Since it's easy to control the different characters, even the greenest fighter will be duking it out like a pro after only a couple of rounds. A greater variation of moves among the characters would have helped EX earn a perfect score-there are too many Ken and Ryu clones. Street Fighter takes on a whole new look in its latest entry into the bit arena.
A total of 23 fighters which includes 12 hidden fighters grace the screen--with veterans like Ken and Ryu and newcomers like Cracker Jack and Guarda--providing formidable challenges. While Plus looks like a 3D game, it plays more like a 2D game because there's no way to circle around your opponent.
Although Plus is a sharplooking game with its eye-catching fireballs and very fluid character animation, the flat, uninteresting backgrounds don't fare too well. The biggest Plus of this Street Fighter is that the controls are perfect. The special moves and high-hitting combos are simple to execute and should keep fighting fans happy for quite some time. Finally the most popular fighting game series in the history of video games enters the third dimension.
This PlayStation exclusive will have the most number of features and characters yet. It plays and feels like any of the classics. Gameplay may feel a bit more sluggish than the 2-D games, but this is due to the extra frames of animation each group of polygonal fighters gets treated to. The result is a smooth-moving game that can stand up to the graphical might of the earlier Virtua Fighter games.
The newbies include pugilists C. Jack and Darun, the acrobatic Skullomania and the rest of the supporting cast of Kairi. Hokuto and D. PlayStation owners also get treated to several extra characters not in the arcade version, including Dhalsim. Sakura and Cycloid Beta and Cycloid Gamma. Most of the other new fighters have new-looking, never-before-seen moves, but the joypad executions to perform them remain the classic, if not outdated.
But some of the older moves we've grown used to have been slightly modified. For example, classic Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick is now done with a fireball motion instead of a charge down then up , and each spin of Ken's and Ryu's Hurricane Kick must be performed separately.
This may sound like bad news at first, but those of us who have played to death the million previous incarnations of Street Fighter II may welcome the little changes. Although the arcade fighter saw limited distribution, it was still popular with fans of the long-running Street Fighter series. Keep an eye out for this hot polygonal fighter. However, EX2 is loaded with high-hitting combos galore, and the new Excel technique makes for some wicked multi-hitting attacks.
With these new enhancements, the Street Fighter EX series looks ready for a second winning round this fall. What's new in Street Fighter EX2? The fighters and techniques, for starters. EX2 features 14 fighters, including some you've never seen before, some returning battlers like Cracker Jack and Skullomania , and some older Street Fighter characters Vega and Blanka who are making their EX series debuts. And don't fret about characters from the first EX brawlfest that seem to be MIA--several hidden fighters are also in the game.
EX2's most exciting new fighting techniques are Excel moves and Cancel Breaks. Excel moves, which are similar to custom combos from the Street Fighter Alpha series, make your character more powerful for a limited time.
Cancel Breaks allow you to cancel a super move and break an opponent's defensive guard. EX2 also retains all of the first game's special techniques, including stun moves. When the first Street Fighter EX was released, everyone sighed a breath of relief that Capcom had finally taken the series out of the 2D realm. A couple years pass by and the inevitable sequel arrives. While the number of characters has increased to much greater proportions, the gameplay remains largely the same.
Aside from the addition of the "excel" meter and a couple other minor alterations, this is the same Street Fighter you've come to know and love. Unfortunately, while the game plays much smoother than the slowdown-laden import-only SFEX3 for PS2, it's still sluggish, with flat, static backgrounds that make the characters look like they're fighting at the school play, and "features" some of the most horrendous loading times seen on the PlayStation.
On the plus side, old-school characters like Blanka and Dhalsim make a 3D comeback, so fans of Street Fighter 2 and all of its spurious sequels will have a field day. Street Fighter EX 2 is certainly worth playing, but not necessarily worth buying. With more powerful hardware lurking, it'd be nice to see this series make some significant strides. This is just the same old same old. While hardcore Street Fighter fans may find this a worthy addition to their fighting library, the majority of gamers will simply find this more of the same.
I'm not really crazy about it, but besides the annoying load times there's not too much I can find fault with in EX2 Plus. Gameplay is a bit slower and more deliberate than the Alpha games, but that suits me fine since I always liked older fighting games over Marvel vs.
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