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Being an enhanced version, we do get some bonus features, the biggest being the addition of full online play. It may not be as blindingly accurate as the offline mode, but let’s face it - how many gamers outside Japan really have the reflexes to notice when their ping time slows by three nanoseconds? For most of us, the occasional lag in online play won’t break our battle plan. We’re just happy to pull off Jeffry’s backbreaker. Deliberately.
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Genre | Fighting |
Description | Still the same hardcore fighting game we've known and loved for 12 years, but the 360 version looks better than the PS3 version, if you can believe that. |
Platform | Xbox 360, PS3 |
US censor rating | Teen |
Alternative names | VF5, Virtua Fighter V |
Release date | 30 October 2007 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK) |
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.