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Capcom Fighting Evolution

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Well first of all I love 2-D fighting games and I am especially fond of Capcom fighting games, While Fighting Evolution was fun after the first week of playing it I got bored fast for these reasons:
1. I dont like it when Capcom upgrades and downgrades some characters moves and there original playing systems from the original games they appeared in (especially the Third Strike characters).
2. There are not many modes of play in Fighting evolution. Usually I think there should be a survival mode in any fighting game and maybe some kind of customization mode, or at least Capcom could of come up with something original for this specific game so it can have some kind of sequel.
3. Most important of all the lack of characters! where is Ken in either Third Strike, Alpha, or 2. No diverse characters where is Vega, Blanka, Gen, Fei Long, Hugo, Makoto, Tailban, Donovan, or any other Red Earth character I am not aware of.

But there are still good things about this game like the orginal music for the characters and endings (Zangief I especially liked). Buy this game if you are only a fighting game fanatic.

I mean don't get me wrong, the game's fun. The characters movements are smooth, the music and sounds are addictive, and the fighters are just as you would remember them if you ever played the original games they came from, maybe even better. My major complaint: not very many fighters to choose from. The fighters were taken from 5 different Capcom games plus an extra just for the game. 4 fighters from each game gives you 21 total. I was expecting about 2x as many honestly. I know that was probably expecting too much, but if they can throw in, what 54 fighters, art, plus like 6 crappy stages with annoying endless looping music in Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, then I thought they could do something like that here. I guess I was wrong. Here you have 6 stages with awsome music, but no bonuses or extras. Some of my favorite Street Fighters only show up as spectators in the background. This game would have been alot better if there was more to it. It's a fun game, but you're gonna get tired of this one fast. My advice, if you're looking for a good Capcom 2-D fighter you'll probably be better off with Marvel Vs. Capcom 2.

What strange turn of events has prompted yet another combination of characters from various 2D fighting realms? Surely not the surge of 3D fighters such as Dead or Alive and Mortal Kombat! Once a powerhouse in the 2D fighting-game arena, Capcom's latest amalgam of pastel-shaded brawlers quickly relegates itself to more-of-the same status. It seemed like a novel idea: tap the fighting rosters of Darkstalkers, Street Fighter II, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter III, and Red Earth (whew!) into one giant brawl-game, and it can't miss, right? Unfortunately, Evolution falls short and fails to live up to its name. Evolution is a novel attempt to re-kindle the "uniqueness" of the Marvel/Street Fighter crossovers, but without any real gimmick. You can choose two different fighters before each match and change the lineup after each round. One of the few twists is to secretly select your fighter for the next round. The fighter lineup is a diverse one, and it makes for mostly even matches, yet for some peculiar reason, it was deemed fit to include Red Earth, an odd, obscure title that barely surfaced in the arcades. These characters are the oddballs of the bunch and don't mesh with the others. The gameplay is pure Street Fighter, with the usual half- and quarter-circle motions and charge moves, plus the controls respond splendidly most of the time (thumb-taxing Super Arts techniques aside). The optional analog-compatible stick is a decent option, as it makes complicated moves like Zangief's Screw Piledriver much easier to execute. The visuals are loaded with the trademark Capcom 2D splendor, and the fighting stages are loaded with subtle details like other Capcom characters lurking in the background. In the end, however, Evolution is too routine to stand out from the crowd--especially for Capcom fighting vets. After a few rounds, you should be more than satisfied.

I've been playing fighting video games for about 15 years now, and I will never tire of 2-dimensional fighting games featuring hand-drawn characters and backgrounds. It's a lost art nowadays, what with most if not all fighting games being 3-D and animated entirely by computer. In fact, "Capcom Fighting Evolution" will likely be one of the last fighting games of its kind (if not THE last) for any video game system, arcade or home.

"CFE" is an old-school, 2-D slugfest featuring characters from five different Capcom fighting game series. Old-school fight freaks will be filled with memories when they see many familiar faces on this roster:

STREET FIGHTER II: Ryu, Guile, Zangief, and big, bad M. Bison
STREET FIGHTER III: Alex, Yun, Urien, and Chun-Li (Third Strike version)
STREET FIGHTER ALPHA: Sakura, Rose, Guy (orig. from "Final Fight") and Sakura's rival Karin
DARKSTALKERS (VAMPIRE series in Japan): Demitri, Anakaris, Jedah, and super cat-girl Felicia
RED EARTH (WARZARD in Japan): Leo, Kenji, and boss characters Hauzer and Hydron
OTHER CHARACTERS: Original character Ingrid, Pyron (Darkstalkers), and Akuma (Street Fighter), all of which are unlockable

--THE GOOD: What makes this game cooler than games like it is the amount of strategy involved. Each of these franchises has its own battle system and method of unleashing devastating "super moves" and powering up regular techniques. Each fighter comes into this game with the EXACT fighting style and system they used in the games in which they originally appeared, right down to the jab and light kick. Other intricacies include the ability to hit a fighter while they're down, parrying opponents' attacks, and rolling out of the way to avoid further attacks if knocked down. Depending on which character combination you choose (you actually pick a team of two, with the option to switch fighters between rounds), you could pick a near-unbeatable team if you really know your way around the fighters. I should mention one thing here as well that adds to the challenge factor: the computer actually "learns" from your fighting/playing style as you play it. In other words, the better you get at this game, the harder the AI gets. So, long story short, eventually the difficulty won't matter in single-player mode. Even on the lowest setting, you'll find yourself having to switch up your attack pattern pretty frequently once the AI figures it out. ALL fighting games should have this feature.
Another major factor contributing to the coolness is in the graphics themselves. While the animation has the usual standard-setting fluidity and detail (Hauzer has to be seen to be believed), the true beauty lies in the backgrounds and ending sequences. These were all hand-drawn by the soon-to-be-legendary American comic art team Studio Udon, who is responsible for the best-selling "Street Fighter" and "Darkstalkers" comic book series. (They also drew the gorgeous box art for the game.) The "Easter eggs" in this game are pretty nostalgic, too: as said before, the boss characters are all unlockable, and as you beat the game with each fighter, you unlock their theme music from their original game (accessed from the sound test menu). Ah, memories...

--THE BAD: This game is pretty difficult in single-player mode. The true joy in this game lies in smacking down with your friends. Even a fighting-game veteran like me was tempted with smashing my controller when confronting the cheapness of the AI (especially the end boss Pyron, who can and will teleport in and out a hundred times during a fight with no recovery time whatsoever). This is on the harder levels, mind you, and you'll find it either a great challenge or completely frustrating (I'm still on the fence on that one).

--THE UGLY: NO ONLINE PLAY. This is one of those games that just shouldn't have been made without that capability. As I said, it's a lost art, and it's extremely hard in my neck of the woods to find anyone who still plays old-school fighting games like CFE. For shame, Capcom!

All said, despite the lack of online play, this game is a must for old-school fighting game fans. Most of the fighting games and fighters you remember are represented here, and the strategy is deeper than you'd think for a game like this. Even in single-player, the replay value is quite high, not only to unlock the tasty treats and see all the beautifully-drawn comic-book-style endings, but also just for the fun of it. Recommended.

Well...it has a lot of characters never before available on the USA systems, as well as never characters from Red Earth a arcade only game in Japan. If you are a fan of 2d classic fighters, this is for you!

If you are a new cynical gamer, this is another thing for you to nitpick that isn't as perfect...as you are. :P

I love it!

capcoms successful ploy of wasting your money and getting suck on a disk. Really bad game, Enough said. dont get it unless you need every fighting game but dont bother popping the disk in for a go

I was hoping for more, but it is an ok capcom fighter. Nice seeing some of the old characters again.

Not the best balanced in characters, but still fun for a little while.

remind me the wonderful years
i just played onces y thats it
i back to my fifthteen years old

This is a game I would highly recommend you rent from a store or barrow from a friend to try out first. I was expecting this game to be a lot of what it wasn't. Normally I will keep tabs on capcom fighting games and I did on this one despite not a whole lot of promotion.
I bought this and excitedly started playing with some other die-hard fans/friends. I wasn't disappointed per say but I wasn't too thrilled either. It has a line up of some memorable characters, they are all memorable if you are into capcom. Despite that, it is still an obscure line-up. The idea of keeping the controls the same as they were in the original games for each character was a good idea but something about the game didn't feel very fluid when i was playing it.

I ended up gifting it to a friend who no longer has a PS2 but still keeps the game as part of his nostalgia collection. Have you ever had a weird break-up with a significant other? It's like you two aren't bitter or hate each other but you don't talk anymore either and when someone asks you what happened you just kind of avoid answering it.

remember to always try before you buy

After several games where Capcom characters fights characters from other companies, such as Marvel and SNK, it was about time when a game with the most famous Capcom characters of all Capcom fighting games was released.
Street Fighter 2, 3 and Alpha, Darkstalkers and Red Earth, they're all there.It's a good oldschool game, worth having if you're a hardcore Capcom fighting games fan.