Capcom spent two years adding more features before re-releasing the game as Arcade Edition. Features I admittedly shrugged off with my first impression, but I have come to realize with time and perspective that it really was a misguided release.”Ībove: SFV shipped at full price with no arcade mode, only a handful of backgrounds, and a middling character roster that felt incomplete.

“The consumer product known as Street Fighter V,” said Kleckner, “farted out into existence with a lack of fundamental features. At first, our reviewer Stephen Kleckner focused largely on the “core game’s” fighting systems and characters, but less on the rest of the package - Street Fighter “the product,” as he called it - which he later conceded had major problems. GamesBeat has run two reviews of Street Fighter V, first when the game debuted two years ago, then again when it was re-released as Arcade Edition in March. Whomever’s in charge of optimizing SFV’s player experience is clearly asleep at the switch - from beginning to end, this game has no respect for its players’ time. This is infuriating because developers solved excessive loading time problems long ago - some permit players to opt out of interstitials to speed up loading times, while others (including Netherrealm) somehow manage to load even more impressive sequences with much shorter delays. The latest release, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, has spent months eating away at my soul like Evil Ryu’s Satsui no Hadou. I’ve determined that the only way to purge the poison from my system is to lay the issues out, in hopes that Capcom will finally take responsibility for this mess and fix what’s wrong. I’ve started writing SFV editorials a couple of times only to abandon them in exasperation, but every time I load the game, the anger builds up again.Įven after two-and-a-half years on the market, the “game as a service” (GaaS) version of Capcom’s beloved Street Fighter franchise continues to suffer from terrible design, execution, and pricing choices. And since joining GamesBeat, nothing in the gaming sphere has angered me more than Street Fighter V. I’m trying to reduce my chance of having a heart attack this year - seriously - so I’m working through the list of things that are stressing me out in an effort to resolve them. Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022.

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