Recent reviews by Gigaton

Good netcode, new innovative and deep gameplay mechanics, great training mode features, good beginner gameplay mode (modern), finally entertaining single player modes, characters finally showing some personality in both their gameplay and story... capcom hit it out of the park with this one

Yeah. Go buy it. Especially if you're a longtime street fighter fan

Keeps crashing. Did nobody test this game?
I'm not playing this until this is fixed. If this takes too long, I'm returning it.

Worth it for ST and 3rd Strike alone. Pretty barebones in terms of features. Wish the other games have online play as well, but at least its implemented on the games that matter.

In depth and enjoyable mechanics, engaging characters, nicely optimized for the PC, great story mode content (for the Mishima main story mode, the character story mode is shoddily done with no cutscenes or proper endings, and some character's stories are pretty bad). Netcode is great for online multiplayer


However marred by quality-of-life issues (long loading screens, no rematch option in online versus), no replay feature. Lack of crossplay (like SFV) means the community is fragmented to 3 separate platforms. The customization mode is totally limited and rigid compared to past titles like tekken tag team 2.

And don't buy that season pass. A boring bowling game, a few costumes and 2 characters for RM100. What a complete waste of money.

They had a rocky start with a barebones features on launch, horrible input lag and a small initial cast. But 3 seasons later, it has improved gameplay and single player features. The cast has a great selection of the classic characters from street fighter 2, alpha 3 and 4 return with their movesets creatively altered to give a fresh take on each character. This game also introduced a lot of new characters that each have really unique gameplay you've never seen in street fighter before.

The mechanics, while simplified compared to SF4, still offers enough degree of depth to keep the hardcore street fighter fans playing. The v skill/trigger/reversal system, reversed button priority, crush counters, removal of chip kills/non ex reversals/option selects/invincible backdashes may not sit well with some fans, but I like the reward it gives to more offensive gameplay. The gameplay is balanced once or twice a year, and at it's current state, it is the most balanced in any street fighter game so far. Still can be improved. For single player offerings, there are plenty: arcade, survival, combo challenges, 2 seperate story modes and vs CPU mode.
They've also improved the input lag recently, which is awesome.

However, the online netcode is still crappy with the one -sided rollback system. That's the biggest factor holding this game back. And the FM system to purchase costumes and characters are pretty bad. No amount of grinding will allow even the most dedicated player to get everything for free. Season 3 also sees the visual designs/animations of the current characters lack the polish it has for previous seasons. Also introduced is the Dojo. While it's a nice idea to have a clan concept in street fighter, it isn't implemented in a way that's useful. You gain nothing from joining a dojo currently, other than potentially winning a trophy to put in your dojo, which nobody cares about.

Overall though, a good fighting game which i currently enjoy playing. Will it be fondly remembered like the other street fighters like SF2 and 3rd strike? It remains to be seen..

The most awesome game I've ever played!