Street Fighter V

 PlayStation 4
  • Publisher: Capcom
  • Release Date: Feb 16, 2016
  • Also On: PC
User Score
3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1431 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 357 out of 1431
  2. Mixed: 167 out of 1431
  3. Negative: 907 out of 1431
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  1. superfleemonkey
    Mar 12, 2016
    1
    $60 for part of a game. I would have rather that they released the game at a later date with all the features. As for the game I cant really give it that great of a score. I have read many things about revamping all the characters and to make the game more balanced, but this is not the case. I have yet to see Capcom release any fighting game that was balanced; this game is not exception. I$60 for part of a game. I would have rather that they released the game at a later date with all the features. As for the game I cant really give it that great of a score. I have read many things about revamping all the characters and to make the game more balanced, but this is not the case. I have yet to see Capcom release any fighting game that was balanced; this game is not exception. I just hope Capcom listens to its fans and updates this game. I personally cant believe this is the successor to Street Fighter IV. Really disappointed.… Expand
  2. unitologist
    Mar 19, 2016
    1
    Horrible steaming pile of disappointment. Unless you play online there's not much for you and if you do play online it's terrible. Matchmaking is a joke. You would think all the computing power in the world is happening as long as it takes to find some lagged out complete mismatch with someone two leagues above you who spams the **** out of you with ken doll flaming hot cheeto moves.Horrible steaming pile of disappointment. Unless you play online there's not much for you and if you do play online it's terrible. Matchmaking is a joke. You would think all the computing power in the world is happening as long as it takes to find some lagged out complete mismatch with someone two leagues above you who spams the **** out of you with ken doll flaming hot cheeto moves. Seriously it takes 10-15 minutes to get into a match so basically you are buying a load screen simulator with fighting game commercials. Designer must only play 3 characters as anyone besides Ken,Ryu or Cammy is broken and doesn't have much of a chance. Then there's all the characters that are gone that you have to wait and buy back in typical Capcom greed whore fashion. I could go on about other things that were cut or half assed but what's the point? Capcom is ruining their franchises one by one. WAKE THE **** UP AND CURB STOMP YOUR UPPER MANAGEMENT. It's obvious they are killing everything good that came out of Capcom.… Expand
  3. chimiche1992
    Apr 12, 2016
    1
    Este juego solo a vendido por su nombre no por lo que contiene, y eso es lo que no tiene contenido una lastima... por que al que siga esta saga desde sus primeras versiones se vera muy desilucionado al ver un juego sin acabar que lastima
  4. tyago20
    Apr 13, 2016
    1
    Street Fighter V, Capcom no hiciste nada, No historia, pocos personajes, muuuuyyy!! caro!! , se supone que street fighter se inicio y creció siendo árcade y este No!! lo tiene, le quitas la esencia a este juego.
  5. Sonyer-Pipero
    Jun 25, 2016
    1
    Be smart stay away from this game, cause its not even finished. I know I know most games aren't finished these days but at least you can **** play the game. I mean there isn't even a ARCADE MODE. STREET FIGHTER GO POPULAR IN ARCADES!?!? Why are you ruining my childhood. Plz stay away from this game.
  6. kobaltronics
    Feb 2, 2017
    1
    Edit:

    Almost a year later: Still 16 characteres. No Arcade Mode. Broken Online. Expensive DLC. I just hope Capcom gives for free to everyone at least 12 characteres and 10 stages, arcade mode and fix the online. Note: If you bought the game at launch 60 USD and 60 USD for Season Pass 1 & 2. Just a shame. I will not will buy a gameat launch from Capcom anymore. Original    Edit:

    Almost a year later:

    Still 16 characteres. No Arcade Mode. Broken Online. Expensive DLC.
    I just hope Capcom gives for free to everyone at least 12 characteres and 10 stages, arcade mode and fix the online.

    Note: If you bought the game at launch 60 USD and 60 USD for Season Pass 1 & 2.
    Just a shame. I will not will buy a gameat launch from Capcom anymore.

    Original Review:

    I love Street Fighter, but it's so sad to see one time and another time and another time how Capcom is ruining it. They just launched an incomplete game. 16 characteres ??? like 6 scenarios ??? No Arcade Mode ? No Adventure Mode ??? Just compare this mediocre game with Mortal Kombat X. In fact, Street Fighter Alpha 3 have a lot more content than this. This is just a shame. I think the only way of fixing all this would be sending the half of money or giving for free at least 12 characteres and 20 scenarios and all missing modes. I cannot believe they ask 60 USD for this BETA.

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    Editado:

    Ha pasado casi un año desde que lanzaron esto al mercado. Apenas 16 personajes, sin modo arcade, el online funciona como la mierda, y todo el contenido extra se compra y es ridículamente caro.

    Espero que Capcom para comensar a todos quienes creyeron en este juego, haga lo siguiente: 12 personajes gratis y por lo menos 10 pantallas gratis, que arreglen el modo online y agreguen modo arcade.

    Nota: Si compraste el juego en el lanzamiento, más los season pass1 y 2, son 120 USD. Una fortuna por un juego incompleto y roto.

    La reseña original dice en resumen, que Capcom ha arruinado esta franquicia. Es cosa de comparar esta verguenza de juego con Mortal Kombat X o King of Fighters o cualquier otro juego de lucha.    … Expand
  7. Mitchell189
    May 31, 2016
    1
    A complete joke of a game.. i wish i could get a refund! Lack of content is just embarrassing! If you are looking into buying i suggest waiting till the game is fully released!
  8. elbutero
    Apr 28, 2017
    1
    I love the street fighter franchise, but this one was a joke. I spent 60 bucks pre-order this piece of s... I'm never going to pre-order a fighting game in my life again because nowadays people have to pay to get some of the characters in the game, and that's not fair for someone that wants to remember those days playing street fighter turbo 2
  9. Leandro-SF
    Aug 5, 2017
    1
    Terrible! The worse Street Fighter ever made! All the good stuff in the Street Fighter IV were forgotten! It is very simple, it looks like made for children. The Pc version is the fight game that has more bugs that I ever payed. There was na update and all my joysticks, that were working were not detected by the SFV, one week after, another update and they started to work again. The onlyTerrible! The worse Street Fighter ever made! All the good stuff in the Street Fighter IV were forgotten! It is very simple, it looks like made for children. The Pc version is the fight game that has more bugs that I ever payed. There was na update and all my joysticks, that were working were not detected by the SFV, one week after, another update and they started to work again. The only matches are ridiculous, always there is a lot of legs. The game suffer a total lost of offline content. There is no arcade mode, this is the only fighting game that doesn´t has an arcade mode. I cannot call it a Fighting game. Capcom is only focus on launch a lot of costumes, that are terrible and let the game unplayable. I wish I could get my money back. This is the Fashion Street Fighter V. The deception game I ever played.… Expand
  10. HadesManticore
    Sep 14, 2017
    1
    I'm opting to take the time to write this review in the hopes people will not be fooled by others who give this game a good review.

    I've been playing fighting games for most of my life. I keep up with every gens fighting games, whether it be watching or playing them myself. I can say with no real hyperbole that SFV is absolutely one of the worst fighting games ever made. There's so much    I'm opting to take the time to write this review in the hopes people will not be fooled by others who give this game a good review.

    I've been playing fighting games for most of my life. I keep up with every gens fighting games, whether it be watching or playing them myself. I can say with no real hyperbole that SFV is absolutely one of the worst fighting games ever made. There's so much wrong with it that I don't even know if I can accurately sum it all up.

    This is a game designed with no care, love or heart at all. It was designed to make E-Sports money and that's about it. As a result, gameplay is severely dumbed down and simplistic, the only strategy employable being brain dead rush down. Even characters like Dhalsim and Guile, previously very strong zoners/keep away characters are reduced to rush down tactics simply because it's the only effective strategy. This wouldn't be so bad if characters had any real defensive options but all there is is V-Reversal which imo, isn't particularly effective nor worth spending half the time since your V-Trigger is a huge part of your kit.

    V-Trigger is also a terrible mechanic. It's like they looked at X Factor from MVC3 and said "How can we make this wildly inconsistent?" Some people have incredibly strong v-Skills and others might as well not even have them period.

    Normal strikes have incredibly stubby hitboxes as well as lacking in active frames. There is also a total lack of close normals and the neutral game just feels entirely random. This whole game feels entirely random and inconsistent.

    Capcom has also taken the time to neuter every character and make them all feel incredibly boring. There's not a bit of freedom of in this game whatsoever. I've played First Person shooters with less linear gameplay. You basically guess on every knockdown. Do they throw? Do a meaty attack? Or do they throw bait? That's it.

    Everything in SFV feels like its been tested extensively. No combos, meaties, pressure, resets or knockdowns that Capcom doesn't approve of. If this was Capcom years and years ago this might result in something good but unfortunately, not. This is the Capcom that thought DMC: DMC and Dead Rising 4 were acceptable games.

    They also put a root kit in the PC version at a point. It was removed but I feel like this isn't something you can't just ignore. They willingly jeopardized your computers safety because they were stupid enough to put colors behind survival mode.

    Colors being locked behind survival mode is also just assinine. To unlock colors for your characters, you have to slog through survival mode. 10, 30 and 50 matches a piece for every character and costume you want colors for. I guess now you can use Fight Money to unlock them but am I crazy in feeling like I should be able to earn them in some non idiotic way? Like, pushing a different button? Or by just playing a character in arc...Oh wait, Arcade isn't in this game. Still. For some reason. Don't worry though, plenty of SFV turbonerds will tell you that that's ok. You shouldn't have an utterly basic feature in your game. A feature that's been in existence since, oh, I don't know, Street FIghter 1?

    Netcode is also still atrocious. A 5 Bar connection is not consistent at all. One fight it could be perfect, another you get a ton of roll back.

    There's also artistic problems with this game. Some of the 2d art is absolutely terrible (See Lauras pinched torso in story mode or Pregnant NecallI) For alternate skins, Ibuki doesn't pull her mask down like she does in her default. Guile also combs his hat in his 30th anniversary skin and clipping is a constant. Even on the select menu. This typically isn't a problem for me but when its right in my face, I take issue with it.

    S2 DLC characters are also a waste. Kolin, Ed and Abigail are incredibly boring and dull. Menat is exciting but if I'm being honest, it's just because she's fetish fuel. Costume distribution is also entirely out of whack. Birdie and Fang still only have their default 3. Guarantee Menat gets one before both of them.

    This game is also a cancer that is slowly rotting the FGC from the inside out. Attendence at events is down across the board because of this game. It killed the Excellent Adventures of Gootecks and Mike Ross. Barely any YT channesl survived the transition from 4 to 5. That's how bad this game is. Its bringing everything down with it.

    I hope if you read this review, you'll sincerely consider playing literally any other fighting game. Play Tekken. Play Injustice. Play Guilty Gear or Blazblue. Play Arikas new fighting game. Play DBZF. Play Dong Dong Never Die. Play near anything else instead of SFV. Don't make the same mistake I did and think this game was going to be good. It's not and no Super Update will save it.

    It was **** day 1 and it's still **** now. Don't buy or play this game. It's utter fetid garbage. Play anything else.    … Expand
  11. Komotozeh
    Jul 28, 2020
    1
    Capcom trying to be the king of paywall fighting games this generation.
    The awkward updates, where your game has to be on the main menu of sf5 is trash.
    The artwork feels the cast does steroids.
    Another big let down from capcom.
  12. TastyCalls
    Oct 27, 2019
    1
    The game is so poor. First of all, no content at all, the online is unplayable and even if we're gonna pretend that's not a problem, the game itself offers a very poor gameplay compared to Super SF 4 , it's like you don't have many options when it comes to combos. Also I hate capcom's dick move with them removing the focus cancel feature, at least we had a cool feature adding more depthThe game is so poor. First of all, no content at all, the online is unplayable and even if we're gonna pretend that's not a problem, the game itself offers a very poor gameplay compared to Super SF 4 , it's like you don't have many options when it comes to combos. Also I hate capcom's dick move with them removing the focus cancel feature, at least we had a cool feature adding more depth and skill to the fights. Or maybe it's just me who's the problem here, perhaps SF isn't my type of fighting game anymore. I hope capcom fix this in their SF6, because I don't see hope on this one, it's too late, they messed up the core.… Expand
  13. Lastofflaz
    Nov 17, 2019
    1
    Realy. Character purchase? 20 character is free but the orders? Realy!! I gıve the game full money but But the game gives me incomplete content. I understood
  14. Dingster
    Sep 6, 2020
    1
    Got this with the PS+ free game of the month and I'm glad I didn't pay for it. Was excited to play as my main man Guile, until I saw he's behind a pay wall. Only about 10% of the game is available the other 90% is behind a pay wall, and yes that includes the backgrounds. Sure you could grind and earn FM to unlock everything, but each character is 100,000 worth of FM each and theGot this with the PS+ free game of the month and I'm glad I didn't pay for it. Was excited to play as my main man Guile, until I saw he's behind a pay wall. Only about 10% of the game is available the other 90% is behind a pay wall, and yes that includes the backgrounds. Sure you could grind and earn FM to unlock everything, but each character is 100,000 worth of FM each and the backgrounds are 70,000 each. The only way to earn FM is playing online matches offline story or arcade doesn't earn you FM. I played two matches and earned 70 FM. So you spend all day grinding you might be able to earn enough FM to unlock one character this time next year. The sound, music and controls are all solid but that online grind or pay $25 to unlock everything is what holds this game back. Capcom y'all done screwed it up.… Expand
  15. vetbe
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    very disappointing. they need to make the game looking more like SoulCalibur 6. Now that's impressive!
  16. Usuario_x
    Aug 11, 2020
    1
    Increible que capcom venda un juego incompleto a precio como si estuviera completo. Una movida muy sucia.
  17. hostile_raider
    May 12, 2021
    1
    Easily the worst and most boring sf game in the entire series.
    The graphics look so bad its like something out of a childs fairytale book.
    The actual gameplay itself is soo weak boring and tedious as well, not even close to as good as sf4.
    OH and lets not forget either the severe lack of stages fighters and gameplay mechanics for the first 3 years after the game launched disgusting.
  18. KillerBee
    Feb 17, 2016
    0
    DO NOT FALL FOR THE MARGINALLY HIGH REVIEW SCORES. Either this is a joke of some kind or Capcom actually released this game completely unfinished. Huge fighting game fan here and yes the combat is tweeked and more balanced than SFIV but it doesn't make up for the lack of content here. This is as "bare bones" as it gets, especially when you directly compare it to a complete package likeDO NOT FALL FOR THE MARGINALLY HIGH REVIEW SCORES. Either this is a joke of some kind or Capcom actually released this game completely unfinished. Huge fighting game fan here and yes the combat is tweeked and more balanced than SFIV but it doesn't make up for the lack of content here. This is as "bare bones" as it gets, especially when you directly compare it to a complete package like Mortal Kombat X. After 3 hours playing this it honestly felt like there was nothing else to do. I want my money back.… Expand
  19. Macdealer
    Feb 16, 2016
    0
    You just can't play the game so many hours since its release.
    Server is down most of the time. When you connect last few minutes.
    15 minutes to find a match. Lack of content. And you can't play offline content because you will get no exp and no in game currency. And if you're playing the server shut down and the game is reseted... And it is a bad por from PS4, the game could be a lot    You just can't play the game so many hours since its release.
    Server is down most of the time. When you connect last few minutes.
    15 minutes to find a match. Lack of content. And you can't play offline content because you will get no exp and no in game currency. And if you're playing the server shut down and the game is reseted...
    And it is a bad por from PS4, the game could be a lot lighter if it was truly optimized for PC too.

    The game itself is awesome. But it's release is a shame and you spend $60 in a game you can't even play.
    And they had 8 beta phase tests to this release..?!    … Expand
  20. Phantasystar77
    Feb 16, 2016
    0
    Being a huge Street Fighter fan this game was a major let down. For starters there was a day one patch that weighed in just under 6GB. This was supposedly to add new modes. Well im not sure what they added because there's so little content to begin with. No arcade more, a tacked on story mode which consist of a few boring still-shot intermissions and about 3 fights. Each character has one,Being a huge Street Fighter fan this game was a major let down. For starters there was a day one patch that weighed in just under 6GB. This was supposedly to add new modes. Well im not sure what they added because there's so little content to begin with. No arcade more, a tacked on story mode which consist of a few boring still-shot intermissions and about 3 fights. Each character has one, but each won't take you more then 5-6 minutes to beat. Even then you'll spend more time watching the intermissions then anything. Then next we have a tacked on survival mode, and your standard training mode.

    So I figure i'd try the game online in hopes that its better, but wait, I can't. the game gives me a tough time connecting to servers to begin with and refuses to even connect to any matches. So I go back to the Story mode and decide to test a few characters. After each fight the game gave me a message saying I was disconnected from the server and I couldn't earn some kind of points or experience or whatever.

    About the only thing positive I can say about this game are that the graphics are really nice. However Capcom even managed to screw these up. Although its not too noticeable in screenshots, the game has some rather ugly shadowing on the characters. If you've ever played an old Sega Saturn back in the mid 90s you may remember the screen-door transparencies. Well Capcom seems to be a fan of these since they used them here too. While they do look a lot smoother then anything off the Saturn, it still looks downright ugly for a PS4 game and takes away from the rest of the graphics.

    In the end this game was a waste of $60. If you don't own it already, invest in Ultra Street Fighter 4 on any other platform instead. You'll get far more content, deeper gameplay and an online that actually works. Of course the PS3 still has the slightly annoying input lag, but at least the game is playable in online and offline modes.    … Expand
  21. RivRav
    Feb 20, 2016
    0
    Absolutely horrible game. This feels like it should've been closer to $20-$30 than full retail. It simply is incomplete and good lord the single player is absolute garbage! Definitely making me reconsider every preordering games ever again after so many cash grabs and incomplete games. Shame on you, Capcom.
  22. DonMega
    Feb 18, 2016
    0
    Here's what you get for $93 (Canadian price with tax)

    -No Arcade mode, 1P vs CPU -Limited Character list with mostly boring characters (where is Blanka, Akuma, Guile?? to name a few) -Almost non existent single player, lazily done with no cut scenes, just comic style drawing made by a child with no art skill. Some cut scenes are also reused. Singleplayer is essentially playing 3    Here's what you get for $93 (Canadian price with tax)

    -No Arcade mode, 1P vs CPU
    -Limited Character list with mostly boring characters (where is Blanka, Akuma, Guile?? to name a few)
    -Almost non existent single player, lazily done with no cut scenes, just comic style drawing made by a child with no art skill. Some cut scenes are also reused.
    Singleplayer is essentially playing 3 matches with each character on easy mode. Just button mashed through each opponent.
    -Broken Multiplayer, disconnections, lag, not being able to even connect
    -Terrible graphics and art work style. Some bad ass characters like bison just look ridiculous.

    Crapcom chit the bed. Show them what you think by not buying this.
    Also look at the critic reviews, the rating just shows you how bs their reviews are, make your voice heard as we have to show these critics and game devs we are not idiots.    … Expand
  23. theNILE
    May 8, 2016
    0
    There are two things which make me puke while watching this game, the voice acting is terrible and it doesn't fit the chars, the backgrounds have really animate objects but they aren't really interesting, I would of preferred seamless backgrounds which aren't so animate. Here's hoping KOF14 turns out better.
  24. Ristul
    Feb 18, 2016
    0
    This is a shell of a game, no arcade mode and the "story" mode is a complete joke (no cool cinematics, just images with voice over.) Do not buy Street Fighter 5, wait for a super or ultra edition!
  25. Tjackson31692
    Feb 26, 2016
    0
    Beta Fighter 5. Avoid.
    Glad I didn't pay full price. Capcom, I am disappoint.
    (Defend it as much as you want, this should not be marketed like it was on Steam as a AAA game at $60.) Pros: -Looks great -Sounds great -Character design is very good Cons: - No DirectInput controller support (This is UNACCEPTABLE that it's not out on release. I should not need to use a 3rd party    Beta Fighter 5. Avoid.
    Glad I didn't pay full price. Capcom, I am disappoint.
    (Defend it as much as you want, this should not be marketed like it was on Steam as a AAA game at $60.)

    Pros:
    -Looks great
    -Sounds great
    -Character design is very good

    Cons:
    - No DirectInput controller support (This is UNACCEPTABLE that it's not out on release. I should not need to use a 3rd party utility to get my fight stick/fightpads to work!)
    - No Arcade Mode (It's coming)
    - Paper Thin Story mode with zero challenge (Better one is coming)
    - Online Server Issues (disconnect from server, results not recording)

    Very bare bones - I truly hope this does not become a trend in future fighting game releases.
    I truly hope Capcom keeps to its word that the promised upgrades are coming and can be obtained without throwing further money at it. Stay away for now - I may have much better things to say when they deliver (March? June?)    … Expand
  26. captainthrall
    Feb 28, 2016
    0
    Online mode: not playable. Arcade mode: non-existent. Story mode: non-existent. If you buy this game, you deserve the poop sandwich that you're about to eat. If you absolutely have to play SF5, wait 1 year for all of the DLC characters and game modes to come out in an "ultra" version of the game for $15.
    DO NOT BUY THIS HALF GAME.
  27. Fabio
    Mar 22, 2016
    0
    This is the most expensive PS4 game in my collection, and also the worse. I have few money and is hard to me to buy a game, and when I buy it, I have a horrible game like this. This is a incomplete game, with a lot of options menus blocked like "SHOP" and "CHALLENGER", this game looks like a demo. First time in my life that I wate money buying a demo game. I hate Capcom for it. I hopeThis is the most expensive PS4 game in my collection, and also the worse. I have few money and is hard to me to buy a game, and when I buy it, I have a horrible game like this. This is a incomplete game, with a lot of options menus blocked like "SHOP" and "CHALLENGER", this game looks like a demo. First time in my life that I wate money buying a demo game. I hate Capcom for it. I hope Capcom go bankruptcy. I never want to buy other Capcom game.… Expand
  28. walter-white
    Feb 17, 2016
    0
    I honestly do not even know where to begin with this game. I am extremely pissed I purchased this yesterday and I feel like i got scammed. This is maybe a $30 dollar game not a $60. How to you make a street fighter and have no training mode??? Apparently the story update isn't until june which is laughable. What drives me nuts is that when playing ranked you have to have one characterI honestly do not even know where to begin with this game. I am extremely pissed I purchased this yesterday and I feel like i got scammed. This is maybe a $30 dollar game not a $60. How to you make a street fighter and have no training mode??? Apparently the story update isn't until june which is laughable. What drives me nuts is that when playing ranked you have to have one character set. So now you can't easily switch between the other characters you use. Lets also talk about the fact that the roster is only 16 characters with some main characters missing. But don't worry they are coming on dlc and I'm sure its going to take around 200+ hours to unlock them. Oh yeah online is barely working. Ive always loved street fighter but this is just an insult to all the fans.… Expand
  29. rcassar
    Feb 19, 2016
    0
    Unfinished game. Should have been released in June not February. Server always down or not working properly. Match making does not work properly. To add insult to injury the watered down single player arcade mode does not work if server are down. Oh and you have no cutscenes which will be added as "free" dlc in June. Thanks a lot.
  30. SNESStarter
    Feb 16, 2016
    0
    No challenge mode at launch. Are you kidding me? An absolute bare bones mode as you can get and it's not available to play until a "free" update next month?

    Oh, and good luck winning 2000 games a month to afford these "free" characters. What a colossal joke Capcom is.
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#10 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2016
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#5 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2016

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 80 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 80
  3. Negative: 0 out of 80
  1. Post Arcade (National Post)
    Jul 7, 2016
    60
    There’s a great game in Street Fighter V, but only if you’re willing to learn the hard way. Capcom will need more than the few thousand competitors following the Capcom Pro Tour to make this game, and the series as a whole, sustainable for the future.
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  2. CD-Action
    Apr 29, 2016
    85
    Everything that I didn’t like about SFIV is gone, leaving a deep yet easy to grasp, spectacular game. [04/2016, p.34]
  3. Games Master UK
    Apr 25, 2016
    90
    Despite simplistic single-player and feeble tutorials, SFV is a completely essential fighting game. [Apr 2016, p.70]
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