Games that haven't changed in ten years

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By Justin Towell
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A decade of evolution - squandered

Virtua Fighter (Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360)
Learn to play Virtua Fighter 2 quite well and you'll do all right at Virtua Fighter 5. The PS3/Xbox 360 game plays very similarly to VF4, which in turn played similarly to VF2. VF3 tried some new things, but dumped them immediately. Underneath the shiny graphics, refined moves, occasional extra stances and a few new characters, Jacky, Sarah, Shun and Akira are all exactly as they were. Oh, but now they can smack each other into walls, too. That's progress.

Above: Sarah still says "Better run home to Mama now." 10 years and no better trash talk?

Justin Towell
Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

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