Secret Character
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There was also an arcade version of XRD which was around for quite some time before console release.
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SFV March Update Details (Challenge Mode, Shop, Rematch, 8p Lounge, and more)
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There was also an arcade version of XRD which was around for quite some time before console release.
I think it's easier just to accept that SFV threads invite people to come shit on the game regardless of quality. I wonder when revisionist history for this game kicks in and it's regarded as a good entry for the series.
When there's a "controversy" for another upcoming release and people move on to that.
If there's one thing the Internet knows well, it's revisionist history.
No. We paid for this already with our $60.
This is like someone buying the $60 version of Hitman when ep 1 releases, and saying eps 2-6 are free when they come out.
Fright Zone
Member
Are they going to sort out the statistics at some point?
I miss all the stats from SFIV... where can I find out simple things like how many online matches I've played, what my ranked win percentage is, or even how long I've been playing the game?
Why would they take all that out?
I miss all the stats from SFIV... where can I find out simple things like how many online matches I've played, what my ranked win percentage is, or even how long I've been playing the game?
Why would they take all that out?
Not sure how serious you are with this post lol.
The Lone Dragon
Member
And, now GG is asking for another $60 for you to continue playing the most current version of the game, whereas SF5 will NEVER do this.
That doesn't matter. People are looking for the easy and simple arcade mode wrapper. And while it hasn't been harped on as much, bonus stages are a part of that, too.
Yeah, Arcsys games are not the ones to bring up regarding consumer-friendly models.
Hopefully we get a trailer, soon. And I'm assuming that the eCapcom colors atlre the ones that will be available to purchase from the shop (hopefully with Fight Money).
R.I.P. Stomp & Elbow
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Which the bolded also still doesn't work in his favor because he left out context for why it is the way it is.
That's 3 moves removed
Charge flash chop
Stomp
Whirlwind grab
And one new move which is a mini version of his old Stungun Headbutt super
It's really not.
ZeroTheShadow
Member
It costs you time. A lot of time.
GotchaForce
Member
Yeah, that's a bummer. Maybe he has new command normals that make up for it? I hope he has the diving fierce punch at least.
It would be nice if they'd just incorporate those old moves into the moveset, somehow. The Dashing Elbow could just be his EX Flash Chop. The stomp could do an air command normal that can do a Hard Knockdown Crush Counter, maybe? I can't come up with anything for the Cyclone DDT.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Was really looking forward to stomp mix-ups in a game where most of the cast can't parry.
air grab?
No Arcade Mode or Vs. CPU announced.
Unreal.
I'm STILL boggled Capcom didn't think these features weren't important enough to included, let alone thinking they weren't mandatory to begin with. Out of hundreds of fighting games, i can't recall a single one that didn't have these basic functions....
I just.... I want to know what world they live in.
Unreal.
I'm STILL boggled Capcom didn't think these features weren't important enough to included, let alone thinking they weren't mandatory to begin with. Out of hundreds of fighting games, i can't recall a single one that didn't have these basic functions....
I just.... I want to know what world they live in.
Already Torn
Banned
Literally everything in the title is completely free, and Alex is free if you beat the Story mode that everyone is complaining is too short and easy.
Be ready to eat crow if the store launches and items like the pre-order costumes and the premium costumes for the DLC characters can only be bought with real money.
Already Torn
Banned
Access to the store is free!
Megawarrior
Member
I'm only annoyed about Stomp being removed.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I imagine it's gone because they're attempting to avoid the 50/50 vortex. The charge goes because the new stun-gun will potentially be a tool for closing space/punishing projectiles and the DDT goes because it was ass.
ive said this before and im gonna say it again
i dont know why they cant just turn character stories into an arcade mode replacement
just make the difficulty selectable, make each fight best 2 of 3 rounds(and no starting with full meter) and then just add some filler matches between the cutscenes to pad it into 8 matches
i dont know why they cant just turn character stories into an arcade mode replacement
just make the difficulty selectable, make each fight best 2 of 3 rounds(and no starting with full meter) and then just add some filler matches between the cutscenes to pad it into 8 matches
I wouldn't mind. Cammy's pre-order costume regularly goes for $60 on eBay. I'll gladly pay $5-6 through the in-game store.
really wish i sold my Cammy code -_-
Because it would force them to make character stories that amount to more than "birdie likes to eat, Karin is rich, Chunli has a loli".
Pre-order costumes might cost but I have no doubt that premium costumes can be bought with fight money.
narutomaki04
Banned
to be fair, that's still better than paying for characters, since costumes doesn't affect gameplay.
Me too
huh? no it wouldnt
they literally can just add 2 additional fights between each cutscene match and be done with it
nothing has to change. who cares if it "makes sense". oh birdie got in 2 fights before whatever happened next in his story. done
Seems they never really intended to have one. So it caught them by surprise that people actually do care about arcade mode. But they probably didn't have the resources to throw one together in time for this update.
They're already working on a cinematic story mode, and padding the existing story mode isn't going to make the people who are already scorned by Capcom feel any better about their purchase.
Once they address the more pressing issues with this game, then they should go back and work on arcade mode, VS CPU, and making the existing story mode suck less.
Once they address the more pressing issues with this game, then they should go back and work on arcade mode, VS CPU, and making the existing story mode suck less.
The fact that these fights are one round lowest difficulty deals sort of cements the fact that everything about the mode is throw away. The fights are bad, the art is bad, the stories are bad, it's as if they knew everything surrounding the mode was poor and it's true purpose is to provide people an easy entry point to the eventual store. If the fights were competent, it would highlight incompetent the story is. If the story was competent, it'd highlight the terrible nature of the fights. The only way this works in a way where people don't complain is if everything is terrible, but people are still rewarded for spending the 40 minutes it takes to gather the FM needed to buy the first character.
They COULD fix it by making them actual matches with increasing difficulty separated by occasional cutscenes and a boss encounter at the end. But then it's just arcade mode, and what do they do with this terrible terrible mode once they get around to adding an actual arcade mode?
I know people are making a lot of noise about the lack of a proper arcade mode, but honestly, I'm more upset by the fact that what is in the game that isn't actively fighting other people is 100% terrible. SF5 easily has the worst single play content in a fighting game in the past 10 years.
While I agree with you, I'd say that the number 2 biggest problem with the game is it's terrible single player/offline content. And I wouldn't really mind if Capcom were doing other stuff that bolsters the experience of playing against other people like multigame lobbies or server lists that actually update in a reasonable amount of time with the correct information. But their efforts thus far seem to be bandaids for their existing plans, which, 3 weeks in, are starting to seem pretty lackluster.
SoRuffShoNuff
Member
The thought that including a single player mode most of the people who aren't interested in online play enjoy is not a pressing issue shows exactly how out of touch Capcom is.
If they included arcade and vs. Cpu mode they wouldn't have customers like me who are actively discouraging their friends from buying the game.
Already Torn
Banned
Exactly. They're not adding arcade mode anyway.
Why would you tell your friends not to get it? Do they only like playing against computers? If your friends had it you could play against them.
The prospect of a 60 (potentially 90) dollar game that is only brought out when friends come around a losing deal for most people. The advent of good netcode eases this issue, but it doesn't eliminate it, especially if you're a region with bad internet (which is still 20% of the country).
Most of my friends live in areas that either have bad online service, or they simply don't like playing human opponents and like fighting the CPU.
It's not that bizarre, really. The game is a wash for them until it offers them substantial offline content.
mikefrails
Banned
Okay but when? It's March now, cut the crap.
Two weeks from now mostly likely.
Here's more info involving throw tech stuff form the patch http://shoryuken.com/2016/03/11/the-implications-of-street-fighter-vs-upcoming-throw-tech-changes/
Yeah, I never understood the "This is all free" crap. I always felt the stuff they adding now are stuff that was suppose to be included with the game.
Premium costumes cannot be bought with fight money.
They've said this multiple times. It's even on the PDF they released. Premium costumes cost zenny = real money. Story outfits can be bought with fight money.
SoRuffShoNuff
Member
I can play against them with me being the only one with the game. We only play against each other and against the computer. Online play is just a novelty for most of my friends. Since at the moment there isn't a vs. Cpu mode and I find practice mode boring it's not like I have an unfair advantage by me being the only one with the game. I don't even play it unless they come over or I go to their place.