So in comparisson to past Street Fighter's, 2 is aging a bit too much now. 3 and Alphas were a bit ugly and again feeling a bit old. 4 and 5 were shockingly bad, so this didn't have too strong of a task to stand out as one of the best Street Fighter's.
Honestly, a SF 3rd Strike remake and update would have been better. My reason for the low score is it just feels slow to play and a bit boring. The drive slows down the action, the special animations interrupt the action. The game all feels way too counter based, throw push backs, parry, rush reversals etc it feels like too much attack and defend gameplay has switched to counter attacks.
A major gripe is the AV design. The sound is awful. Some short snippets sound more like generic quiz show jingles, poor dated sounding music, character designs are awful. Ken's homeless look is ridiculous. Voice acting annoying, stories from uninteresting to outright silly.
Pricing is ridiculous and greedy although this hasn't affected my score. The small roster has. I only really enjoy around 6 characters. 18 to choose from is a bit lame these days.
The artwork unlocks come fast though and that is a nice little bonus.
I feel it has lost too much Street Fighter vibe now. Even when the game is fast, it still feels slow. I have had some input issues (PS4) where the down button isn't registering and I get standing kicks instead of sweeps. Small gripe but annoying all the same.
With its very dated design and sound choices and slow feel, it doesn't hold my interest for long.
I have several games that take preference for me over this at the moment. Mostly I find them more fun.
King of Fighter's 15
Mortal Kombat 11
Injustice 2
Blazblue Centralfiction
Guilty Gear Strive
Killer Instinct
Garou Mark of the Wolves (IMO best fighter ever)
Dead or Alive 6
I seem to chose one of these over SF6 everytime. I do prefer it to Tekken 7 though.
On the plus side, the three counters of throw, parry and drive, as mentioned earlier really do add a new dimension to gameplay. I just personally don't like that new dimension. It bores me a bit. Many people love it.
Is it worth £50, or £80 including DLC? No. If it was £10-£20 absolutely worth it.
Impressed and disappointed all at once here.
4.5 out of 10.
If they ditched the cheese, sped up the flow, fixed the slightly buggy controls, drastically improve the sounds and songs and lower the price and my score would shoot up.
