Enter the parry system, which all but defeats the snooze-fest fireball wars of fighting game's past. It has its roots in Street Fighter, don't get me wrong (shotos are still around, unfortunately), but the subtleties in the game mechanics are worlds apart from its predecessor(s). On to the positives: After releasing five iterations of Street Fighter 2, Capcom took the hint and came through with a unique new fighting game. More specifically his rainbow-of-death Super Art, which takes away about a quarter of your life *if you block.* And let's not forget the counter-able, but still irritating 'Resurrection' SA which gives him a second shot at the round with anywhere from a quarter to a full life bar (I advise learning how to preempt this SA to actually be able to beat Gil.) Neither SA would be too big of an issue if the AI didn't read your button input and counter appropriately (I also advise learning the art of parrying before jumping in) and even that wouldn't be a problem if he didn't have 2nd best range, and 4th best speed and even *that* wouldn't be a problem if he didn't have highest priority, and supreme damage, and sorry, Capcom, I thought ridiculously overpowered bosses was SNK's territory? Nevermind. More negatives (this one actually pertinent to the fighting):Gil, the red and blue / fire and ice final boss. Neither the music nor the announcer bother me enough to knock it down a peg on the rating scale the core of SFIII is a fighting game, and it's being reviewed as a fighting game (not a jukebox) however it is worth mentioning. And as much as I did not care for the similarly hip-hop-ish announcer either, I have to admit he's nowhere near as annoying as, say, Alpha 3's salesman recording on crack or Super SF2's oblivious and upbeat optimist for that matter. Let's get those out of the way first I loath this game's hip-hop score to the point that I have it completely disabled. I must confess, there are aspects of it that I hate. Note: this review applies only to Third Strike.

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