Street Fighter Zero/Alpha: 2 vs. 3

I have seen many people that like SFZ 2 more than 3. I seem to be on the minority; I prefer 3. In fact, it isn't even close. But don't get me wrong, I think SFZ2 is a great game. However, everything about the third game seems better to me. It has everybody from the SFZ and SFII games (roughly twice as many characters as SFZ2), I love the art style, and it has the best music of any fighting game I've played.

I'm not trying to say anyone is wrong for preferring SFZ2 over 3 of course. Let's have a nice discussion about this.

[ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: RiotoftheBlood ]</p>

I prefer 3 over 2, just because of the sheer number of characters...

Plus, I can have a Guile vs. Nash match up...

I don't know why I like Alpha 2 more than I do Alpha 3.

I have both on Saturn, and I play Alpha 2 a lot more than I do 3. If you ask me why, I could not tell you.

Maybe I just like only dealing with one combo system?

Maybe I just hate T. Hawk?

Street Fighter Alpha 2 is THE best Street Fighter game ever.

Period.

Alpha 2 has some quality about it that I can't put my finger on. I think it's the way the fighting system is handled. Also, when I first played 3 (this is while playing a lot of 2), I didn't care for how some moves were changed a bit. Like Charlie's forward medium kicks... he just sort of slides as he kicks.

They are both great, but I think Alpha has a better feel. Just seems... slicker. But 3 is great since it has so many characters. Too bad 3 couldn't be what 2 is, just with more.

Spike

Alpha 2 does seem more balanced to me.

NOTE: I did not say it WAS more balanced, I said it SEEMED to have a better balance among fighters TO ME. Please don't call me a fool, and lead in with some long diatribe about the effectiveness of roundhouse kicks between 4 characters through their respictive "isms".

Alpha 2 had the nostalgia. The art, the music, the backgrounds. It was all just done right.

For me, SFA2 is the only SF game whose never-wanna-stop-playing factor matches that of any SNK fighter Ive played thus far.

I personally like 3 better, because I get so much more out of it, but SFA2 does have a beautiful feature to it I still can't put my finger on...

They are all great SF games.As for SFA2, i like the gold version.I played it non-stop on the saturn.
As for alpha 3, it has some good music and it feels "modern" when compared to the previous games.
I still like alpha 2 gold more.

Alpha 2 Gold, no holds bar...adding cammy was a nice touch...but Alpha 2 was well balanced, SFA3 just went crazy like SF3 with adding a ton of no-namer characters that didnt gain fame well. To me, Alpha 2 felt like a true SF2 successor, having almost the 8 warriors back (Except E Honda, Vega, and Balrog) At least Alpha 2 did a lovely job introducing us to Dhalsim in a whole new way and Sakura was a great edition (if you like her or lust over her underageness...you know who you are...we know were you live..) I felt that Zangief and Dhalsim got the respect they deserved after being under casted all those years. Why else did they choose those two again to lead the MARVEL Vs. CAPCOM series? from X Vs. SF to MVC2. Furthermore, I really think capcom rushed Alpha 3, no real major upgrades to the cast (a few supers here and there) a choice of different "ISM's" to offer more replay value. Yet the entire game felt like "Let's throw in everything" and kinda gave off a "MK Trilogy" appeal...if you have ever character in the game...what do you have to look forward to? I think that's why Alpha 2 stands solid..every character had his/her own uniqueness, Alpha 3 felt like attack of the ryu-clones..Shin Akuma...Akuma...Ryu..Ken..Sakura...Evil Ryu..Dan...yeah it's wearing thin a little...So in conclusion, I just like to say Alpha 2 was the SF series prime height..afterwards, it was a slow decline...Alpha 3 I like, SF3 I love..but from the people's point of view..they stink, why? I have no clue, I never saw any flaws with them. Only positive thing I have to say about Alpha 3..it went out with a bang..and what makes me laugh..how in the hell can Yung be in SFA3 (GBA verison)...yet he wasnt born yet...since Alpha is supposed to be BEFORE SF2..but the storyline drifted off so so far.

Street Fighter Alpha 2 owns Alpha 3 any day of the week. No shitty 'ism's' wonderful backgrounds (the final fight elevator, birdie's shitter, akuma's lightning field ripped straight from the anime spring to mind), classic music style, a limited but perfect roster, and no annoying announcer.

I hate Alpha 2. Hate hate hate. It's just so incredibly boring to me, especially after the "high-level" play that I saw...

too much of it just revolves around turtling up and building super meter. You don't dare stand up, because if your opponent activates a Custom Combo they get a low sweep for free into a combo that does way more damage than it would if they used a super (especially in the cases of Ken and Chun-Li).

Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li were just too powerful. And Rose with her Low Strong of doom. Ken's Kick Alpha Counter - HATE HATE HATE. although there are actually some ways to counter it after you got hit by it, you have to be fast and it does involve getting hit by it.

Alpha 3 on the other hand? I thought it was a lot of fun. In general the game seems to cater more to the aggressive player than Alpha 2 did. Plus Karin Kanzuki is cooler than the entire cast of Alpha 2 hands down. Yeah A3 ain't perfect either, but overall I think it had a lot more interesting things to offer.

Don't play Alpha 2 if you want "classic" SF, play Super Turbo or Hyper Fighting instead.

Hard to tell.

2 was slimpler but 3 has the music, the style and the options to kick 3's ass anybody who claims to prefer 2 that's their opion but it isn't one I'll understand.

[ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: bemanisuperstar ]</p>

I like 3 better, because there are too many cheaters in 2. I know for a fact that there are infinites, and things that you just can't gte out of if people really try. They cheat too much when I play at the arcade so I jsut don't anymore

I always like SF Zero II over Zero III simply because it's waaaay to obvious that Capcom tried to make the game too much like a SNK KOF game. That's when I knew Capcom was losing it for fighting games, they actually took the flair and grit from KOF stages and applied it as a half assed over haul of their SF Zero franchise, and SF III just never got my interest up either. Alas, SNK is king of fighters in my houze. Furthermore I will never forgive Capcom for making Cody look like an idiot in that jail uniform.

[ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: MegaDrive 20XX ]</p>

Out of those 2 id go for Alpha 2 for its music, my fave thing about games.

But Alpha/Zero 1 does it for me, i just love the character selection, backgrounds and music.

I like both games pretty much the same. Alpha 3 has more characters, decent plot line, and Vega. Alpha 2 has more reasonable counter moves and Adon was much less awkward to use.

I dig 'em both.

Why thank you Shiki Mikoto. Forgot to mention, I have also become addicted to Super Gem Fighter recently for some strange reason, to the point where I end up choosing it over even Alpha 2 quite often.

[ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: Iori Branford ]</p>

I'll take Aplha 2 over 3. 2 had it all across the board. The gameplay was spot on, the backgrounds where great (Guy's is still one of my favorite BGs of all time) and the roster was diverse and well balanced. Don't get me wrong, I still think 3 is a great game in its own right (the world tour mode was a great addition to the home version) but the gameplay was a bit unbalance compared to 2 and the character roster just didn't seem as well rounded.

Yagami

I dunno what all you ladies are talking about but World Heroes Perfect ownzzz these two bush league fighters. [just playing]

What a coincidence. To close 2002 I was playing SFA 2 Gold on Saturn. To ring in 2003 I was playing SFA 2 Gold.

I love the backgrounds in Alpha 2. They kick Zero 3's ass, for sure.

But I prefer Zero 3 to Alpha 2 overall. I can't really tell you why, it's just a personal taste thing.
Like someone said, Zero 3 has a much more modern feel while Alpha 2 oozes with some of that nostalgia flare.
I like both a lot, but would take Zero 3 by a hair. The "complete" roster, the countless match combinations, it always appealed to me.

Only bad thing I find in Zero 3: some of the backgrounds in Zero 3 are a real dud. I hate Blanka's Z3 stage. Sakura's. Man her Alpha 2 stage was sick. Guile's stage sucks. The old one from SF II was so much sweeter. etc.

never playing either when they were new, hip, popular, etc. means that my decision has no possible nostalgia factor to go on.

i like alpha 3 over alpha 2.

im no hardcore sf player, or anything but i feel 3 is better. the presentation, the huge cast of characters, and the isms never bothered me at all.

i own the alpha 2 cps2 board, and i play it a lot, but i wish it was alpha 3 instead