Street Fighter V Champion Edition - PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4

I wasn't pleased with the incomplete package that was vanilla Street Fighter 5. The long load times, omni-present online elements, and shortage of characters/modes with the initial release caused me to boycott it for a few years. It pains me to say this, because I've been a fan for so many years and the core gameplay of SF5 is quite balanced and fun. Four years later, and Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition is finally the game it always should have been (save for the loading screen ads). There's now over 40 characters, multiple modes (yes, including arcade), and plenty of costumes available from the past season passes. It's just a shame it took this long for a complete game. If you haven't pulled the trigger on SF5 yet, doing so now is totally justified in my opinion.

First of all I have to start with a caveat. I haven't played Street Fighter religiously for a very long time. I was burning down quarters and most competitors during the arcade boom in 1991. Street Fighter 2 was life and conquest for me and my friends during the fighting game boom. I can proudly boast that I was weapons grade deadly with Chun-Lee. My buddies would make me play with someone else after so many loses. Alas I have grown old and perhaps past my prime. Though sometimes in the quiet hours of the night I still hunger for the glory days. The memories of seeing my enemies driven before me sing aloud and beckon for my return to battle, and I have answered the call with my purchase of Street Fighter V Champion Edition. I am amazed, simply amazed at what is on offer. New Characters, new online ranking, new Supers and strategies. This old dog has much to learn. It's almost overwhelming there are so many options and characters in the roster. In the old days you could Main one or two character and still grow deadly with the remaining fighters. I feel like those days are lost to history. I can't imagine the dedication it would take to have a working game plan for all of the characters, It excites me to to think I have a new world to explore. The online aspects are impressive. You are made to feel apart of a global battlefield. You are matched with opponents as if personally challenged. The announcement of the ensuing fight jumps from the screen theatrically. It is just fun. And I'll end with that. IT IS FUN Don't worry about the meta game or complaints. Just jump right in. It's gonna take you a while to Git Gud enough for those things to matter. Buy this game with confidence, you won't regret it.

Picked this new version of Street Fighter V up as I didn't have the past few seasons of content and it's a great buy at this price. You get all of the fighters, stages, and hundreds of costumes for only $30 which is great. There are still a few cosmetic things that it doesn't include but you can always buy them on the Store if you really want them. This is the only version of Street Fighter V you should be buying at this point.

Its a very fun fighting game. It inlcudes a ton of content, there is one season pass not included, but its still a significant number of stages and fighters for the low price. And the fighting is fun

Great game, one of the best games with updated group of character in the history. You get a lot of extra costume and stages to fighter on.