Virtua Fighter 5 on the PS3 is the latest in the Virtua Fighter series. I've always been a fan of the Virtua fighter games. I played the first Virtua Fighter game on the PC when it was first released and loved the 3D fighting aspect of the game. Virtua Fighter 5 follows the same scenario with a much improved overall package. Before even playing the game I had a feeling this would be good as it's on the PS3. The game has 17 fighters which include characters from the previous Virtua Fighters and includes two new characters, El Blaze and Eileen. El Blaze is Mexican and a fighting champion he is quick and has a sort of Mexican wresting fighting style. Eileen is ...  Read the complete review

I like fighting games & have always enjoyed the 3d fighters like Tekken & Soul Calibur. I think they are great fun & do reward skill over button mashing as long as you learn the moves. However I think they do this without being at the expense of the newcomer. I first decided to give this game a try as I didn't have that many games for my PS3 & HMV were selling it for £3.98. For that price I thought that I would give it a go. The game looks good & seems to start well, although I never bother watching the intro as I want to get straight to playing the game. When I arrived at the menu screen, I was greeted with lots of ...  Read the complete review

I got this game free with my console and to be honest i'm glad i didn't pay for it. I turned on my shiny new PS3 and put in virtua fighter 5 to be greeted by the familiar SEGA logo in glorious high definition and thought WHOOOOAAAA THIS IS AWESOME!. Follow that through to the mesmerisingly good intro video to the game and it's arcade style menu layout and i'm thinking i'm in heaven here. Then i played it. This has to be by far the worst fighting game i have ever played, the combo's are impossible to perform because the controls are set so sensitive that even a millisecond delay in your button push throws it out and you have to start again, so ...  Read the complete review

This is another game I recently purchased for only a fiver from ebay. In recent years it seems to be that Tekken and SoulCalibur have become more popular. However, Virtua Fighter has always been considered to be a game for the hardcore. You have to learn the moves, you can't just tap random buttons and expect to win. Upon first booting the game in the PS3, I had mixed thoughts. The graphics vary from impressive to nothing special. This can depend on the camera angle and the stage. When the camera zooms in onto the characters faces in the opening sequence you can see highly detailed textures with smooth animation. The design and the amount of detail put into ...  Read the complete review

I have to confess to being a huge Tekken fan but I thought i would give the Virtua Fighter series a chance............big mistake! The intro was great and I had high hopes for this game but it was a big let down. If you win a fight it is more likely to be by pure chance than anything as the combinations are virtually impossible to do! The first time I brought up the combo list I was so confused I gave up and resorted to just frantically pressing buttons in the hope that I might get a fancy move in! On the positive side the graphics are quite good, especially the water which is really realistic! Unfortunately that is the only goos thing I have ...  Read the complete review