Virtua Fighter 3 Retrospective (narrated by Sarah Bryant)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- Round 3 of our Virtua Fighter Retrospective series looks at (you guessed it) Virtua Fighter 3! Sarah Bryant (voice actor Lisle Wilkerson) joins us to narrate again. Which game in the series could be next!? Tune in tomorrow to find out.
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown launches June 1 as a PS4 console exclusive, and will be available for PlayStation Plus members right away. - เกม
Let me convey this to younger gamers who never experienced the sight of Virtua Fighter 3 in 1996. Seeing this game in the arcade with the deluxe screen and speakers was incredible. Nothing was like it in 1996. It was mind blowing.
Totally agree, but there was another fighting game in the arcades at the same time that caught my attention for a different reason… had something to do with seeing jiggle physics for the first time in a 3D fighter! 🤣
@Kirby lover
Soul Calibur on Dreamcast.
In just a few years, arcade technology had gone from being tens of thousands of dollars worth of state of the art to being shamed by a launch title on home console.
It's why many older gamers are disappointed by the PS5 and Series X. We had decades worth of sudden massive generational leaps....and that era is gone, forever.
Agreed
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 no. Unreal engine 6 is the next gen graphics but no company is using it yet. The last unreal engine is still relevant + graphics have not been as important as game mechanics. All the crash bandicoot remasters still feel like the games i played in 1998 and that’s because the game features matter more than graphics which is superficial
Yep. As someone who had played the shit out of VF2 on arcade and Saturn, seeing this in SegaWorld London was insane. It was my final boss arcade at the end of the SegaWorld. I was diabolically shit at it compared to VF2 though
Some people didn't care for VF3 but i loved it. Seeing this game in the arcades in '96/'97 as a kid was mind blowing. The graphics were state of the art and so far ahead of anything else out there. It was truly something to behold. Even the arcade machine itself was fancy looking. I think what hurt the game was that it took around 3 years to even be playable on a home console, which was the Dreamcast. And also i know a lot of people didn't like the realistic, uneven terrain but i liked it.
I think VF3 was just a victim of circumstance at the time. The game is excellent no doubt about it. Problem was that there were just other more intriguing fighting games at that point with tekken, DOA, and Soul edge, plus all the amount of ridiculously good 2d fighters we were getting from capcom, snk, rare and mortal kombat. It also didn’t help that it took too long to get a home console port of the game, VF3 should’ve been a Saturn game, it was still good but way outdated by the time it came out for Dreamcast
Graphically it was sure but mechanically in terms of 3D movement, in 1996, Tobal #1, and in 1997 Tobal 2, both by Dreamfactory, developed for Square, by Seichi Ishii, former lead Game Designer for the original Virtua Fighter, and Motomu Oniguchi, former lead motion designer for Virtua Fighter (who both of them worked on Tekken btw), outdid Virtua Fighter at the time by being the first true free 3D movement hand to hand fighter (Namco's Soul Blade also was out by 96's with its 8 way run system, but that was a weapons based fighter).
Where the only 3D movement for VF3 was isolated to a 3D dodge button (not too much different from Takara's Battle Arena Toshinden series which had a 3D dodge roll mechanic).
But in Tobal #1 and 2, not only was the 3D movement fully controlled via the directional pad/stick, but animations such as low kick to shin leg staggering, reversals on throws, more intricate grapple mechanic (of which neither VF or Tekken has to this day evolved up to its standard), short hop dodges, Just-Frame attacks etc.
Unfortunately Tobal #1 was heavily overshadowed by the upcoming release of FF VII which had a demo disc packaged with it, and Tobal 2 never even got localized.and neither had arcade versions.
@@budgiecat2885 good information, I played tobal around the time of its release and it was a really good game but just as you mentioned it was just overshadowed by other games.
@@budgiecat2885 Yea I played Tobal as a kid. It was a good game that tried some really unique things, it was just up against too many giants within the 3-D fighter genre.
Yet Japan plays this and VF5FS to this day in the arcades compared to even 4FT and the other games.
VF3 screamed Next Gen more than anything I have seen for its time.
The arcade version of 3 was way ahead of its time! Do a VF 1~4 with all the bells and whistles akin to SamSho NeoGeo Collection, SEGA!
With Rollback please 🥺
Still my favorite VF game and one of my favorite Dreamcast games!
I so badly want sega to release VF3 on modern consoles!
Great to hear your voice again Lisle! Sarah Bryant is definitely one of my favorite fighting games characters!
She’s so fun to play and her win quotes are savage
Yahoo 😂
My favorite VF, and certainly the most underrated one. ;~;
i still love the uneven arenas, even knowing they are not competitive friendly and could be exploited (kage stage f.i). But they have so f charm
3D fighter games should bring back more stage interactivity. It was cool in DOA4 that you could knock someone down the stairs and each fighter had a different method of doing so. I miss that.
The dead or alive series continued what vf3 had started with the stages. Unfortunately the sequels to vf3 abandoned the uneven stages idea. i would disagree about them not being competitive friendly - imo if they can exploited by one player they can be exploited by his opponent as well.
@@CrystalTigerclaw DoA5 had uneven areas
Not sure about DoA6 as I only have the F2P Core Fighters version which has limited stages but from what I gather I think theyre all flat
@@LeonidThe90sKid Thing is (well Tekken also abandoned uneven stages from Tekken 4), side stepping movement in both VF4 and on and Tekken 5 and on are quite minimal in movement. Hell, a lot of the people I play online in VF5 dont even use sidestep
(a mistake to be sure but we know VF is a very deep game that takes a while to master).
So sidestep really is imperative strategy wise for traversing uneven stages. Hell, I would even argue throwing in a Battle Arena Toshinden style dodge roll
(incidentally, the Toshinden game for Wii (no relation to the "Battle Arena Toshinden" series despite the same name) had a really good side step dash feature where it was kinda like some of the older Naruto games in you could dash almost behind your opponent. Not to mention the Rival Schools series.
Another issue with uneven stages (which I think could have been fixed later on with proper programming), was how if your opponent is on the 'low ground' and you have the 'high ground' your punches would just whiff over their heads while they get free hits. This is what made people think uneven stages 'were not competitor friendly'.
Now in a real fight. if someone is lower than me, and I want to throw a jab or a back punch, I'm still gonna aim to hit them; I'll just punch at a lower angle (without having to crouch). Conversely, if I'm on the low ground, I would punch or kick upwards
You know how VF3 introduced character eye tracking? It'd be kinda like that. Your characters arms or legs would 'automatically' track the height of your opponent if they were higher or lower than you due to the stage.
@@budgiecat2885 excellent detailed explanation!
I want a re-release of VF3.
Now that you mention it, VF3 is only on Dreamcast. A VF Collection would be good right about now.
You and me both brother!
@@sdzero Officially yeah but you can play it on a Raspberry Pi 4 for like $40. No online play tho of course.
Though I think theres a PC app now that people can play others online via any game
You can play it on Fightcade 2 in the Fly cast emulator.
@@DARS_04 DC version though 🤢
A Virtua Fighter Collection for the current consoles and PC would be nice! Make it so, SEGA!
if VF5US exceeds profit and popularity expectations, Sega would do more for the fans. so the mainstream really has to help VF5US succeed. mainstream profits is what has series give more in return, just look how many times SF gets collections.
@@fivefive9514 Limiting it to one system isn't doing them any favors....
@@markellhawthorne2921 tell that to nintendo hogging exclusives like Pokemon instead of sharing. Exclusives can still make big money, plus exclusives can focus on one platform instead of stretching their development thin. look at how cheap remasters like Romancing SaGa 2 remaster look cause they had to make sure it could run on mobile too. Samurai Warriors 5 is being dumbed down and less characters because of Switch hardware. KOF XV is not as high graphics as it could have been if it skipped Switch port. Plus if Sega has a deal with Sony, that is more secure than selling it as a buy to play product, which VF is known to be underrated and hasn't been selling as much as it should anyways. so free to play on PS Plus is a brilliant move that could pay off in the long term.
This is the only Virtua Fighter I’ve never played. I never had a Dreamcast and the arcade in my city didn’t have this game. I loved VF4 Evolution on PS2 and you can bet I will get VF5 Ultimate Showdown
Yeah, Sarah. TALK YO SHIT ! VF was the first to do ALL this. People really need to put some respect on SEGA. These retrospectives are brilliant. I see exactly what you're doing. Jog their memory before VF5us drops. VF1, first in 3D. VF2, first in texture and lighting. VF3, first with uneven/open world stages. I can't wait for the retrospectives on 4 and 5. Remind them who started ghost/treasure battles AND customization. That Tokyo map on VF4evo was so next level. The AI actually mimics real VF champions. Fighting games STILL don't do it like that. After you're done, remind them who started the bound/bounce system for extending combo damage in VF5. SEGA was ALWAYS ahead. These casuals out here don't know anything about the history of 3D fighters. Everybody wanna be Street Fighter now. True 3D arcade fighting has been on its death bed. Don't even sweat it, SEGA. Just be YOURSELF. You never needed to be flashy, forgiving and unessessary. As long as you stay strong in Japan, you'll always thrive. And the scene is powerful over here. We would rather have 10 lions than 100 sheep. The " dark souls of fighting games " is back in full glory. With this dragon engine, the photo realism will be unrivaled. Suppose you were to bring back things from VF3 and 4 that once started it all - in VF6 ? Aww, man ...
Big fan lol
They better put SOME GODDAMN RESPECT ON DA NAME! Virtua Fighter, The Mother of 3D fighting games, gave birth to the innovation of the genre which the babies Tekken and Dead or Alive sucked from the titty of. Especially DOA with the control scheme and the sequel with the uneven environments. DOA went hard on that titty milk like Goddamn it showed from the presentation of the ladies with all them physics. That's what happens when u hog all the milk,lol!
SEGA Saturn version of Virtua Fighter 2 introduced the learning mode when players could teach AI their style then goes in Expert Mode. I remember training Jeffrey and then playing against him when he literally beat badly the first time. That was the precursor of AI mimicking players including the champions based on their training..
Can't wait for Ultimate Showdown! Hope you guys are making Virtua Fighter 6
that depends if VF5US exceeds profit and popularity expectations. VF was on hiatus this long because VF5 and VF5FS didn't sell as much as they should have. so this might be the last chance for this generation for the consumerbase and mainstream customers to prove there is a big enough demand for a VF6 to be profitable based on how much VF5US is downloaded and its DLCs purchased.
Im still impressed how amazing VF3 looks, a 1996 game that already looks like a ps2 game.
because in the 90s arcade games were produced on hardware way too expensive for the home market
i think the aou demo looked way better than the final product and especially the dreamcast version.
Still has trouble being emulated properly to this day, 25 years later.
I loved when stages came into play like in VF3 or Tekken 4.
I remember seeing this game in Hamleys in Oxford street when it was brand new. It gathered crowds and crowds of people, as most people thought back then “it can’t get more realistic than this” how wrong we was. If only the younger generation of gamers were able to see what SEGA was about back then, maybe more respect would be shown.
Can the Tekken fans stop voting down please 😁
I hate tekken. I grew up with virtua fighter ever since I was born in 2000. Trust me, I maybe a young 20 years old kid but I grew up far more old stuff than half of the world already accustomed to. I love 80s to 90s games, music and I started VF with 4 back in 2007. Was mind blown when I saw the graphics.
From a jacky main
AAh man! I wouldn't be surprised if you and I fought it other back in those days as I use to play VF3 in Hamleys Oxford Street too! It was so magical back then. incredible feeling.
I saw this at Qzar in Carle Place on Long Island back in 97'. My jaw hit the floor.
Thank you for these.
VF6 should build on that tradition and push the techincal limits of the PS5!
Even though soul calibur was doing the rounds at the Dreamcast launch
This was the game myself and many fans were waiting for!
Actual model 3 graphics at home was insane back then
These mini Virtua Fighter videos are absolutely awesome. Thank you Sega. I love the series! (Any chance of VF5 US being cross-platform?) It literally would be printing money 💸😁💰 We all want to experience it!
This was the best looking game in the world in 1996 and nothing else was close. VF3 was even kept on display in the Smithsonian in 1998.
Best-looking game in 1996. You can't change my mind.
Nobody would try. It was the best-looking video game at the time.
I don't think there is any question of this not being the best graphics of 1996. It was the most graphically advanced game available at the time of its release. Model 3 was the most advanced technology at the time.
My favorite VF of all time! Great graphics, music and gameplay mechanics!
You'll enjoy this, trust me.
I love Lisle Wilkerson! 💪🏿
Well she did voice Joy when you make phone call o her...
Nice to see that VF3 is highlighted in this vid. Virtua Fighter 3 and the dreamcast port 3tb, are really nice games. I still play it often. But that game should have had more characters, and should have had online play on the dreamcast. VF3tb with online play on the dreamcast, would have been a huge system seller. But I will admit, sega really pushed the boundaries, when it comes to fighting games.👍😄
I feel like the eye-tracking thing would be very difficult to notice in an actual match
For 1996 this was absolutely insane. Nothing touched it for like 2-3 years.
Virtua Fighter 3tb on Dreamcast is kind of becoming my favorite VF. : D The physics are incredible and still the best I've ever seen in a fighting game--you really feel the hits! And all kinds of wacky, sort of unplanned stuff can happen. : ) Really great. : D
1st person view option should be added to VF5 Ultimate Showdown, I would always use it, I always use it when I turn on Sega Dreamcast to play VF3tb.
@@fivefive9514 Holy cow! Are you able to use it effectively? I find first person so disorienting that I have to unmap the camera button lest I hit it accidentally while playing. Maybe I should actually try it some time though...
@@smbhax2000 its totally fine to me. yea the directions are not altered to match the perspective like Bushido Blade does it, but I get used to first person easily. I beat the game using first person in every round. the only downside is having to manually press L/R to switch back to first person cause every round the default is 3rd person, but I just hold guard before the round starts so I can switch to first person while protecting from a possible blitz attack, then its smooth experience from there. They seriously should add that option to VF5US. it would be a cinch to patch in. Im sure they are concerned about people accidentally enabling it, but just tuck it in a controls option that can be equipped and it's a nonissue for 3rd person players.
Aw man 4. I can't wait! That was my entry to the series! Ah the glorious PS2 era :)
VF4 Evolution is the best Virtua Fighter. I'll Just Frame Knee Kick anyone who says otherwise.
It's most definitely top 3 fighting games on the PS2 for me up there with Tekken 5 and Soul Calibur III.
Vf4 Evo was awesome.
@@saadhasan2518 sadly it's suck compared to vanilla vf4 because no memory card slot 2
@@NihilisticIdealist The amount of content in VF4 Evo was insane. And it launched as a $20 Greatest Hits game!
0:25
"Look and move like seasoned martial artists"
Meanwhile Lion moon jumps over Lau
O-ok.
1:57 so SEGA invented the high ground, interesting!
SEGA helped Obi-Wan beat Anakin
@@mollywantshugs5944 yeah and Sega Does Nintendo'nt.
Yep, NOT Dead or Alive.
Then Tekken 4 follows
@@michaeloffgrid Obviously that was before DoA2 was ever came out, the original DoA (M2 Arcade/Saturn) played like VF, just faster than that game.
Love these! Virtua Fighter 3tb is a really underrated fighting game.
This was a game that really set the Bar and was peak VF that future VF's would hold Strong and hold the series In High regard
I would like to see a Digital Foundry Retro to cover the series.
I heard that was in the works
@@ricepony33 Really?! That's cool.
VF really is a series deserving of a technical breakdown of the technology and graphics of each game.
Please release a collection with all Virtua Fighter on PS4 / PS5
and good video =)
Muito bom mesmo, também to acompanhando hehe
Não estou surpreso em te encontrar por aqui!
A propósito um Sega Saturn Mini com o suposto protótipo de Virtua Fighter 3 seria incrível para esse ano!
@@diegosel0088 Vai sonhando, eu também queria, mas vai sonhando. kkkkk
1:06 this was truly groundbreaking to see for the first time in arcades. At the time, no other hardware (not even PC hardware) was capable of rendering character models with such fidelity.
I remember finally getting my parents to allow me to get a Dreamcast just so I could get this game. We went out that day but they were no longer available. This is one game I still would like to try again.
Seeing the arcade at movie theatres, after being a fan of the original, was the actual highlight of going to the cinema. It had so much wow to it!
I still occasionally wish I could try it again even tho I only played it a couple times in 1996. It left that much of an impact
(I did play and enjoy later instalments, this is my favourite fighting series since discovering the first game as a child, but there was something about VF3 that felt really special)
"First and only chance" yeah please do something about that, Sega...
Did you know? Virtua Fighter 3 remains a Dreamcast exclusive to THIS day! We are yet to receive an arcade perfect port for the home consoles....this goes in line with the mystery of why Daytona 2 has never reached home-consoles either..
I was waiting for part 3 AND was hoping for some unreleased SEGA Saturn footage.
Maybe one day you share 'something'...? 😉
That would've been nice
Petition Sega to Release a Saturn Mini with The Canceled VF3 for the Saturn as the main highlight like Nintendo did with Starfox 2, & a Genesis port of Tetris.
Interesting. They used the emu version of the game for this video.
VF3 really was ahead of its time. I was 6 years old when it came out in the arcades and at 31 I'm still impressed with the graphics, it's really a beautiful game.
And now because of this vid I know how to pronounce Aoi Umenokoji's name correctly lol.
Man, I'm hype as hell for Ultimate
First-person view AND uneven stages? Damn... That was indeed a daring and innovative move, but I'm not sure it was for the best this time around. But at least it's definitely a novelty !
This is my favorite Virtua Fighter. Future versions were technically more advanced but IMO VF3 best captured the "easy to learn, difficult to master" gameplay.
Sega, release a Virtua Fighter collection already!
Yes, yes, keep adding more Virtua Fighter and Virtua goodnes, I'm really looking forward to play it wit PS Plus!
The arcade version of VF3tb an amazing game, i would go as far as to say it is the greatest fighting game from the 90s.
AM2 really put a lot of effort into balancing this game despite all the new mechanics but it really paid off in the end.
Also additions like an input interpreter system, universal throw escapes, and making all standing throw inputs into G+P+ a direction, among other great quality of life changes really made VF3 feel a lot more comfortable an intuitive compared to 1 and 2, really a very influential game.
Don't even get me started with the advanced movement techs like Korean step which go perfectly with the uneven ground stages.
Also the combos are pretty fun while not being unfair since everyone can do crazy damage just look at this: th-cam.com/video/Mlg3JsQUVKk/w-d-xo.html
No wonder why people still play this regularly at Japanese arcades like Mikado, VF3tb competitive play is so cool!:
th-cam.com/video/NPMu9n6faYc/w-d-xo.html
I hope one day we can get an arcade perfect port of this gem of a fighting game with rollback on pc.
That's a great perspective on it
They should've kept the dodge button. That button could also be used for dashing and crouch dashing and made advance movement more accessible.
VF3 was also the last VF where objects (like Pai's hat) worn by certain characters dropped upon a hard hit. VF3 introduced block animations (disappointingly dropped in VF4 until VF5FS) like a low sweep kick stopped upon lower guard from an opponent..
glad you're back virtua fighter
It would be cool if after Virtua Fighter 5 retrospective they upload an VF6 trailer for next gen consoles.
I actually like the Evade button. It separates positional movement from defensive movement as well as creates a dedicated action for evasion.
Would love to see something on Fighters Megamix.
Best game with terrible character balance
Amazing and I love the subway ring out
The most played fighting game in the mid 90s for me next to mk trilogy(n64 version) LOVE LOVE this game! Cousin got me into this.
Great videos!!
I remember VF3 in 97-98 Newark, NJ.. this was a personal favorite of mine. It had a beautiful huge widescreen and was by far the most premium looking setup in the arcades I had ever seen. I miss those days.
The best game in the Calgary airport
I kinda hope that SEGA someday plays around with the idea of bringing back TB. Except instead of Team Battle, it’d be Tag Battle similar to TEKKEN Tag Tournament. That’d be pretty damn sick and with how Virtua Fighter 5’s juggle system works, I’d imagine it’d be pretty fun (and maybe a lot of Akira players for his rebounce moves)
this is my best and most play Virtua Fighter for is era this game is a huge step up from the 2 previous game , i use to have a vhs tape in 1996 from japan to learn how to play too the next level :) call Virtua Fighter 3 cgmv special with Bun Bun Maru :) great game on the dreamcast
Sarah is real after all! =D
I LOVED her P1 costume!
PS2 graphics in 1996. This game was ahead of its time.
This is the "I have the high ground" game.
Woah... I missed her voice
3 is my favorite out of all the series sequels lol i literally grew up with the game for dreamcast
This game came out the same year as games like Crash Bandicoot, Quake and Super Mario 64 and had visuals that looked like an early SEGA Dreamcast game.
I totally had VF3tb on the Dreamcast. Loved Pai's stage and song the most.
The best vf
Same. Definitely the best followed by VF5 R, VF5 version D, Vf4 Final Tuned, Vf4 Evo, Vf5 Final Showdown, Vf2 then vf1.
The best move for sega is to make a collection of virtua fighters and have the option to select gameplay from old virtua fighters with the new graphics.Imagine to play vf2 gameplay with the graphics of vf5 or 3 that will be amazing
It was my first and favourite arcade and then DC game...last time i enjoy playin it in 2014...hope i get a dc one day again
I'll be streaming this game so join me at launch!
Now can we get virtua fighter 3tb for modern consoles? Thanks.
People crap on this game but it’s one of the few ACTUAL 3D fighters due to the variable elevation of the stages.
Jacky Bryant should narrate Virtua fighter 4 next.
Damn just breaking the forth wall.
This is the one Virtua Fighter I've spent the least time with, and not due to lack of interest. My city never got an arcade and I didn't finally get to play it on Dreamcast until 2006.
Sega's VF3: "I have the high ground" 😎
Nintendo's Smash Bros: "I have the low ground". 😎
Sega does...what Nintendon't. 😎
I’d love an HD version of Virtua Fighter 3tb!!!
Aoi. ❤️
I'm pretty miffed VF5US is a PS4 exclusive (not cool, Sega 😤), but we really do need a compilation set featuring the best versions of the first 4 games. Perhaps with some graphical enhancements and new features and content for each.
If Sega did a VF collection they should add the dummied out characters plus a playable Dural for VF1.
VF3 was one of the best vf if not the best after vf2,the reason that left behind was the cost of the arcade machine was to expensive due to real 3d chipset.It was state of the art back then,only crysis from all games made the leap in graphics that virtua fighter 3 did back then.
Yahoo!!
I wish I had a Sega Dreamcast.
Yeah, definitely not the most durable hardware console wise, had many a burnt out machines when it came to the laser motors and man could those things grind away if the game required it to stream a lot from the disc. You know when you put a disc in and it didn’t fire up it was game over, time to get a new one.
I would like to see ports of 3 and 4 on modern consoles
The darkhorse of the series, the Tekken 4 of VF, which happens to be the games that aged so well even to this day and age
Also my very first fighting game ever when I was a little kid and I remember how popular this game back in the Philippine arcade scene, so many people used to watch the matches back then. So many good memories and always been a special one since my father is always with me watching me play this and spoiling me haha
I need a classic rerelease of this, or hell, stages and music of these, maybe just remove the uneven terrains
I need this game.
I waiting 25 years for arcade perfect version this games. Now new console can do this game run 4k60fps.
Sega I hope so you give me Virtua Fighter Colletion all Virtua Fighter game soon.
Please.
Sega got the latest emu version so they should use that.
Please tell me is virtua fighter sells well we can see a 6
Why did they get rid of the uneven floors? That was the best thing about Virtua Fighter was the uneven stages!
I loved this game..The uneven grounds was really Great. I want them to come back on some stages. The dodge button was needed too
Feels like maybe Sega is trying to step their game up here recently.
Considering they literally have a lot of franchises.
@@M0rinkashi Yeah, lot of *ignored and forgotten* franchises, unfortunately.
@@JasonMabone True...
👏👏👏👏👏
Could someone mod this game to a PlayStation controller layout and add a command list?
vf3 my favorite
cool
VF3 was an early Tekken 4.
Hoping for a collection with a perfect port of VF 3TB and a home port of VF4 Final Tuned someday.
Patience is a Virtua
Ok. Time to go to class. Pay attention and take notes.
I don't think it is possible to convey to a younger audience what these visuals represented in 1996. They represented the impossible. It was just from another planet.
I can see where Namco got their inspiration for Tekken 4, since that game also have big, uneven stages.