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Is Street Fighter V Worth Buying Now?
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Rickenslacker
Banned
It's always been worth buying if you enjoy playing against others.
It's still not the game for single-player oriented fighting game players though. There is a story mode now, but outside of watching a bunch of cutscenes the actual fights in them are pretty barebones and you'll be done with it in like two hours (and again, mostly watching cutscenes).
It's still not the game for single-player oriented fighting game players though. There is a story mode now, but outside of watching a bunch of cutscenes the actual fights in them are pretty barebones and you'll be done with it in like two hours (and again, mostly watching cutscenes).
Frostinferno
Member
Definitely worth it if you plan on playing online and/or with friends.
TheTylerRob
Member
Yes, it is cheap and has lots of characters, stuff to learn and an active community. I recommend the pc version.
Lights and Waves
Member
Literally right now. There's a sale that has the game and both seasons for only $40 on PSN.
Not without getting everything on sale in a bundle
It's just not complete and I doubt it will be. It still feels incomplete and cheap. There's no reason to play the game everyday, which the game is designed (poorly) to do. You'll play once a week at most, and that's just to get Challenges done. The other times are when DLC releases, which is roughly once a month at this rate.
It's just not complete and I doubt it will be. It still feels incomplete and cheap. There's no reason to play the game everyday, which the game is designed (poorly) to do. You'll play once a week at most, and that's just to get Challenges done. The other times are when DLC releases, which is roughly once a month at this rate.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
it's a fun game if you can get it for cheap.
single player is ass though, and honestly you will get worked going online this late in the game.
single player is ass though, and honestly you will get worked going online this late in the game.
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
Scorpio
So long as your focus is on fighting other people (be it online or, preferably, locally), yes, absolutely. It's a lot of fun. The community around is very active and there are tons of tournaments going on these days.
There's a pretty good deal on PSN on it right now, as I recall.
There's a pretty good deal on PSN on it right now, as I recall.
lucebuce12
Member
If you wanna play online/against real people locally then yes it's worth getting. If you want it solely for single player content then there's still nothing more than trials,survival and the story mode. They've added a versus CPU option but there's no formal Arcade mode.
It's on sale now on US PSN, 40$ for the base game + 6 characters and their premium costumes from S1 + 6 characters and their premium costumes from S2 + Guile's stage.
Characters from the season pass are Alex, Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Juri, Urien, Akuma, Kolin, Ed, ???, ??? and ???
It's on sale now on US PSN, 40$ for the base game + 6 characters and their premium costumes from S1 + 6 characters and their premium costumes from S2 + Guile's stage.
Characters from the season pass are Alex, Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Juri, Urien, Akuma, Kolin, Ed, ???, ??? and ???
Jaded Alyx
Member
Besides:
- Practicing to get better
- Playing with Friends
- Trying to climb Ranked leagues
- Earning Fight Money
- For fun
No reason at all to play everyday.
Lights and Waves
Member
This too. Such a fun game with tons of content.
If you give the Player a Carrot on a Stick system, you gotta make sure there's something to everyday or else it's a badly designed system that took them months to implement in the first place.
Strangelove77
Member
Only if you plan on going online only. The single player content is absolute shit.
lucebuce12
Member
If it's purely single player/casual stuff that the OP is interested then KoFXIV is definitely the better purchase, even at full price.
Sadly, there's no sale currently on US PSN I think. It was sale in the EU region during Easter but that's gone now too.
Yep, there's never been a better time to get it if you're on PS4.
Finaika
Member
Weird. I literally just stopped playing for the night after not having played it for maybe a year. I had a blast and went ahead and bought the first character pack (on sale for $10). If you're looking for someone to be a scrub with you, I'd be happy to fight once you get the game
Brian_FETO
Banned
It's been worth getting for online since the beginning. I was willing to pay upfront to play and have the rest come later, unfortunately Capcom couldn't hang and everything was on fire. New CFN coming soon will hopefully make a real difference. As others have said the prices/bundles are solid
It doesn't matter if it took them months to implement, OP is asking about right now and those are reasons to play everyday regardless of reward system
Played on a new account like one month ago and there's plenty of beginners who are either new to the game or new to fighting games in general.
What's that update? I just started playing again and have no idea
IbukiLordSA
Member
Nah I would also say rather get KOFXIV it has more content and is far more fun to play.
Dark Ninja
Member
If you don't care about single player content it always was and still is. Luckily you don't have to drop $60 on it with every update.
lucebuce12
Member
It shifts over to new servers (FUCKING FINALLY) and adds the following stuff.
- Rage Quit Penalty System
Back in December, we implemented an update to the Rage Quit System which displayed a special Player Profile Icon for the worst offenders and the most honorable players. These icons are working correctly now and matchmaking logic now takes into account your online behavior and frequent disconnectors will be matched with similar opponents.
- Ranked and Casual Match Loading Times
We understand many players were not happy with the load times when entering online matches. There will now be a shorter transition when going into a Ranked or Casual Match.
- Battle Lounge Country Flags
Country flags should now properly load in Battle Lounges, allowing players to locate competition in their region.
- Training Mode – User Settings Saved
Training Mode settings are now saved and will carry over to the next time the mode is accessed.
- Matchmaking Improvements
It should now take less time to find an opponent in online matches. We've also added logic which avoids frequently being matched with the same opponent repeatedly.
- Fighter Profile Stats
More detailed stats will be tracked and presented on your Fighter Profile.
- Country / League Based Rankings
Players will now be able to filter leaderboards based on Country or League.
- Friend Management System
In addition to adding a player to your Favorites, you can now add Friends and follow them on CFN. You can now also Blacklist players.
- Interactive Timeline
On the CFN home menu, a live feed of your Friends' activities is presented on an interactive Timeline. Using the Timeline, you can immediately add a recent match to your Replay List, view a Fighter Profile, manage your Friends, and adjust Timeline display settings.
- In-Game Announcer Voice
The in-game announcer will give you stats on both you and your opponent using data pulled from the server.
Basically the CFN update is gonna massively overhaul how the online works as well as moving to new servers (lucebuce12 has a more comprehensive change list above), & it's gonna be beta tested for a second time on PC. It's gonna come with the new balance changes as well as the next DLC character, Ed (whose existence was leaked, yesterday). It was supposed to come out this week, but said update wasn't ready to go. This also caused a domino effect of delays for the balance update & the release of Ed.
Now that I mention it, if you have a half-decent PC, you can take SFV for a test run when the second CFN Beta happens (yes, you can also try out the next DLC character).
As what other mentioned if you want single player experience it only has a shitty survival mode, an ok 2:30 hours story mode, some trials and some one easy round characters story, so i would say pick GG, KoFXIV or wait for T7 or Injustice 2.
If you want the game to play against real people online/offline mostly and do some single player stuff on the side then it's absolutely worth it the game has a very active community, amazing gameplay (arguably one of the best this gen) and it's only $40 with both season passes.
If you want the game to play against real people online/offline mostly and do some single player stuff on the side then it's absolutely worth it the game has a very active community, amazing gameplay (arguably one of the best this gen) and it's only $40 with both season passes.
sixteen-bit
Member
Wait for the complete version in 2020
lucebuce12
Member
Then I guess you're never getting this game. https://twitter.com/Yoshi_OnoChin/status/698717306143248384
If people would actually play that game instead of just talk about it online KoFXIV would actually be playable online and not just a ghost town where i have to wait 20 minutes to get into one match.
lucebuce12
Member
Not sure if it changes anything for you but the CFN system that they're building is going to be used for other Capcom fighting games as well.
So don't be surprised if MvC:I uses the same system.
As mentioned before, if you have a half-decent PC, get in on the beta test when it comes back around. Not only will you be able to test all of the DLC characters (Ed included), but you'll also be able to help get the CFN update ready for prime-time. Plus being able to get used to the new balance changes ahead of time is a nice benefit.
As lucebuce12 mentioned, don't be surprised if the update ends up also being prep for MvCI (like how MKX's online overhaul was prep for Injustice 2 which also benefitted MKX).
TheSpoiler
Member
No Sodom no sale.
I would say no, if you want all characters, you'll have to shell out the game plus season 1 and 2, whats that? about 100-140 dlls?
No way, specially with how incomplete the game still feels and unbalanced (even still I have about 400 hours on it, cause friends play it too), but for someone about to jump in, I wouldn't recommend it.
No way, specially with how incomplete the game still feels and unbalanced (even still I have about 400 hours on it, cause friends play it too), but for someone about to jump in, I wouldn't recommend it.
MisterLuffy
Member
Only if you have someone to play against.
AlexFlame116
Member
I'm severely tempted to buy the Deluxe Edition for 40 dollars.
But I'm a single player guy so I need to see if it's worth it.
But I'm a single player guy so I need to see if it's worth it.
You need to hold off on SFV then. Once you finish the individual character stories, character trials and the cinematic story modes, theres basically nothing else for you to do except vs. CPU if you don't want to play online. I'd wait until at least Extra Battle and Arcade Modes are added in to round out the SP content to give the game another look if the additions are substantial by your own standards.
lucebuce12
Member
It'd cost around 80$ if you buy it right now at full price. Good thing the Deluxe edition is on sale for 40$ on US PSN which includes the base game + S1 character pass + S2 character pass.
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en...tion/cid=UP0102-CUSA01200_00-SF5DELUXE2000000
Well, the game plus the 2 character passes are $40 altogether right now on PSN, sooo......yeah. And while yeah, there are balancing issues, the issues can be kinda overblown. For example, for all the complaints that Urien gets (& yeah, his nerfs in the upcoming update are fair), you don't really see that much of him in majors. Balrog, that's another story.
With the sale & what's included, you'll probably amass enough Fight Money to be set for Seasons 3 & 4.
Don't pick it then, save your money and get something better maybe KoFXIV or Injustice 2 which will be out soon.