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TheFeatheredÆtheling · 10-08-2010, 10:35 PM

"Capcom Fighting Jam" incorporated four characters from SF2, SFA, SF3, "Darkstalkers", and "Red Earth" (an obscure Japan-only fighter similar to Darkstalkers), and at least one new character. This crossover was a good idea, but there were some major issues.

First of all, the four characters from each game were chosen poorly. For instance, they used an extremely water-down Yun from SF3 who completely lacked any of the combo abilities that made him interesting in the first place, Sakura AND Karen from SFA (why both of them?), and Anakaris from Darkstalkers (AGAIN? Dammit! Include John Talbain or Rikuo or someone new for once, Capcom!). Anyway, the roster could have been so much more interesting.

Secondly, the music sucked. I don't know about Capcom's newest fighters, but many of their fighting games post-SF2 have had shitty music (Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Capcom VS. SNK2, etc).

Finally and most importantly, the gameplay was the most unballanced of any of Capcom's 2D titles. In Capcom Fighting Jam, you are unable to change your character's fighting system unlike other crossover games which have a flexible "groove/style" system. For instance, SFA characters have air blocking, Alpha counters, custom combo's, a level 3 super arts gage, etc; SF3 characters have parrying, mini-jumping (what the hell?! Why not universal overheads like in the actual games?), dashing, etc; SF2 characters have one level three super gage... and that's about it; etc. In order to compensate for the laughable technical unballances between the characters, Capcom saw fit to make the more basic characters (the SF2 characters) REALLY F-cking powerful. Unfortunately, Capcom overcompensated in this regard. Zangief has an instant-stun jumping attack and can literally kill an opponent in two hits. Ryu is also incredibly strong. Essentially, most of the games characters are utterly useless. Why use a complex character who has to hit an opponent dozens of times to KO him if you can use a simple SF2 character and KO you opponent in 2-4 hits. The game blatantly rewards thug tactics rather than strategy and finesse so it will piss off any advanced player. Simply use the above tactic with Zangief or "turtle" with Ryu, and 90% of the games other characters will have a real run for their money. All in all, stay far away from the piece of garbage.

10-08-2010, 10:35 PM	#6
TheFeatheredÆtheling Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 222 Blog Entries: 6	"Capcom Fighting Jam" incorporated four characters from SF2, SFA, SF3, "Darkstalkers", and "Red Earth" (an obscure Japan-only fighter similar to Darkstalkers), and at least one new character. This crossover was a good idea, but there were some major issues. First of all, the four characters from each game were chosen poorly. For instance, they used an extremely water-down Yun from SF3 who completely lacked any of the combo abilities that made him interesting in the first place, Sakura AND Karen from SFA (why both of them?), and Anakaris from Darkstalkers (AGAIN? Dammit! Include John Talbain or Rikuo or someone new for once, Capcom!). Anyway, the roster could have been so much more interesting. Secondly, the music sucked. I don't know about Capcom's newest fighters, but many of their fighting games post-SF2 have had shitty music (Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Capcom VS. SNK2, etc). Finally and most importantly, the gameplay was the most unballanced of any of Capcom's 2D titles. In Capcom Fighting Jam, you are unable to change your character's fighting system unlike other crossover games which have a flexible "groove/style" system. For instance, SFA characters have air blocking, Alpha counters, custom combo's, a level 3 super arts gage, etc; SF3 characters have parrying, mini-jumping (what the hell?! Why not universal overheads like in the actual games?), dashing, etc; SF2 characters have one level three super gage... and that's about it; etc. In order to compensate for the laughable technical unballances between the characters, Capcom saw fit to make the more basic characters (the SF2 characters) REALLY F-cking powerful. Unfortunately, Capcom overcompensated in this regard. Zangief has an instant-stun jumping attack and can literally kill an opponent in two hits. Ryu is also incredibly strong. Essentially, most of the games characters are utterly useless. Why use a complex character who has to hit an opponent dozens of times to KO him if you can use a simple SF2 character and KO you opponent in 2-4 hits. The game blatantly rewards thug tactics rather than strategy and finesse so it will piss off any advanced player. Simply use the above tactic with Zangief or "turtle" with Ryu, and 90% of the games other characters will have a real run for their money. All in all, stay far away from the piece of garbage.