Shameless bump, BECAUSE I NOW HAVE THAT GAME TOO. But yeah, I played SC 2, 3, and now a bit of 4 and 5, and in many aspects 5 is indeed the weakest of them. I haven't played much of the story yet, but the removal of the indivudal story arcs is a bit disappointing and the game has some aspects that I just find outright confusing. I still haven't figured out what I unlock how and when, and how I can use whatever I unlock. Are there different weapons? What do they do? How do I use them? It's just very puzzling and was much more clearer and obvious in older games. Also, when I'm in Offline Game mode and want to do a quick fight, it wants me to play against other player-generated characters? Wat? I thought it's offline? Also, removing Taki and semi-removing Kilik (well, he's there, but he - literally - could be anyone), and replacing them by their obnoxious clone versions Natsu and Xiba was just a bad move. Especially since Taki was always my favourite girl to play. ._. Music is decent, but when the most memorable song is one taken from another game (Venice Rooftops) that's not a good sign. The good things: - Ezio!! (He seems a tiny bit OP though? At least I dashed with him through Arcade mode when I was struggling with others.) - Viola (Hard to control, but much fun! From all the new characters she finally adds a new and unique style.) - Online playing!!!! I only played a bit against Cat the other day, but it was fuuuuun. Much more interesting than fighting against the CPU. I'm not much of an online player, so I'll probably just play against friends, but still... So yeah, I'll probably use SC5 mostly for the online fighting, and SC4 for the offline parts. Also, looking for more people to fight against, if anyone else has the game, add me on PSN and come at me Bro! xD