(LAST UPDATE: 7/13/09)
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Developer(s): Arika
Publisher(s): Arika / Capcom
Platform(s): Arcade,
Playstation
Release: November 1996 (Arcade), March 1997 (EX plus A), July 1997
(PS1)
Characters:
Ryu,
Ken,
Chun
Li, Dhalsim,
Guile,
Zangief,
Sakura,
Kairi,
Allen,
Blaire,
Hokuto,
Skullomania, Pullum,
Darun,
C.
Jack, D. Dark, Akuma,
Garuda,
Evil
Ryu, Bison,
Cycloid β, Cycloid
γ
Related Games:
Street
Fighter EX 2,
Street Fighter EX 3, Street
Fighter, Street Fighter 2, Street
Fighter 2 Champion Edition,
Street Fighter
2 Turbo, Super Street Fighter 2,
Super
Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Super Street Fighter
2 Turbo: Revival, Super Street Fighter
2 Turbo HD Remix,
Street Fighter 3: New Generation,
Street
Fighter 3: Second Impact, Street Fighter
3: Third Strike,
Street Fighter 4,
Street
Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street
Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper,
Street
Fighter Alpha 3 Max, Street Fighter
Alpha: Anthology, Street Fighter
Anniversary Collection, Street Fighter:
The Movie,
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo,
Super
Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Pocket
Fighter
Review: Street
Fighter EX brought Capcom's trademark 2D fighting
game franchise into 3D for the first time ever. While it was interesting to see some of the classic
Street Fighters finally make it to 3D form, the gameplay overall didn't
live up to it's 2D counterpart, and neither did the graphics... The blocky
character models with grainy textures really didn't do the Street Fighter
characters the justice they deserve, and for some of us Street Fighter
fans; it was a rather depressing sight to see some of our favorite fighting
game characters turned into "block monsters"... 
. On a more positive note, the animation in the game wasn't
too bad, and the artwork is actually top stuff!
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The SF EX
series brought some interesting new faces to the roster each with some
uniquely entertaining special moves, but unfortunately, many of the basic
priority attacks are shared among ALL characters, and definitely brings
the diversity down. Some characters can perform some rather cool super
moves, offering some great "ouch factor" (for the time), which was probably the best
graphical feature
of the game. There are also some decent combo possibilities, but some of
which are frustratingly hard to pull off on a regular basis... The home
version even included a fun command training mode where you perform these
different combos, and requires you to perform every combo to clear it.
Also worth noting, the sound effects were solid and a lot of the music
in the game is rather catchy... The game had it's ups and downs overall.
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A few
months after the original version of Street Fighter EX was distributed to
the arcades, an upgraded version titled Street Fighter EX Plus was
released to the arcades on March 1997. In this version, all the hidden
time-released characters are available by default, as well as Garuda and Bison,
who were exclusively computer-controlled characters in the original
game. This version also adds four new hidden characters, Evil
Ryu from Street
Fighter Alpha 2, an alternate version of Hokuto named "Bloody
Hokuto" and two cyborgs named Cycloid β and Cycloid γ. The
Japanese versions of the games contains text-only epilogues which are displayed
on-screen after the player defeats Bison in the single-player mode. The
PlayStation version features new epilogues (different from the ones featured in
the arcade versions) in addition to the FMV endings.
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- Review is for Playstation version of Street Fighter EX - |
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6.5 / 10 |
Closing Comment:
Definitely a nice attempt by Capcom, but they had a lot of learning to
do about 3D fighting games... Maybe Street Fighter should never be in 3D?
Well, Capcom didn't think so, and soon released SFEX2
and SFEX3. Over a decade later, Capcom finally
proved they could do 3D with Street Fighter
IV. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
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