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Coming off a somewhat disappointing Street Fighter V over 8 years ago (it eventually got there though), Street Fighter is finally back for its 6th installment. Yoshinori Ono left Capcom awhile back so this game was created under newer leadership with a desire to put the series back on top as the #1 fighting game series after Tekken stole it from them. If early reviews are to be believe it seems they have succeeded in that mission with a game thats full of content at launch and is approachable for both veterans and newbies with a handful of classic and new control schemes. So far were sitting at a 91 through 41 reviews so far although Im expecting far more to roll in through the night.

TheSixthAxis 10/10
Street Fighter 6 doesn't need recommending to hardcore fighting fans you all already know how incredible it is but do I recommend it for more casual players? Street Fighter 6 has a real sense of community, welcoming all players old and new, teaching new tricks and providing something for those that just want a bit of fun. This is truly a fighting game for everyone.

Gaming Nexus 10/10
Capcom has given us a complete game right out of the box. The single player experiences are enormous. The online experience is perfect. Street Fighter lore is littered in every nook and cranny of this game. There are modes and modes within modes. This is one of the best Street Fighter games in the history of the franchise. If Capcom hurt you in the past, this is their apology. Street Fighter 6 is a new classic that people will be playing for years to come.

Inverse 10/10
Capcoms latest takes everything youd expect from the father of the fighting genre and turns it up to 10. Theres something for everyone here, with no fat or filler to ruin the experience. Street Fighter 6 is the best fighting game experience in a long time, and in the years to come, its impact and legacy could be every bit as massive as Street Fighter 2.

GamingTrend 95/100
Street Fighter 6 takes the series to the next stage with a wildly fun fighting system that emphasizes personal choice. Each mainline Street Fighter tends to define its era of fighting games in some way, and Street Fighter 6 confidently steps forward to that next era. From its battle system to its bevvy of modes such as World Tour, it dives deep into everything that makes fighting games great.

Gamespot 9/10
I can't get enough of Street Fighter 6. It's been my last thought when I go to bed and my first thought when I wake up. It has a beautifully constructed fighting system, but also offers modes that take the game very seriously and, in other cases, not seriously at all. There are some small issues with performance in World Tour, but none of those are enough to derail the overall package. With the releases of new Tekken and Mortal Kombat games, it very much feels like we're in a new golden era for the fighting game genre. Thankfully, Street Fighter 6 steps into the arena looking good and fighting fit.

Press Start 9/10
Street Fighter 6 rights the wrongs of its past with multiple modes for every player and strong battle systems like no other. It invites new players into the fold with well implemented, simpler control schemes, without losing sight of the hardcore player. The World Tour mode won't be for everyone, but Street Fighter 6 stands tall as one of the best fighters Capcom has made.

Worth Playing 9/10
Street Fighter 6 succeeds in its ambition to cram some big things into one fighting game. Battle Hub may be silly, but it has a lot more personality and more to do than most other titles with their own online lobbies. Fighting Ground does a great job of showing off the new roster and improvements to the fighting engine, while placing an equal amount of attention on both offline and online players. World Tour makes for a somewhat nonsensical yet addictive adventure that can serve as a good basis for a full-fledged Street Fighter RPG. All of this is tied together with a presentation that does well in improving what came before it, only with more fidelity and flash. As stated at the beginning of this review, fighting game fans are going to have a good year, and Street Fighter 6 is an excellent component of that.

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Yoshinori Ono left Capcom awhile back so this game was created under newer leadership with a desire to put the series back on top as the #1 fighting game series after Tekken stole it from them. If early reviews are to be believe it seems they have succeeded in that mission with a game thats full of content at launch and is approachable for both veterans and newbies with a handful of classic and new control schemes. So far were sitting at a 91 through 41 reviews so far although Im expecting far more to roll in through the night. TheSixthAxis 10/10 Street Fighter 6 doesn't need recommending to hardcore fighting fans you all already know how incredible it is but do I recommend it for more casual players? Street Fighter 6 has a real sense of community, welcoming all players old and new, teaching new tricks and providing something for those that just want a bit of fun. This is truly a fighting game for everyone. Gaming Nexus 10/10 Capcom has given us a complete game right out of the box. The single player experiences are enormous. The online experience is perfect. Street Fighter lore is littered in every nook and cranny of this game. There are modes and modes within modes. This is one of the best Street Fighter games in the history of the franchise. If Capcom hurt you in the past, this is their apology. Street Fighter 6 is a new classic that people will be playing for years to come. Inverse 10/10 Capcoms latest takes everything youd expect from the father of the fighting genre and turns it up to 10. Theres something for everyone here, with no fat or filler to ruin the experience. Street Fighter 6 is the best fighting game experience in a long time, and in the years to come, its impact and legacy could be every bit as massive as Street Fighter 2. GamingTrend 95/100 Street Fighter 6 takes the series to the next stage with a wildly fun fighting system that emphasizes personal choice. Each mainline Street Fighter tends to define its era of fighting games in some way, and Street Fighter 6 confidently steps forward to that next era. From its battle system to its bevvy of modes such as World Tour, it dives deep into everything that makes fighting games great. Gamespot 9/10 I can't get enough of Street Fighter 6. It's been my last thought when I go to bed and my first thought when I wake up. It has a beautifully constructed fighting system, but also offers modes that take the game very seriously and, in other cases, not seriously at all. There are some small issues with performance in World Tour, but none of those are enough to derail the overall package. With the releases of new Tekken and Mortal Kombat games, it very much feels like we're in a new golden era for the fighting game genre. Thankfully, Street Fighter 6 steps into the arena looking good and fighting fit. Press Start 9/10 Street Fighter 6 rights the wrongs of its past with multiple modes for every player and strong battle systems like no other. It invites new players into the fold with well implemented, simpler control schemes, without losing sight of the hardcore player. The World Tour mode won't be for everyone, but Street Fighter 6 stands tall as one of the best fighters Capcom has made. Worth Playing 9/10 Street Fighter 6 succeeds in its ambition to cram some big things into one fighting game. Battle Hub may be silly, but it has a lot more personality and more to do than most other titles with their own online lobbies. Fighting Ground does a great job of showing off the new roster and improvements to the fighting engine, while placing an equal amount of attention on both offline and online players. World Tour makes for a somewhat nonsensical yet addictive adventure that can serve as a good basis for a full-fledged Street Fighter RPG. All of this is tied together with a presentation that does well in improving what came before it, only with more fidelity and flash. As stated at the beginning of this review, fighting game fans are going to have a good year, and Street Fighter 6 is an excellent component of that. </quote>

IGN - 9/10

Street Fighter 6 is the most feature-rich a Street Fighter has ever been at launch, but even beyond that, it's roster of 18 characters is excellent, the new mechanics revitalize the one-on-one fighting formula, and it absolutely nails all of the little things that make for a stellar fighting game.

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Glad to hear it. This year is popping off for games

This year really shaping up to be one of the GOAT in gaming.

Back up to a 92 now

Seems like the only complaint is still that the actual story of world tour isn't very good

Which is a shame but at least there's Mortal Kombat 1 in a few months for that

There is not a single soul in the world that cares about Street fighter lore, it's okay. That is the biggest non complaint you can have

_stingers_ posted...

There is not a single soul in the world that cares about Street fighter lore, it's okay.

Get out

SFV - 75/48%.
Tekken 7 - 82/83%.
Dragon Ball FighterZ - 86/94%.
SSBU - 92/97%.
SF6 - 92/99% currently.

Street Fighter 6's reviews indicate this may be the new fighting game of the generation, but as always that's gonna depend on what the fans do with it. If nothing else though, this looks to be a much stronger start than SFV had.

I am so looking forward to this! Especially with the simplified controls, this is such a perfect game for me

HaRRicH posted...

Street Fighter 6's reviews indicate this may be the new fighting game of the generation, but as always that's gonna depend on what the fans do with it. If nothing else though, this looks to be a much stronger start than SFV had.

Can't botch a launch worse than SFV to be honest.

Cammy top tier

RikkuAlmighty posted...

Cammy top tier

I can actually play her and Guile now because I don't have to do charge inputs

Better yet I can finally play my boy Zangief

Cammy never had charge inputs tho

and you still have to charge for guile

Modern seems like it might be the way to go if you can adjust

You can still do directional inputs without a damage penalty, but you have the special button too for when you want to bust out a quick Super

I am so happy this seems like a banger. Looking to become obsessed with Street Fighter again like with SF4.

RikkuAlmighty posted...

Cammy never had charge inputs tho

I thought she did for cannon spike? Might be confusing for someone else

SHINE_GET_64 posted...

Modern seems like it might be the way to go if you can adjust

You can still do directional inputs without a damage penalty, but you have the special button too for when you want to bust out a quick Super

It's honestly kinda stupid if you get a damage penalty for the simplified controls

_stingers_ posted...

There is not a single soul in the world that cares about Street fighter lore, it's okay. That is the biggest non complaint you can have

Did you seriously miss all the commotion when people thought Ken had a divorce when he was first shown for SF6?

RuneterranSnap posted...

It's honestly kinda stupid if you get a damage penalty for the simplified controls

Nah, I get it. It's a trade-off for reducing the chance of misread inputs.

WhiteLens posted...

Nah, I get it. It's a trade-off for reducing the chance of misread inputs.

Except it's supposed to be for accessibility. It should be equal.

Don't think about it as a penalty for using the simplified controls. Think of it as a reward for using the classic controls.

There's barely even a difference to begin with.

NBIceman posted...

Don't think about it as a penalty for using the simplified controls. Think of it as a reward for using the classic controls.

There's barely even a difference to begin with.

mmk

Modern controls seem like a hassle to use. I understand the worry about 1-button command throws and supers, but realistically, people know how to do those in an instant already.

itll be interesting to see where modern ends up compared to classic. p sure theres been arguments for basically every possible outcome

Radix posted...

itll be interesting to see where modern ends up compared to classic. p sure theres been arguments for basically every possible outcome

My honest prediction is that some modern controls player nobody's ever heard of will win an online tournament within the first month or two of release, everyone will wring their hands over it for a week, and then people will start getting good at the game and realize classic gives so much more control over your character it's obviously the best choice once you have the reactions and execution to DP the stupid jumpin on reaction.

Not_an_Owl posted...

My honest prediction is that some modern controls player nobody's ever heard of will win an online tournament within the first month or two of release, everyone will wring their hands over it for a week, and then people will start getting good at the game and realize classic gives so much more control over your character it's obviously the best choice once you have the reactions and execution to DP the stupid jumpin on reaction.

How is classic going to give you more control?

as I understand it, with modern controls you don't have access to every normal, you go from 6 buttons in classic to 4 buttons and 1 of those buttons is just for specials

yeah you lose access to some normals, command normals, and specials

if you lose access to moves then I don't see how there's any inkling of a debate to be had

the argument is basically that the pros outweigh the cons. one buttons specials and supers is a big advantage, the damage nerf is almost meaningless, not all of the lost moves are important/useful, theres some modern only option selects, the combos are different but the damage is comparable, maybe some other stuff theres been a lot of Discourse on it

might also be character specific or even gives that character different playstyles

Luke is the example I see the most but I've only seen a few comments on it

Yeah like I really wasn't going to give it much thought but then I saw several pros were switching to it so there had to be something there

Getting the urge. Every time a new Street Fighter game comes out I want to start fresh and git gud at fighting games. Like not pro level anything, but middle school me good who actually had time to practice and stuff.

I'm probably gonna buy it lol.

I'll probably wait for the inevitable Super/Ultra version with all the DLC already on it, even if that means I have to wait a few years. I know I don't have time to dedicate to it for a while anyway.

I'll definitely follow the tourney scene though. This does look really good.

if I have a PC and PS5, and my PC is wired and PS5 is wifi, assuming all other things are equal I should probably get the game on PC right?

Yes.

Won my first ranked match in SFV with Rashid.

Totally gonna use this guy when he's available in SF6.

Sorozone posted...

Getting the urge. Every time a new Street Fighter game comes out I want to start fresh and git gud at fighting games. Like not pro level anything, but middle school me good who actually had time to practice and stuff.

I'm probably gonna buy it lol.

I hold myself to my MVC2 standard - just from playing the arcade game so much I was good enough to beat anyone who wasn't actually following the pro meta. Did a tournament at a con using IIRC Silver Samurai, Spiral, and Sentinel, only person I lost to was someone using a Sentinel backed meta team who actually knew how to use Sentinel >.>;

I've given up at ever being "really good at fighting games" like I used to be

It just requires so much commitment, and I've really lost patience. If I'm going to spend time on a game it needs to be therapeutic

Sorozone posted...

Getting the urge. Every time a new Street Fighter game comes out I want to start fresh and git gud at fighting games. Like not pro level anything, but middle school me good who actually had time to practice and stuff.

I'm probably gonna buy it lol.

This is why I like Smash the best. I can git gud in spurts and enjoy it, but when I'm on an off phase, it's still a ton of fun to play it a little more wacky like.

But I hear ya. I've been considering SF6 too. If they add Menat, it's a done deal and I'm getting it. But I still might because of Juri.

Trophy/Achievement List is out

https://www.truetrophies.com/game/Street-Fighter-6/trophies

World Tour and Fighting Ground have their own separate set from Battle Hub, which is the main list. So the Platinum doesn't require doing the combo trials.

Though the Win 10 Tournaments sounds like a pain to do, especially if you're not that good at fighting games. And the 20 Avatar Battle wins seem like something you should do ASAP before people figure out cheese strat on avatar builds or in case people don't want to do those at all late in the game's life.

Seems like an extremely easy trophy list in general

I wouldn't be surprised if I had it done by the end of the weekend if I wasn't also playing Diablo IV

Although I guess I don't know what "nice" fans are

avatar battle will be boostable if need be

tournaments...might be? not sure on the exactitudes of how they work though. definitely the one to go for early on

the 'nice' thing is a like button you hit after a match. will probably take a while since your opponent has to do it and not you

Capcom once again making a terrible mistake by not deleting Blanka.

https://twitter.com/EvenMoTempest/status/1665376177144627201?t=XvpYrNLN_DQ1bvEfsO16WA&s=19

Damn making me want to drop Kimberly and pick up Blankas

Have more respect for yourself, please.

Winning is awesome