Recent reviews by Nitric

I've tried so hard to like this game and have re-installed it 3 times after dropping £40 on it upon release, but I just absolutely hate the gameplay. I've loved previous entries in the Street Fighter series, including it's predecessor USF4 but hate everything about the priority system, the stiff, rigid, repetitive combos, the LP/K into everything gets dull as ditch water, fights are more likely to be finished on a LP/K than a spectacular super. It lags and has framerate issues online and offline, the loading intro/outro screens take forever, the ranked system is stupid with many people stuck down in Super Bronze so long they're practically gods at the game at this point.

It makes no sense for people to have a high player level, character level 50, be amazing at the game and have a rank of Bronze I mean, c'mon now! It's not newbie friendly at all as most of your opposition online will be people who have been stuck in the various tiers of Bronze for 2 years meaning you're stuck with the thin-on-the-ground and frankly boring single player modes which don't net you much Fight Money at all for buying newer characters.

Oh and as for Capcom's promise of "free" DLC? Yeah, free if you want to spend days of your life not enjoying yourself grinding out fight money in Ranked or Casual match you mean, other than that check out the ocean of other paid DLC costumes and characters on Steam, guys!

I feel I was duped by getting caught up in the hype cause it looked good at first, but if I could I would absolutely refund this game, give me Fightcade, M.U.G.E.N. or USF4 if I want Street Fighter, cause this ain't the series I grew up with, only the money grubbing remains the same, get a clue, Capcom!

A very friendly community despite it being small at the moment, a creative take on the slash 'em up genre, utilizing tactical sword fighting as opposed to button mashing. Varied sword play which changes upon your chosen character, stance and play style. Awesome character design, absolutely fantastic soundtrack and lots of fun items on the workshop. About as close you can get to Bushido Blade online. Oh! And shurikens! 10/10

A refreshing spin on both the side scrolling shooter and the rhythm action genre, the game has a nice chilled soundtrack with a few 8-bit influences thrown in for good measure. Gameplay is fun, I caught myself smiling more than once at how clever the whole "playing the game in reverse" thing really is. I've read a few reviews on here stating the game is a bit lacking in content, which is probably the only real downside the game has. I'd say, if you like rhythm action or side scrolling shooters and see this on on sale or in a bundle, pick it up right away!

Highly recommended, fun combat system, huge map, very realistic bustling living city, pretty in depth game play, looks lovely too. =)