Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition, the most recent title in Capcom’s veteran beat-em-up series, has recently been re-released with all previous DLC included, as well as several gameplay improvements.Street Fighter 5: Champion Editionis the game’s second re-release, following on fromStreet Fighter 5: Arcade Editionback in 2018.
The re-release comes with a variety of balance changes and gameplay additions, including giving every character a second V-Skill. What’s not included in the 8GB patch however, is the game’sCinematic Story Mode, first released just after the title’s original launch in 2016. Here’s how players who’ve bought Champion Edition and want to experience the Cinematic Story can get access to it.
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A Shadow Falls
While the rest of theStreet Fighter 5content updatesthat Capcom have added over the years are automatically included in theStreet Fighter 5: Champion Editiondownload, the Cinematic Story Mode needs to be downloaded separately. Though players will notice a greyed-out option to start the DLC in the menu, this doesn’t actually help in finding it.
Instead, players should go to the PlayStation Store, and search forStreet Fighter 5: A Shadow Falls. This should bring up the Store page for the free DLC Add-On as the top result, from which players can add it to their game. Simply clicking the download button, waiting for the patch to install and then restarting the game is all that’s needed to activate it. It isn’t clear why the Story Mode is separate in this way, when the rest ofStreet Fighter 5’s updatesare included.
Black Moons
The A Shadow Falls Cinematic Story Mode tells the tale ofM. Bisonand his Shadaloo organization as they battle against the World Warriors. The story itself is told through cutscenes, interspersed with the occasional battle as the player takes on the role of one of the characters. Players don’t get a choice of which character to control, as the game requires them to fight as whoever needs to win to advance the story.
The original game also had a Story Mode on launch, though it met with a negative reaction from fans. In it, players chose a character and then watched a lengthy prologue of dialogue over illustrated stills, broken by the occasional fight scene. Unfortunately, thebeat-em-up battleswere lackluster, and the exposition too dense and dry without animated sections, leading to the creation of A Shadow Falls shortly afterwards.
Street Fighter 5: Champion Editionis available on PS4 and PC.
