Topic: Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

Probably the greatest fighting game ever has reached PSN. It's awesome.

I have it and I would very much like to play against any of you. My PSN ID is DaddyNewts -- please add me.

The game is £9.99/$14.99 but you can pay £19.99/$29.99 and get the game and all DLC customisation packs. I have the Sarah pack (£3.69 on its own) and I now have a Sarah dressed like Ulala. When she wins, she sometimes gets her blasters out (steady) and fires them. I hear Akira has a Ryo Hazuki costume too, and you can dress up El Blaze as Amigo from Samba de Amigo.

Basically this game is amazing and you should buy it.

I agree. I've been horsing around with customizing characters for a while. Making Wolf an American football player, Jacky a stereotypical movie star, and trying really hard to make them mimic everybody's classic outfits (and failing most of the time).

Shame I play only on a DualSHOCK 3. Those sticks and pads aren't getting any cheaper, and my rank won't be growing any faster even after unlocking all trophies (6th kyu). D:

You need a stick! Playing VF with a DualShock is just asking for disaster. Make the investment, you won't regret it (assuming you play a lot more!)

I've only got the Sarah pack but am toying with buying the rest. £20 seems a lot to drop on costume DLC though!

I'll wait for the review. Are you reviewing it, James?

Yes I am, but it won't be until later this week. Don't wait for the review, just buy it, and preferably get all the costume packs too so you can see all the crazy costumes online.

If I can find some time between Fire Emblem and Gravity Rush tomorrow, I'll gladly try out the demo!

Would there be one.

Don't think there's a demo, no. But you really don't need one turts, it's ace (as I may have mentioned!)

Going to pick it up later today. Not sure if I should get all the DLC though. Is there still a lot of customization options without the DLC?

None whatsoever. If you want to dress up your character you need to buy the DLC packs -- no two ways about it!

I'm addicted. I simply love this game. Everything about it is so polished and fun. Sure, I'm bad at it but I actually want to play until I improve ten folds.

The last time I wanted to sit down with a fighting game and improve was back in 2008 with Super Smash Bros. Brawl. My day is made.

How is it compared to normal Virtua Fighter 5? I found that game rather underwhelming.

What didn't you like about  VF5, Mickeymac? Bear in mind that VF5 on PS3 was running on version B while this is (I think) three or four revisions later.

@Chrono_Cross We should play VF5 a lot. I can teach you much.

Send me a friend request whenever you want to. My PSN is in my signature.

But yeah I'm pretty awful and I always get my a** rocked online. I've been told using a joystick works wonderfully compared to Dualshock 3 but I can't shell out that much money for one fighter.

Plus, I need to main one character for a little bit so I can get the feel for the game. Any recommendations? Jean seems really easy for newbies.

Jean is decent and has the advantage that nobody really knows what he can do as it's his first home console appearance, but he's a bit boring for my tastes.

Personally I'd say Jacky or Lau might be better choices; both are powerful, have varied combos and some nice launchers. When you start to get more advanced you can get into their other stances and so on. Brad is also pretty strong and unpredictable, as long as you don't mind "sh, sh, sh" as he steps!

I will add you later on, hopefully we can play this weekend. I also know a few other people have added me and I would love to play you guys -- I hope we can squeeze in some matches this weekend!

What's a good stick for beginners such as myself? I'm in a somewhat tight budget.

You're just in time. This stick I was going to get for like a year now just came on sale a couple of days ago. Check it out. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057W … 2LH4RYXQAG

And if you're planning on getting it, act fast.

That looks like a decent stick. If it were me I'd have Cross as guard, Triangle as punch and Square as Kick so you have a nice 'angle' to the buttons, but that's my preference. For what it's worth, here's the stick I use: Hori Fighting Stick 2 and it's not bad: stick's a little loose but otherwise it's a winner.

If anyone wants to add me my PSN ID is "eastyprime" I'm not very good just bought a fightstick today so I'm learning how to use it properly. I've got the usual fighting games like SFIV, MK and MvC3 also.

Good to play you yesterday Easty! Looks like my Akira needs some serious work. Your Eileen has some nice moves, keep working at it!

Oddbrother -- good playing with you too. Your Jacky is pretty sneaky!