This review contains spoilers
tl;dr: This game is quite rough around the edges, but I still definitely enjoy it, especially with friends. Open world is a bit wack, wish the game had multiple create a character slots, fighting feels great, and the character creation is absolutely top tier. I'd give it about a 7-7.5/10
I also wanna say that most of this review will be talking about the World Tour gamemode because that's the one I play the most
First we're gonna start with the negatives, and then go into the positives
---------------------------
NEGATIVES:
A small, more nitpick complaint of mine is that you can't color every piece of clothing into any color. It seems like each piece of clothing has set colors that you can turn it into, which is sad. I haven't even been able to make khakis yet
I don't really like the scripted fights, where you could absolutely decimate the enemy, but then the cutscene is like "Heh, had enough yet?" lmao. I think if you're not supposed to win against an enemy, they should just put the full fight as a cutscene instead of just making the player fight them for no reason
This one might just be a skill issue, idk, but I'm not exactly fond of how you could be a higher level than some fighters, but they still deal insane amounts of damage to you, and then you deal almost no damage to them. It just doesn't really make sense to me
The last minor issue I have with the game is the fact that the game almost forces you into certain playstyles if you want to complete some challenges in World Tour
One of my biggest problems with the game is probably that the open world is... less than ideal lol. It's not necessarily bad, especially for a fighting game, but my only real complaints about it is all the goons around every corner waiting to jump you and the fact that it's a very empty open world in terms of exploring and seeing cool stuff. Now, obviously I don't expect some Elden Ring scale world in a fighting game like this, but I definitely feel like the world could have been more... exciting? I guess? And then the goons that run up on you and start a fight. They don't add anything to the game except a major annoyance that you try your best to avoid. I don't think it was a good thing to put into the game, I would have preferred it if most of the city was just full of neutral people that would fight if you asked, and then maybe there's a group of goons once every blue moon or something like that, just so the entirety of the open world isn't just trying to avoid enemies. I also wish that the story mode was multiplayer-ish where I could see other players running around the world doing quests, and I could fight them if I wanted to. I mean, it'd basically just be the Battle Hub on a larger scale
My actual BIGGEST problem with the game is the fact that the game seems to not want you to create more than one character. Like, sure, you can save a good amount of character recipes, but that's about it. You can't save presets, or have character slots, or have different playthroughs with different characters, and that's actually really disappointing. I'd want a character system similar if not exactly like the one in Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2. There are like ten or so character slots, and each character has different stats, clothes, presets, race, etc. But in SF6, you only get one character, no presets, and if you wanna switch your skills then you have to pay ten continues, which is quite a bit, even in mid/late game. I'm HUGE into creating OCs/roleplaying with those characters in the game, and you kinda just can't do that in this game. Vedy vedy sad, and I hope they change this either for an update to this game, or in the next SF game
---------------------------
POSITIVES:
The story mode, while kind of lacking the "story" aspect, idk if that's exactly a bad thing. I kind of enjoy the fact that it's just a bunch of fights with some story sprinkled in there, and I feel like a major story would kind of be overbearing
I really like how the fighting feels in this game. I haven't played many fighting games in my life aside from Injustice, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and maybe one or two more, but that's about it. However, SF6 just hits different. I'm not entirely sure what it is, but it's just a lot more fun than the other ones I've played. This is my first ever Street Fighter game, and I'm glad I started with this one because idk if I'd be into the older ones. Dee Jay main for life 😏
Probably my absolute favorite part of the game is the character creation. As I said before, I'm huge into all the roleplay type stuff, and aside from the things I talked about before, the extensive character creation leads to a much better, more in depth experience for things like this. I can make all kinds of unique-looking characters, and they range from normal, cool, weird, unsettling, and everything in between. Your imagination is almost the only limit to this character creation, and seeing the creativity of other players is always an amazing treat
---------------------------
I'm most likely forgetting some stuff, but oh well, don't wanna sit here writing this all day lmao
While I obviously have more and longer negatives than positives in my review, it's quality over quantity. The positives I listed outweigh the negatives, which is why I still give the game a 7-7.5/10
I also wanna say that most of this review will be talking about the World Tour gamemode because that's the one I play the most
First we're gonna start with the negatives, and then go into the positives
---------------------------
NEGATIVES:
A small, more nitpick complaint of mine is that you can't color every piece of clothing into any color. It seems like each piece of clothing has set colors that you can turn it into, which is sad. I haven't even been able to make khakis yet
I don't really like the scripted fights, where you could absolutely decimate the enemy, but then the cutscene is like "Heh, had enough yet?" lmao. I think if you're not supposed to win against an enemy, they should just put the full fight as a cutscene instead of just making the player fight them for no reason
This one might just be a skill issue, idk, but I'm not exactly fond of how you could be a higher level than some fighters, but they still deal insane amounts of damage to you, and then you deal almost no damage to them. It just doesn't really make sense to me
The last minor issue I have with the game is the fact that the game almost forces you into certain playstyles if you want to complete some challenges in World Tour
One of my biggest problems with the game is probably that the open world is... less than ideal lol. It's not necessarily bad, especially for a fighting game, but my only real complaints about it is all the goons around every corner waiting to jump you and the fact that it's a very empty open world in terms of exploring and seeing cool stuff. Now, obviously I don't expect some Elden Ring scale world in a fighting game like this, but I definitely feel like the world could have been more... exciting? I guess? And then the goons that run up on you and start a fight. They don't add anything to the game except a major annoyance that you try your best to avoid. I don't think it was a good thing to put into the game, I would have preferred it if most of the city was just full of neutral people that would fight if you asked, and then maybe there's a group of goons once every blue moon or something like that, just so the entirety of the open world isn't just trying to avoid enemies. I also wish that the story mode was multiplayer-ish where I could see other players running around the world doing quests, and I could fight them if I wanted to. I mean, it'd basically just be the Battle Hub on a larger scale
My actual BIGGEST problem with the game is the fact that the game seems to not want you to create more than one character. Like, sure, you can save a good amount of character recipes, but that's about it. You can't save presets, or have character slots, or have different playthroughs with different characters, and that's actually really disappointing. I'd want a character system similar if not exactly like the one in Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2. There are like ten or so character slots, and each character has different stats, clothes, presets, race, etc. But in SF6, you only get one character, no presets, and if you wanna switch your skills then you have to pay ten continues, which is quite a bit, even in mid/late game. I'm HUGE into creating OCs/roleplaying with those characters in the game, and you kinda just can't do that in this game. Vedy vedy sad, and I hope they change this either for an update to this game, or in the next SF game
---------------------------
POSITIVES:
The story mode, while kind of lacking the "story" aspect, idk if that's exactly a bad thing. I kind of enjoy the fact that it's just a bunch of fights with some story sprinkled in there, and I feel like a major story would kind of be overbearing
I really like how the fighting feels in this game. I haven't played many fighting games in my life aside from Injustice, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and maybe one or two more, but that's about it. However, SF6 just hits different. I'm not entirely sure what it is, but it's just a lot more fun than the other ones I've played. This is my first ever Street Fighter game, and I'm glad I started with this one because idk if I'd be into the older ones. Dee Jay main for life 😏
Probably my absolute favorite part of the game is the character creation. As I said before, I'm huge into all the roleplay type stuff, and aside from the things I talked about before, the extensive character creation leads to a much better, more in depth experience for things like this. I can make all kinds of unique-looking characters, and they range from normal, cool, weird, unsettling, and everything in between. Your imagination is almost the only limit to this character creation, and seeing the creativity of other players is always an amazing treat
---------------------------
I'm most likely forgetting some stuff, but oh well, don't wanna sit here writing this all day lmao
While I obviously have more and longer negatives than positives in my review, it's quality over quantity. The positives I listed outweigh the negatives, which is why I still give the game a 7-7.5/10