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Virtua Fighter 5 review

360 owners finally get their hands on Sega's masterpiece

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By Justin Towell
Published 30 October 2007

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Reasons to buy

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    Online play for 360 owners

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    Superb (perfect?) fighting

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    Gorgeous visuals

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    Worst commentary ever

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    Perhaps too hardcore

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    Hasn't really changed in 12 years

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Oct 29, 2007

After all that “only PS3 can do Virtua Fighter 5” talk, we’re proud to say the 360 version is graphically superior - by some margin, in fact. Truthfully, the 360 sheen is so apparent in a direct HDMI cable switch comparison, it’s like looking at Soul Calibur 2 on Xbox compared to PS2. VF5’s here, online, and all is right with the world.

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