They say this is the best and still is the best street fighter game, Capcom did an amazing job puting this togather in 1999.
Alpha 3 Raised my skills in the fighting game gen.
I did not agree with some of the chars moves, Guy and Rolento Took way to long for me to get the moves down.
I find this is my fav SF game ever, It is in the top of my list of fighting games.

i cannot agree more !
SFA3 rules all others, there are non that comes to it !
well, the VS series are great...
but i don't put them in the same class !

oh and... DAN HIBIKI's the best !

I'm sorry, but speaking seriously, Dan Hibiki is not the best by far in that game. Dhalsim and Akuma using V-ISM are the best.

[quote:post_uid0="Dan Hibiki"]I'm sorry, but speaking seriously, Dan Hibiki is not the best by far in that game. Dhalsim and Akuma using V-ISM are the best.[/quote]
Using V-ISM.. it's really hard to tell who's the best...
I mean have you ever felt the 24 hit combo of Ryu's hop, step, kick and hadouken (in other words.. round house and hadouken :biggrin: ) Now that's really something..
Honestly.. .when it comes to close combat.. Dan Hibiki is not too shaby.. but he's just not well equiped to handle the strength of some of the other fighters..
Let me do a sort of review..
Akuma.. Talk about power.. This evil shotokaner's Instant hell murder, Shun goku satsu, Raging demon, stick a pop corn down your nostrills.. :biggrin: What ever name you wanna call it.. takes about 66.66% of your opponents life points.. It's a really terrible move once eckecuted nicely.. He has eckellent speed and he's air fireballs come in handy when playing defensively....
Unfortunately.. he takes damage easily.. just to compensate for the amount of power he possesses!
P.S. Notice that Akuma has some kinda cross over on Ryu and Ken's super... He does sort of a shoryureppa... but it's called Messatsu Gou-Shoryu and his version of shinhadouken known as Messatsu Gou-hadou...

Ryu HOSHI... another powerful character.. you'll notice that he's V-ISM combos aren't too shabby either and he also packs a lotta punches..he's speed is not too shabby.. though I wish he was a lot faster and he's dragon punch is just one back breaking hit (unlike the three that Akuma and Ken deliver)
He has a very very powerful hurricane kick *listens closely.. Shinku...Tatsumaiksenpukyaku* and it really hurts! He's also equipped with his trademark.. shinhadouken.. Another really devastating move that can really hurt!
He also does the shinshoryuken.. but it doesn't pack as much as the MvC or MvSf series..

Ah... and my favourite.. Ken MASTERS great speed.. incredible agility and stylish manouvres make him a very fun character to use.. He's equipped with eckellent dragon puches that blaze opponents.. :biggrin: very quick and powerful hurricane kick with just the necessary amount of fireballs needed to win a fight.. He can't a shinhadouken but His supers aren't too shabby either... Shoryureppa and Shinryuken.. go a long way in inflicting pain on the hands of the opponent! Shipu-Jinrai-Kyaku .. who can forget that... some massive hits that raises his opponents away from the ground for a while.. with his legs!.. In summary.. aneckellent character that fares well when played offensively!

Enough of the shotokaners!!
Let's talk about Charlie.. he's best played defensively.. so that after any mistake KAPOW!!! he punishes his opponent.. his moves aren't too shabby... but I frown at the whole charging combination.. gives the other characters a little advantage..He isn't too bad offensively.. and really packs a punch if the flash kick is used in good succession.
With some nice kicks and arguably the best *grab and throw* in the game. (back breaker! :biggrin: ) He has guile's trademark.. sonic boom and some nice kick combination as supers.. In summary.. you really need to master him b4 you can be very effective.. He'll be a nice blend to the SFO.. but I doubt ppl would be ready to start pressing back for 2 seconds anytime soon!

Now.. who else can I remember..
Ahh yes... Sagat.. mue tai champion..
B4 I go on.. I feel the major mistake Capcom made in the whole Sagat frame is his AI.. I mean the guy has long limbs and powerful hits with great combos (not to mention a 7 hit, cry all you want, butter the bread and take it to the house Tiger uppercut.. ) When fighting against the Cpu.. you fight a version of what we in this community call *Cheap* .. tiger high and tiger low.. tiger high and tiger low and when you jump close enough Tiger uppercut!..
I mean.. he's really good ifused offensively.. just take those long limbs to work and he'll be hard to stop!
Although I must say.. he does have nice moves.. not too quick but very strong.. Tiger crush ( a leaping knee and upper cut combo) and Tiger canon... (think shinku hadouken) complete his array of moves..

WOW... nough said! :biggrin:
But I'll try and review other characters in this thread in due time!... but I must agree with the fact that SFA3 was one of the best fighting game ever created!



Edited By blanka09 on Oct. 07 2003 at 10:10

seriously, it all depends on who is speaking, maybe for you you found others very powerfull, but really DAN HIBIKI's the best char for me, not that i don't play with others, i',m as good with others then i have with DAN, but really, i kick MAJOR friend asses with him, while i lose most of the time with others !

see, it all depends on who is speaking and how you like a char or not !
i dislike zangief, not for what he is nor for what he looks like, but i dislike him cause of his very very very very difficult moves to perform !

me and my friend like to call him... Mr Do Nothing !
cause well, other then combo's and his back hand specials, there is nothing we can do with him !
so he became known has MR DO NOTHING in this house !



Edited By SSJKarma on Oct. 07 2003 at 15:07

Ken can perform a shinkuhadoken when teamed with Ryu.....

In....

X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter(Oh and in this series it was my first time truthfully understanding Dan Hibiki and Zangief the two I usually don't play with....now those two and charlie and Dalshim are my favorites...)

Marvel vs. Capcom 1....maybe....no...no ken's hadoken just gets big thats all...........



Edited By SBYRD5 on Oct. 07 2003 at 16:05

Ryus the best..i played it on ps1 for a bit. got pretty sweet on it....well i was good from the start cause id played sf b4.full on.

[quote:post_uid0="pip99"]full on.[/quote]
You mean full level gauge...

Yeah I improved alot by doing that myself.....



Edited By SBYRD5 on Oct. 07 2003 at 16:44

[quote:post_uid0="SBYRD5"][quote:post_uid0="pip99"]full on.[/quote]
You mean full level gauge...

Yeah I improved alot by doing that myself.....[/quote]
nah lol its somethink i say..

i always say full on. its just full on meh youd have to speak to me to understand/

I think I understand like you dominanted.....in SF before Ps1.....