It's a solid game and story mode, in the relative sense
I still greatly dislike the variations as an idea and here it's expanded in such an excruciating way. To drive home the point, where I'm at, at least two characters that aren't on the roster are fightable in the story, with full movesets from previous games. If it weren't for the variation and loot system they'd be easy to include. Very frustrating as a fan. Otherwise the story has some great moments although it's as shlocky and phoned in as ever. The graphics are outrageous