Oh yeah, Zack's ending on DOA4 is just pretty umm..... umm...... senseless?!? Even SF3 has some storyline progression. And it even shows on characters like Ryu and Ken where they look older than previous series. People can connect and feel they are growing up with the characters. Comparing that to VF characters which never grow old, no story to flesh them out (I mean, why the hell Dural is the boss for every series?!?) really hurt the characterization. Granted, it is still fun to play with deep control and mimicking actual martial arts moves but there's only so much one could take without something to connect to the characters. I mean, at least some background like what tournament they are participating and why instead of just gather together to bash the hell of each others