![]() ![]() but it truly is a masterpiece in so many other ways. This game is one point away from me calling it a "masterpiece" due to its balance quirks and broken-ness. I'm pretty sureĮveryone who played X-Men Vs. I had such good times and good memories with this game. We were all friends and didn't want to ruin anyone's day. Opponents escape after a while (by hitting the taunt button) to keep the game fun, to please to the audience booing. Side note: At my local arcades, players were known to use infinite combos, but would allow their Also, the fact that such insane infinite combos exist in the first place is worth something. However, it's more balanced than you think since every character can Indeed, it's a "frustrating" game competitively. Therefore, I must raise my original score of 9.3 to 9.4. I have to admit and eliminate my "competitive bias" against this game. As a player who came from a competitive arcade scene where everyone knew infinites. "who can get start their infinite combo first". In layman's terms, this fighting game is basically Of infinites (inescapable) combos that completely break the game in high-level play. Of course, overlooking the fact that there Street Fighter, a game that delivers half the impact of its coin-op counterpart, yet isn't as horrible as you may be lead to believe. I think many of us could've diedĮven to this day, it's XVSF is still incredibly fun and polished. (In retrospect, if we only ever got this game. Street Fighter was only the beginning of what would later be the iconic Marvel Versus series. Like many other OG 80's / 90's kids, this game feels like it was made for me. Was a dream come true, since I grew up loving both Street FighterĪnd X-Men. Hell, it's still one of my favorite fighting games. X-Men VS SF was easily one of my all-time favorite fighting games at its launch (andįor years after). ![]() Incredibly animated characters, insane and lengthy flashy combos, beautiful stages & soundtrack, I can go on and I will. X-Men VS Street Fighter was one of theĭefining 2D fighters of the era, demonstrating with flying colors just how far 2Dįighting games had come since the early days, visually, and especially, mechanically. and a true "head-turner" in 1996 even if you weren't big into fighting games (and shame on you if that was the case). Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider. VS Capcom 3, Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3, Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Super Heroes VS Street ![]()
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