Street Fighter V: Super $60 Server-Beta Test Edition - Season 2 Underway!

[thisismyusername]

capcom is a mess

Nasty Publisher. They're a nasty Publisher. SAD!

I take it back--  WHERE'S MAH CHARACTER 

I fucking told you, bro:

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SF5 is my biggest regret purchase of the year so far, which is mindblowing as SF/SFF/USF4 wasn't mindblowing with features, but at least it would let me play offline on my own and enjoy it on my own time.

[bork]

Nah, I still love the game.  It's that good even with all this fuckery.  The character is coming soon.  I can wait.



They just need to communicate better with their customers about this stuff.

[nachobro]

I got Overwatch until Juri comes out. Then I'll hop back on the SFV train and see what's changed after that.

[Robo]

Assuming they inevitably patch out the input delay, it'll be much like learning the game from scratch anyway.

[Bebpo]

I haven't been following this, but I loaded the game up the other day and had Guile and Alex playable in training and challenge modes but I haven't bought either of them.  Are they doing something like you get all the character free for the offline stuff but have to pay to use them online (which doesn't matter to me since I don't play online)?  Or did they give Guile and Alex away for free to make up for early buyers or something?  Just wondering what's going on.

I still need to get back to the game.  I'm not really an Ibuki player so don't care, but she looks cool enough.  I'm mainly just waiting for Urien who was the shit in 3rd Strike. 

[thisismyusername]

No. The characters are free until the store opens. Which is still TBA. So get your free fight money off them as fast as you can.

[Bebpo]

No. The characters are free until the store opens. Which is still TBA. So get your free fight money off them as fast as you can.

So they're going to take them away?  That's fucking stupid.  In that case they should just give them away to early adopters considering all the bad word of mouth.

[Trent Dole]

Will this game ever be remotely finished? This is getting to be a bit ridiculous.

[thisismyusername]

No. The characters are free until the store opens. Which is still TBA. So get your free fight money off them as fast as you can.

So they're going to take them away?

and make you pay for them with FM or Zenny, yes. That's always been their goal. The only reason they released them was because the game is fucked up twelve ways to Sunday and they thought the store would be out in time.

Why do you think they're delaying Ibuki a month? Because the store still wouldn't be ready and that's 3 characters people would've tried and gotten tired of FOR FREE.

[bork]

Capcom USA confirms end of June and has apologized on Twitter, promising to communicate more about stuff going forward.  This is all shit that should have already been happening.  Maybe it's time to get someone else besides ComboFiend as the community manager.

Meanwhile...

https://giant.gfycat.com/BlindLastFlies.mp4

[brob]

https://twitter.com/fubarduck/status/738596808042024961
https://twitter.com/fubarduck/status/738600429580210177

[Trent Dole]

Wow sounds like Sega back when their console making days were imploding.

[Positive Touch]

so at this point were basically counting the days until every employee that's able leaves Capcom for something better

[bork]

10 minutes of the story mode coming this month.  Nice n' cheesy!



Lots of details on the June update.  Note that they say "New single player modes including Extra Battle and Versus CPU are also in the works."

The SFV Story Expansion is a 3~4 hour experience titled “A Shadow Falls” and will be released at the end of this month as free DLC to all SFV players. The 5 chapter story takes place between Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter III and bridges the events that happen in between the two stories. This is the first time in franchise history that fans will be able to play through this type of cinematic experience in a Street Fighter game.

The Street Fighter V Cinematic Story Expansion, “A Shadow Falls,” depicts the ultimate battle between the evil Shadaloo organization and the heroic World Warriors who rise up against them. Seven “Black Moons” are deployed by Shadaloo, granting M. Bison unimaginable power and enveloping the earth in total darkness. Seeing the moons mysteriously appear in the sky, Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li embark on an epic journey around the world to retrieve fragment pieces that are the key to stopping the “Black Moons” before it’s too late. Along the way, they encounter the rest of the World Warriors, each of whom have their own agendas and motivations in mind. The final battle between good and evil begins now… who will RISE UP?

The next related piece of awesome news: all six DLC characters are fully playable in the story mode. That’s right, in addition to Alex, Guile, and Ibuki, that means that Balrog, Urien, and Juri are also playable! The official release of these characters will not be until later in the year, which means everyone will get to play them in advance through this mode. For the DLC characters that haven’t been released at the time the story comes out, those characters shouldn’t be considered final or tournament ready, as they still need to be properly polished and balanced. So, think of this as a free preview of the characters and enjoy playing with them before they get officially released in the other competitive game modes.

Finally, you’ll be able to earn Fight Money from completing the story mode as well! A higher difficulty becomes unlocked after clearing the normal mode, which you can also earn extra Fight Money from:

Normal Mode= 30,000 FM

Extra Mode*= 50,000 FM

TOTAL= 80,000 FM

*Extra Mode (higher difficulty) unlocks after you complete Normal mode

 

In-Game Currency System Changes

We have an important announcement regarding the in-game currency system. We will no longer be introducing Zenny to Street Fighter V as a real money currency option. After extensive testing and development, we came to the conclusion that it was not necessary in order to carry out our original vision for the product. Instead, we will be utilizing the PlayStation Store and Steam stores to carry out real money transactions.

Our plan for the in-game economy of SFV was always to provide players with choice. Fight Money remains as the basic currency that players can earn for FREE through gameplay and utilize to purchase characters and other awesome downloadable content like stages and costumes. For players who want to just purchase the content outright, instead of introducing Zenny, the process will be much more familiar with purchases happening through the established first party infrastructures.

The in-game store will be upgraded with the PlayStation Store and Steam real money purchase options as part of the update in late June. At the same time, the free trial period for Alex and Guile will come to an end as we previously had stated. Players will need to either obtain the characters through Fight Money, real money, or the season pass to continue using them after the update. We hope that everyone has enjoyed throwing down with these fearsome fighters and feels inclined to pick them up after testing them out during the free trial period!

We know fans have also been wondering about how content will be priced, so we created this handy chart which breaks down the content in Fight Money and real money pricing:

Fight Money - Real Currency

New Characters- 100,000 $  5.99 / € 5.99

New Stages- 70,000 $  3.99 / € 3.99

Alternate Stages- 40,000 $  1.99 / € 1.99

Story Costumes- 40,000 $  1.99 / € 1.99

Premium Costumes- $  3.99 / € 3.99


Additional Content in June Update

The premium Battle Costumes for every character released so far will go on sale this month, and will be available for purchase with real currency only. Now everyone will have access to this hunk of a man:


Story mode costumes will also be available for purchase this month, meaning you will no longer need to complete the Character Stories to gain access to the content. Story mode costumes can be purchased with either Fight Money or real currency. We’ll be breaking down all of the costumes coming with the June update in another blog this month. There may be even more surprises in store, so stayed tuned!

Future Content

Daily Challenges are currently being re-tooled and optimized for the game, and we will share the new timing of this feature as soon as we more details. The feature will now be called “Targets,” and they will still be daily goals for players to complete and generate Fight Money, which can be used to purchase in-game content like new characters and costumes. New single player modes including Extra Battle and Versus CPU are also in the works. We’ll share more details on these modes and features as soon as we can.

That’s all for now, but stay tuned as we’ll take a closer look at the many June update features in the days and weeks ahead.

[bork]

I'm afraid to ask where she was keeping this. 

[Beezy]

 

[bork]

 

[Beezy]

I can't wait to play this

[thisismyusername]

I'm afraid to ask where she was keeping this. 

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VictoriasSecretCompartment

[bork]

It looks like Chun is staring at her legs and then looking up in jealousy or is just pissed off that Cammy is parading around half-nekkid.

[nachobro]

 

[Trent Dole]

So how long until this is actually finished?

[bork]

Ibuki and Balrog will be available this Friday!

[Your Stalker]

Why is Urien wearing clothes? 

[thisismyusername]

Why is Urien wearing clothes? 

Tell us how you really feel, Your Stalker.

[brob]

the lil gameplay clip from juri looks swell, but my main take-away here is cacpcom forcing me to pay for Urien's thong alt costume 

[nachobro]

Ibuki and Balrog will be available this Friday!

so technically Capcom missed two months of updates?

[thisismyusername]

Pretty much. Also rumored is them putting Targets/Dailies in. So I guess the store will finally be fully released. RIP getting free fight money from characters I'll never buy.

[Bebpo]

Ibuki and Balrog will be available this Friday!

Balrog looks great.  Very old-school throwback design. 

[Robo]

BANANA HAMMOCK OR NO BUY

[chronovore]

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It looks like Chun is staring at her legs and then looking up in jealousy or is just pissed off that Cammy is parading around half-nekkid.

No, that's just the look you give someone when they're trying to hand you a towel they've literally pulled out from their ass.

[bork]

Story mode is already up for PS4.

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/addons/street-fighter-v-a-shadow-falls-(cinematic-story-expansion)/cid=UP0102-CUSA01200_00-SF5GENERALSTORY0

[kick51]

my PC beta somehow became a free copy of the game on steam, will try story mode when it's up there.   Setting expectations to zero. 

[thisismyusername]

my PC beta somehow became a free copy of the game on steam,

You sure you didn't buy it since that was the only way to get into the beta(s).

[kick51]

I got invites somehow.  Maybe bought a code on ebay?  But maybe the system fucked up and thought that since i have the beta, i must own the full game too?  I searched to make sure i didnt make an inebriated purchase and didnt find anything.

Edit: i got a code on amazon but that mightve been for ps4

Edit 2: just remembered they gave people in the pc beta extra invites for friends

[thisismyusername]

Huh, you got lucky then. Similar to SNK's Steam beta tests.

[bork]

BANANA HAMMOCK OR NO BUY

Well, OK.  We can't have that now.









Huge picture of the new beach stage:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

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[brob]

the summer outfits aren't all that interesting imo (chun again stands out as good tho) but lmao @ cammy wearing her strap shit over her bikini

cacpcom character design 

[bork]

[doctavius bonbon]

get ready for the peter model swaps, boys. 

starting with balrog.

[kick51]

capcom is beyond saving

[bork]

get ready for the peter model swaps, boys. 

starting with balrog.

[brob]

is this peter cop a meme i missed out on idgi

[nachobro]

i think it's just a random story mode fight

[brob]

a world tour mode is so obviously the best kind of single player mode for a fighting game it's down right silly how they keep avoiding it

alpha3>>>> all this nonsense

[bork]

Coming in September:

VS CPU Option
Daily Targets
Daily challenges with Fight Money rewards!
Fighter Profile Updates!
Free colors for Season Pass holders
Colors 3-10 for Default and Battle costumes of the 6 DLC characters
Premium costumes will now include colors!
Colors 3-10 of the purchased premium costume
Color bundles available for purchase via FM or Real Money
All 22 Characters’ Default & Story Costumes Color Pack 3-10
And more to be announced!

[thisismyusername]

7 months later, the game is finally ready for launch. Jesus, Capcom. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Now I guess my complaint for them is: Where is Cody and Guy?

[Shuri]

I'm still puzzled by how it  took them so long to implement basic shit like a Vs Cpu mode. they have the AI code base already.

Even an arcade mode is trivial at this point. Randomly select 12 characters, some dialog popups once in a while, and a fade to black with scrolling text over character art.

At this stage, its starting to feel that they are artificially holding up features for an eventual "Turbo" re-release.

[Bebpo]

I agree, but I see it more of a elitist thing.  Like we made this fighting game for the RealFTGPeople(tm) who play fighting games.   We're not going to put an arcade mode in for those lame single player plebs.  Arcade modes suck, what's the point when you could be fighting another human like RealFTGPeople(tm) do.  Don't tarnish our true competitive fighting game with an arcade mode.

That's kind of how the SF team people come off to me in this whole V fiasco.  As you said, it'd take them like a week max it implement a standard arcade mode, but they don't.

[bork]

Urine trailer:

[Bebpo]

Urine trailer:

So....he doesn't shred his clothes down to his thong?   :'(

[bork]

Equal censorship for all? 

[thisismyusername]

Equal censorship for all? 

If I can have my Banana Hammock on ESPN, the terrorists have truly won.

[bork]

Urien is up, along with new stage transitions and finishers!  They also added a Vs. CPU mode and daily challenges have started.  The shop has been updated with color packs (purchasable with fight money or real money) and Necalli's CPT outfit.

Urien is fuckin' awesome.  Bonus- Hold LP+MK+HP during the fight intros to get that thong.

The bad news here is for PC players- this update is broken.  Fucks up the game and it's not running for a lot of people.  It keeps prompting to run as an admin but doesn't start.  Some have had luck just starting the game as an admin or putting into Win 7 compatibility mode.  For me, it just seems to run every 3-4 times I try it.   

[Trent Dole]

SFV status - still not an actual finished game, now doesn't work on PCs!

[Take My Breh Away]

The update worked fine for me in letting me boot the game, but I keep getting Server Errors so it won't let me log in at all.

Bravo Crapcom.

[thisismyusername]

The bad news here is for PC players- this update is broken.  Fucks up the game and it's not running for a lot of people.  It keeps prompting to run as an admin but doesn't start.  Some have had luck just starting the game as an admin or putting into Win 7 compatibility mode.  For me, it just seems to run every 3-4 times I try it.   

It's far worse than that:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/545cjy/sfvs_new_pc_update_is_accessing_kernel_level_in/

TL;DR: Capcom wants to install a rootkit on your PC and thereby Street Fighter 5 has officially become "Street Malware  5." Anyone with the PC version should uninstall before this update hits them and/or make sure the Capcom.sys file is permanently gone after uninstalling and forget the game exists until Capcom removes it. Too much of a potential security risk to let "but my Urine tho!" people continue to play.

[bork]

It's a rootkit! 



They say they are already working on removing it with a rollback.  HOLY SHIT, CAPCOM- Who is working on your PC games!?

[VomKriege]

Game getting devoluted at each new release ? Novel concept.

[bork]

I just uninstalled it on my laptop.  The capcom.sys file that is a major concern from all this was still in my System 32 folder after deleting the game.  Had to manually-delete it.  Wow, Capcom, WOOOOOW.