Virtua Fighter 4
 

Well, Gamespot has their review up. They gave it a 9.3. Who plans to get it? Or who already has it (imported)? After buying Rallisport, getting Virtua Fighter 4 might put me into a recession.

The game looks great and I'm really intrigued by the new character Lei Fei, a shaolin monk. I didn't get into VF3tb at all, but as most reviews say, Virtua Fighter 4 is more of a continuation of VF2 than 3tb.

Definitely looks like the best way to go for 3D fighting for a while. I need something like this after the disappointing Dead or Alive 3. How far away is Soul Calibur II?

EDIT: I just watched Gamespot's video review. Looks like they've talked me into it. That Greg Kasavin is a heckuva salesman.

I am definitely getting this game. I've been a VF fan all along, and this one looks to be the best (even better than VF2!?) and from early word seems to have a lot of things geared toward the home user/singer player. I'm glad to see Gamespot rate it that high, they have been really accurate with their reviews lately and that is very encouraging!

I like the whole fighting game genre, but the only one I have for my PS2 is Dead or Alive 2, which is neat, but doesn't really hold my interest. It just doesnt seem to have a lot of depth, and even to a fighting game novice like me, isnt terribly hard (I just hit buttons) and supposedly I set it to difficult. I think I also expected the "story" mode to have more of a story ;) As it is I can play through each characters "storyline" in about 15-20 minutes, or less.

VF4 does look awesome from what I've seen. I havent picked the issue up yet (for the demos) but OPM calls it the best fighting game ever.

Brian

IGN's scores are in. There is a pretty decent review in the new issue of Unplugged for Insiders. But you people really just want the numbers, right? Here they are:

Presentation 9.2
Graphics 9.0
Playability 9.5
Sound 8.0
Lasting Appeal 9.5
Overall 9.3

Why are all the reviews in early for this game? It isn't out yet, is it?

It ships next Tuesday. But there is a few weeks of production time where final review copies are available to the press. Also, the Japanese version has been out for a month, so they could have played that and then compared the changes to get an even quicker review out.

I just put Dead or Alive 2 up for sale on half.com so hopefully it'll sell soon and I can get VF4 :)

Brian

the cheapest i see it is at outpost for $40...

any better?

Already got this game (imported) 3 weeks ago and played it extensively.

Great Fighting Game. If you like this type of game. I thought the graphics were good but could of been better, but gameplay is more important. AI is decent.

I wonder how Tekken 4 will be.

PS2 game that i'm playing right now....Bomberman Kart (import) AWESOME 4-PLAYER MULTIPLAYER

How is outpost with delivering new video game releases?

who knows? i've ordered from outpost before and have had no problems but that was before they merged w/ frys...

but i gave in and ordered it anyway... :D

so is it out yet?
I looked for it today but did not find it.

Tomorrow (3/19) is the shipping date.

This game totally rules. It doesn't seem very original when you first turn it on.......but give it ten or fifteen minutes. I can't put the controller down. The depth of gameplay is unreal. Gimme a few weeks, and I think I'll like this even more than Soul Calibur.

Anyone know any good prices on this?

I was about to use the eToys $10 off coupon, but after sales tax/shipping it became $48... so forget that.

Anyone?

Bestbuy has $10 off if you buy the game and strategy guide. So 55 + tax for both which is not too bad. Since I have gift cards to burn, I'll probably be getting it there.

I'll grab the game as well at Best Buy, the best deal I've seen so far. If you've got EGM (APril edition) and I think some other magazines, they do have $5 off video game or accessories, so I'll see if I can mix this with the best buy deal.

The new OPM (w/ VF4 on the cover) has a Best Buy $5 off coupon. Use that if you want to save the more generic coupon (good for any title).

Be careful guys..Best Buy is trying to screw you out of $5 as the game guide is ringing up $19.99 for some reason. The guy before me in line didn't catch it but I certainly did. This was at the Hawthorne store. They also didn't have the $10 off deal coded in the computer and had to enter that manually as well. THis seems like a shady practice that Best Buy does all the time as this isn't the first time I've had a price ring up wrong and and also have to explain their own sale to the cashier.

Well shucks, I just picked this up at Best Buy and I didn't even notice the aforementioned coupon when I thumbed through my new Maxim issue. Oh well. I got to play the game a decent amount today. I'll be sure to get back to it more this weekend.

Wow, WORLD-RECORD FAST!!!! I ordered this game last night around 8 PM. Ordered it with ground shipping. Got the package before 11 AM today! I was shocked; I guess I'll get to play this weekend after all. Airborn Express rules.

3/22 ad for Fry's - $39.99 for Virtua Fighter 4!

The 3 reviewers from the new EGM mag rated it 10,10 and 9.5

Picked it up last night after selling DoA2 Hardcore on Half.com :)

Very cool game. There was just something about DoA2 that didnt really draw me in... I guess because I could just mash buttons like a madman and do well.

I put this on hard, and I dont get too far into the matches before I realize I better start learning some moves :) Tried the training mode a bit too... I discovered you have to hit the buttons REALLY fast to pull off a lot of the moves. If you have to think about it, you're too slow... so I've figured you pretty much have to commit all the moves to muscle memory to pull them off fast enough. HOpefully I can get good at this :)

Brian

I just bought it at Fry's yesterday! It was the last copy too. Fry's is awesome. $40 for a new release, wow!