Street Fighter EX3 (PLAYSTATION 2 GAME)

Players can take advantage of a new system that allows character switching at any time throughout the battle. Not only will you be able to swap at will, but your dynamic duo also will have double-teaming tag combos to enhance an opponent's agony. This means that gamers will face three other opponents, and have four incredibly detailed fighters battling it out on screen at any one time in the ultimate handicap match. Take them out, and one might ask to join as your sidekick. Form a stable of four, and all of you can take your turn kicking Bison's tail, as well as that of any of the other famous Street Fighter characters in the game.

The control is predictable, but that's what fans want... nay, crave. Super combos, dizzies, and a number of other staple Street Fighter combos are here and look incredible. Lighting effects are much more mature: the animated sparks fly, and the pyrotechnics flame up all over the place. Character models have come a long way since the days of the first blocky Street Fighter EX game. Although they still lack necks, these brawlers are seamless and well defined. Their victorious poses rival any graphics that previously have been seen on a console.

Not everything is peaches 'n' cream with EX3, however. The endings of the EX series always have been a bit lacking: all you get in EX3 is a frozen frame with text, then, while the credits roll, a little consolation prize: over 10 enemies onscreen at once, all wanting to put the boots to you. This isn't the "true" ending we'd hoped for, but it's a nice gesture (and it shows off the system's power).

Capcom is doing everything it can to make Street Fighter EX3 the fighting game of choice for the PlayStation 2, but, with Namco's Tekken Tag Tournament set to hit the market at the same time, it'll be a tough sell. Still, this is a Street Fighter game, and that alone justifies at least a play. --Todd Mowatt

Product Description
The Secret Power of the Dark is unleashed. Fight head to head in a fierce battle for supremacy! Play 18 infamous Darkstalkers character characters! Fight head to head with friends anytime, anywhere! Five gameplay modes: Arcade, Network, Tower, Chronicle and Training.

This would be a great game if the Single Player mode was more than 6 stages long, if the Single Player wasn't the easiest thing going (even Shin (super) Bison is amazingly easy on Hard difficulty), you had ALL the Street Fighter characters from past and present (even though SFEX+A had like 6 shotokan karate guys - at least there was a choice). The biggest surprise to me was that they have left Akuma out of this version. Why?! He's in Capcom vs. SNK 2 (and so's Shin Akuma) and he's always been the best challenge in Single Player. How can you have the good ol' fashioned Good vs. Evil fight when you dont have Akuma??

I can't wait for the EX 4 (if and when it comes out), I would love to see a massive choice of all the fighters from every SF game, a more challenging Single Player (get rid of the stupid medal system to unlock stuff too!) and I'd like to see the colour edit system that is in Cvs.SNK 1&2 brought over to EX - if you can change the colours on 3D Half Life models etc... why not on this?

If you're looking for more of a challenge go buy Capcom v. SNK 2, if you're looking for something to play when your mates are round, buy EX 3.


"only slow if ya play it slow"   August 5, 2001
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

In my opinion the follow up to EX2 is an incredible turning point for capcom's streetfighter, showing that the streetfighter serious can live on in 3d. People that comment that the game is slow are probably the one's who play it slow, so what if it's a LITTLE slow, what more do ya want with graphics like this. The only down point of the game is the lack of playable characters and i was hoping for actual ending FMV videos this time round. the good points are the multable players fighting on screen at the same time,the ace mode and the meteor tag combo's WICKED!


No hitting each other in the streets thank you!   June 28, 2001
 1 out of 6 found this review helpful

This is a pretty cool game, the graphics are quite cool, it may be a bit slow but it's worth playing. Did I mention the voices are in Japanese...


The best......   March 17, 2001
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

What can I say, this game is excellent and I have not stopped playing it since I got it on the day of release. The moves have been well thought out and with 16 charachters to choose from, including 9 secret charachters it is brilliant. It takes some time to learn the moves but once you have you will have no regrets of buying this game.


Nothing has changed...   March 10, 2001
 3 out of 5 found this review helpful

Capcom have put out what seems like a hundred of Street Fighter-games on the market in the last ten years. Street Fighter 2 (especially the Turbo version) is still the best 2D fighting game in the world, ever. But when they went in to the third dimension, nothing worked out any more. Of course, the grafic is excellent, but the controls doesn't have the real StreetFighter feeling. This version is more goodlooking than ever, but after a few hours of playing you'll be tired of it. If you want a good fighting game to your PS2, get DOA2 or Tekken Tag. If you want a good StreetFighter game, get a SNES or a Mega Drive. Or the PSX-compilation. But not this one.