Posted on: November 6, 2012
jungletoad
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An inferior version of a superior fighting game
This review is about the gog.com version of this game. Before I get into the pros & cons of the gog version, let me begin by saying that I am a big fan of the Street Fighter series and I think Street Fighter Alpha 2 is the best of the three Alpha sub-series games. That being said, there are problems with this version of the game available on gog.com. Though I would give this Street Fighter Alpha 2 a 5-star rating in the arcades, I only give it 3-4 stars for the PC version on gog.com. 1. This is not the arcade version of Street Fighter Alpha 2. This is the version that was released on PC back 1998 that was a port of the 1996 Playstation version. It is therefore not as spectacular of a game as it could be. If you buy the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology for Playstation 2, which is a port of the arcade version, you will see that this PC release is inferior in almost every way possible. The most notable problem is that the character animations are choppy in this version. In the arcade and PS2 versions, the animations are much smoother and speedier. This allows for more expert play because the difference between winning and losing each hit in a fighting game often boils down to just a few frames of animation. 2. The keyboard config does not work. I set my bindings, saved, and started a new game and my punches and kicks were still not associated with the keys I had assigned them to. The joypad configuration did work, however, for my Logitech controller, but I bought this game specifically to play on a laptop during bus commutes, some I am disappointed that the keys do not bind properly and I am going to have to do more work now to make that work (using xpadder or something). I cannot play fighting games that screw up the keyboard/controller configuration. The defaults on this game are particularly terrible in this version and are not set to have movement in the obvious spots of either WASD or up/down/left/right arrows. 3. The GUI is awkward. There is no way to configure buttons during gameplay. You cannot click on menu options with your mouse. You can accidentally mess up something in your button config to the point that you no longer have a way to revert it. There is no special move list that you can refer to during gameplay (though this is also true of the PS2 version). 4. The move input feels off. I played my PS2 version and the GOG version one after the other. I had more difficulty in consistently pulling off my special moves on the PC version than I did on the PS2 version. This could be a controller issue, but it felt like it was due to the game itself. 5. The soundtrack is better in other versions. This is based off of the arcade soundtrack instead of the Playstation release, which makes this a somewhat superior version to the Playstation version. Thankfully you get a soundtrack bonus for this gog.com edition that you can listen to on your own, but the instrumentation and quality of the tracks is still not quite as good as the Playstation 2 Alpha Anthology version. 6. The graphics are generally not as good in this version as the arcade or PS2 versions. They are more pixelated, and as mentioned before, the animations are choppier. The pixilation I could live with, but the animation problems affect gameplay. 7. In case you were wondering, there is not online play. This is not supported in other versions either, to my knowledge. Despite these complaints, this is still a fun release, even on this port. Street Fighter Alpha II is one of the great fighting games and added features such as a 3-level super combo gauge for power moves, alpha counters/reversals, air blocking, fall breaking, and a custom combo system. It’s really a fantastic fighter and despite my complaints about this version, it is still very playable. The bottom line: If you want an accurate arcade port of this, get the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology for Playstation 2, or consider emulation. If you are nostalgic for the handling of the PC or Playstation release, this is a good option. This is also good if you want to just own the soundtrack from the GOG bonuses. This is also the first game Capcom has released on GOG, so you might want to simply support them in joining the ranks here at GOG. This isn’t the best version of SFAlpha2 though, so be forewarned. Yet it is still a strong enough game to be playable and enjoyable even in this lesser port.
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