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Virtua Fighter 5

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Product Info

  • Brand: Sega Of America, Inc.
  • EAN: 0010086680157
  • Manufacturer: Sega Of America, Inc.

Features

  • Two New Characters, El Blaze and Eileen, round out the cast of 17 dynamic fighters. El Blaze is a Mexican wrestling champion that uses the Lucha Libre fighting style, and Eileen, originally from China, uses Kou Ken (Monkey Kung Fu style) which she learned
  • Stunning highly-detailed 3D fi ghting environments inspired by locations around the world allow players to challenge their opponents in unique types of arenas.
  • New offensive move lets players move around their opponent from the side and back allowing players to be more strategic with their battle.
  • Customize characters with the enhanced attachment system and customization engine giving players more fl exibility than ever before when creating their characters.
  • Next-Gen presentation includes HD resolution (widescreen) and Dolby® Digital 5.1CH sound.

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Spotlight customer reviews:

  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
  • Summary: Best fighting game available today
  • Comment: Virtua Fighter has always blown away the competition. If you're a little kid who likes shooting fire from your hands and mastering a game quickly, look elsewhere.

    This game has literally thousands of moves, based off real martial arts. Learning the game is fun, as you and your opponent build and shatter each others strategies over and over as you get better and better. Eventually you start learning counter moves and form advanced strategies. It's starts to look like something out of a martial arts movie when you and your opponent get real good, except it's not all little auto animations. You actually have to learn every block, duck, jump, and counter yourself.

    This game never sold as well here as it did in Japan. I guess in Japan, everybody knows what's up with Virtua Fighter. Most of the online competition are all from Japan, and most kick your @$$, even after years of playing and thinking you're all good at it (maybe for an American). I used to think I was good, until I got this online version!
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
  • Summary: Very good game.
  • Comment: I'm a street fighter fan, so 2-d games are better for me overall. Still, how could you not like VF5! Beautiful graphics, realistic martial arts moves, clever fighter sign offs, so much more. Outstanding game for a very reasonable price. Any fan of fighting games must make this purchase.
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
  • Summary: Can't beat Amazon's price
  • Comment: I had been looking for this game a long time in local stores and found it on Amazon at an AMAZING price. I love this series, my kids love this series, and it is an excellent game; I would highly recommend Amazon.com and this seller.
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  • Summary: VF5 is god like
  • Comment: best game ever created by man wit the best online for a fighter

    great pickup
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
  • Summary: Disapointing entry in the series. No tutorial and online is lacking.
  • Comment: Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution was a greatest hits copy of Virtua Fighter 4. I cam with 2 new character that weren't in the original: Brad and Goh. VF4: EVO had the most comprehensive training mode tutorial I've ever seen in a video game EVER. There was also this mode that simulated a pro gamer hopping arcades on the road to becoming a master; this carried over into VF5, but doesn't feel quite as good.

    Although VF5 adds an addition 2 characters to the roster, improves the graphics and character costume customization possibilities, keeps the same overall controls from VF4: EVO... there is something terribly missing. After playing the tutorial modes in VF4: EVO and VF5 not having any, this game feels lazy. It's like, I have to go back to PS2 copy of EVO if I ever get rusty in the game mechanics, which is frustrating and makes Sega look bad. Why the heck didn't they carry it over? I'm sure somethings have changed in this newer installment, but there's no way to tell unless you're a die hard VF fan.

    The online fighting mode is here, but is lacking. There is only a 2 player lobby, like Street Fighter 4, but playing with your friends is frustrating because you have to quit out if you wanna change characters. The VF series is very MAIN CHARACTER driven, which to me means that to get good at this game you need to focus on just 1 or 2 characters alone, but the online interface feels BAD and limited. :(

    After player VF4: EVO (2003), I concluded that VF had out did anything Tekken had ever done. EVO was better than Tekken 4 and 5 IMO. I have 2 friends on x-box live that call DOA the best 3D fighting series; currently claiming that the latest entry has the best online fighting game service there is. I don't know what to make of DOA because I never had an X-BOX. Right now I still think that VF is better than Tekken, but Tekken 6 coming this fall has been getting a lot of buzz; way more than any VF game in my memory. Although, Tekken has been a commercial success over the years because the home versions were launched on PS1 during a time when gaming evolved from being just for children to being for adults too. VF wasn't able to create as popular a fan base because until 2002 with VF4 the series had been Sega exclusive, not to mention the game play is a bit more technical.

    In conclusion I have to say VF5 ONLINE is a disappointment because they didn't carry over the EXCELLENT tutorial training mode and the online match making feels crappy.

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