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The Street Fighter 6 review embargo lifted, and critics everywhere are raving. Capcom clearly knocked it out of the park in every facet of the game, leading many to speculate that this marks the return of the old Capcom — the one that only hits, and never misses. After having read The Nerd Stash’s in-depth review of Street Fighter 6, let’s check out what scores other outlets have given it, shall we?
Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 Comeback
The last entry in the franchise proved to have a very rocky start; it launched with barely any single-player content, while the competitive side and online net code were also lacking. This resulted in Street Fighter V having one of the lowest numbers of competitors in its premier esports competition, Evo. Eventually, of course, it was to recover and prove a triumph, but that rocky start is likely to have turned many casual players away. Street Fighter 6Â looks set to prove a very different case.
Indeed, fast forward to today, and Capcom has rectified each and every major issue with its previous entries in the Street Fighter series. Not only is the base fighting system robust, entertaining, and simple to understand, but Street Fighter 6 has some of the best online net code and social functionality out of any fighting game, as proven in the multiple betas. Those same betas also produced some of the most horrifying and awe-inspiring creations ever made. And as a cherry on top, it has a third-person single-player-only mode, that will have most players spending hours in the casual-friendly mode creating their own custom characters.
Street Fighter 6 Review Roundup
Here are some of the review scores that critics have given to Street Fighter 6 before its release date:
- The Nerd Stash – 5/5
- Metacritic – 92
- IGN – 9/10
- GameSpot – 9/10
- VGC – 5/5
- Eurogamer – 4/5
- PC Gamer – 89/100
- Destructoid – 9.5/10
- GamesRadar+ – 5/5
Street Fighter 6 releases on 2 June on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One, and PC. Preorders are still up on the Capcom website until the release date. And for all the single console owners out there, the game supports seamless cross-play between all the aforementioned platforms.