Product 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6238 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Released on: 2007-10-26
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

The latest instalment in the popular series, the game that pioneered the 3D fighting genre is back and now online!

Virtual Fighter 5, the game that pioneered the 3D fighting genre is back and online.The latest instalment in the popular series is currently under development for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and will release this autumn. Virtual Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced game play Mechanics, leader boards and online multiplayer.Virtual Fighter 5 will deliver fast-paced, adrenaline-pumping action as players head into battle, taking on a host of popular characters. Play as one of the 17 default characters in the game or customise a character in the quest mode. Further building upon the depth of the series, players will now be able to move around their opponent using an “Offensive Move” technique, adding a new strategic element to their battles.

Customer Reviews

Better than I thought...
Well, I obtained a copy of this game today and rushed home to play it. Virtua Fighter 5 has silky smooth graphics and fluid animation and in my mind, is the best fighting game I have played since the days of Tekkan 5 on the Playstation 2.

The fighters seem enormous and move very fluidy. The game is easy enough to get into and there's plenty up for grabs in the way of money, unlockable extras like costume changes and other changes to personalise your fighter.

The attention to detail is excellent. Fight in the arena, and against the backdrop you'll see yourself fighting your opponant on giant TV screens and the screenshots on here don't do the graphics justice. (Neither does the back of the game's case, in fact!) There's plenty to do and look at, and its a bigger and richer feeling experience than Tekkan, though I do miss the backstory and cut scenes that Tekkan offers.

The game is addictive, which is what makes a really good game. It's easy enough to get into, and you can adjust the settings if you're really struggling against opponants.

All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable game which is truly showing the awesome power of the 360 and what it's capable of!

Virtua Fighter does a 360!
after almost one year on from the ps3 release, Sega really has done the 360 proud by at last bringing their flagship fighter to Microsoft's current gen console.

Don't expect this to be a straightforward port of the ps3 version. This is based from the current arcade version C (while the ps3 version is based on the version B). It's basically minor adjustments to some characters moves that effect how the game plays.

although everything looks shiny and almost plastic-like the graphics are amazing (especially if you have HDMI or VGA) and the music is great too. Voices are crisp although they are almost embarrassing to hear each characters taunts! The sound effects have a strange retro-like quality at the menu..

The main selling point for the 360 version is for online battles which you can play against people from USA, Europe to Japan and Asia!

Also the quest mode has many more items for you to unlock and dress your favourite characters.

My only gripe is that loading times seem a bit long for a fighting game but thats it!

For beginners try learning with Jacky, Sarah, Lei Fei, Brad or Pai (as these are pretty easy to pick up but learning everything will take a while)!!

Some arenas have walls while others have ring outs.. if you wanna play cheap you gotta try and knock your opponent out of the ring.. if you fight in a walled arena try and corner them against the wall to either unleash wall attacks or pummel them into submission!

Also when you learn to do floating combos you will need to learn that characters fall into the light or heavy category.. which means certain combos you use on light characters (ie sarah, pai, aoi, lion etc) will not work on heavier characters like wolf, jeffrey etc as they will fall quicker so you need to work out other tactics!

Virtua Fighter 3 is an amazing game but it's not for everyone. Like all the Virtua Fighter games there is a steep learning curve and the 360 joypad (you can use either the digital pad or the analogue) takes a while to get used too and even then it feels slightly clunky but if you gonna complain then get the hori fighting stick!!

Virtua Fighter has always catered for the hardcore but that don't mean for a beginner to the series that you walk away.. well you can download from the leaderboards other peoples replays and see how they play and so that should give you ideas to combo moves.. Although the hard part will be learning them!

Overall please buy this game! Don't be put off by the learning curve.. spend some time learning it and you will be rewarded with an incredible deep fighting game

Based on the demo, I'm impressed
Having read lots about the PS3 version that's been out for sometime, I was eager to see what all the fuss was about with this touch-sensitive engine VF5 uses. On downloading the Xbox live demo, it soon became clear. The reaction of the character to your input is revolutionary, really. But dont take my word, try it yourself.

The draw back of no online aspect for it's PS3 yonger brother seems to have been rectified on the 360. Will be interested to see if the super-fast reactions carry across sufficiently.

To get to the point, even with just 4 characters on the demo, this game's already talken up a disproportionate amount of my gaming time. Fans of the series and newcomers alike look set to be made very happy gamers.