Virtua Fighter 5 is like a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick...very old, very slow, and very tired.
First off, the graphics and environments look nice, and fighting and combos are easy learn.
After about 11/2 hours of playing it, I realized that the fighting is way too easy and there was absolutely no excitement in this game. It feels like just a fighter that I could of played in the arcade about 15 years ago. No kicking foes though windows or throwing foes off platforms etc. Zero destructable environments!
VF5 boils down to this: Beat your foe or move him outside of the circle of the ring to win.... BORING!
Virtua Fighter 5 is pretty looking, but that's about it. I had a much better time playing Dead or Alive Ultimate 2 & 3 on the original Xbox than I did with VF5.
Here's the thing that sucks the most: VF5 has NO ONLINE PLAY!!!!!!!
Playing against stupid A.I. foes over and over again feels so old....and tired. Online play is a must for every game nowadays!!!!! Why even bother to make this game, Sega?
Needless to say... I no longer have Virtua Fighter 5 in my PS3 game library. I gladly took the $15 for it from my local game store. I give it a 5 out of 10 just based on the graphics alone. Not worth renting or buying.