DarkPrince said ...

If you don't understand fighting games you won't understand the differences, it's the same as someone saying Bloodborne is just like Demons Souls because all they know is the rumors of difficulty and due to that the games must play the same way.

That's not exactly what I was saying. I am not referring to the immunity frame differences, the change in unblockables, or zoning alterations. I just feel that:

A: Nothing new that really stands out has been done with the engine from Street Fighter IV.
B: All of the changes and additions honestly feel so minuscule they could have been added to IV (although after Ultra, I'm not sure they had anywhere to go so maybe V was the next best thing).
C: The fact that they are releasing content that should be there on day one over six months just gets on my nerves.

As far as I am concerned (not being a fighting game expert but having been a fan of this series and genre since they were first created) when I see "Street Fighter V" I expect to at least feel like the jump in number was worthwhile.

Considering that I lived through the whole Street Fighter 2 iteration run all the way from Special Champion Edition through to Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, this honestly just feels like Street Fighter IV v5 and not the next step for the genre.

But that is just my perspective.

Siosal said ...

A: Nothing new that really stands out has been done with the engine from Street Fighter IV.

We have 4 brand new characters and 4 that have not been in the series in ages, some most people probably never even played as they only appeared in the Alpha games. Existing characters have been changed quite a bit and feel and play completely different than they did in SFIV. SFIV main game revolved around option selects and focus, these don't exist in SFV, this already changes the game a huge amount. V-Trigger has also been added which immediately changes some characters and how they play and changes up the punishment and extension of combos within the game. This is hugely different compared to super meter and ultra meter.

Siosal said ...
B: All of the changes and additions honestly feel so minuscule they could have been added to IV (although after Ultra, I'm not sure they had anywhere to go so maybe V was the next best thing).

This only tells me you have not played the game then or you just don't understand how to play the game. Vtrigger by itself already changes the game so much as well as the removal of focus and OS. Have you played the beta or game? If so which character did you play?

Siosal said ...
C: The fact that they are releasing content that should be there on day one over six months just gets on my nerves.

Yup very annoying, but Capcom was upfront with everyone regarding this, so if you are buying it and get upset you just didn't do any homework on the game, something everything should be doing these days with the prices of games. All the content will be released every month and that worked really well for Killer Instinct and I hope more fighters follow this. Get the core game out to core fans and then add the rest of the stuff that they don't care about but more casuals do in order to draw them in.

No character here plays like they did in SFIV.

As I said in my first post DP, to me it doesn't look that much different to IV. I said that because I have not played this iteration at all and can only comment on what I have seen so far, and what I have seen doesn't scream "buy me right now" (which I did with IV).

I also called myself out at the end of my initial post for possibly being too cynical, as I am well aware that I have not given V a hands on test, but need some convincing before I take the leap and buy it.

I wasn't trying to come off as "judgemental" and I apologise if that was indeed the case. I am just a skeptical buyer and don't know yet if there is enough here for me to risk it.

That's the thing, I am trying to give input into the game to show it's a totally different experience.

If you just look at Tekken 6 and 7 you don't see much of a difference but once you play you realise what all the changes bring. It's the same with this and any fighter.

But yes if you just look at it and don't see a difference then the game probably isn't for you and you should wait for a special or something. Unless you are going to be playing online for hours and hours there is not point in buying this.

Worth a watch:

Stamina rankings

Birdie 1,050
Zangief 1,050

Ken 1,000
Laura 1,000
M. Bison 1,000
Necalli 1,000
Ryu 1,000
Vega 1,000

Chun-Li 950
F.A.N.G 950
Nash 950
Rashid 950
R. Mika 950

Cammy 900
Dhalsim 900
Karin 900

Stun rankings

Zangief 1,050

Birdie 1,000
Chun-Li 1,000
Ken 1,000
Laura 1,000
Necalli 1,000
Rashid 1,000
R. Mika 1,000
Ryu 1,000

Dhalsim 950
F.A.N.G 950
Karin 950
M. Bison 950
Nash 950
Vega 950

Cammy 900

Started learning Laura today found some quick easy practical examples of combos that lead into her Critical Art.

This game

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Capcom should have done, like Square Enix is doing with the new Hitman.
Release it in parts as dlc, then release everything on disc.

It is released in parts, Capcom didn't force anyone to buy it, they gave fair warning. In fact it's even better this way, by the time casuals want their single player story mode the game will be available 2nd hand and would have had some sales for extra bargains. Win win.

Joe is really terrible but I like his enthusiam haha

Damn, EVO is going to be hype



Last year Ultra Street Fighter 4 had the most entrants with 2,227 participating in the tournament.

Interesting read
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2016/02/22/is-it-time-for-gamers-to-just-grow-up-and-play-street-fighter-v/#300c34b248b3

LOL does anyone still bother with 'Please turn off your ad blocker Forbes.com'

New patch is coming, excited to see what is in it and when it will release, hopefully very early March

Some older matches I have had on my way to learning Laura

Wow Alex looks ****ing terrible, should have just called him T.Hawk, what horrible character design



New costumes are pretty great though, Laura with that Jubilee alt and Nash with the Ninja alt looks awesome

DarkPrince said ...

Some older matches I have had on my way to learning Laura

Now that's some great fighting there