So from what I've been hearing and reading, skip SFV unless you're a pretty devoted fan? There seemed to be a bit of hype for this game and it seems to be failing to live up to it.
If you don't mind spending hours in training mode waiting for online matches it's worth getting. If you want single player might want to wait. When doesn't a game underwhelm you? Although when you priase a game I wishlist that shit because it MUST be amazing.
I preordered on PS4 and bought the Chun-Li fight stick. Both are still boxed, currently playing the waiting game before I dive in.
Babies can't do this And there is nothing to beat right now. Just a story mode and way too hard on anything beyond Easy Survival mode.
I think 3rd strike was amazing as well but it turned off a lot of casual players and scared newcomers. Ono has said he is really trying to push new players and casual (although a lack of more single player options sure kills that) players to get involved. Right now i'm taking every character to level 15. Story mode, then easy survival and the rest of upgrades by playing online. You get a much better perspective of every character in my mind the way. Sure I don;t have a great "main" right now but..i have time.
I'm leveling up the characters I'm actually going to use online, Cammy, Mika and Chun li. I might go a few round with Karin in a while. Of Course with Alex dropping Wednesday, I'll be using him for a while.
For now i've settled into Necalli for awhile, some good , some bad..had fun with Alex..I realize this will be sacrilege to say for most of you ...but I like to play him more now, than I did in SFIII. Looks like guile will be the next release..if they do release in order of the pic..ugh long time till Juri. http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2016/...ds-shares-info-latest-winner-stays-broadcast/
I played Alex for a few days ran into the same problem I kept having online, RYU AND KEN OVER AND OVER. I stopped played, picked up Dragon Quest Heroes and Probably won't touch SFV again until the next DLC Character.
Well story mode was everything I thought it would be....horrible voice acting and very convoluted story..but hey, it's street fighter..it's never been known for it's deep background story (although some of the anime's have been good, who'd like to see the chun-li/vega shower fight scene redone?) anyway..the PC guys have been dissecting Juri and while she's not final..she's looking scary as hell, granted i'll never be able to do this stuff with her constantly but hopefully I can get a handle on her enough to win consistently.
Something about Online was off, I've been feeling like I've been losing matches I should be winning and my inputs online just weren't coming out. Was it just me? SO today I popped in DOA5 LR and played online in that for a bit EVEN WITH LAG I felt like if I won a match it was because I was better and if I lost it's because my defense wasn't up to snuff. The conclusion? SFV's online is broken and Capcom you need to fix yo shit.
Ive been wading through all the incoming reports on new characters and FINALY some Juri news. plus..Pigtails? are you kidding me?..gimme gimme gimme...lol. Check out the nasty anti-air combos she has now in the second vid.
