Glad that online play isnt featured, wouldnt be perfect. Awesome game and a must buy for the PlayStation 3!
New in this installment are two new characters, Eileen who uses a Monkey Kung Fu fighting style and El Blaze, a Mucho Libre wrestler who is a rival of one of Virtua Fighter's original characters Wolf. It may not be as many as the roster in Tekken 5 DR but the movelists for the characters will be a challenge to master and give the gameplay a true fighting edge compared to other 3D fighters.
The changes from VF4 is bigger character customization. Players now have more objects, clothing colors, and clothing styles to obtain; therefore, you can make your character look like anyone you want. Also in this game introduced into the gameplay is the Clash System, allowing players to cancel an attack with a throw and Offensive Move.
The graphics for this game are obsolutely stunning, this game supports 480p, 720p, 1080i 1080p so for those with Full HDTV's and interested in this game, your eyes are in for a treat. The backgrounds, water, light, shading effects are amazing and really are a positive to mention about in this game.
The gameplay consists of three buttons and a joystick. Punch, Kick and Guard. It may be limited buttons to work with but with the complex command list and precision required to execute attacks, throws, evasions and recoveries, it gives the gamer a very challenging task of getting to know how the game works and it can be difficult to start off on this game. You need to give yourself a good couple of hours or days to get used to the gameplay of this game, once you've done that it gets fun and becomes a great game to play.
It offers a Quest Mode, basically in this mode you go around the Map challenging all sorts of players at all levels to improve your rank, compete in tournaments and customize your character. Its a fun mode if you wish to improve at this game and will help train you if you plan to kick your mates ass at this game.
However, the bad side to this mode is when your on a unit playing VF5 in Quest Mode, you can't get off until you get prompted about an upcoming tournament, fustrating after a while but doesnt really bother me as I'm willing to play VF5.
Dojo is essentially Training Mode, allowing you to practice commands, juggles etc. Its a brilliant place to start if your a beginner and you can demo the moves if you are stuck on trying to pull it off so its a great feature in the game.
Of course, this game offers multiplayer. I'm happy its just two player because to be honest, after playing fighting games on XBOX Live and experiencing lags most of the time and delays, it wouldnt suit this game at all as this game requires precise input in the correct timing and it would fustrate gamers whilst playing online.
It could have done with a Player Feature where you can trade your ghost character so you can play againest other people's characters which they have used and play againest their method's and strategies. Other than that, multiplayer is generally good, you can also save replays in this game to save those moments of a good asskicking.
Finally, the commentary is a new addition also. To sum things up, its annoying and the best thing about this feature is, you can turn it off :) So, you don't have to get annoyed by an annoying voice!
For those looking for THAT GOOD PS3 GAME right now and really in search of use for your $599 or £425 console, this is the game to get. This game looks good, has amazing replay value and plays just like the arcade version.
For beginners and those new to VF5, it'll take a while to get into it but it is worth the games RRP. GO AND GET IT!!!!