Street Fighter Alpha: Warrior's Dreams

"Street Fighter gets a makeover and the results are ..."

Graphics - 9/10
For Street Fighter's new look I have to say CAPCOM did an excellent job here. Most of the animation is there and runs pretty fluidly. The backgrounds look great but the only problem I had with them were some rehashed fighting stages. Like Ryu and Guy's stage. It's the same stage. Oh well life isn't perfect. Stages like Chun-Li's make up for this tiny flaw. I know for most it doesnt matter but i am a hardcore capcom fighting fan.

Sound - 10/10
The sound is perfect. All the music is there and the sound effects are flawless. CAPCOM did it again in the sound department. Everything from Hadokens and Shouryukens to hits and falls are included. The music is great and the older veteran characters get there old music back with added stuff. Ryu's theme brings back alot of memories from his Street Fighter II days as well as Sagat's theme and all the frustration that used to come with. All of this still holds true to this day.

Control - 9/10
The only thing keeping the score down on control are certain difficult moves to pull like one of Chun-Li's supers and Charlie's Somersault Justice. They are just insanely hard to do but at least they look nice. But I only find use for them in Training Mode. Other than that the controls are customizable and easy to learn. For the most part those of you fans out there should have no problem at all getting used to playing this game. I first played it in the Arcade and i was playing Super Street Fighter on my Super Nintendo and i had no trouble at all adjusting.

Overall - 9/10
I believe this game is a great translation of the arcade version the only difference i really see is loading time. But the patient fighter shouldnt care about it. The thing that keeps this game from a perfect 10 would have to be the fact that this is a collector's item now. It's hard to find and there are better games out there. Still any collector or hardcore CAPCOM fighting fan should pick this up if they see it. It was re-released a few years ago and from what ive seen has sold pretty well. Well i own it and games like Collection and Alpha 3 but once in a while i like to dig this one up. So go for it if you lookin.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 12/14/01, Updated 12/14/01