Street Fighter V · Combo Video · 2022
Street Fighter V's final balance patch in March 2022 marked the end of the game's competitive lifecycle, and this video explores what those last adjustments meant for the roster. Bafael breaks down the patch notes and their broader implications for the fighting game, examining which characters received meaningful buffs or nerfs and how those changes rippled through matchups in the game's twilight period. Rather than focusing on individual combos or frame data, the retrospective takes a wider view of the game's evolution and where the balance landed after years of iterative tuning. For players who invested heavily in Street Fighter V or want to understand the state of the game at its official sunset, this offers context on how Capcom chose to close out the title. The included PDF patch documentation provides the raw data, while the video's analysis contextualizes what those numbers meant in actual play.
From Bafael's YouTube channel