Virtua Fighter 3 (1996 - Model 3)
Apr 8, 2013 17:44:05 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2013 17:44:05 GMT
Hey guys, a tad off topic, but after reading this thread I had the burning sensation to want to play a VF again.
As I'm setting up camp in Japan now, building my game collection from scratch, I decided to start with the Dreamcast, and ended up picking up a copy of VF3 for 500yen, and I must say, despite the flaws mentioned in the Dreamcast version, I still find it quite playable to this very day.
Yes, the game does look a bit... misty in many levels, and there appears to be a few glitches here and there (that don't affect the gameplay one bit), there is still fun to be had, even when you've got DOA2, Soul Calibur, Fighting Vipers 2, and SF3:3rd Strike in your collection.
The game doesn't quite flow as well as I feel it should (this is problem I had with VF1 & 2 as well), and there is a dangerously obvious lack of moves when compared to games in this day and age, and characters take way to long to get up when knocked down, and yet... there's something rather charming about this game, warts n all.
I must admit, I'd stopped being a VF fan ever since I played Soul Calibur some....12 odd years ago, for the same reason some others mentioned. There appeared to be a lack of character in the game. Everything from the character design, to the moves, the levels, music, everything, just seemed a little on the bland side. Yet, now, I seem to find this is part of its charm. It's almost like it's a no-nonsense fighter.
Whilst not perfect, evasions/ sidesteps are a lot more useful in this game than they've ever been in Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive, and I really liked that this game is almost devoid of combos, something which I'm getting a bit ticked off with all these current fighters emphasising.
I didn't like Virtua Fighter 4 on the PS2. at. all. It just seemed to lose the spirit of Virtua Fighter. It seems to look more like a Tekken game than a VF. I would elaborate, but I reckon you guys are a little sick of this post already, I'm too tired, and tbh, I don't remember too much about VF4. Maybe one of these days I'll have to give it another go. The game is, like, 105yen everywhere in Japan, so when I get a PS2, I'll probs give it a shot.
Speaking of which, seeing as I didn't bring my xbox over here, and I can't play the HD arcade ports of VF2 and Fighing Vipers, I reckon I'm going to buy the PS2 ports of those two games sometime in the future also. I saw them both for around 1500yen in akihabara, which is around £10 I'd say, which isn't bad. I know they're inferior versions, but I'll make do with what I can.
Anyways, that's my two cents. As for my fav character? I honestly don't know. I've never had a favourite character in VF. Maybe that's another problem why I never liked the series so much.
As I'm setting up camp in Japan now, building my game collection from scratch, I decided to start with the Dreamcast, and ended up picking up a copy of VF3 for 500yen, and I must say, despite the flaws mentioned in the Dreamcast version, I still find it quite playable to this very day.
Yes, the game does look a bit... misty in many levels, and there appears to be a few glitches here and there (that don't affect the gameplay one bit), there is still fun to be had, even when you've got DOA2, Soul Calibur, Fighting Vipers 2, and SF3:3rd Strike in your collection.
The game doesn't quite flow as well as I feel it should (this is problem I had with VF1 & 2 as well), and there is a dangerously obvious lack of moves when compared to games in this day and age, and characters take way to long to get up when knocked down, and yet... there's something rather charming about this game, warts n all.
I must admit, I'd stopped being a VF fan ever since I played Soul Calibur some....12 odd years ago, for the same reason some others mentioned. There appeared to be a lack of character in the game. Everything from the character design, to the moves, the levels, music, everything, just seemed a little on the bland side. Yet, now, I seem to find this is part of its charm. It's almost like it's a no-nonsense fighter.
Whilst not perfect, evasions/ sidesteps are a lot more useful in this game than they've ever been in Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive, and I really liked that this game is almost devoid of combos, something which I'm getting a bit ticked off with all these current fighters emphasising.
I didn't like Virtua Fighter 4 on the PS2. at. all. It just seemed to lose the spirit of Virtua Fighter. It seems to look more like a Tekken game than a VF. I would elaborate, but I reckon you guys are a little sick of this post already, I'm too tired, and tbh, I don't remember too much about VF4. Maybe one of these days I'll have to give it another go. The game is, like, 105yen everywhere in Japan, so when I get a PS2, I'll probs give it a shot.
Speaking of which, seeing as I didn't bring my xbox over here, and I can't play the HD arcade ports of VF2 and Fighing Vipers, I reckon I'm going to buy the PS2 ports of those two games sometime in the future also. I saw them both for around 1500yen in akihabara, which is around £10 I'd say, which isn't bad. I know they're inferior versions, but I'll make do with what I can.
Anyways, that's my two cents. As for my fav character? I honestly don't know. I've never had a favourite character in VF. Maybe that's another problem why I never liked the series so much.