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Street Fighter V impressions.
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Sat, 25 Jul 2015 06:47:08
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The beta for Street Fighter V hit the PS4 yesterday, it has been plagued by connection errors and servers being down. I had heard that tonight they would slowly let players in to try the game. So I started up SFV and hit the title screen. A white background with the bright yellow Street Fighter V logo fills the screen, my eyes instantly transfixed upon the agrressive yet inviting font used in the logo. So minimalistic yet so profound. A flashing Press X to start shines like a beacon amongst the static backdrop, the longing to press that button overwhelms me. I press X with bated breath expecting to be transported to the next age of fighting games only to have my dreams crushed by a black screen with a grey bar across the middle with the message "unable to connect to update server.[22002].

What does this mean? Why can't I play street fighter V? I sit bewildered wondering what my next move should be. Under the unable to comnect message lies a single white box with the word "Yes" on it, yes to what? There is no question being asked on the screen. Is the game telling me to acknowledge that yes it cannot connect before moving on. Such a peculiar choice but alas I have no other options, I press X to "Yes" and the screen goes dark.  For 10 seconds I felt all my hopes and dreams resurface, surely now that I said yes it shall let me play, seconds feel like an eternity and then... It reverts to the same screen.

I feel this is a cruel trick, clearly there is more to this beta than this. I once again have no choice but to "yes" my way past the screen. It goes blank once more, I know my fortunes will change... "unable to connect".

Waves of anger swept over me I don't want to "yes" I want to say "no"!  Blank screen after blank screen always returning to the "unable to connect" screen. That's when I began to realize what I was experiencing, this is not just an error screen, this screen represents the challenges of life. Many times I have been unable to connect with others and the easiest path is to simply say no I won't try to connect again, I will simply move on. Well this screen is telling me "YES",  do not back down from any challenge, YES you will attempt to connect again!

My my heart swelled with renewed purpose, inspired by the elegant but simple message this screen projected. Every press of x to "yes" is a proclamation that I will no longer say no in life. Each blank screen represents life kicking you down, the blackness of the darkest moments of our lives but we can always say "yes". I press x over and over, I am overcome with emotion, I have never felt so alive while trying to start a game before. A psn message appears on my screen, it's from F1, he asks "how do I start this". Now I have a companion, for life is nothing without companionship, together  we can overcome the blank load screens of life. I told him to keep saying "yes", fill your very soul with the power of yes.

I pressed x and pressed x, each time more determined than the last.  The screen went blank once more but this time I saw something new. Tears flowed down my cheeks as I reflected on the incredible journey I just experienced. I was now connected to the rest of those souls who would not say no, who pushed on, all of us better human beings after what we experienced.

Then I started the game, picked Ryu and got my ass beat. Too many buttons, lots of complex combos to learn, the other player was so much better than me. Too complicated a game, who has time for this, it sucks.

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Sat, 25 Jul 2015 06:47:50
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The yes is a lie. In reality The game has yet to work for me.

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Sat, 25 Jul 2015 08:01:33
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Dvader said:

The yes is a lie. In reality The game has yet to work for me.

Spoiler tags pls.

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Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:14:39
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It's called Karma you evil man. cheeky

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Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:04:29
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Just get Ryu in Smash Bros instead.

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Sun, 26 Jul 2015 18:02:06
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Watched some gameplay and this game is looking fantastic, that animation is sooooo smooth. Birdie looks beastly. I love that EX super of his where he wraps you up in his chains then 'skips rope' with you.

I want this game. crying

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:41:46
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Still can't get in.

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:43:11
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Crashes back to the dashboard for me too, right after I accept the terms...  Hrm

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:44:46
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How could they not let ME in?!

Anyone remember my Street Fighter topic at GS? My second most massive thing...

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...  GASP third most massive after my Virtual Console topic and sometin' else!  Nyaa

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:54:23

I dont know what Capcom are doing this gen, they seem very slow and haven't revealed many projects. They were a year late last gen too. All we know of is Ono projects?

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:02:14
gamingeek said:

I dont know what Capcom are doing this gen, they seem very slow and haven't revealed many projects. They were a year late last gen too. All we know of is Ono projects?

They are awful. Where is deep down?

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:04:33
You're not going to buy the full game. You don't deserve to play it anyway .
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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:20:50
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You're not going to buy the full game. You don't deserve to play it anyway .

They dont know that

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:18:18
Dvader said:
robio said:
You're not going to buy the full game. You don't deserve to play it anyway .

They dont know that

I told them. Nyaa

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:29:28
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Dvader said:
robio said:
You're not going to buy the full game. You don't deserve to play it anyway .

They dont know that

I told them. Nyaa

When he cancelled his preorder, the CBI ( Capcom Bureau of Investigation) was alerted.

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:34:22
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travo said:

When he cancelled his preorder, the CBI ( Capcom Bureau of Investigation) was alerted.


This is why they take so long to make games. They've diverted resources to find out who is really buying them. It's all Vader's fault that we don't get more Capcom games.
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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:42:56

Street Fighter IV was one of my reasons for justifying a PS3 purchase.  It won't happen this time.

Perhaps by the time they release the 3rd of 4th iteration of the game I will have a console to play it on.

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:43:37

Yep, they've funneled all of their money on useless projects (CBI, RE6) which is why they are near bankrupt.

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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:52:45
bugsonglass said:

Street Fighter IV was one of my reasons for justifying a PS3 purchase.  It won't happen this time.

Perhaps by the time they release the 3rd of 4th iteration of the game I will have a console to play it on.


Supposedly they are only releasing one version of the game, with all DLC characters being free if you play enough.  Time will tell if that's true or not.
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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:04:56

I hear RE7 is going to be episodic and F2P.

Also mobile.

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