If you´re fed up from the Button-Smashing-fighters and get a step forward,GET THIS ONE! Deepest Fighting-System e
+Excellent Graphics
+Technical Deep Fighting-System
+Challenging Quest-Mode
+a bit easier then the old Kumite-Mode
+Excellent Training-Mode
The Bad:
-No Move-Lists in Pause Screen
-PAL-Versin came out for 60 Bucks
First of,I played VF since the old Saturn-days and have been a big fan of the series since then.
The Game itself got really good graphics,which improved since VF4 and the Game got 2 new Characters who are,like the others,are damn hard to Master.
New is the Quest-Mode (with 2 difficaulty levels!) where you Battle through different Arcades and need to accomplish some quests (like beating 50% of the players) to get into a tournament.Or you accomplish secondary Missions.
You can get Money and items for it and you can buy Items in a Shop for your Character (Outfit-colors,Sunglasses,Videos,etc)
There are optional Contests under special Rules too,a bit like in Soul Calibur.
The Ranking-System stayed the same.
The Fighting-System is still the deepest you can get.Rookies don´t see it first,but if you play the Training-Exercises you get a clue pretty fast.
I heard someone say : "f you want to master it you got no private-life anymore!".Somehow I got the feeling he´s right.
It´s the only Fighting-System in that Button-Smashers don´t have any chanche against advanced players (...unlike Tekken...)
So...:
Is this game really needed if I got VF4?
I´d say yes.At least the US is cheap and you have much more to do in Single-Player-Mode.
All others who are fed up by the Button-Smashing-System of the other Beat´em ups and want to take a big step forward should definetly get this!