Now Playing Tracks

So, Leslie and I went and fucking played four continuous hours of online Monster Hunter together. Killed a lot of things, made a lot of neat weapons, and really just tried to get the most out of it. It was pretty awesome and a great sendoff to a game that’s entertained us for many months now.

It’ll probably be the last time we play it for quite some time, though. Because tomorrow, it’ll be replaced by the toughest, most hardcore game on the 3DS yet.

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ANIMAL CROSSING, GET HYPE

- Brad

Anonymous

Anonymous asked:

So Mr. Brad hates Saints 3... Good. But the real question is: Does he love Saints 2? Because a lot of my stupid 15 year-old gamer friends act like i walked into a church with a "Hail Satan!" T-Shirt on when i tell them i preferred a 2008 game over a 2011 one. "Omigad but it haz GRAFIX!" *Facepalm* Brad sir? Can Dan come over and hurt them please? xD

Saints Row 2 was FANTASTIC. I loved everything about that game, terrible game-breaking bugs aside. SR3 was just awful in comparison, killing off or alienating some of the greatest characters from SR2, limiting customization and downsizing the city. Over-the-top raunchy humor is one thing, but there’s no reason you can’t have a damn good story along with it like SR2 had. 

- Brad

Leslie and I FINALLY got to hunter rank 4 and rewarded ourselves with some Brachydios farming.

Gotta get all this monster hunting out of our system before Animal Crossing comes out and we forget all about other games entirely.

- Brad

oolongearlgrey: “ quartercirclejab: “ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998) “Triumph or die!” It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music...
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oolongearlgrey: “ quartercirclejab: “ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998) “Triumph or die!” It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music...
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oolongearlgrey: “ quartercirclejab: “ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998) “Triumph or die!” It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music...
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oolongearlgrey: “ quartercirclejab: “ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998) “Triumph or die!” It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music...
Zoom
oolongearlgrey: “ quartercirclejab: “ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998) “Triumph or die!” It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music...
Zoom
oolongearlgrey: “ quartercirclejab: “ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998) “Triumph or die!” It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music...
Zoom
oolongearlgrey: “ quartercirclejab: “ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998) “Triumph or die!” It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music...
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oolongearlgrey: “ quartercirclejab: “ Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998) “Triumph or die!” It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music...
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oolongearlgrey:

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Street Fighter Alpha 3 (CPS2, 1998)
“Triumph or die!” 

It’s more or less common knowledge that of the three games in the Alpha trilogy, the third is the broken one. With an expanded roster, new stages, new music and the ability to choose one of three unique fighting styles, Alpha 3 could have been the best of the bunch. The truth of it, though, is that the V-Ism fighting style completely shatters any semblance of balance the game might have enjoyed. It’s the reason most SF aficionados prefer Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold.

That said, I really, really like Alpha 3. I had the PSOne port when I was a kid and sunk countless hours into the surprisingly in-depth World Tour mode. Mostly, I remember being jazzed that you could play as Cody from Final Fight, and that he had Super moves referencing his skills in that game.

I also believe it has the best attract mode of any arcade game. You don’t quite get the full effect without the music blasting in your ears, but it’s easily one of the most kinetic openings I’ve ever seen. There’s just so much stuff happening, so much flying past you, so much raw energy. It just makes you want to slap your quarter on the dash and get to fighting… Which, of course, is the desired effect.

Alpha 3 was certainly a game that stood out on it’s own in comparison to the other ones in the same series.

It seemed a lot more reminiscent of an SNK fighter in terms of presentation: it was less about staying power, and more about style. You can especially see it in the character themes.  

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