Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)

cant believe the PS3 version has no online play!! that's just fcuking stupid!, & if the same applies to the 360 version i'll be giving this one a miss i think.

It's not stupid, it's a gameplay issue. Home console vs. offers no lag, no bandwidth to contend with, no worrying about users pathetic high pings and lag issues. For some games it's fine, but for a game like Virtua Fighter, it's just not good. Even 2D fighters like Street Figher and the like don't handle too well. Sega would rather not tarnish the perfect gameplay experience. Unless they're lying, te 360 won't have online play either.

What I'm miffed about is the backward step from VF4 -> VF4:EVO ->VF5.. Evolution lost the tamagotchi/pokemono trainin style Kumité mode and 5 took a severe hit in the Dojo/Training mode. The tutorials and move preview are absent. And a lack of any new modes of play are a dissapointment. At least the new characters and gameplay is balanced.

If they can make games like Battlefield & Gears of war play online without lag issues then surely they can make a game that is one static environment & two characters work online??... just seems like sloppy programming to me, Sega probably aren’t the best company for making online gaming but to not bother i think is a bit weak. Having online virtua Fighter tournaments with people from all over the world would of been an excellent add on to this game, sadly without an online feature this game is just a graphically buffed up version of what we already have.