Virtua Fighter 4 Critic Reviews

Tight control, a fantastic training mode that really helps anyone learn, original modes like Kumite and just awesome AI make for one of the best fighters in years.

What’s awesome about the gameplay is that you can just pick up a controller and start fighting. Three buttons (block, kick, punch) are all that are needed to master a basic set of moves.

A combat masterpiece.

The depth of this game is staggering.

I can't get enough of it. Not many games are so great that they can help influence your taste, but this one really is something special.

It's not simply an all out brawl where the one who punches the fastest wins, but rather an elegant and more balanced fighting game, where knowing the combos is not enough - knowing when to use them and how to counter them counts for something as well.

A complex fighting game that will take you a very long time to master each of the 13 characters.

The best fighting experience available on home consoles...One of the slickest fighting games ever.

A meticulously balanced fighter's fighter – no cyborgs or polar bears or laser beams. It's simplicity perfected, and you'd be surprised how complex that can get.

Underneath its silky shine is a feast of fighting goodies that will change everything you have ever come to expect from this genre.

It’s going to be remembered as not only the deepest fighting game for the Playstation 2, but also the best, on any platform.

The kicks, punches, and throws all look extremely close to an actual fight with the force of the hit being displayed in such a way that gives you a feel of the power.

Deeper than Marianas Trench, but fortunately, it's much easier to dive into. The most realistic, well-rounded and technically impressive fighting ever made.

The game is a gorgeous and perfectly balanced game where no fighter is better than another is. Kumite mode helps define this game as purely skill-driven, but its simplistic controls make it accessible to anybody.

Though DOA3 may have it beat graphically, no game can touch VF4’s fighting engine. This is the deepest, most dynamic fighter ever created.

There's quite literally nothing else about Virtua Fighter 4 which comes close to disappointing as much as the graphics – and considering that the game still looks marvellous, that's the best bad-news-good-news we've ever had to tell anyone, you lucky people!

This is the epitome of what fighting games should be, having practice, patience, and technique take precedence over simple button mashing.

VF4 is probably the greatest fighter ever made in terms of lasting appeal. The Kumite mode is absolutely fantastic.

The real beauty of it is definitely in the gameplay...You can't tell right off the bat, but Virtua Fighter 4 is the best fighting game in years.

The amount of variety for toe-to-toe fighting is the best the series has ever seen.