In my opinion, this is THE best designed, most competitive, and most interesting Samurai Shodown game there is (yes it's better than 2 also.) I've been playing this game somewhat competitively for awhile and I can say that it's nice to see this game get a port to PC. However, this game deserves a much better port than this one. Basic things like being able to change the button layout on the keyboard, use my arcade stick, and even some graphical filters (which I don't really care about but nontheless would have been nice additions) are nowhere to be found here. It's basically a Mame emulation with a wrapper on it when you look at the files in the directory, which is sad because this is a legitimately great game and to see the company that made it do it such a disservice to it by putting out lazy ports like this one that are hardly helpful in terms of getting new players to take it for a spin. I recommend buying this version of the game as a means of supporting it, but instead of playing this version, play it on fightcade. Not only is there online, but there are a lot of features this version SHOULD have (like being able to map buttons and use more than a 360 controller for instance.) Samurai Shodown 5 Special was unfortunately not included in the Samurai Shodown Anthology so this is one of the only legit ways to experience the game, but sadly, it's not necessarily the best way.
