Virtua Fighter 5 no longer PS3 exlusive

[Ashley Schovitz]

Sony still has Final Fantasy and Metal Gear. That's about it, though.

Don't forget Devil May Cry which I still haven't played.

[NeoCracker]

I've said several times on this site that Virtua Fighter should be its own genre. It stands out far apart from the Tekkens and Soul Caliburs. They really shouldn't be compared, because they are on very different levels.

Tekken and Soul Calibur are very newbie-friendly games with a lot of depth for people who like to get deep into the system. They are accessible enough so that even the average non-skilled gamer can go in, kick some butt and have fun.

Virtua Fighter on the other hand doesn't have the same level of accessibility of those other 2. There are a couple of characters that are easy to use and be fairly effective with, but it's not until you really sink your teeth into it and get past the button-mashing stage that you really see how deep it is. VF is a game you have to commit to to really learn, and a lot of people just can't handle it. So they write it off.

It's a shame.

Or you know, maybe it just sucks. That's another plausable explanation.

[Madame Adequate]

I like the way anyone who doesn't like the Virtua Fighter games is dismissed as simply being not hardcore enough.

Edit: corncracker wins xD

[Roto13]

I've said several times on this site that Virtua Fighter should be its own genre. It stands out far apart from the Tekkens and Soul Caliburs. They really shouldn't be compared, because they are on very different levels.

Tekken and Soul Calibur are very newbie-friendly games with a lot of depth for people who like to get deep into the system. They are accessible enough so that even the average non-skilled gamer can go in, kick some butt and have fun.

Virtua Fighter on the other hand doesn't have the same level of accessibility of those other 2. There are a couple of characters that are easy to use and be fairly effective with, but it's not until you really sink your teeth into it and get past the button-mashing stage that you really see how deep it is. VF is a game you have to commit to to really learn, and a lot of people just can't handle it. So they write it off.

It's a shame.

Or you know, maybe it just sucks. That's another plausable explanation.

If by "plausable" you mean "plausible", and by "plausible" you mean "implausible". :P

[KentaRawr!]

Personally, I think that VF really only sucks in the aspect that unlike other games in the genre, it's not as much of a pick-up-and-play game. If you play on an easy setting, your habbits develop in a way unfit for harder difficulties or more advanced players. Hopefully, in VF5, it will be more accessible to a more casual player, such as myself.

[NeoCracker]

Honestly I've never even played any VF, and can't bring myself to care.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Honestly I've never even played any VF, and can't bring myself to care.

Then, how can you say whether it sucks or not?

[NeoCracker]

I just gave a reason why people hate it. Never actually said it sucked.

[Roto13]

I like the way anyone who doesn't like the Virtua Fighter games is dismissed as simply being not hardcore enough. :)

I like the way anyone who isn't hardcore enough to like the Virtua Fighter games dismisses it as simply being a bad series. :)

[Madame Adequate]

I like the way anyone who doesn't like the Virtua Fighter games is dismissed as simply being not hardcore enough.

I like the way anyone who isn't hardcore enough to like the Virtua Fighter games dismisses it as simply being a bad series.

You're losing your touch, Roto

[Roto13]

Hey, it works both ways. Don't judge it as a bad series just because you haven't given it the effort it takes to learn it. Watch a tournament (or at least a good professional single match) and then try to call it a bad game with a straight face.

[MecaKane]

Hey, it works both ways. Don't judge it as a bad series just because you haven't given it the effort it takes to learn it. Watch a tournament (or at least a good professional single match) and then try to call it a bad game with a straight face.

Games are made to be played, not watched. I mean come on, if someone said to you "Yeah, the first 50 hours in FFXIII is total , but go through the last dungeon and tell me it's a bad game!" They'd be quite the stupid asshole.

Gaming isn't like playing the guitar, there's tons of games that make it fun to learn, as well as still being complex, failure to do that is a failure in that aspect of the game no matter how cool you think you are for getting good at it.

[Roto13]

Hey, it works both ways. Don't judge it as a bad series just because you haven't given it the effort it takes to learn it. Watch a tournament (or at least a good professional single match) and then try to call it a bad game with a straight face.

Games are made to be played, not watched. I mean come on, if someone said to you "Yeah, the first 50 hours in FFXIII is total :skull::skull::skull::skull:, but go through the last dungeon and tell me it's a bad game!" They'd be quite the stupid asshole.

Of course they're meant to be played and not watched. If you're not going to learn the game, though, the only way to get a general idea of how deep it goes IS to watch.

Gaming isn't like playing the guitar, there's tons of games that make it fun to learn, as well as still being complex, failure to do that is a failure in that aspect of the game no matter how cool you think you are for getting good at it.

I had a great time playing Virtua Fighter 4 and learning what I could about the gameplay nuances and mechanics. I only borrowed it for a week so I didn't get that good at it, but it's not like I was stuck in button mash mode for more than a day. If it's not within your ability to pay attention and learn to appreciate it's complexity, it's your fault, not the games.

[LunarWeaver]

Oh my. I don't play Virtua Fighter anyway because I suck at all fighting games, but it's never good to lose an exclusive. And it's coming to the 360 later, but you just know it's going to be some Super Special Golden Edition that gets extra stuff.

Ah well, I still want a Ps3 and not a 360 .

[NeoCracker]

Games are made to be played, not watched.

I had a friend who enjoyed watching me play final Fantasy.