| TallSilhouette said: So hyped for this. VF is my favorite fighter but the SP has definitely been a big weakness for the franchise. If they can make the game (nearly) as fun to play alone as it is competitively then we could have something special on our hands. Everything I've seen so far looks amazing regardless. Can't wait to see more. |
VF left the arcade era more reluctantly than other fighters. VF was far more successful than Tekken in the arcades, but Namco saw the post-arcade world to come and planned accordingly with single-player content like Tekken Force and Edge Master Mode. The best fighting game on PS2 was VF4 Evolution, which I felt was orders of magnitude superior to Tekken 4; its single-player mode was largely limited to Kumite mode.
Ironically, with online play, I don't really touch single-player modes anymore and play online exclusively. I probably have 55 hours in SF6, and have never touched World Tour mode. In VF5 REVO, I have close to 100 hours in that game, and I generally only play World Stage mode when I want new costume pieces. I'd just rather play with human opponents. But Capcom got the message, loud and clear, that SF5's lack of single-player content really damaged its long-term prospects, and that is why SF fell behind Mortal Kombat. Even though I don't play World Tour mode, I can still appreciate the work Capcom put into the game. But if VF Crossroads' single-player mode is this beefy, I will probably play it... in between online rounds.
| Darc Requiem said: We know there are four new characters now. I hope most the classic cast returns. I'm sure Lau Chan and Shun Di are a no go for obvious reasons. |
| Leynos said: This is basically Virtua Fighter RPG the original pitch for Shenmue. |
Hopefully that will be the case.
