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DATE:
25 YEARS AGO

GPOW 25TH
A N N I V E R S A R Y



PLAYSTATION 4	BAD	STREET FIGHTER V: ARCADE EDITION


			Keep in mind, this is the same mob who ordered Capcom to stop charging to unlock new characters while simultaneously demanding they stop the Fight Money system for unlocking. The hypocrisy is unreal. Now, it is complete bullshit that Capcom went and changed Fight Money amounts given, taking away certain Missions and making certain accomplishments award less, but still. There has to be some sort of system for unlocking characters and content. Unlocking is fun for some players while giving purpose and/or goals to others. Which leads us to another disappointment in SFVAE - the deletion of stage-specific Missions. In SFV, there were cool Missions where you'd get FM for making things happen in the game's active backgrounds. Some weren't easy to do, but after a while, competing tasks like hitting fire hydrants or making a bear sit down gave matches interesting objectives. It was also fun to see 2-3 Missions pop in a single fight.

That was quickly gone with SFVAE, though, making the it less-inclusive to its lush, detailed battlegrounds. So long, background artists! Between this change and wanna-be tournament players who only choose The Grid, your hard work and attention to detail has even less of a chance to be noticed!

	41
	BIRDIE
	He's just resting.

	42
	ABEL
	A character whose existence in SFV has been denied.

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	SHADALOO
	Operatives battle each other.

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	JURI
	Staying slutty.

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	PROOF
	This game is 3-D!

Oh, and don't forget, the airplane stage can't be used at tournaments, either! Again, yet another decision that was made for a select, vocal few out of fear. We can't just go and ban every stage that some small group doesn't like. There's a guy I don't like in the background of a certain stage. Is that stage going to be banned because I don't like it? If I convince the Twitter mob to go against it, too, then can it be banned? It's ridiculous to even think of such scenarios. The most important thing about this whole thing, though, is accountability. Why should everyone else not be able to enjoy something if I don't like it? If I get dizzy looking at something, it doesn't mean everyone else will. So, then, why is it that everyone else gets something taken away because of someone else? If I get dizzy looking at something in a game, or if I don't like the "suggestive" animation, isn't those my problems? Why should everyone else have to deal with my problems?

	46
	BALROG
	Suplexed by Vega.

The balance is suspiciously similar. Tiers are really polarizing and subjective. Some people say that tiers are correct, while others say that any character can be formidable. I believe it's somewhere in the middle. True, any character can be formidable. I have been absolutely destroyed by a F.A.N.G. player before, even though the character seems absolutely worthless to me. However, I did notice that my defeat was after a reported update where this particular character had been strengthened. Now, it is true that the player was incredibly skilled with an unorthodox, difficult character. However, it's also the case that no matter how orthodox, unorthodox a character, or how skilled or unskilled the player, a character will dominate if the programmers made it that way. That is, after a certain point, the player is really only as strong as the ones and zeroes of the programming that make the character function under the surface. The is actually not just a part of the balance, but possibly a part of something bigger.

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	ABSOLUTELY
	Stacked.

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	DON'T
	Believe the hype.

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	BISON HATES
	Himself.

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	FINALLY
	Someone as vain as Vega.

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