Street Fighter V

[Zen Monkey]

Borrowed this over Christmas. Gave it back after a couple of days. Bloody awful. Doesn't play as well as IV and the art direction is horrible. Everyone looks like they're on steroids. The women look like men. The new characters are all dull. It's just awful. Games like this need style. And this has none. Can't believe how many characters and stages are locked away behind in-game purchases either. Awful game.

[Asura]

The women look like men.

What do you mean by this? I also didn't like the art style all that much, but I didn't find this to be the case.

[Zen Monkey]

I mean none of the female characters look female. They look like they've all been drinking testosterone shakes, they all look like body builders, bulging with muscles, they've all lost their femininity. Even their faces look masculine and remind me of very poor transsexuals. They look like once-men, who want be women and try to be women, but fail.

[Paddy]

Borrowed this over Christmas. Gave it back after a couple of days. Bloody awful. Doesn't play as well as IV and the art direction is horrible. Everyone looks like they're on steroids. The women look like men. The new characters are all dull. It's just awful. Games like this need style. And this has none. Can't believe how many characters and stages are locked away behind in-game purchases either. Awful game.

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it Zen but I can understand why. The pace of it is quite different to SFIV and it took me some time to readjust to SFV's flow.

I don't agree that the women look like men in the game. If anything they're oversexualised (the most conservative looking one is Karin and even that character is still attractive). I also don't think the characters are dull but I understand why you may find them dull though.

Agreed on the character and stage unlocks. I've unlocked the available DLC characters so far but only a couple of the additional stages.

[Superman Falls]

I still enjoy the core gameplay of SFV and I don't mind the visuals but it was and remains an awful package which has been mishandled to hell. It's really time Capcom wrapped it up, cut their losses, did some souls searching and put their minds to Street Fighter VI

[dataDave]

Street Fighter VI would be their Dreamcast moment, no doubt.

[BigDeadFreak]

Street Fighter VI would be their Dreamcast moment, no doubt.

How so?

[Dogg Thang]

Isn’t it ombvious? White and sleek and full of bright colours and online connectivity over dial up and little VMUs.

[dataDave]

How so?

Even if it turned out to be awesome most people would give it a pass, given their handling of V.

Then Capcom would stand there with their hands on their hips wondering what went wrong before canning the series for good.

[BigDeadFreak]

I see. I can't see them ever giving up on Street Fighter, though. It's surely a cash cow even if the odd title is a bit of a commercial flop. Street Fighter 3 was pretty much ignored by most gamers at the time.