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If you grew up on Street Fighter II, the Alpha series and/or The Street Fighter III versions then you know that the modern 3D incarnations are methodical and noticeably slower. Sure, as a benefit of modern gaming, the game has become a bit more technical and tactical and less reliant on twitchy and fast reflexes to compete. Depending on your style of play this is either great or terrible. I'm the latter. I couldn't play IV because it was too slow compared to what I was used to and had hoped V would at least ramp up the the speed a notch. No such luck.

The emphasis this time around is online competitive play which is fantastic in theory but in practice, well, there would always be issues with lag which is absolutely unavoidable. Now, your mileage will vary but it is always a factor because of the inherent nature of playing over the internet. If you can forgive this then I would also add that it should be a strict requirement if you're a serious SF player to own a decent fight stick. Otherwise, be prepared to constantly be dominated by expert players whom are undoubtedly rocking a fight stick. Every millisecond counts between a dodge, block, counter or a hit. This is not to say you can't be competitive with a decent gamepad because you can. Just don't expect to beat the elite players whom are on a fight stick. Full disclosure, I play with a Hori fightpad and I always miss and desire a premium fight stick with Sanwa components.

Now most of the above is obvious but it still needs to be mentioned at least for the purposes of this mini review and clarification. With the Chamipion Edition landing soon you're probably asking yourself should you finally make the plunge and jump into Street Fighter V? Well, read the above and decide for yourself if those factors are okay with you.

Street Fighter V is a fun diversion every now and again but not something I can seriously commit to with it's shortcomings. Hopefully, and maybe, you can.