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Hi-Rez has continually been putting out updates that make this game more of a worthy successor to Smite 1! ⚡

I haven't reviewed a lot of games on Steam (if any) but after seeing so many negative reviews and having my own opinions, I felt a need to review Street Fighter V.

People have been expressing concern with many things from online gameplay, to controller issues, and lack of content. I totally agree with the rage quitting and controller issues, and it's good that people are voicing their concerns so Capcom notices (although to be fair, my Qanba Q4 works just fine). What frustrates me though is seeing how many people are annoyed by the lack of content.

If you look at SFV from a game design standpoint, it's VERY well thought out and removed a lot of the things people didn't like in SFIV (vortex, 1 frame links, powerful option selects, etc). Yes there is a lack of one player content, but that's not what we should be complaining about and it doesn't mean they need to offer it less than full price.

What Capcom has done is like League of Legends or DOTA. They sell are selling you an expanding platform, and this was expressed many times by Capcom representatives. They never said this game will be decked out with features at the start, neither did Riot, and neither did Valve. The only difference is how these companies are selling the product.

Riot and Valve give it for free and make you pay for what you want on the way. Capcom makes you pay for the platform and receive everything free. Same business model, different method of receiving money. Considering the backlash Capcom has received for paid DLC before and the eSports route they're looking to take, this makes a lot of sense. Also keep in mind the majority of features people are begging for will be here in a few weeks (arcade, trials, more characters, etc).

If you want to buy this game next month with Arcade mode, then go ahead and do that. Want to wait until story mode in June? By all means! But personally I want to enjoy a great game now and receive the content as it comes.