High-end players will forever debate the quality of this game versus Street Fighters 3 and 4 in particular, but it carves out its own tempo and style that has improved over the years of its release. The main thrust of criticism against SF5 was always a lack of content: that is patently no longer a problem.ĭespite ballooning in terms of the breadth of its content, SF5 remains a satisfying, edge-of-your-seat experience when you get a good match going. That's almost all of the content that has released for the game with a few small exceptions.Īside from that premium content, Champion Edition also includes all the other upgrades that came to SF5 between 2016 and now: a fully-fledged arcade mode, fighting chance, the cinematic story, individual character stories, missions, challenges and more. There's even some bonus extras like music tracks thrown in. Upgrading to Champion Edition one way or another will mean you now have 40 characters, 34 stages and over 200 costumes.

However, if you already own the game and want to upgrade there's also a new 'Champion Edition upgrade' premium DLC that'll unlock all of the new content for one reasonable fee. Second, if you already own a past version of SF5 your game will be updated with balance and systems changes from this new version free of charge, and you'll be able to play online and so on, even with those who have content like characters and stages you don't. That includes all of the content, obviously. First, if you've never played Street Fighter 5 you can head to a store of your choice this week and pick up the new Champion Edition package. This latest version of SF5 is available a couple of different ways. A lesser publisher might've dropped the game and moved on to the next, but a resurgent Capcom, perhaps buoyed by success in other avenues like Resident Evil and Monster Hunter, stuck with it. It released in an unfinished state that betrayed the game's rushed status, but Capcom has done right by it. It wouldn't even get a proper, traditional 'ladder' style arcade mode until a year and a half later, when the game got a free update to Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition.

At launch, SF5 was bereft of anything worthwhile to do alone but grind in training mode. That story mode was also a DLC addition, by the way.

It arrived with 16 characters - less than the first home release of its predecessor, with those characters immediately followed by DLC fighters that, via their inclusion the story mode, felt like they'd originally been part of the base game's design documentation. When Street Fighter 5 first released, it was an infamous mess. The result is one of the best fighting games of the generation. As the game turns four years old and updates to Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition, it's fair to say that mission has been successful. After an initially botched launch, a steadfast Capcom has doggedly continued to improve Street Fighter 5.

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