If you were to ask me, “which popular, competitive fighting game offers you the most content for your money”, I would have to answer “Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition”. Here was see Sakura, our newest fighter, take on the mighty Ryu whilst wearing similar attire! I can hardly tell them apart!įast forward to 2017 and wow, this Street Fighter V is not the one I remember from 2016! The game has received many updates, both big and small, over the last two years which has now made the game more complete and more appealing to all players of any skill level. Here, you must choose a new username and a flag for your country of origin – I wasn’t too keen on this as my customary ‘Turniplord’ had already been taken so I had to settle for something else! Another thing to take note of, if you decide in the future that you wish to change your name or flag then you must pay via in-game currency or real money in order to do so.

Because of this, Capcom created the CFN – the Capcom Fighters Network. Once the Gague is full, you can unleash your V-Trigger which is, once again, unique to each combatant and it either unleashes a powerful move or it makes all of your special attacks stronger for a period of time.īecause the game is cross-play, you can’t just use your PSN name as your ID, as someone over on Steam may have the same (as they can freely change it whenever they want). The main purpose of this move is to fill your V-Gague, which is gradually refilled with every successful V-Skill you pull off. The result is different for each player with some being offensive and some defensive.

V-Skills are unique attacks that you can utilise by pressing both medium punch and kick at the same time. The gameplay mechanics were solid, as you would expect from a Street Fighter game with every one of the 16 combatants offering different, distinct playstyles each with their own vast array of special moves and new V-Triggers and V-Skills. Street Fighter V is a PS4 exclusive on consoles and on PC via Steam and is fully cross-play compatible with the option to only play against the same platform if you choose.

I’m pretty sure you all know what Street Fighter V is and what was included, if not, here is a brief summary. Street Fighter V, a game which many tried and gave up on – but is it worth returning to with this new update?

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