Cancelled a pre-order for a physical copy and went for the digital version in the end, as I knew I'd be away from Tuesday afternoon.
Having stayed up to play it at midnight and had a decent session, this is a nice (not so) little package. Obviously there's loads of games to get stuck in to and some of the background material included is pretty interesting. I found myself reading up quite a bit on the development of SFII.
The online side of things seems pretty solid. I tried Alpha 3 and Third Strike and both were very stable with no noticeable lag. The only exception was the lobby mode, which is separate from casual, ranked and "arcade" modes (where you play the game on your own and people challenge you as you play), and was a bit hit and miss. Lobby mode, as far as I can tell, means you join a lobby with various other people and you get to choose/vote on which game you play every time, whereas in the other modes you just pick one game and play that until you want to do something else. The lobbies seemed a bit unstable and the connection kept dropping, but I'm not that bothered to be honest, as the other online modes are enough and work well.
Overall, there's plenty here and it's a bit of a no-brainer if you like your Street Fighter. Just don't bother with the first one- it's ****.
Having stayed up to play it at midnight and had a decent session, this is a nice (not so) little package. Obviously there's loads of games to get stuck in to and some of the background material included is pretty interesting. I found myself reading up quite a bit on the development of SFII.
The online side of things seems pretty solid. I tried Alpha 3 and Third Strike and both were very stable with no noticeable lag. The only exception was the lobby mode, which is separate from casual, ranked and "arcade" modes (where you play the game on your own and people challenge you as you play), and was a bit hit and miss. Lobby mode, as far as I can tell, means you join a lobby with various other people and you get to choose/vote on which game you play every time, whereas in the other modes you just pick one game and play that until you want to do something else. The lobbies seemed a bit unstable and the connection kept dropping, but I'm not that bothered to be honest, as the other online modes are enough and work well.
Overall, there's plenty here and it's a bit of a no-brainer if you like your Street Fighter. Just don't bother with the first one- it's ****.
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