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Review: Street Fighter V: A Shadow Falls - Destructoid

A disappointing chapter in a sad story, SFV story mode review. I’m sure it’s difficult to write a compelling story mode for a fighting game. First, you start with a cast of disparate oddballs, karate-wizards and leggy Interpol agents, each with odd backstories that you have to find a way to...

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Servbot413250d ago

Can't believe the loading times and absurd amount of clipping that still plague the game.

DevilVergilX3250d ago

I wouldn't give it that score. I thought it was ok imo avg 7/10.

KaoSouL3250d ago

Absurd loading times, dropped story elements, half ass dialog, and an "un-ending" that leaves everything unresolved.

Most unsatisfying indeed... but the loading times are what killed the experience for me... Waiting 2 minutes to see a 5 second cut scene and then being thrown back into 2 minutes of load time for another 5 second cut scene is just ABSURD!

Also I'm sick as fuck of all these 1 round matches in EVERY single player mode CRAPCOM!!

Deathdeliverer3250d ago

Might want to get your HDD checked. Nowhere in the Story Mode (or the game for that matter) has a load time longer than 10 sec for me.

I_am_Batman3249d ago

They were still annoying though. It's pretty obvious that Capcom still has some problems with the Unreal Engine (High input lag, loading times, clipping and lower fps backgrounds). Hopefully they can sort those technical issues out asap.

Other than the loading times I really enjoyed the story mode. Kinda disappointed that Sagat wasn't mentioned though.

Balrog is awesome by the way (haven't tried Ibuki yet). Can't wait for Juri and especially Urien. Hopefully the daily challenges (targets) launch with the next update.

DeadManMMX3249d ago

Same. Man people are just negative to be negative. I did notice clipping in the opening scene with Kalin or whatever with her hair but that was it. The story told was actually pretty good.

EpicSandwich3250d ago

Capcom really dropped the ball with sfv.

joab7773250d ago

Which is sad because so many of my friends live the fighting itself, as far as saying it is the best to date. Very strange to me.

Brazz3250d ago

SFV singleplayer is very weak, i rather ignore the shity singleplayer... but the multiplayer/gameplay rocks! SFV gameplay is king, imho, the best gameplay.

Rookie_Monster3250d ago

Oh well. Hope SF6 turns out better next time.

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Street Fighter 5: Analysing a Tarnished Legacy

Street Fighter 5 launched in 2016, and is widely considered a misstep for the hugely popular franchise. This article explains why that is.

Terry_B515d ago

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.

kevco33514d ago

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.

Terry_B514d ago

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.

Sano24514d ago

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.

Terry_B514d ago

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.

Nerdmaster514d ago

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.

EvertonFC514d ago

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.

CrimsonWing69514d ago

I dunno, I like Street Fighter 5 quite a bit. 🤷‍♂️

Shiro173513d ago

Sf6 is the best sf since sf4ae lol

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Street Fighter Documentary Fights its Way to Blu-Ray

Street Fighter documentary 'Here Comes a New Challenger' is now available for all, following a successful crowd funding campaign.

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The Best Street Fighter Games, Ranked

By Jason Monroe: Join me as I rank the best Street Fighter games of all time, taking into account their impact on the genre, gameplay mechanics, character rosters, and overall fun factor. Let’s get into it…

Round One: FIGHT!!

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