First video of Virtua Fighter 5's online play for Xbox 360

Si, amigo!

yeah I think it's also bullshit that people are complaining about Virtua Fighter having online. I mean it would be ridiculous for the game not to have online.

Well said.

I think its funny too... Xband - SNES.. I had to have this device so I could play my MK online..

Hows it any dif from playin 2 player offline or goin to a freakin arcade.. Geesh..

People argue that having the addition of online is a bad thing because of basic fanboyism. You don't have to use that mode.

lol. That's probably the reason.

There's a lot of truth to that. The other truth is, a lot of people play with a terrible online connection and don't know it. Odds are, mommy and daddy got your broadband (not talking to you Dave) so they can surf the web , and download the occasional song. Therefore , they probably got the crap connection for the cheap price.

So while the rest of us are at home with our broadband specifically for online gaming, we're having a great time. The kids are usually complaining about something we don't even notice.

Nah. With the VF series since VF 3, there is a legitimacy to the concern for lag in the game play. It goes beyond just being able to perform some combos though. With certain combos, once initiated, the opponent only has an extremely short window during certain points to break it.

I hope that Sega pulls the online play off, but as an old time VF player, I just don't see it being possible. My guess is that there will be some lag that only the hardcore players notice, and they will stop playing online or take advantage of possible infinite combos introduced due to latency preventing their opponents from countering it. The newer players and those not so great at the game will love the online play for a while until they realize that there is just some techniques and combos that they cannot pull off when playing online. As such, they'll think the game is crap, get bored with it and move on.

I really hope that won't be the case and Sega pulls off a miracle, but given their recent bastardizations of Sonic, and generally poor code optimization (piss poor load times on PS3 even when installed onto the HDD - which looks like it carried over even worse on the 360)... well, I'm not going to hold my breath for great online play.

All I ask of people who are unfamiliar with the series is to give the game a fair shot. If the game doesn't end up playing great online, invite some friends over and beat the snot out of each other on local matches. The fighting engine used is very good and deserves a lot of praise and respect.