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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
       
   

Another thing that made no sense is how the game is supposed to be the Arcade Edition of Street Fighter V, but has no "attract sequence". That is, it has no demo or demonstration of the game playing by itself like arcade games have always had. You know, the part where it shows the CPU playing against itself and it says "Press Start" or "Insert Coin" on the screen? Yeah, Street Fighter V Arcade Edition doesn't have that. In fact, it even foregoes the title screen! No time for an attract sequence, or a damn title screen! This is eSports! There will be no acknowledgment of tradition around here! We need to erase everything from the past to push eSports! I mean, at least with the original Street Fighter V, they could have claimed that they were starting the generation with really low standards, and didn't include an attract sequence as such, but in deciding that the next game would literally be called Arcade Edition, excuses could no longer be made.

     
   
 

I mean, we've got these powerful machines, yet programming an attract sequence is too difficult? How hard can it be? Losers with no creativity and/or design skills are using the Unreal Engine 4 (SFV's engine) to make knockoff Zelda and Mario games that nearly pass for official product. Independent game makers of only a few people are actually making their own titles, too. If these people can accomplish these small feats with the engine, then why can't Capcom's talented programmers do something as simple as an attract sequence and a high-score table? These are basic things that shouldn't be that hard to do. Why has everything Capcom used-to do become so difficult to do? Oh, that's right, their marketing team has forced them to erase their past so that nobody knows how much better things used-to be. And if you do remember how much better things used-to be, and you actually say it out loud, Capcom-Unity mods and "fan" shills will shout you down until you forget about the past! How dare you acknowledge the rich, successful past of innovation and character that brought Capcom to where they are now! Hollow, struggling "eSports" is all that matters now, so shut your mouth and obey!

Also, eSports has ruined Capcom's productivity. They have all but admitted that the reason they haven't made a new DarkStalkers (or any other new fighting game, for that matter) is because they don't want it to interfere with Street Fighter V eSports. What an absolutely insufferable reason to ignore decades of rich IPs and talent (yes, they still have some, despite their excuses). What type of miserable people would think-up such bullshit? The same people who have little confidence in eSports, and for good reason. Despite the cash grab and brainwashing, eSports is not a sport. No wonder why they don't have confidence in it. The other reason is probably because, again, Capcom's current marketing heads have convinced the once-strong and proud Japanese company into believing that it needs to erase its rich, productive past to deliver a lower-effort future with lesser productivity and higher profit. Wish Capcom would continue to support franchises they once supported annually? Too bad! You'll play only SFV, and if you don't like it, you can get the hell out! The Socialist overlords in marketing have deemed Capcom's history nonessential, so if you want new content from other Capcom franchises, you'll get it, but only in Street Fighter V Arcade Edition. Want a new Star Gladiator? Want a new Viewtiful Joe? Want a new WarZard? Want a new Haunting Ground? Want a new Cyberbots? Want a new Final Fight?

 
  61  
  AFFLICTION  
  "Takes a piece of us all."  
     
  62  
  DEVASTATING  
  Nostalgia of a crushing blow from the past.  
 
  63  
  BEAUTIFUL  
  June traveled across the galaxy to be here, so it better be worth it!  
     
  64  
  SLOOOOOOOW  
  Connection issues make it feel like we're playing Viewtiful Joe.  
 
  65  
  WHY  
  Won't Capcom ever release the games these characters are actually from?  
     
     
     
     
Too bad! You'll take whatever you can get in Street Fighter V Arcade Edition, or get the hell out. Capcom-Unity moderators and marketing say so, and if you don't agree with their New World Order, you can take your priceless Capcom relics of the past and go to hell. You can take all those old Capcom games you and other loyal fans bought at retail at MSRP and go straight to hell. All fans are now under the sole judgment and vetting of Capcom-Unity moderators and Capcom marketing. Move on, or get out. Loyal fans not permitted. Only the input and requests of fans who have moved on matter. The rest of you? Get the hell out, and take all your old Capcom shit with you. It might "interfere" with their future and "fragment" their fan base, so it doesn't matter, anymore. Like everything else historical in a Socialist world, it's now offensive material, and should be treated as such. Capcom now operates in a box of dotted lines that stifles its development, and you need to accept that.
 
  66  
  OLD  
  Capcom IPs hold the reputation for best character design.  
     
     
     
     
Capcom's marketing department goes out of their way to include everyone and everything, apparently, yet the alienate anyone without an Internet connection. Doesn't sound very "inclusive" at all! It's not very inclusive to only include those who can make you money. To Capcom's new marketing, if you don't have an Internet connection, you don't exist. Why? Because their new marketing is nervous about not being able to monitor every bit of the game, and their nervous about having to actually make decisions and release a game in final form. You not having a connection goes against that, so you don't exist. I don't understand why Microsoft gets endless slander for this, yet Capcom always seems to escape criticism for a similar practice.
 
  67  
  INGRID  
  Once again in a Capcom Fighting Evolution.  
     
  68  
  SUMMON  
  Huey?  
 
  69  
  FINAL FIGHT  
  Cameos are the b(r)e(a)st!  
     
  70  
  KILLER BEE  
  Cammy with that look in her eyes.  
 
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