2D Tales games had pretty damned good combat, indeed.

both of those had fantastic quest modes. spent a LOT of time with the one in Ehrgeiz, in particular.

excellent! PSP Dissidias are damned good. a shame about NT being, well, what it is. might be considered neat, if not for the PSP games doing everything better.

of course! Shenmue rules. never messed with the third one. for that matter, the Like a Dragon series comes reeeeally close, though its combat leans more toward beatemup than fighter. hm. am i forgetting any other major releases? Jade Empire is another great game that's almost what i'm looking for.

YO. that looks damned good.

want to do THAT Maki design in SF3 style, but i haven't dabbled with CPS3 stuff in literal decades