No disrespect but this is what fighter fans grew up on. As you're a fan of fighting games I'm baffled as to how you cannot see that.

Do not buy this game. It is very barebones and unfinished. It blows my mind that Capcom thought it was acceptable to release a game in this state and still think its acceptable to charge full price.

No this is a big deal. If you support this it will show people are fine with unfinished games and other companies will do the exact same thing drip feeding content that should have shipped on the disc. This game was in development for at least 4 years yet doesn't have any basic features or modes that its previous game did right 7 damn years ago.

Say what?! That's the only way I play these type of games.

What the hell, what do you get then? How can it ship without these standard modes. Clearly this game has been rushed out of the door then and is obviously not finished.

I cannot play online with someone in the next town. This is a week after release. What was the point of a 6 month beta ffs!

Online was working fine yesterday, there was a 1.01 update. I played around 6 hours online with matches every 3-7 mins. After that I got a server disconnect. The content doesnt matter if online works.

This is the "demo" version.
do not waste your money.
wait until the full version us actually made and released.

It was meant to be a tongue in cheek kind of comment, I worked it out as taking 100 hours of play if you found and finished every game in 3 minutes as well as won them all. Then there will be all those disconnects adding to the time too. Thought that would be clear from my other comments :neutral_face:

wish this was coming to Xbox one :disappointed:

Who said i was going to buy it? I'm sticking to SF4 as its a superior game anyway. Doesn't mean i can't blast Capcom for being a money hungry company.

Who said i was going to buy it? I'm sticking to SF4 as its a superior game anyway. Doesn't mean i can't blast Capcom for being a scummy company.

Hey, but you don't need to buy it, so no harm done, eh?

You have to be insanely good to get something like 2000 wins. There are people that are scary good and play nothing but Street fighter who will destroy most people. I'm an experienced Street fighter player and still get my ass kicked regularly on SF4. People are dreaming thinking Capcom would make it easy to get "free" dlc.

Yes but I am thinking about how to get all six characters. 1 from single player mode, 1 from levelling, 1 from online wins. 3 characters will be just about managable. To get all 6 then the season pass is probably the realistic option.

The worst thing is gamers still buy them. They complain on the internet yet don't have any will power and still buy and companies know this and exploit it to their advantage. Same thing happens with microtransactions. Gamers say they hate them yet GTA shark cards and Fifa points are bringing record profits.

People are clearly picking bits and pieces from this Destructoid article, but note that the author also says he earned enough currency to buy two new characters on Day 1.

http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-how-street-fighter-v-s-fight-coins-and-microtransactions-work-341899.phtml

So you need to level up characters 100 times to get 1 dlc character...... Sounds like a grind fest.

As I said in the second paragraph, it is up to the individual as to whether the game represents value to them in its current state and that decision should always come down to precisely what is offered at this moment in time. For me, it is not enough to be worth paying close to full price for, I will wait and likely get the full game for half this price in a few months time if it turns out to be a good addition to the Street Fighter franchise. I will also be able to monitor how they handle the freemium content which, in itself, might put me off the game. It's not like the average gamer doesn't have an abundance of games to play in the mean time anyway.

Saddens me to say it but the gaming industry has gotten used to releasing games incomplete in some way or other -- Season Passes, DLC, NFC toys and On-disc DLC. The only way to vote against these practices would be if customers didn't buy the games.

Do not buy this game. It is very barebones and unfinished. It blows my mind that Capcom thought it was acceptable to release a game in this state and still think its acceptable to charge full price.

It will do....just not for launch :wink: (June...apparently)

I'm still amazed this doesn't ship with a solo vs CPU mode.

I find it silly for feeling bad for companies that make millions. Its a billion dollar industry but companies like Capcom are in financial trouble is because they took advantage of their fans and ruining all of their best franchises such as ruining Resident Evil franchise and turning it into a shooter or abandoning Mega man after years of gamers begging for a new game. They bought it onto themselves.

I can kinda see where Vanderlust is coming from. I'll admit I haven't bought SFV (mainly due to already having several other titles to play through) but have been playing SF on and off since the SF2 arcade days. I've got a lot of pleasure out of them and am thankful that they have consistently produced games that I've enjoyed. I can see why people with this sort of affinity would be relatively open to spending a few extra quid just to help Capcom out. It's a personal thing rather than the norm. I'm sure if a Kickstarter started tomorrow to raise money for Capcom a lot of people would be open to chipping in just due to wanting to help them out. Is this them taking advantage of their fans? Perhaps. That's a different conversation.

Go give your life savings to these companies if you love them so much. If for example you died right now or became homeless would these companies give one crap about you? Nope so you shouldn't as well. Gotta love how this billion dollar industry trick fools into thinking they are victims.

Okay Dave Spart.

I don't care about companies or people i have never met. I buy second hand games alot which as you know the game companies don't get any money from and i do that with no regret.

Theres also no guarantee that they will even release those future promised content. The game could flop or sell under expectations and they could decide its not worth their effort and people who did buy it would be scammed and left with an unfinished game.

Capcom are not a greedy faceless organisation. Very few businesses are. And yes it is your job to support them if you want them to survive.

Games take massive investment and many don't succeed regardless of years of had work by hundreds of people.

To write game companies off as greedy corporations is silly and puerile.

Time to come back down to earth and leave the SWP sound bites alone.

If Capcom are in financial trouble then they need money and you should want this business model to succeed. Dont think of it as getting fleeced for microtransactions, think of it as supporting the devs and studios.

Problem these days is people don't know the value of anything. They pay 4000% markup for household cleaning spray and don't complain but complain when a dying game house is trying to make enough money to avoid bankruptcy.

I like this business model, I don't need all chars. I just need to unlock one or two which I'll do with in game currency, and I'll buy a few costumes with cash to support the game.

For many players the game is done and ready for tournament. They found mains and have the online leagues to climb. That's all they want.

I do understand that there are differences types of players though who want different content.

I want solid story modes in FPS for example. I don't really play PvP in those games. Though I get mocked for it, but I enjoy a good FPS story mode, like the old Doom games.

Don't really want to argue over semantics and I certainly wouldn't be so pedantic as to argue over something that required minimal effort as being free or not, but there is a reason that app stores removed the word free when purchasing a freemium game. We both know that all but the most dedicated of players are going to either have to pay money or go without additional characters as the criteria Capcom will put in place to unlock them will be beyond most mortals. As for the arcade mode being free, well they are shipping half a game for full price so technically you've already paid for it.

Given how the industry is I would only ever purchase something if you are happy with it in its current state - so if 16 characters and a few modesis enough get it now. If not waitto seehow it progresses and decide when we have more facts.

Also I need a video of it for proof before any cheese sandwiches :laughing:

Yeah, I guess it was too many players - if anything.

Three hours twenty minutes down, four hours ten minutes to go... Not that I'm counting :laughing:

you can buy everything with in game currency... or if you want buy with real money

Ah, so we're debating the very nature of something being "free"? By your definition, very little would truly be free, since a degree of effort - going somewhere, doing something, meeting some criteria - is invariably required.

I think we can all agree that the six new characters will technically be available without spending any additional money, but it's not yet clear how much effort that'll demand. The story mode, as I understand it, will arrive in summer and not actually cost anything (in-game currency, real money or otherwise).

And of course, I'll take that cheese sandwich.

Shame capcom are in financial trouble. Capcom always made the best arcade games and the best earlier console games. I guess the gaming industry just isnt worth being in. Despite being a massive SF fan, Im waiting for the main game to drop to £15 and then I will also buy tne season pass. I dont have lots of free time to play unlike when I was a kid when truanting from school to play SF2 in the arcades was an occasional occurance.

Being free doesn't mean the same thing as costing no money, for instance I could offer you a cheese sandwich if you first agree to run through the streets naked. Just because you didn't pay money doesn't make the sandwich free. Time is a precious commodity we have in limited supply, and I fully expect you to have to spend more of it than most people are willing to commit to unlock even the first 6 characters. So my question stands, I don't know where the sentence implying everything was free after the initial purchase came from.

Everyone keeps talking about all dlc being free with in game currency but how have capcom structured it? Have they structured it so that it requires 1 yr of non stop online play just to get one character dlc? i..e like those andriod/ios games where paying real money for the dlc is the most likely realistic option.

As you mentioned above, everything will be available to buy with the in-game currency that's awarded. If you look at the description for the season pass, all it really mentions is the six new characters that'll eventually be added. Technically there's no need to buy anything other than the base game, though - as you also mentioned - it remains to be seen how balanced this'll be. You pretty much answered your own question :wink:

they have the main modes that you will only play... training and online. that work brilliantly too. it is also one of the best training modes in any fighting games

there is vs cpu mode, its called story and survival. as a fan of the franchise i am getting what i want but all those extra features that are coming i would only look at once. i dont need them so i can wait because i would rather get the game now instead of waiting until summer for modes i will only play once.

everything is going to be free including new characters. i am not too sure about costumes but i assume they would be free too.

if you dont wanna play the game online then maybe this should not even be a day 1 buy in the first place. i cant imagine anyone being interested in a fighting game to just play against the cpu. that is really boring imo.

as a fan of fighting games i am fine with what is happening but i suppose new players are going to be disappointed. been playing all morning, its amazing imo.

Oh great stuff, relieved it's tech problems and not lack of players. Going to have another shot tonight. Planning to blow the whole weekend on it if games come nice and regular :smile:

Hope works goes in fast for you :laughing:

The gameplay is ace. Bit disappointed today for a few reasons, like I can't get games online and yes story mode would be less tedious than sitting in training mode for hours until I get a match. Also had issues with gamepad not working and had to find third party support.

But once it gets going, it's fantastic. The combat is so meaty and aggressive, I'm hooked already. Meta game is mad different to SF4, so don't feel burned out at all.

Just can't get games. Don't understand it, thought loads of people would be playing online tonight.. Going to bed in a huff!

Waiting until it's "complete". Out of stock now anyway.

Fighting a human was always the point of Streetfighter, the cpu was always practice.

wasn't keen on the demo, the way the old characters look was really off putting :smiley:

I dont buy into this free DLC. You only have to look at Capcom's record with DLC. A ultra hyper super domination edition will be out in 8 months.

saw this in game, looks amazing!!!

It's currently £41.99. Has the price gone up? If not, then 10% off is £37.79.

I don't give a rat's ass about Evo or any other excuse for why its okay to release unfinished games. If the content is releasing later then they need to price the game for what is shipped on disc. Also its not only the offline modes that are missing as this game is missing a few multiplayer features including online lobbies and spectator mode.

Most people dont care, they play competitively and they want as much time before evo as possible.

I concede for more casual players not interested in online this isnt a very attractive package but for many they wouldnt even touch the offline modes.

Bought, thanks

Personally i am skipping this game. I have Street fighter 4 for my Street fighter fix and i'm waiting for Tekken 7 instead. I played the beta of Street fighter 5 and wasn't impressed with the gameplay as its dumbed down compared to 4 with not much depth.

I agree, single player mode even for practice for multiplayer later on down the line is an absolute must, I so want to get this game but the lack of content right now is alarming.

No disrespect but this is what fighter fans grew up on. As you're a fan of fighting games I'm baffled as to how you cannot see that.

Looks like its not only the solo stuff that this game is having problems with.
https://twitter.com/Yoshi_OnoChin/status/699544277383118848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

They are still having multiplayer issues even though they had like 8 betas.

This game will be at least half price by summer. Once all the hardcore fans buy it and the hype is gone it will drop as Street fighter is a niche franchise now.

Why would i hate it? If Street fighter 5 gets away with it other companies will copy if they can get away with it.

Thanks for the info guys, was going to buy but I'll get it when it's been updated......and half the price!!! :smiley:

Okay, so is this particular deal a good deal? Or have you seen cheaper elsewhere?

what happened with splatoon and killer instinct is happening to this... this isnt like evolve where they put everything behind a pay wall and squeeze all the money they can from you. this is sort of like a free to play system where they will update the game every month. every update is free from now to the next game. so even the next set of DLC characters are free. there are no microtransactions to be clear.

look, i am not licking capcoms ass. i was shocked too with features missing. but all of those things are coming. there is still so much to do until march with the update and the next dlc character.

if you wanna wait then go for it. capcom needed to get this out now for the pro tour that is starting soon. if youre a fighting game fan then you will be fine until they roll out the next updates

if youre going to complain at least look at the good stuff too. capcom learned form the disaster that was SFXT too but i dont think what is happening with SFV is a big a deal as what people are making out. there is a lot of misinformation going around from internet trolls.

lol you really hate this game don't you

So... What does this game actually have?

Everything will be added March-June.

Whilst I detest this kind of thing, as I want everything on a disc, forever, it's not the end of the world,as it isn't too long to wait.

No doubt a complete disc edition will show up at some point.

That's sounds good then. At least it will be easy to do the not take a hit or get thrown with perfects finishing with super/ultra moves with no continues in order to fight super/evil/shin Bison/Akuma/Regal lol.

Apparently it has a short story mode where each character faces between 2 and 4 fights, so a lot shorter than it is traditionally. On top of that, apparently you can win each fight by just repeatedly leg sweeping, so guessing the final AI isn't in place just yet. I'm not supporting this game as it seems cut down with freemium options in place to be rolled out in March.

I would have been a day one buyer, but after reading how much is missing its an absolute joke. Do a google search before buying.

Pretty light on the solo content, it'll drop in price fast. just wait.

Is this a good deal?

It's obvious this was pushed out the door ("rushed" is a little harsh) in time for the hardcore 'Evo' tournament players for this years competition.