Street Fighter 6 Review: Bringing Heat Back to the Streets

Street Fighter 6 Review: Bringing Heat Back to the Streets

By Michael Leri

Street Fighter 5 was one of Capcom’s many missteps in the previous generation that saw the infamous publisher at one of its historic lows. It was seemingly a hell of a learning experience since those hard times led to Resident Evil’s resurgence, one of the best Mega Man games, a bunch of well-made retro collections, and, now, Street Fighter…

  • Interactive tutorials are thorough and walk players through each mechanic and character
  • The Drive system is easy to understand, but full of depth and has multiple layers
  • Distinct style full of neon and hip hop that evokes the "Street" part of its name
  • The roster has a good mix of newcomers and familiar faces that all have unique playstyles
  • World Tour is overly long, abysmally paced, grindy, ugly, poorly balanced, and a complete waste time
  • Solo modes are weak and underdeveloped

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Michael Leri
Michael Leri

Michael Leri is Evolve's senior gaming editor. He prides himself on playing and finishing as many video games as he can in all sorts of genres from shooters to platformers to weird indie experiments. There's always something to learn from rolling credits and that thirst for experience and knowledge is mostly what drives him. You can find him on Twitter, Backloggd, Bluesky, and Letterboxd as @OrangeFlavored.

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