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What do you consider the best fighting game from each major fighting game maker?

Capcom: Xmen vs. SF (though I had a lot of fun with Street Fighter 3: Third Strike)
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SNK: Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 (Garou looks nice, but those fighters are so bland...)
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Sega: Virtua Fighter 2 (VF3 is a close second; FV had nice ideas, but it's not enough)
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Namco: Tekken 2 (I think this was when Tekken peaked, I don't care about the Soul series)
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Capcom: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
SNK: Mark of the Wolves, I guess. Might be KoF 98, though, and I have yet to play 2003.
Sega: Toss-up between VF4e and VOOT (yeah i went there oh shit)
Namco: Soul Calibur 2
 
I'd say 3rd Strike over any game or company. But to break it down:

Sega: VF4 Evo
Namco: Soul Calibur (still like the 1st one better)
SNK: Garou Mark Of The Wolves
Square: Tobal 2 (Ah, such a tragedy that it ended here)

But again, 3rd Strike destroys everyone simply because Hugo is a pimp who gets his ho to taunt you mid-match.
 
Capcom
01 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future
02 Street Fighter Alpha 2
03 DarkStalkers: Jediah's Damnation

SNK
01 Samurai Showdown II
02 Garou: Mark of the Wolves
03 The Last Blade II

Sega
01 Virtua Fighter 2
02 Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
03 Fighters Megamix

Namco
01 Tekken 2
02 Soul Calibur
03 Soul Calibur 2
 
Capcom: 3rd Strike
Namco: SC2


I honestly don't have the experience with multiple versions of all the other series to make an informed judgement; IE: not having played VF4 FT.
 
Capcom: Street Fighter 3 - 3rd Strike

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SNK: Fatal Fury: Mark Of The Wolves

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Sega: Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned

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Namco: Soul Calibur

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Tekken 5 is running shit now in my opinion looking forward to soul calibur 3 and when it comes to 2d its alla bout 3rd strike fight for the future just sucks that its impossible to get this on pal.
 
Capcom: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
SNK: Capcom vs SNK 2 cause I've never gotten into SNK games
Sega: VF4 was the only one I put a good amount of time into, but I still suck
Namco: Soul Calibur 2

But I've never put as much time improving myself as I have with 3rd Strike. I still feel like I have it in me to get even better.
 
Capcom - Street Fighter 3 - Third Strike

SNK - King of Fighters 98

Sega - Virtua Fighter 4 - Evo (will most likely be replaced by FT, but i've not played it :p)

Namco - Tekken 2
 
SNK: Samsho 1,2
Last Blade
Garou

Capcom: SFA3
3rd Strike
Darkstalkers 3 or any fighting game that has Bulleta

Namco: Soul Calibur
 
Capcom
Best: Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future
Runner-Up: Street Fighter Alpha 3


SNK
Best: The King of Fighters '98
Runner-Up: Garou: Mark of the Wolves


Sega
Best: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
Runner-Up: Virtua Fighter 2

Namco
Best: Tekken 3
Runner-Up: Soul Calibur 2

I want to throw in Capcom vs. SNK 2 somewhere in here too, but it's not enough like one company's game to throw into the mix. Also, Guilty Gear XX needs to be here somewhere too. :)
 
Capcom: 3rd Strike (the original CvS is a close second)
Namco: Soul Calibur (DC)
SNK: Garou:MOTW
Sega: VF4:Evo (haven't played Final Tuned)
 
Capcom : Street Fighter 3 - Third Strike

Namco : Tekken Tag Tournament

Sega : Virtua Fighter 4 - Evo
 
Capcom: Street Fighter III: Third Strike
SNK: Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
Sega: Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (unless Guilty Gear X2 counts as Sega)
Namco: Soul Calibur II
 
Capcom: 3rd Strike is just the best, no question. The most solid 2d fighter IMO. Honorable mention goes to Rival Schools because there's something about it I really like; same thing goes for Power Stone 2.

SNK: Probably KOF98, although it's a close call between it and SS2. An honorable mention, this time to Last Blade 2 which has a phenomenal feel/atmosphere but didn't really survive a lot of play in my "circle." I got a lot of solo play in with RBFF2 and MOTW, but no multiplayer.

Sega: We haven't played a lot of VF/etc so I can't really judge. From the little I've played of VF4evo, it definitely deserves respect.

Namco: Soul Calibur owns. Tekken 2 is close by, and may be surpassed by Tekken 5 but we've only just started to get into it so not yet.
 
Capcom: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Sega: Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
SNK: Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Namco: Tekken 5
Tecmo: :lol
 
Capcom: Street Fighter III Third Strike
SNK: KoF 98
Sega: VF2
Namco: Soul Calibur (DreamCast ver)
Nintendo: Smash Bros Melee
Rare: KI
Dream Factory: Tobal 2
8ing: Naruto 3
 
How in god's name can anyone prefer Tekken to Soul Calibur? Do you enjoy pseudo-3D combat? Do you like infinite juggles? Blech.
 
Capcom: Technically it would be Third Strike (3S), but my personal favorite will always be Capcom vs SNK 2 (CvS2). Probably my favorite game of all time.

The rest... I think I'll pass. Tekken 5 is pretty sound, however.
 
Capcom
Winner: Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future
Runner Up: Powerstone

SNK
Winner: Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Runner Up: Fatal Fury

Sega
Winner: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
Runner Up: Virtua Fighter 2

Namco
Winner: Soul Calibur
Runner Up: Soul Calibur 2
 
ArcadeStickMonk said:
Firstly, SNK didn't make that game, Capcom did. SNK made SVC on Neo Geo hardware.

Secondly, bleah.
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I know, I chose it cause I don't like SNK Fighters, not that I ever put too much effort into it.
 
Capcom:
Street Fighter Alpha 3

SNK
King of fighters 98'

SEGA
Virtua fighter 4 Evolution

Namco
Soul Calibur 2

Sammy
Guilty Gear XX #Reload

Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Melee
 
Instigator said:
How is Soul Calibur not pseudo-3D combat? :lol
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Because it is full roaming environments and movement where in Tekken you an your opponent are always left and right of each other in a same line.

Which of course there is nothing wrong with this. VF and Tekken are both damn fine games with a huge move list. Soul Calibur is just the most fluid game on the market and I prefer it for that reason.
 
Capcom: SF3: Third Strike
Sega: VF4 Evo
Namco: Tekken 5

Haven't played any SNK fighters seriously.

For all the people that said Tekken 2, have you played it in the last five years? It was great for its time, but with floaty jumps, no step, no damage scaling and stupidly slow oki, I don't see how anyone can really enjoy playing it now except for nostalgia. It hasn't held up very well.
 
SanjuroTsubaki said:
Because it is full roaming environments and movement where in Tekken you an your opponent are always left and right of each other in a same line.

Which of course there is nothing wrong with this. VF and Tekken are both damn fine games with a huge move list. Soul Calibur is just the most fluid game on the market and I prefer it for that reason.
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You still fighting on a single-axis in Soul Calibur. The occasional sidestep don't make it a true 3D fighter, no more than it did for Toshinden 10 years ago.

The environments are basically geometric rings with everything else as window dressing, no more advanced than VF1. No more advanced than Fighting Vipers if you take into account some of the walls. :)

Soul Calibur has a very conservative approach to 3D fighters.
 
Capcom: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
SNK: Samurai Shodown II & Garou (tied cause Im indecisive)
Sega: Virtua Fighter 4 Evo
Namco: Soul Calibur
Sammy: Guilty Gear XX #Reload
Rare: Killer Instinct
 
Instigator said:
You still fighting on a single-axis in Soul Calibur. The occasional sidestep don't make it a true 3D fighter, no more than it did for Toshinden 10 years ago.

The environments are basically geometric rings with everything else as window dressing, no more advanced than VF1. No more advanced than Fighting Vipers if you take into account some of the walls. :)

Soul Calibur has a very conservative approach to 3D fighters.
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Sure its still on a single-axis. But like I said its more fluid than the other fighters. Its easier to move completely around and strafe around a fallen foe. If the fighters didn't look at each other the game wouldnt be as good of a fighting game if you accidentally fight air instead of an opponent.
 
Capcom
Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition

Sega
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

SNK
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves

Namco
Tekken 3

Edit: Had to correct myself... I had more fun with Tekken 3 than Tekken 5.
 
Jer said:
Capcom: SF3: Third Strike
Sega: VF4 Evo
Namco: Tekken 5

Haven't played any SNK fighters seriously.

For all the people that said Tekken 2, have you played it in the last five years? It was great for its time, but with floaty jumps, no step, no damage scaling and stupidly slow oki, I don't see how anyone can really enjoy playing it now except for nostalgia. It hasn't held up very well.
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Pretty much exactly what I was going to say. :lol I don't see how anyone can list Tekken 2, if you prefer the older style Tekkens then 3 is easily the best one, and I can understand people listing Tag, but I don't quite see what people love about T2 so much aside from nostalgia.

SanjuroTsubaki said:
Sure its still on a single-axis. But like I said its more fluid than the other fighters. Its easier to move completely around and strafe around a fallen foe. If the fighters didn't look at each other the game wouldnt be as good of a fighting game if you accidentally fight air instead of an opponent.
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Just out of curiosity, what was the last Tekken game you actually played? And by played, I mean, put a good amount of time into.
 
Jer said:
For all the people that said Tekken 2, have you played it in the last five years? It was great for its time, but with floaty jumps, no step, no damage scaling and stupidly slow oki, I don't see how anyone can really enjoy playing it now except for nostalgia. It hasn't held up very well.
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I did. But aside from nostalgia, I think you're forgetting 'series fatigue'. Tekken 2 was fun for its time, but for some of us, the sequels didn't add much to the basic formula. Objectively, they're still solid games but the samey gameplay gradually turned us off to the series. In effect, Tekken 2 is the last Tekken game I really enjoyed even though it is outclassed nowadays.

Capcom and SNK dangerously played the same game with some of their franchises, so much so that when Street Fighter III finally came out, few people actually cared, despite its quality.
 
Yeah, I can understand series fatigue between T3 and now, but T3 was hugely different than T2. T2 was still full of those archaic VF1 conventions. T3 completely redid the oki and movement, made the game feel a whole lot faster and added a ton of moves that led to the characters not all feeling like a bunch of clones. It's hard for me to see how people would think it feels too similar to T2.
 
Capcom: Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Sega: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
Namco: Tekken 5
SNK: Samurai Shodown II


How in god's name can anyone prefer Tekken to Soul Calibur? Do you enjoy pseudo-3D combat? Do you like infinite juggles? Blech.
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Yes and yes. Well not so much with infinites, but Tekken has the best juggles.


If I play Tekken 2 now it's hard to get used to not being able to sidestep and it feels like you stay on the ground for a hour.
 
Anyanka said:
Capcom: Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Sega: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
Namco: Tekken 5
SNK: Samurai Shodown II




Yes and yes. Well not so much with infinites, but Tekken has the best juggles.


If I play Tekken 2 now it's hard to get used to not being able to sidestep and it feels like you stay on the ground for a hour.
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juggles are the worst part of tekken games i find. Fucking memorization fest at times.
 
Jer said:
Yeah, I can understand series fatigue between T3 and now, but T3 was hugely different than T2. T2 was still full of those archaic VF1 conventions. T3 completely redid the oki and movement, made the game feel a whole lot faster and added a ton of moves that led to the characters not all feeling like a bunch of clones. It's hard for me to see how people would think it feels too similar to T2.
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It's either too different or too similar. :)

Tekken 4 didn't seem half bad to me but it seems lots of people hated it if Tekken 5 is anything to go by.
 
Capcom: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike

A masterpiece

SNK: Never been a big fan of the KoF series but it's their best game, IMO.

Sega: Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

The best fighting game ever made. 2D or 3D, it doesn't matter

Namco:

Soul Calibur or Tekken 5. T5, IMO, is an amazing return to form for Namco.
 
Capcom:
For 2D, I'm torn between Street Fighter III 3rd Strike and SNK Vs Capcom 2.
In 3D, I just love Justice Highschool to death, but I'm also a big fan of Powerstone 2 (but I'm always debating whether it should be considered a fighting game).

SNK:
King of Fighters 98

Namco:
Soul Calibur 2.
Don't even get me started on how shit I think the Tekken series is. No matter how good you are, or how many hours' practice you've logged, you can always be beaten by someone who simply headbutts the control pad over and over again.

Sammy
Guilty Gear XX Reload

Square
Tobal 2
Bushido Blade (slow to play, but oh so beautifully layered in subtlety)

Palace Software
Barbarian (aka Deathsword) - the original fatality :D

Sega
Virtua Fighter 3

System 3
International Karate +
 
Don't even get me started on how shit I think the Tekken series is. No matter how good you are, or how many hours' practice you've logged, you can always be beaten by someone who simply headbutts the control pad over and over again.
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The number of hours you've logged has very little to do with how good you are. If you're losing to mashers, you're not good. :\

Mashers don't win in any fighter.
 
SNK: Samurai Shodown II ~ I played this game for years in the arcade, and never got tired of it. The only reason I stopped is because the local pool hall I usedto play this at was too cheap to keep the cabinet in a good working condition and some tool reamed on both sticks.

Capcom: Street Fighter Alpha 3 ~ I waffle between these two games. SF3 is without a doubt one of the most beautiful 2D fighters ever made, but it's also kind of dull because of its streamlinedgameplay, and many of the newer character designs just outright suck in my opinion. Street Fighter Alpha 3 is like the total gameplay package with all of those Isms and characters. If SF3's visuals and SFA3's gameplay could somehow be married together you'd have without a doubt the greatest fighter in existance.

Namco: Soul Calibur II ~ My only knock is the guest characters, and how much I hate them. I don't care if this is merely an update, it's an update to one of the first 3Dfighters I actually enjoyed playing. That's why I like the Soul series, it's deep and I actually find it entertaining.

Sega: Fighting Vipers ~ I've never been a huge fan of thE Virtua Fighter series, and only just began to play it with any regularity with VF4 and VF4Evo. I wouldn't say I have fun playing Virtua Fighter, I can appreciate it's depth, but it bores me. Fighting Vipers is the only other Sega fighter I've played, and enjoyed.
 
ScientificNinja said:
Don't even get me started on how shit I think the Tekken series is. No matter how good you are, or how many hours' practice you've logged, you can always be beaten by someone who simply headbutts the control pad over and over again.
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So, uh ... why are there consistent tournament winners.
 
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