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.

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GenreFighting
DescriptionStill 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","Teen"
UK censor rating"",""
Alternative names"VF5","Virtua Fighter V"
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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