Where many companies use open beta tests as advertising or a self-congratulating pat on the back, Capcom has opted for a worldwide stress test for Street Fighter V's online play.
While the first night of the beta has arrived, along with myriad issues, it is not the time to be angry. All is going according to plan, and Street Fighter V will be for the better if you can't log on right now.
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Every Street Fighter is called a misstep of the series since Street Fighter III..and even the Alpha games were not liked by everyone.
SF V had a miserable start but later it did a lot things actually better than SFIV and SF6.
SF6 is the first SF since SFII Turbo for that I did not buy at launch. And today, around 6 months after its launch I still have no motivation to buy it.
I've had every Street Fighter on launch since SFII on the SNES. SFV is definitely my least played of them all.
SF6 is very good. You should give it a second look.
Maybe in 2-3 years when there is a version that has characters I care for.
So far there is not one of the new characters I like..and my favourite 4 are not a part of it either. (Bison, Balrog, Sagat and Vega) + the whole hip hop style and the crappy music turned me totally off.
Looking forward a lot to Tekken 8.
SF4 vanilla was loved by most and and not considered a misstep. It wasn't until they went revision crazy that people started turning on Capcom.
Don't remember the criticques it got for the big hands and feet, the sometimes weird looking faces, the lame boss (Seth) and that so many characters were shotos and yup..the many new versions. Just every SF got its haters no matter how good it was.
It was criticized for the first trailers having an interesting art style with those ink splashes, but the real game had none of that and people felt cheated. And Capcom decided to add some of those effects in the game later because of the backlash. But I don't remember any other big complaints about it.
I grew out of fighting games, loved them as a kid but online you just get your ass kicked over and over leaving just the bare bones single player and also having no friends anymore who like fighting games either just makes me not want to buy or play them anymore.
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Just questioning, "its all going according to plan." Who plans for the entire system to not work? "with Capcom stating that around 10,000 and more accounts were trying to log in at once. "
What??? that is a pittance when it comes to server load.
I am not angry that they are not working, its a BETA and I completely understand, I am just kinda perplexed. They knew how many people were going to log onto the system by the number of codes they sent to everyone.
I am also happy they are extending it allowing for the downtime.
and now its down indefinitely :(
The Tweet in question, for anyone wondering:
Peter Rosas @TheComboFiend 2m2 minutes ago
(1/2) Hey all, the SFV closed beta test is entering a period of extended maintenance in order to fix issues preventing the beta from loading
Better to go down during the Beta than hopefully launch day.
Looks like the server got K.O.ed!