Yes, the game was an Obvious Beta at the beginning, but seeing the game evolve overtime throughout 2016 made me rethink its quality.
Capcom said this game would be a game as a service and like Killer Instinct, it's actually showing. I've been following this game for the majority of 2016, keeping up with the Fighting Game Community, patches, etc. When September's 1.09 patch came out, this game started to grow on me, and now... I can't stop playing it. I play on my Playstation 4 everyday and pop my disk in. The Fight Money missions give me more drive, while the Vs. CPU mode just gave me ten times more reason to play this game. Now that Season 2 is a thing, I've got more to study about this game.
The story is in my opinion, well done. Aside from Bengus' excellent drawings for the character stories, the general story is very interesting. Being an interquel between numbers 4 and 3, it actually goes very deep into how Shadaloo falls and how each characters relationships with each other are displayed at full.
As a Street Fighter game, it feels like a cross between the mental game of Super Street Fighter II Turbo and offensive play of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. It doesn't help that Guilty Gear player Woshige was the battle director. Anyways, if I had to rate the game out of 10 in its current state, I'd give it a 9 out of 10 noting consistent improvement.
DISCLAIMER: I chose to review this game a year later due to the game having more content available now as well as the coming months.
Street Fighter V, a year of strange enjoyment!?!
Yes, the game was an Obvious Beta at the beginning, but seeing the game evolve overtime throughout 2016 made me rethink its quality.
Capcom said this game would be a game as a service and like Killer Instinct, it's actually showing. I've been following this game for the majority of 2016, keeping up with the Fighting Game Community, patches, etc. When September's 1.09 patch came out, this game started to grow on me, and now... I can't stop playing it. I play on my Playstation 4 everyday and pop my disk in. The Fight Money missions give me more drive, while the Vs. CPU mode just gave me ten times more reason to play this game. Now that Season 2 is a thing, I've got more to study about this game.
The story is in my opinion, well done. Aside from Bengus' excellent drawings for the character stories, the general story is very interesting. Being an interquel between numbers 4 and 3, it actually goes very deep into how Shadaloo falls and how each characters relationships with each other are displayed at full.
As a Street Fighter game, it feels like a cross between the mental game of Super Street Fighter II Turbo and offensive play of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. It doesn't help that Guilty Gear player Woshige was the battle director. Anyways, if I had to rate the game out of 10 in its current state, I'd give it a 9 out of 10 noting consistent improvement.
DISCLAIMER: I chose to review this game a year later due to the game having more content available now as well as the coming months.