"if the akuma player is mexican enough, you arent touching the ground." has gotta be top 5 comments about 3s I've ever heard

"How many characters have we seen today?" He says while watching a tournament with rules specifically designed to force character variety.

wanted dumplings, got a foot attached to a super

Just got off of work. Got home and a new video drops. Got me some coffee and time to relax.

Even with the forced character variety in the tournament it was still funny to see the grand finals come down to a Chun mirror. Gotta love 3S.

Aris always sounds so happy talking 3S

They should do the next Coop Cup at least 500 yards from a school so Kuroda can come back

Never gonna unsee that fd up Chun finger

people can talk about how much better the balance could be in 3rd strike, but there's something so magical about every aspect of 3rd strike imo. def a GOAT fighting game 🙂

I understand some of the complaints levied at 3S, there's truth to it, but it doesn't matter because the game is just extremely fun. It's so fast and there's never been another SF game with so much freedom in your choices and how you move. The system mechanics (parry) just open up the possibilities in the game in so many interactions and you hardly ever get that kind of experience in any other fighting game, that's why you'll always see this game played because of how unique it is not just in the SF world but fighting games as a whole no matter how many new fighting games come up. It's not balanced but like Aris said the open endedness of the game allows you to always have an answer even if you are at a disadvantage, whereas an S+ character in another SF game it's straight up unwinnable because of how limited you are. That's also what many players like Daigo dislike about it what parry can do in those oki situations, and the freedom of the system mechanics allows questionable OSs, but that's what makes 3S unique and special and free, if you take that away it would just be a boring SF game #1000. At least the developers had the balls to make a change and really open up the game, there's tons of other "traditional" SFs you can play but you won't get another experience in other fighting game like 3S.

3S obviously means a lot of things to a lot of people and it really does seem like a game you could play forever with even opponents but MAN, does it allow for some armchair experts. Can't think of another game that brings out people who talk more out of their A$$ than 3S

Agreed. They ain't made a SF game this fun since this game. 3rd Strike is the pinnacle of the Street Fighter series.

a 4th version with a few small balance changes and a playable gill would be so cool. They could do us a solid and add the stages from the previous versions too

The problem is half the Third Strike roster is not cheap. Some suck while others are gods lol. MK9 is a great example of everyone being cheap.

“And it’s attached to a super!?”😂😂 Aris’ wit is so unique. It’s not something you can achieve through practice either. It’s a natural Aris brand of comedy that can only come from being fat, bald, having gout and living in Commiefornia. Thanks green man. May your days be long upon this Earph.

Same thing with MK9 Everyone was broken

lol n0pants going for full yt points with the censors

dying for coop cup full vod

I don't think this tournament is a good example, this tournament placed restrictions on character choices by limiting how many of any character you could have on your team. This tournament is more of a fun get together nothing is on the line so of course you will see character variety. Also I'm pretty sure some of the choices are counter picks to other top tier characters. This is a also a team tournament where you only need to beat someone in one game to advance, giving the person no opportunity to adapt. So picking less used characters is encouraged because you can steal games with a knowledge check.

I never noticed tht table until now

rewatchin this, sumn one in chat said "makoter". this right here

3rd Strike is the only Street Fighter that doesn't make me wanna throw up when I look at it.

*LIGHTNING!*

Yun keeper-Jin loops are always the sickest shit ever

I like when he was talking about how 12 can still be ok 12 is punished for hitting a combo lol

Soulcalibur 2 is so great It's rare to see people praise it like you do best 3D fighter of that gen hands down Tekken 5 doesn't come close in my mind.

for high level stoners "If Everybody Is Cheap, Nobody Is Cheap" its a quote from shrek 2

LMAO at Aris saying some people prefer pretty girls while 2 Remys are on screen

Same as killer instinct

A parry sfx would be a nice censorship

Aris showing off his degree in phenomenology philosophy

dudley trying to get some dumplins :]

Anyone know where the full vod is?

this video should be title aris love letter to 3rd strike

i love this stuff. some fightan lessons? gimme that shet

As a wise man once said: "if you don't scare, I don't scare".

Aris is gonna come back to Street Fighter with SF6, the grand return of systems-based balance

This game is a lot like +R. +R wears its influence on its sleeve. Every character broken, but everyone can win based on the system. Parry and SB are basically the same thing.

I dont understand why Aris is downplaying Tekkens systems. I think that game more than exemplifies the idea of player skill with the game and mechanics over simply character balance. The generic options everyone has is a system in itself when a character has 100 unique attacks. This is after he just finished justifying how many miracles you need to best a true Mexican Akumer.

" I never liked that finger " LOL

I think the magic stopped with 3s because it was the last true arcade game for Capcom. Yes, Japan still has arcades and SF4 was released first in the arcade, but they were already dead across the world outside of maybe Japan and Korea. I remember 3's, MVSC2, X-men vs Street Fighter, and Soul Calibur 2 at the arcades and even grocery stores had these cabinets. So these games had an insane amount of people playing them all the time finding new tech. It captured the true essence of fighting games. Now we have some A.I created soulless fighting games like SF5 that just feels dead. There's no charm to it. The "arcades" are now virtually created inside SF6 that's only accessible online.

I agree

n0swearing

i love system mechanics

What is this legendary “Mexican akuma”?

5:24 Savage

street Fighter ex2 plus / Excel mech was most OP thing in fighting games imo

Street Fighter 4 was rancid ass from beginning to end, and I will die on that hill. 3rd Strike still the greatest SF game after all these years

👍🏻

praising 3S for it’s balance atpCap atpBigot

Masterful command of grammar on the apostrophe there n0pants

True. The parry and guard push in Soul Calibur 2 is such a broken system that if you're against someone spamming attacks, you can use your knowledge and parry that shit to oblivion. I've seen people parry each other over and over again until time expired.

Chat got wrecked by Lord Aris

that genei jin hp hp hp hp hp on crouching gouki

5:28 LMFAO

Social media ruined street fighter because capcom has not been able to allow a meta to emerge from their community since this game. There is an immediate backlash with tiers that are definitive or systems that dumber players rarely engage with or practice

Another game to add to your list: Virtua Fighter 5. I call it open vs closed system. Hence why 3rd strike will always stand the test of time. Pretty sure max talked about this too. Here’s hoping sf6 gets added to the list. It’s interesting how setplay was a thing in 3rd strike but didn’t ruin the experience because of the parry system.

Would be interested to read from someone what exactly the 'game system' Aris keeps referring to that is implicit to Third Strike's balance despite the balance issues that are there. Is it specifically the implementation of 3s' parry mechanic? Is it some sort of nuance to push back on a per character basis (I recall that Soul Caliber 2 had an interesting push back system).

Omagaru Kage

hi nopantz if aris reacted to hworang trailer please post it

I think characters now are way less shitty. No one is sfiv of sfv is as bad as Sean or even twelve

“Makoto can kill Akuma in one hit” almost everyone except twelve can. And necro has over 30 different touch of deaths on Akuma and he’s far from op

0:17 AI generated sentence

You know your passion for the game is really what people need to see. Every character is sick even if it's a bitch Yun or a slimey Makoto, everyone is cool, and everyone is a bitch. This game is sick and cheap and we should all love every character.

Cvs2 is not balanced, like at all. Roll cancelling, while you can argue gives even low-tiers new tools to work with also makes already strong chars stronger, blanka sagat iori for example. Id argue alpha 3 is more balanced, but V-ism kills X-ism so hard that char variety within X just dies.

7:20

“Xrd? Who even heard of that trash? No offense, I just like making fun of things that suck.” classic

problem is, 3rd Strike really only has two cheap characters. Yeah, the game is busted, but only Chun and Yun are really OP. The one thing after them is Akuma tatsu, that's it. The high tiers are so far above everyone else it's gross. Urien, with his unblockables, still mid tier. MK9 is the prime example of everyone being broken. What did the grand finals always look like? Kabal/Cyrax. The statement of everyone being cheap so no one is, it's false.

*cough* DNF *cough*

A comparison too cheap but fun is a Tekken 5.

Gold for the fgc

People who only care about balance and think that's the most important thing out here telling on themselves

but everyone isnt broken rofl. nobody plays half the cast because everyone thinks they suck. every tournament is 50 chuns and yuns and kens with like 5 character hardliners

This is the only opinion

Tekken 7 is to balance even season 3, and 4 feel like season 2 is the best of t7 because characters have something unique with them that my opinion.

A lot of people don't understand what when "everybody's cheap, nobody's cheap" means but Aris explained it pretty well. It's a lot more about the system mechanics being cheap than the characters themselves. This is why DNF fell off while HnK is still seeing play like 100 years later even though HnK is way more broken.

It’s crazy how good this game looks still. Still looks better than 4 and 5 6 looks good but weird at the same time

used to really only play 3rd strike but now sf6 is my favorite

Aris: Third Strike is a cheap game Commentator: ...it is a cheap game... Aris: See?! 😂

why do i watch this stoner everyday its so bizarre

i mainly play anime. but X. R. D. cracked me up.

10 fr parry window , Scrub game

I mean SF4 and 5 are fun to play, but yeah they ain’t as fun as 3S

First the news and now n0pants censoring Aris.

Nothing can take away the impact third strike has had on the FGC as a whole. It’s a all time classic. But I don’t think the parry is perfect. I think it can be both great to use, and see spectators wise but abit too much to deal with defensively. Requiring a ton of practice and execution on the entire cast. It’s a daunting game, even more than tekken imo but man it’s sick lol. I wouldn’t agree with aris that there hasn’t been a street fighter that’s been enjoyable since 3S, 5 was good but it had some annoying characters and some characters dominated the game, and annoying elements like crush counter with priority system. Just felt stupid lol but was fun for awhile in season 1 and 2 for me. SF4 was also pretty good, and a solid street fighter through its life, yes there were os’s and wakeups you had to deal with that allowed some players to steamroll you if didn’t know how to deal with it, but learning how to deal with any specific Situation is apart of any fighting game. I feel it’s abit disingenuous to say there hasn’t been a fun sf since 3S while in the same breath say SF4 was fun to watch lol. I feel Aris has funny opinions sometimes. SF6 i feel is heading in the right direction, but hope it shapes up well

aris would love dnf duel

best souls 2 has the best pvp cause of the same reason

God damn, Aris really reveals himself to be a massive FG boomer whenever he talks about 3S. 3S is a HORRIBLY balanced. The only reason so many characters are played is because the game has been out for 200 years and oldhead boomers are naturally going to gravitate towards their niche picks over the years of Ken/Chun/Yun/boredom and stick with them, and because of parries. Parries help level the playing field because they're the strongest mechanic in the game. Nothing else really matters if you can parry reasonably well and know your character somewhat well. A huge % of their commonly used applications are pretty easy to get down if you actually spend time with the game. And even with them, the game is terribly balanced. No one would ever say "Remy or Twelve are actually just fine!" if parries weren't extremely, overbearingly strong compared to everything else. Even with parries helping even the odds, Chun/Yun are 100000% massively, objectively better than low tiers. I love 3S and it is indeed a shitload of fun. But parries are too strong of a mechanic and there's a reason they'll never come back. A lot of people love to coom over the "theoretical infinite skill ceiling" but parries aren't a good mechanic unless you genuinely want the game to be all about parries. Don't listen to FG boomers.

Broken fighting games are the best. Take guilty gear for example. Everybody does dumb broken shit. Even the worst character has some scummy tech.

NO ONE fucks with Dudley.

Chun 🍑Cheeks, Now That's GUD Meat🍖

first hehe lol

fucking hilarious these sfv players in the chat crying about balancing 3rd strike 😂😂😂😂

DBfighter Z is another one of those games where almost every character is viable because of the system mechanics. But of course Aris will never play it 😆.

Hes right. Other than 3rd strike and SoulC 2, and Melee, Every other game doesnt allow "potential"

third strike is a zoomer game

Thoughts are trash and dumb to smoke

This game sucks

Fucking LOL! Aris vs. his stream monsters is a 10 - 0 matchup!

"sfiv is fun to watch but 3s is far more fun to play " Honestly feel this. Felt like sfiv finals were extremely entertaining to watch and you could follow the action with just a rudimentary knowledge of the game . Where as 3s can be a little laborious to watch if you dont have intimate knowledge of confirms and matchups. 3s still is extremely fun once you get a handle of the game mechanics.