Product Description

Sega has done it again with the fifth episode of Virtua Fighter for the PS3. The famous fighting game for the Japanese firm is back with plenty of new features. Choose from 17 characters, including 2 new ones: El Blaze and Eileen. This version also includes a brand new offensive movement system! Each character uses a movement from the martial arts and can even be customised (costumes and accessories). Virtua Fighter 5 uses all of the PS3's capabilities to its advantage with amazing HD graphics and animations.






Developer : Sega
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Minimum age : 16 years
Game setting : Contemporary / Realistic
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Violent : Yes
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1045 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Released on: 2007-03-23
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Manufacturer's Description
Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments.(p)Virtua Fighter 5 will deliver fast-paced, adrenaline-pumping action as players head into battle, taking on a host of popular characters. The game will introduce two new dynamic characters, El Blaze and Eileen, complete with new fighting techniques and from completely different backgrounds

Customer Reviews

Need to play the others ones?
First things first, i've always been a Tekken fan. SoulCalibur too but that has weapons so i don't put it in the same fighter bracket.

I understand that many people regard the Virtua Fighter series quite highly and as a seasoned gamer i thought it was about time i expanded my beat 'em horizons.

I've enjoyed many, many hours of Tekken with my friends sat around a play station. But VF5 wasn't enjoyable at all. I'm not labelling it a bad game, it blatantly isn't cause people keep making them and fans keep buying them. I just didn't enjoy this.

My main problem is probably that i hadn't played the older ones and picked up the battle system. The learning curve seemed very steep and i wasn't prepared to learn it all.

From my point of view it seemed slow and really quite boring, but at the same time i suppose the fighting is more realistic. My warning is for other Tekken fans thinking of trying this out, get it pre-owned it rent it.

All that glitters is not gold....
Visually pretty, the main mode (quest) is repetitive.
This silky looking game is very much linear with a total lack of depth compared to say Soul Calibre, Dead or a live or tekken. What seems to be a very basic button mashing arcade game has been poorely ported over, hardly expanding on the original concept.

Once you've played this game for 10 minutes, you've played it all.

Virtua Fighter 4.5
It's interesting that in fighting games all the FX's used in the opening sequences and replays are lost in the near 2D fighting view but that's just how the genre is.

Apart from that, everything that is VF remains. It's the fighter that does not respond well to button-mashing or pressing any old button and hoping for the best. Here you learn the combo's and while that doesn't mean immediate fun it does mean when you outsmart someone with a well timed attack its all the more satisfying.

Let's just hope for more modes and combatants next time as 17 is a little on the small side.