As far as fighting games go, it's unrivalled as the king of the genre. That's the good news. The better news is that this Xbox 360 version is the absolute best version of VF5 possible, making it well worth that torturous wait following the PS3 release. This is the only way to play Version C, where Sega has tweaked the wonky character balance from the previous Version B. There's nothing hugely different that will have veterans spitting their Red Bull all over the TV in surprise, but Pai and Shun-Di have been toned down while Sarah and Aoi have been beefed up, redressing the balance.
These slight changes mean people have no excuse to go online and scream "Cheap" at anyone who has the audacity to beat them. Which is the other reason this is the ultimate version – people can go online. Find human opposition without leaving the comfort of their tea-stained sofa and tube of Pringles proudly standing tall next to it, in case Sir gets hungry from all the fighting. This is what gamers want from a modern-day fighting game. Balance and online play.
Plus celebrate Sonic’s 30th anniversary with a trio of titles: Sonic Mania, Team Sonic Racing and Sonic Forces.
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Witcher III, Slay the Spire, Virtua Fighter 5, and Sonic Mania are an excellent lineup of titles to add.
All the disagreeing are fools. You thinking adding a 6yrs old game thats timed, that's on sale nearly all the time for cheap is a great addition as the main game?? 2 of the games are previous PS+ games so a lot will already have them. And Virtua Fighter nearly everyone will already have that through plus! You're all Clueless
Great great game. Would need another playthrough (Gwent and horse racing) to get the platinum, plus I never bought/played the expansions.
Agreed but I almost slept on it if I’m honest.
It’s like a traditional turn based RPG without the dramatic story. Monster Train is another good game if you need something similar to Slay the Spire.
Although fighting games are entering a new Golden Age, there's a number of franchises that deserve to be brought back.
Because the other 10 mentioned series were better. Star Gladiator 2 was just the first part with more characters, Battle Arena Toshinden went really downhill after the 2nd game.
o got it. Cause you said those games aren't as good... Got it.
since Battle 1&2 were pretty damn good and Star Gladiator 1 was very good those sound like perfect games to remake.
Also saying a fighting game is the same as it's predecessor with more characters sums up like 90% of all sequel fighting games.
Also BA3 was not a bad game and wasn't given a bad reception.
I think licensing is one of the major reasons Fight for NY hasn't been ported, since its original release. Def Jam had a poll on their Twitter a year or two ago asking if people would be interested in a new entry to the series. A surprise next gen release with AKI developing it would be cool
Definitely yes to Weaponlord, Bloody Roar, Rival Schools, Power Stone, Bushido Blade, Darkstalkers, and the Def Jam games. I was really big into fighting games when I was younger. I would Like Primal Rage, B.A,T., and Eternal Champions to come back as well.
Primal Rage was good. There was also another game that was kinda like Weaponlord that I used to really like but I can't remember the name.
Ready to Rumble was cool back int he day as well
It’s been a while since we got a new Virtua Fighter game. What’s going with the series?
Ask Sega. All of Yu's games haven't gotten updates. And they aren't helping to bring Shenmue 3 to console and PC. Spent most of their time on Sonic and Yakuza. Like they forgot the man that got them started. He was the "Miyamoto of Sega." Too many hits under hits belt.
VF is one of the best if not the best, technical fighters around based on real fighting styles. No supers, no finishers,etc. I wish there wasn't any juggling. It was fun as a videogame mechanic but I would like full realism for a fighting game. It's like adding nos to Gran Turismo. Would be fun. Just doesn't fit the realism Kaz wants in his game of winning through skill and perseverance.
I'm hoping for a new Sega surge of games in and out of VR and more respect for Yu and his properties. It's just not the same Sega I grew up with though.
As a side thing, Sega could have even updated Last Bronx to a modern fighter like Namco did with Soul Blade to Soul Calibur.
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But they've sat on that too.
I 100% agree with what you said about VF. As someone who use to play VF5 at a high level I want nothing more than VF6 however, I’m scared to see what would happen to VF in this day and age of super meters, rage bars and 100 hit combos.
Loved me some VF wish they would update the game i still remember my first Jeffery power bomb on VF 1.
PS3 version has been out for a year already.
My only gripe is sound = brutal (this part is right) and effective (no. more like dated)
This is one area I wish Sega would work on more than any other aspect of the game. It is using nearly the same sounds from the original VF but just slightly tweaked.
Its like saying the PS3 version of Oblivion is better than the 360 version. Well obviously! Theyve had nearly a year to make improvements. However, it also shows that porting games from the PS3 to the 360 rather than the other way around is the best solution for everyone.
They did nothing next gen except the graphics. The game overall was pretty horrible and as Im sure they are seeing, NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY IT...
Good job pissing off the PS community. Now not only do 360's not really want it, if the devs try an make another one, whos going to buy it?
I sure as heck wont. Ill stick with Tekken for the time being until a real next gen fighter comes out.
nothing new about VF5. just the online-feature...
guess loadtimes a longer on the 360. the 360-pad is crap for beat'em ups, too. anyway good news for x-guys. it's still a great game!