Street Fighter 5 wants you to have fun. It is fully aware of just how much giddy, gratifying, intelligent, enriching enjoyment it conta...

As inviting, accessible, and explorable as Street Fighter has ever been, Genuinely endless fun in local vs; multiplayer, New systems bring down the learning hurdles

Very limited single-player content at launch; Online performance is highly inconsistent

Street Fighter as a series… as a franchise… is the brass ring of fighting games. Street Fighter 2 is arguably the template that all other fighters are judged by, and its subsequent releases have been a series of peaks and valleys that follow in the spirit of that seminal release.

Positives Paced, deliberate fighting; Gorgeous visuals; Solid mix of old and new characters that complement each other

Negatives Entire sections of the game are missing; Unreliable online features; Core content stripped for future DLC

In my nine years of reviewing video games professionally, I've never wanted to not score a game as much as I do for Street Fighter V . For all intents and purposes, this launch version of Street Fighter V is as ready to be reviewed in full as an Early Access game on Steam.

Robust fighting system that rewards skill; V-Skills; V-Triggers; V-Reversals; Satisfactory roster so far; Strong training options; Survival mode; Generally smooth online performance

Story Mode is an afterthought; No Arcade mode or Versus CPU option; Minor clipping issues; Tags

Arcade Edition marks the completion of a transformation from bare-bones fighting game with a rock-solid core to a fully featured example of the genre at its best. The new V-Triggers are sure to shake up the competitive scene, while the nostalgic new modes breathe new life into the single-player...

At the time of writing this review, Street Fighter V felt like an enhanced version of its beta release. On hindsight, this title seems to have joined the many ranks of released titles charged at a premium price but with missing content,only to be accessible later for a price.

Beautiful character modelling; Most accessible Street Fighter game yet; Fluid combat

Many core features won't be available till later; Very limited character choices; Online connectivity still needs tweaking

It seems as though Capcom primarily targeted the hardcore, competitive Street Fighter players, rather than casual fans, like myself. While I'll certainly delve online here and there, I'm not nearly good enough to go up against the hardcore SF players that occupy that space on a daily basis.

Let's get the visuals out of the way first, as they're easily one of the game's best assets; This is a gorgeous game; From the individual character animations and costumes, to the breathtaking background environments, this game is a looker, I'm no Street Fighter or fighting game veteran, but even I...

Upon the game's first boot up, it will force players into a tutorial, that teaches everything from movement to performing basic combos; While it can be helpful to new players, the fact that it's forced might be off-putting for fighting game veterans.

It has been almost a year since Street Fighter V controversially launched as a half-baked product, with Capcom charging full whack for a title that lacked a whole host of common fighting game modes and presented a handful of characters.

"This game isn't finished. Why is it on shelves" A question I find myself asking more and more these days. Whatever it can be blamed on is definitely up for debate, but the most likely culprit is pre-order culture, which is more aggressive than it's ever been.

Street Fighter V is a superb fighting game, without a doubt…but it just feels unfinished in terms of content. I'm sure it'll be fleshed out over time through DLC and patches, I just wish it launched in a more complete state.

You might have heard that the launch version of Street Fighter V lacks an arcade mode, a fighting-game standard that gives players the opportunity to go best-out-of-three rounds with the computer and hone their skills through trial and error.