up about the crap graphics. give the game a chance and you'll see it decent. My only gripe with it is how they effectively gave shin akuma half health:(

KdjaCL

I play you on Sf2 i pick Zangief and you Ken/ryu throw fireballs constantly i guarantee you gonna see a spinning piledriver very quickly.

Zang and Dhalsim have counters for that fireball thing, Zang can reach tru them and dhal can go under or over them.

kdjac

Creature

CvSNK2 is brilliant. Sure a few sprites look old (Morrigan being the main offender) but what about the new ones? You can't tell me you actually managed to resist drooling when you first saw the new sprites they gave Bison/Ryu/Ken/Akuma? Give out about graphics all you want but in SF's case balanced gameplay and depth always come above graphics.

My only gripe with it is how they effectively gave shin akuma half health

Umm maybe that has something to do with him being ridiculously fast and powerful?

Horsefumbler

he's fast and he has good moves but he's not as strong as any of the heavy weights like sagat, blanka balrog etc.

Placebo

WHAT GAMEPLAY ? its the exact same as street fighter alpha 3 with an extra mode with several players, its a 2d game, graphics are not rocket science, gameplay is always important but when it comes to a 2d game graphics are also important, ure saying ud play a great game with stick men in it ? snk vs campcom 2, graphics horrible.
check out choas



i bought snk vs capcom 2 , then i sold it soon, i might give it ago again...

compare snk vs capcom 2 , to
Marvel vs capcom 2
guilty gear X series
Street fighter 3 !
SVC Chaos
even
Samsho 5
Kof 2003

cant wait for SF3, GGX isuka and capcom fighting Jam !

Retr0gamer

Zangief was an excellent character. His jumps needed good timing but he could take a beating and then murder you when he got close. However as Kdjac stated he cud be beaten by any character. Thats the beauty of SF2 (especially CE), the game was so well balanced and the characters still had different play styles and personality, it didn't resort to the cheap trick of making the characters all the same except for some special moves (*cough* mortal kombat)

Horsefumbler

he was an ok character in super street fighter 2 turbo. he was NOT good in the original game. ok?:)

KdjaCL

Originally posted by Horsefumbler
he was an ok character in super street fighter 2 turbo. he was NOT good in the original game. ok?:)

You must suck with him ,think it was Logie i got a perfect with zangief on ,he was Ken and hes not bad


kdjac

Deadwing

Zangief sucks.
That is all

KdjaCL

Originally posted by Deadwing
Zangief sucks.
That is all

#emulation.ie

That is all.
kdjac

Deadwing

dont have irc
that is all

combs

For anyone planning to buy this game, it uses high resolution presentation for a game that was originally how resolution. It will therefore look pixelly. It might not be so noticeable on a small TV but it's something to keep in mind if you're fussy about authentic, good-looking 2D visuals. If you're not sure what I mean, think about the way an old arcade game looks in MAME running full screen on your PC without scanlines. That's what you're getting.

Creature

Originally posted by Placebo
WHAT GAMEPLAY ? its the exact same as street fighter alpha 3 with an extra mode with several players,

I hardly think its EXACTLY the same as Alpha 3. You've got 6 different Grooves instead of 3 'isms' and new features like rolling, running, parrying and dodging and you can select teams of up to 3 characters and distribute power accordingly. Bit more than Alpha 3 eh?

Originally posted by Placebo
its a 2d game, graphics are not rocket science, gameplay is always important but when it comes to a 2d game graphics are also important,

Graphics are important but nowhere near as important as how well the game plays imo. Have you actually played SvsC: Chaos? Or are you just applying to the "the graphics are pretty so the game must play like a godess" theory? From what I've heard it plays like some outdated Fatal Fury game. Also they completely ruined the SF characters in the game with their feckin SNK 4 button attack control system and stupidly quick 1 second charging ( for Guile, Blanka etc.)

Originally posted by Placebo
ure saying ud play a great game with stick men in it ? snk vs campcom 2, graphics horrible.

Well I find the graphics to be fine. Most of the Alpha 3 sprites are bit old, granted, but not really that old and still look relatively good to me. The reused sprites from the first Capcom vs SNK look great as far as I'm concerned, as do the brand new ones. The backgrounds look fantastic to me too. My only gripe is with the Morrigan, Nakoruru characters, that are downright disgraceful looking.

Placebo

Graphics are important but nowhere near as important as how well the game plays imo. Have you actually played SvsC: Chaos? Or are you just applying to the "the graphics are pretty so the game must play like a godess" theory? From what I've heard it plays like some outdated Fatal Fury game. Also they completely ruined the SF characters in the game with their feckin SNK 4 button attack control system and stupidly quick 1 second charging ( for Guile, Blanka etc.)

i played the arcade rom, i will be buying it for ps2 pretty soon, the street fighter characters were obviously changed to a 4 button attack control to level out the game, as opposed to the same old ken and ryu fireing away against poor old (by old i mean OLD) morgan.
But maybe i`m being a bit of an extremist here, all i can really remeber is that it was ****e, but i bet its the ps2, i ve 22 games for it and i dont play em, so i might give it another shot.

bugs

Snk vs. capcom chaos on the ps2 retains all the bugs, glitches and bad physics of the hacked rom, hahahhaa only playmore could continue to flog the dead horse that is KOF.
My opinion, if the game has "versus" in the title, steer clear.

KdjaCL

Originally posted by bugs

My opinion, if the game has "versus" in the title, steer clear.

Damn Straight

kdjac

Creature

Originally posted by bugs

My opinion, if the game has "versus" in the title, steer clear.

Bah if we did that we'd never experience the joys of 60+ hit uber combos in Marvel vs Capcom 2!

Horsefumbler

^^ Is that game any good btw?

Creature

Yeah its good fun. Though if like Placebo you didn't like the graphics in CapcomvsSNK2 then I'd steer well clear of this, the majority of the character animations are fairly old. Although it is slightly manic for my liking.

If you do get it be prapared to say goodbye to your thumbs :dunno: .

wataru

When your thumbs are blackenned and numb you should be halfway to mastering the game, I draw the line at gang green tho, maybe call a doctor then... but make sure and practise while your waiting for him, some faint oozing is a healthy sign *_*