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I love this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: October 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

In short, if you've ever been a fan of Street Fighter, buy this game. If not, please walk away now. This game is Street Fighter at its finest. You can have up to four players at once fighting in a 2 on 2 tag team that is simply amazing. The graphics are impressive, though nothing that couldn't be done on a Dreamcast, and the control is dead on. When I bought my system I got SSX, Tekken Tag, Summonner, and this, and even though the graphics are less impressive in SF:EX3 than in any of the other games, I keep coming back and playing this for the sheer fun factor. Don't believe the other reviews; SF:EX3 is amazing.

Neo-Old School? Does that even make sense? Well, it works.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: September 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Street Fighter EX3 has been getting alot of flak. It's somewhat undeserved. No, more like, no one gives the game a chance.
My first encounter with this game was at a friends house. He had gotten a PS2 for Christmas and he had a few games. With only some Street Fighter II turbo experience under my belt, needless to say I wasn't very good. But the game is excellent.
I won't bother with the graphics. Suffice to say they are extrodinary. The play control is actually much better than people make it out to be. Their complaints are based on the fact that unlike other versions (such as Alpha 3) EX3 is simplified to the point of being retro. Gone are the alpha counters, two in ones and billion hit combos. Thus timing is more important than speed in this game. 30 hits are impressive here.
This game lasts longer. Each character, as always, has there own fighting style, if you've played any Street Fighter you're already familiar with the battle system. But you don't have things like '80% damage Juggernaut Head Crush' (as per MvsC2). So each battle depends more on skill. The best part of this game is not 'Original Mode' but rather the multiplay mode (though for anyone who meets Shin Bison, woe be him). Also the Character Edit mode features Ace, a charcter who can be armed with many moves from diffrent fighters, such as Ryu's Hadouken and even Cammy's Killer bee assault. Ace thus becomes a very versitile fighter that can be custimized to your taste.
EX3 is a game you can have a field day with. Play it, learn the moves, develop combos and battle your friends. This game is flat out great. It doesn't have the glitter and glitz of other fighting games, but it is something fans of SF will appreciate if they gave it a good chance. My only complaint is that there where some of my favorite characters missing such as Dan Hibiki. Dan in 3-D would make sure I never earned any respect though.

Not As Good As It Could Be

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 14 / 23
Date: July 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game gives me mixed emotions. I am a huge fan of Street Fighter games, and I want to like it, but when playing it you just can't seem to connect to the 3D characters. They look cold and lifeless, like mannequins or dolls.

The graphics are not very good and there is frequent slowdown. More than that, the artwork itself is not impressive. It is also very disorienting to play a fast moving fighting game in 3D, and this game in particular makes a friend of mine nauseated the camera angles are so awkward.

One minor annoyance, when you beat the game you are set up into a little 'mini-game' and have to knock down as many people as you can. This can be fun but it ruined because of the horrible sound effects this game has.

My final verdict is that this would be worth buying, but not at [this price]. Wait for the bargain bin, in the meantime enjoy Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Dreamcast, which is an infinitely better game.

Great Street Fighter!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Well, I personally like this game! I remember when Street Fighter EX+Alpha came to the PSX I loved it! Then I went to my movie theater and saw Street Fighter EX 2 I had to play it! Next it came to PSX with the Plus, And now SFEX3 is on PS2 with a better game engine then the Japanese Version.. If you're not a SF fan don't bother with this game, but If you're looking for a cool game fighter for the PS2 get this! If you have a Multi-Tap the cool 2 on 2 or 1 on 3 battles will keep you coming back for more! Over all this game is worth the money .

I Speak the TRUTH

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: May 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have recently gotten a PS2 and I've heard all about Street Fighter EX 3. I have read the Brady Games Stragedy Guide BEFORE I have even played the game. It looked like just...AWESOME. Well, the time came to play the game when my friend invited me to his house. I went over and I played SFEX3. I thought it [wasn't a very good game to begin with]...It was slow, supers didn't do much damage (except Bison's Super Psycho Crusher) and the only good things were sound and graphics. I say graphics again cause it's just totally amazing. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. I couldn't believe I was that stupid. After you play SFEX3 for a long time, it'll turn out to be one of your favorite games. It is SO SO SO fun once you know the moves and get used to it. I particularly like it cause my friend Bryan, who is Super good at Video games, can't do "never ending" combos on me and it takes time to win, not like MVC where one super takes half the life bar. It turns out that I WHOOPED Bryan VERY BADLY TOO. So the key thing about this game is time. Oh yeah...you'll learn to love ACE, the editable character (not edible...) and it's cool trying to learn more Experience points to purchase new moves. Don't listen to the other reivews. They're cheating you. This is A Wonderful game. The Graphics (say again) are totally AMAZING. AnyONE would agree, even if the person didn't like the gameplay. BUY IT!

Best in the EX series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Capcom's Street Fighter EX series, developed by Arika, takes the standard Street Fighter 2D gameplay and throws it into a 3D world, adding a few new characters and moves along the way. The original Street Fighter EX fared pretty poorly in arcades, but after a few revisions it found a greater audience at home on the PlayStation. Street Fighter EX2 added a few new moves and characters, but it never really made much of a splash. Street Fighter EX3 takes the gameplay and additional moves of EX2, adds a tag-team element similar to that of Tekken Tag Tournament or Capcom's own Marvel vs. Capcom, and drops it onto the PlayStation 2 for a quick and dirty fighting game that seems a little rushed but still manages to be a lot of fun. The game's main mode is original mode, where you'll pick one character and dive right into a short but sweet fighting quest. Your first match is against three competitors - all at the same time. After winning this, or any, match in this mode, you'll be asked if you'd like to recruit one of your opponents. You can recruit up to three partners as you progress through the six-match quest, which comprises tag battles, team battles, and a two-on-one match. Completing the final battle nets you a screen full of text and the ending credits. The ending credits serve as a sort of bonus stage, where your main fighter is put on the screen with six or seven generic fighters whom you can beat with only one or two hits. The game gives you an infinite combo meter and keeps track of how many of the generic bad guys you can knock out before the credits end. The other fighting modes in the game let you set up tag battles, dramatic battles, team battles, and four-player matches at will. The game's other real bonus is the character edit mode, which is an extention of the expert mode that appeared in EX1 and EX2. Instead of having a set number of missions to complete with each character, EX3 gives you Ace, a generic-looking fighter who looks a bit more like a fighter out of the Rival Schools universe than a Street Fighter. When you first start playing, Ace has no special moves whatsoever - he is a completely blank slate. As you complete the expert mode-like tasks (block all attacks, perform a three-hit combo, execute a combo that does over 90 points of damage, and the like), you earn experience points. You use these points to buy Ace's special moves and super combos, which you'll need to complete tasks later in the edit mode. Once you've beefed up Ace, he'll be able to hold his own in the game's other modes. While the character graphics used in EX3 look pretty amazing when standing still, the animation is the same as it was in EX2. Granted, you can't exactly add lots of frames to all the special moves and keep the game's timing as faithful to the Street Fighter series as EX3 is, but now that the 3D Street Fighters don't look all blocky and pixilated, the jerky animation really stands out. Also worth mentioning is the appearance of B.A. Baracus himself. Yes, what appears to be Mr. T's picture adorns the walls of one of the arenas. It's a strange yet heartwarming tribute to such a master thespian. The audio portion of EX3 is packed with great effects, such as deep, bassy whooshing noises that accompany super-combo fireballs and the like. All of the hits and misses sound terrific, and the character voices are nice and crystal clear. The music, however, doesn't always fit the action. Also, in an annoying demonstration of audio streaming, the music changes tunes on the fly when other characters get tagged in, so you never listen to one song for long - one track fades into another as soon as the action on the screen dictates a change. Street Fighter EX3 is the game that EX2 should have, and probably would have, been, had this kind of hardware power been available sooner. The tag-team fighting adds a nice new element that the previous game totally lacked. EX3 may feel a bit rushed in some spots, but overall it's a fun and great-looking fighting game that won't disappoint longtime EX fans.

Very disappointing...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

From the opening scene of the game with a fat, bulky ryu, to the actual terrible gameplay, the game is slow and the characters look terrible too. I always enjoyed Street Fighter 2 on SNES, but this is NOT what that game was. Rent this one when it goes to the two-for-a-dollar section. It also would have been nice if whoever designed the characters had even a mediocre sense of human musculature. I only rented this game, thank god. It was back on the shelf in the video store about 3 hours later.

The BEST Street Fighter Game Out There!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: June 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

WOW! This game blew me away when I played it for the import Playstation 2! Fantastic graphics and gameplay. I suggest to everyone that they get this game. If you liked Street Fighter EX 1 & 2 you will LOVE this one!

SF EX3

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

At First I thought this game was really good. The graphics are great. But after I mastered it and beat it so many times, I got sick of it. You'd be better off by getting Capcom Vs. SNK2. Im a big SF fan but this game isn't that good.

From SNES to PS2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Street Fighter EX3 is definitely the best street game that I have ever played in my life. As far as graphics is concerned, no other street figher comes close to it. Some things that I miss are the old characters such as Cammy. Some things that are quite new...new characters that appeared out of nowhere. It seems that the partnership of Capcom and Akira brought the introduction of never seen before characters such as Kairi or Garuda. The only character that you can customize, Ace, can be quite powerful if he's assigned the right combination of moves, but gaining experience is a pain as one has to complete "missions". I definitely give it two thumbs up. It's a [good] price for a great game. It has become a little complicated from the snes versions, but it's worth the price--super combos, meteor combos, etc. The only part that I really hate is obtaining the metals to obtain characters such as evil ryu, bison II, etc. Some tasks are easy to achieve, but others--like 2 meteor combos--can prove to be quite impossible.

On the downside, characters no longer have their own stage. What belongs to whom? If it wasn't for the music, which changes according to the character, I would say that the fighting arenas just serve no purpose. In addition, I just missed those old finishing scenes. Each character's ending comprises a letter-format statement...no much creativity there. However, the ending credits are just awesome. Why? Because you can fight an entire group of guys nonstop. Purpose? How about plain fun? How about...how many can you k.o.?

One of the best purchase for PS2 I have made so far. No regrets.

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