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

by Jared Rea { Aug 23rd 2007 at 7:55PM }

It may not be the 10th Dan insanity of Super Battle Opera, but this video from the good folks at Gamersyde shows off the single most important addition to the Virtua Fighter series: online play. Coming straight from Leipzig, we're willing to bet that Sega had a pretty beefy connection in order to pull this off so well. Aside from a few fits of slowdown (as seen in fellow online fighter, Dead or Alive 4), we definitely like what we're seeing.

Your chance to put Sega's network code to the test comes October 30th when Virtua Fighter 5 is released on the Xbox 360.

Tags: lg07, sega, virtuafighter5

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ScreamingSkull @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:33PM

It looks like it flows nicely, but I wonder if there's lag hidden some place.

LAboy @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:49PM

Looks nice, might pick it up.

Mehdi Cheddadi @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:01PM

Ça c'était du combat de haute volée!

Harbl @ Aug 24th 2007 1:14AM

Si, amigo!

pkninja @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:17PM

That's some hard core button-mashing.

bounchfx @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:23PM

saw no slowdown. don't know wtf you are smoking ;)

either way, I don't understand why anyone would want a fighting game to specifically NOT have online - that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. they bitch on and on about how it will ruin the game and balance and shit, even though you can still play offline, it's not like that feature is out.. yeesh

Ska Oreo @ Aug 23rd 2007 10:50PM

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.

Phour ZwanZig @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:53PM

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..

Jake @ Aug 24th 2007 7:40AM

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

Triforceowner @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:37PM

Now I know the German word for "yes": "ah-yes"

Nate @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:59PM

I see we weren't exactly dealing with pro players here...

sheppy @ Aug 23rd 2007 10:46PM

I may pick up my next copy for Revision C alone. But I'll be damned if I'll play a fighting game online.

Dave @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:48PM

Sometimes I wonder if people who complain about lag really just suck.

Ska Oreo @ Aug 24th 2007 12:12AM

lol. That's probably the reason.

Miles @ Aug 24th 2007 12:17AM

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.

TDLF @ Aug 24th 2007 6:00AM

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.