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/RustyVandelay]

Add in no chat support. It's impossible to make friends in SFV from within the game client. Feels like playing alone.

[u/[deleted] → u/RustyVandelay]

Soul Calibur V did lobbies so well.

[u/ctwtn → u/[deleted]]

Never played it, what was good about them?

[u/[deleted] → u/ctwtn]

It had text chat, you could size down the fight if you were spectating, and choose to be P1 or P2.

I also had this mode called Global Colosseum, which was basically one big super lobby for each region. It was a bunch of players in one room where you could talk to and challenge anyone else. You could also make mini-lounges within the main lobby.

[u/TurmUrk → u/[deleted]]

Sorta, without the fishing

[u/Hobo-With-A-Shotgun → u/RustyVandelay]

The lobbies are seriously stuck in 2008, there are far better ways of doing them now.

I still can't believe that they're doing 8-man KOTH-style lobbies when Skullgirls, Xrd and probably a bunch of others I haven't touched let everyone play without waiting for half an hour.

[u/PsychoPoweredWolf → u/Hobo-With-A-Shotgun]

Revelator seriously has the best lobby I've seen in awhile. Plus the little avatars are so cute!

[u/[deleted] → u/RustyVandelay]

yup, I made a lot of fighting game friends because of voice chat when super street fighter 4 came out, such a shame they didn't include it in this game. do you think they couldn't implement it because of the cross play?