Is it worth buying this game in 2021?

[Maple Cocaine]

I've been meaning to play this game way back in 2016 but I got distracted with other things. This game is nearing 5 years old and I want to switch to SF after playing Mk11 since launch. I've played mostly 2 and 3 in the past (I owned the collection on the switch which kinda sucks because online is atrocious, not sure if PC is better), but I seldom played IV and I have yet to touch V now. What's the general consensus on this game's online community?

[Tottery]

It has a healthy online community due to crossplay with Playstation. The netcode is wishy washy.

[76561199159958067]

The game is really good right now, but mileage will vary based on your region (some regions don't have a lot of players).

[CRAZY DAVE [dennys grand slam]]

online is good if both players have wired connections. sf6 is 2023 probably so plenty of time to play this

[march]

its the only good fighting game with a healthy playerbase, you can grow as a player naturally rather than having to use discord

[Estranged]

No. It's a good game, but the netcode is abysmal. Depending on your region, it can range from bad to absolutely unplayable on most matches (on a wired connection).

[SonOfKrypton]

Absolutely! It looks and FEELS gorgeous. Bought it a few months ago, I love it.

[Yu Ryujin]

highly depends on what you're aiming for. And if you endure ads ingame.

-Sf5 has no real singleplayer content, and have a terrible and awful dlc policy abusively highpriced, but coming as a new is actually okey in the price matter.
-Netcode is ok but quite odd sometimes, at least rn its playable compared to its first awful years...
-gameplay is actually very fun, but highly capped on dlcs.
-art content menus and whatsover are very bad, everything feels cheap and barebone. just a few 1 color background with no sense of artistic taste, very bad compared to what sf saga is used too.
-Music overall is quite awesome. you got to pay a lot if you want sf2 pack.
-they work more on skins than everything else.
-enough people playing online and cross helps a lot.

highly devs'd capitalized title with no real art direction, which makes me wonder if 6 will be worth.

[sbt]

Originally posted by Yv:

highly depends on what you're aiming for. And if you endure ads ingame.

-Sf5 has no real singleplayer content, and have a terrible and awful dlc policy abusively highpriced, but coming as a new is actually okey in the price matter.
-Netcode is ok but quite odd sometimes, at least rn its playable compared to its first awful years...
-gameplay is actually very fun, but highly capped on dlcs.
-art content menus and whatsover are very bad, everything feels cheap and barebone. just a few 1 color background with no sense of artistic taste, very bad compared to what sf saga is used too.
-Music overall is quite awesome. you got to pay a lot if you want sf2 pack.
-they work more on skins than everything else.
-enough people playing online and cross helps a lot.

highly devs'd capitalized title with no real art direction, which makes me wonder if 6 will be worth.

- Adds can be disabled
- Singleplayer is okayish for a fighting game meant to be played against other people.
- Champion Edition is a great deal and comes with a a lot of dlc. Season 5 content has a normal pricing compared to other fighting games.
- Agree on the netcode
- Art comes down to personal tastes
- The Sf2 music pack is included in the champion edition

[Yu Ryujin]

Originally posted by sbt:

Originally posted by Yv:

highly depends on what you're aiming for. And if you endure ads ingame.

-Sf5 has no real singleplayer content, and have a terrible and awful dlc policy abusively highpriced, but coming as a new is actually okey in the price matter.
-Netcode is ok but quite odd sometimes, at least rn its playable compared to its first awful years...
-gameplay is actually very fun, but highly capped on dlcs.
-art content menus and whatsover are very bad, everything feels cheap and barebone. just a few 1 color background with no sense of artistic taste, very bad compared to what sf saga is used too.
-Music overall is quite awesome. you got to pay a lot if you want sf2 pack.
-they work more on skins than everything else.
-enough people playing online and cross helps a lot.

highly devs'd capitalized title with no real art direction, which makes me wonder if 6 will be worth.

- Adds can be disabled
- Singleplayer is okayish for a fighting game meant to be played against other people.
- Champion Edition is a great deal and comes with a a lot of dlc. Season 5 content has a normal pricing compared to other fighting games.
- Agree on the netcode
- Art comes down to personal tastes
- The Sf2 music pack is included in the champion edition

-there's always adds in the menus.
-singleplayer is absolutely lacking in content and low quality compared to the market and the past of the serie. everything has been lowered down in this entry. there is no excuse, especially for the price.
-sf5 dlc policies is only worth for newcomers and is way higher than other fighting games for the community for the rest.
-blank color menus, no world map and big etc is not art, its a barebone software. presentation of the product.

[sbt]

Originally posted by Yv:

Originally posted by sbt:

- Adds can be disabled
- Singleplayer is okayish for a fighting game meant to be played against other people.
- Champion Edition is a great deal and comes with a a lot of dlc. Season 5 content has a normal pricing compared to other fighting games.
- Agree on the netcode
- Art comes down to personal tastes
- The Sf2 music pack is included in the champion edition

-there's always adds in the menus.
-singleplayer is absolutely lacking in content and low quality compared to the market and the past of the serie. everything has been lowered down in this entry. there is no excuse, especially for the price.
-sf5 dlc policies is only worth for newcomers and is way higher than other fighting games for the community for the rest.
-blank color menus, no world map and big etc is not art, its a barebone software. presentation of the product.

- There are only adds in the main menu if you select them by going to the information tab. I don't see anything wrong in showing that there is no content available or adverstising for events like they currently do for the intel world open. It's not permanently displayed like in tekken 7 for example.
- Single player is nothing special but not inferior to tekken 7, dbfz or kof. NRS games excel those games for sure. I also don't see anything the older sf games did better than sfv single player wise. SF4 only had arcade mode and trials for example. sfv offers more in that regard.
- sfv received more dlc than any other fighter so you obviously have the chance to spend more money on the game. Where is the problem in that? There is next to no difference in pricing and content if you compare the season passes of other fighting games. sfv is also the only game which alows you to unlock all dlc characters, most stages and some costumes for free with ingame currency. OP can also be considered a newcomer since he didn't play since 2016 so the champion edition upgrade kit is a very good choice for him. There is current fighting game offering a better game+dlc package.
- No world map in arcade mode? Is it that important? Recreating all arcade modes for each game and each characterending doesn't look barebones to me at all.

[ShadowSplit]

I don't think so. GG Strive is nearly out, and SFV ran its course. Now it's only buff/nerfing competition. The game stopped being fun in early 2018.

[sbt]

Originally posted by ShadowSplit:

I don't think so. GG Strive is nearly out, and SFV ran its course. Now it's only buff/nerfing competition. The game stopped being fun in early 2018.

Blablabla. Like t7, dbfz, mk11 or whatever fighter were said to kill sfv by some people. Didn't happen then and won't with a new GG. Majority is happy with season 4 + season 5 and the playerbase is even slowly growing since champion edition.

[ShadowSplit]

Originally posted by sbt:

Blablabla. Like t7, dbfz, mk11 or whatever fighter were said to kill sfv by some people. Didn't happen then and won't with a new GG. Majority is happy with season 4 + season 5 and the playerbase is even slowly growing since champion edition.

Tekken 7 outplayed SFV in almost all field, DBFZ.. it's a Dragon Ball game SFV doesn't compute. MK 11, so-so.
The game is pretty much over, Capcom is just milking remains of it until SF6.

With content, maybe. With everything else, I doubt. And playerbase was over 3.5k on Steam when I started playing. In this time and age of social media and extreme exposure over then, SFV... isn't really well exposed. SFV is what SFIV was 2015.

[sbt]

Originally posted by ShadowSplit:

Originally posted by sbt:

Blablabla. Like t7, dbfz, mk11 or whatever fighter were said to kill sfv by some people. Didn't happen then and won't with a new GG. Majority is happy with season 4 + season 5 and the playerbase is even slowly growing since champion edition.

Tekken 7 outplayed SFV in almost all field, DBFZ.. it's a Dragon Ball game SFV doesn't compute. MK 11, so-so.
The game is pretty much over, Capcom is just milking remains of it until SF6.

With content, maybe. With everything else, I doubt. And playerbase was over 3.5k on Steam when I started playing. In this time and age of social media and extreme exposure over then, SFV... isn't really well exposed. SFV is what SFIV was 2015.

SFV had below 2k sometimes below 1k players in 2017/2018/2019. its way healthier these days with up to 3k players in steam + x from playstation. Matchmaking works well unless you live in a far remote area and/or have bad internet. The game gets balancing patches, new mechanics (v shift), additional characters and even the capcom protour continues despite covid denying most offline events at the moment. The game will not die until most players move on to sf6. Its perfectly fine to start playing it now and i hardly doubt that gg strive will ever reach the playernumbers of t7, dbfz or sfv. Just look at the numbers of gg revelator. Its still an anime fighter after all.

[ShadowSplit]

Originally posted by sbt:

Originally posted by ShadowSplit:

Tekken 7 outplayed SFV in almost all field, DBFZ.. it's a Dragon Ball game SFV doesn't compute. MK 11, so-so.
The game is pretty much over, Capcom is just milking remains of it until SF6.

With content, maybe. With everything else, I doubt. And playerbase was over 3.5k on Steam when I started playing. In this time and age of social media and extreme exposure over then, SFV... isn't really well exposed. SFV is what SFIV was 2015.

SFV had below 2k sometimes below 1k players in 2017/2018/2019. its way healthier these days with up to 3k players in steam + x from playstation. Matchmaking works well unless you live in a far remote area and/or have bad internet. The game gets balancing patches, new mechanics (v shift), additional characters and even the capcom protour continues despite covid denying most offline events at the moment. The game will not die until most players move on to sf6. Its perfectly fine to start playing it now and i hardly doubt that gg strive will ever reach the playernumbers of t7, dbfz or sfv. Just look at the numbers of gg revelator. Its still an anime fighter after all.

I don't know. If online is as good as they are saying it is, and casual friendly, GG Strive will, indeed, strive.