Fighting game fans are spoilt for choice right now, with so many titles available at their fingertips. They can jump into the latest Street Fighter, take a trip down memory lane with the likes of Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, or play something entirely different like Mortal Kombat 1. There really are so many options. And with Capcom Fighting Collection 2 on the horizon, deciding what to play is about to get even harder.
The titles included are quite a varied bunch. At one end you’ve got the brilliant Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro, as well as its sequel, Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001. There’s also the phenomenal Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper, and mash-up title Capcom Fighting Evolution, which features characters from Street Fighter, Darkstalkers and Red Earth. All offer the thrilling 2D fighting action that you’ve come to know and love from Capcom, albeit with their own unique mechanics and twists on the format.
At the other end you’ve got four 3D fighters that are a bit more “out there” and experimental. Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein, sequel to Star Gladiator, is the oldest game in this collection, and it shows. It still proves to be a fun fighting game experience inspired by Star Wars, however. Another sequel is included too; Project Justice, the follow-up to Rival Schools. This title particularly stands out due to its story mode, in which after choosing a school you can never be certain which characters will be available to you in battle.
The final two games are Power Stone and its sequel. These stand out from the rest of the titles here as they’re essentially 3D brawlers that let players pick up and use a variety of items as weapons. Additionally, should players be able to collect three gems, they momentarily transform into a more powerful version of themselves, allowing them to cause devastating damage. Power Stone 2 notably improves on its predecessor by allowing up to four players to get in on the action.
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 includes quite the selection of games, then, and as usual you’re free to play around with their settings, make use of various filters, adjust their controls, and more. Online play is also possible, and should be great thanks to the inclusion of rollback netcode.
Throw in the usual collection of museum-like content and this is likely to be yet another must-have for fighting game fans, especially if they have fond memories of the titles included. We’ll have more impressions in our full review closer to launch, so make sure you check back in May to discover our final thoughts on this collection.
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 launches 16th May on PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC.
