Virtua Fighter 5 review

360 owners finally get their hands on Sega's masterpiece

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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.

Justin Towell
Justin Towell
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Justin was a GamesRadar+ staffer for 10 years but is now a freelance writer, 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.