>>9059818I can't entirely disagree, but I personally appreciate the simpler VF designs where characters don't really try to be super unique, just fighters fighting in fights with their fighting styles.
Also Akira only looks like Ryu until he starts hitting you with his ass, and you don't get many characters like Vanessa in other fighting games.
>>9059559It was the first 3D fighter and it defined pretty much the whole gameplay of 3D fighting games consisting of expansive movelists with an emphasis on frame stats and high/low/attack/grab mixups instead of special moves. And yeah, personal tastes aside, the characters are famously bland looking, barely being anything more than representations of their fighting styles.
The series had a niche hardcore following especially in Japan, but it was behind Tekken and Soulcalibur in popularity. The first games did very well because of the novelty, and then VF4 faired well against the unpopular Tekken4, but eventually the next Tekkens steamrolled VF, arcades declined and Sega stopped the series at 5.
