Capcom Fighting Collection: Review of the new collection of past masterpieces

Once upon a time, there was the golden Capcom of the ’90s, a time when Osaka was almost exclusively the dream home of any fighting game enthusiast. Those were the years of Street fighter II or Darkstalkers, the flagships of the studio’s playground. It is these 2 titles, along with other small gems, that make this new collection of past masterpieces beautiful.

let’s see together in Capcom Fighting Collection review how much nostalgia there is and how valid a collection can really be.

Toppings for every taste

Before evaluating each video game in the collection, one suggestion should be made: All the titles included, arcade versions Time with different features made specially for this reprint. This means that some of the characters of some games that are only available in their respective console versions unfortunately will not be available.

But the overall experience is definitely not affected, thanks to the support of 4 different resolutions, the opening video of excellent craftsmanship and the possibility to immerse yourself in the game. online multiplayer directly from the colored main menu. Add this option to it: remap keys Change the difficulty of each game and train to excel in each title and understand how this collection every fighting game fan could wish for.

Some people consider making the offer even richer retro filters it’s really well made, it manages to give everything an extra pinch of nostalgia that never hurts in such operations. An icing on the cake museum mode You will be amazed by the illustrations, concept art and music, all excellent craftsmanship.

Street Fighter and others.

Capcom Fighting Collection has 3 different souls. The first is Hyper Street Fighter II: Anniversary Edition, which contains everything a true lover of the most iconic fighting game ever released could ask for. Another, dedicated to the Darkstalkers saga, is available here in all its iterations, even pretending to be so, but actually they’re just “DLCs” of the same title. Then there are the more romantic, niche games to which the remaining games belong, perhaps forgotten by many, but which, when analyzed and contextualized, offer a truly exciting and satisfying experience with a vintage twist. Let’s see the offering of each of the titles in Capcom Fighting Collection in detail.

Hyper Street Fighter II: Anniversary Edition

Dating back to the early 2000s, Hyper Street Fighter II: Anniversary Edition is the newest game in the collection. Anyone who knows Street Fighter II is certainly aware of all its future iterations, from Super to Hyper, and this game is the sum total of all the information that has come out with the Street Fighter II hat. This means, for example, that it is possible to fight the Chun-Li Hyper against the Classic Honda, and all this with some really well done netcode undo online. The controls are responsive and that can only be a positive factor. A small note about the very high difficulty that does not leave the first levels in the arcade style.

Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo

The only game in the collection where no hands are hit. At least not directly. This colorful spin-off of Capcom’s most famous fighting game franchise is one of a kind Tetris with combo gauges and special moves. Every time you get points, the characters in the background give them a boon. Here, too, we’re in the realm of excellent optimization, and we didn’t encounter any framerate or slowdown issues in our testing.

Super Gem Warrior Mini Mix

We stand by the fan service here. Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix is ​​a cute, pucciosissimo and colorful fighting game with Street Fighter and Darkstalkers characters in chibi form. Not just. It is permeated by a very pleasant comic aura that can be found along the main line. Note the iconic Mr. Bison on the sled in the background of one of the stages.

Darkstalkers and others.

Darkstalkers collection

We don’t want to discriminate too much between games dedicated to the saga of darkness, as 2 out of five games are an update for one. The similarity is evident as you can see from the titles The Night Warriors, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge, Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire, Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers’ Revenge and Vampire Savior 2. Apart from this minor flaw, we can say with absolute calmness that the Darkstalkers saga was the most fun, crazy and heterogeneous designed in those years. Top characters, devastating special moves, truly unforgettable soundtrack, and fan service all over the place (did someone say Morrigan?).

Also for this saga the previous talk applies, zero drop in framerate with the help of excellent optimization and netcode undo that never hurts.

Red Earth

We come to the real gem of the collection. We don’t know how many of you have played this game, but we’re willing to bet that very few will. Now you all have the opportunity to play this Capcom gem at its best. Red Earth is basically a fighting game, but with some weird features. First of all, you can choose only 4 characters, the outstanding Leo is the lion featured on the cover of the game.

During fights with various bosses, all contextualized and much more story-driven than other fighting games of the 90s, you will gain experiences that will allow you to level up and learn new skills. Red Earth, therefore, is a kind of role-playing game version of the fight, and at the end of the games you will have the opportunity to type in passwords to choose your character even in online difficulties, which will make everything much more customizable and unpredictable than it was. simple online matches. To spice things up he also put extremely fluid animations and a really cool “death” system.

cyber robots

Last but not least, Cyberbots are another of those hard-to-find goodies. The main feature is the fact that you can fight on machines diversified by type and characteristics. The story mode actually features 6 playable characters, each with their own personal story. After choosing one, we will have the possibility to choose between 4 different types of machines, each with 3 predefined structures dedicated to different features, with the possibility to make certain special moves. Animations and soundtrack decorate this hidden gem, making it shine again in the eyes of new players.