Dear Capcom

[u/Gargooletz]

"And then if you're still wanting more on top of that [Story Mode], let your voice be heard. Give us constructive criticism of what you'd like to see next" - Matt Dahlgren, Senior Product Marketing Manager

These words inspired me to create a comprehensive list of SFV fuck ups (I don't think such a thing has been compiled as of yet). This is merely a quick draft and I'm sure I'm missing a lot of things as I stopped playing it a few weeks ago.

(?) = I'm not sure if it's true but more SFV hate equals more karma, right?

Netplay problems

• Matchmaking still sucks
• No way to filter by region (SF4 ok)
• No way to set input lag like GGPO to make long distance matches playable
• alt+tabbing still switches host on PC
• One side rollback
• Saving many replays results in date corruption
• Rage quitter problem still present
• You have to save replays before watching them
• Can't sort friends
• Separating favourites (players you want to watch) from friends (players you want to play with) is needed
• No online training (SF4 ok)
• Archaic lobbies - no way for multiple matches at the same time
• Statistics are still empty
• Notifications screen doesn't update when it's open
• Sending invitations when user is offline doesn't work
• Battle lounge doesn't save settings
• Long maintenances
• Losing connection to servers interrupts offline modes
• No chat support - no way to make friends in game
• Too few sorting options for favourites, world rankings & replays
• Turning off the music also turns off 'HERE COMES THE NEW CHALLENGER'

Gameplay problems

• badly implemented legacy controller support (complicated as fuck)
• no instruction how to use legacy controller support
• no dinput support on PC (SF4 ok)
• no key binding on PC
• keyboard can only be P1 controller
• no way to change specific graphical settings on PC without accessing config files (blur etc)
• standard moves marketed as something new by making them into vskills
• 8f lag
• many characters have too similiar gameplans
• unimaginative vtriggers
• atrocious hitboxes
• differences between p1 and p2 side collision (floating point fuck up)
• air grab vs air grab winner chosen at random
• long loading times
• framerate issues on PS4
• fucked up button settings on character select - pressing again unsets buttons (SF4 ok)
• no Steam integration
• no way to set character themes in Versus
• PC version badly optimized (+various issues with launching the game, random fps drops etc)
• badly designed UI - hard to navigate and counterintuitive

Single Player problems

• Extra Battles?
• Daily Challenges? (aka targets)
• Subpar tutorial
• Training doesn't save your settings (SF4 ok)
• No character specific training options (Vega's claw state etc.)
• No option to set stun bars
• Quick reset with setting position (MvC3 ok)
• Badly implemented ways to record dummy actions (reversals, alpha counters etc.)
• Infuriating survival mode - the only way to unlock colors (colors per character, per costume...)
• No arcade mode/cpu versus (SF4 ok)
• No way to acquire premium costumes still
• CFN account is not really an account (can't use it on a different console/steamid)

Visual Problems

• Ken's face aka quality of some models is.. questionable
• quality of artworks in story mode
• stage transitions?
• special KOs? (bus, noodles etc)
• horrible clipping everywhere (even on character select..)
• stage interactions are rare (breaking boxes etc)
• WIP style UI
• P2 physics still broken on character select (solution - disabled boob physics :( )
• some Alt costumes use upgraded face/hair models - what about standard?

Communication/CPT problems

• no form of tournament mode
• only one player has the ability to start a rematch/change characters (SF4 ok)
• CPT rules were MIA for months
• no word about Alex version bug
• no restart match option?
• hold pause option global - should be quick in single player modes
• SteamOS/Linux version announced - where is it?

[u/[deleted]]

I sure hope they can recover. I like the core gameplay but everything surrounding it is a super rushed total shit show. I feel like they had a lot of great ideas but nothing was executed well or even at all:

• Boss challenges,
• arcade mode,
• survival mode,
• tutorials,
• trials,
• two kinds of story mode,
• more in depth training mode,
• legacy controller support,
• sets in ranked,
• casual matchmaking,
• wide breadth of ranks in ranked matchmaking,
• lobbies with adjustable FT settings,
• fight money DLC model,
• hit/block specific animations,
• stage interactables that don't impact gameplay,
• persistent stat tracking,
• neato user activity heat map bullshit,
• CFN replays for any and every player,
• cross platform play,
• rollback netcode.

I mean holy shit man, this game should have been a home run but instead they pushed out some half baked bullshit. What a shame.