Fighting Game Central

[TruxtonTatsujin]

Yeah that bottom 5 checks out to me. Manon has been consistently such a shame. Some weird buttons and nothing that's ever really that safe or plus on block, aka what makes a top tier in SF6 generally. Maybe Capcom's afraid of ever really buffing her since her medal gimmick is (potentially) really strong if she hits max level.

Pretty much all the "building stocks" characters are weak. The problem with buffing them is when they're all stocked up they're obnoxiously strong, but they have to struggle to get there constantly. They're scared to buff them because they don't want to make it too easy to be fully stocked. For example, any easy way to buff Manon is to give her oki after her command grab, but if they did that she would build medals extremely fast. I think if they want to properly buff them they also have to nerf their stock system at the same time.

 

[Octopus]

Pretty much all the "building stocks" characters are weak. The problem with buffing them is when they're all stocked up they're obnoxiously strong, but they have to struggle to get there constantly. They're scared to buff them because they don't want to make it too easy to be fully stocked. For example, any easy way to buff Manon is to give her oki after her command grab, but if they did that she would build medals extremely fast. I think if they want to properly buff them they also have to nerf their stock system at the same time.

Yes, exactly. I'd personally love if Manon just didn't have the medals at all, and her command grab damage was locked at maybe like 2 or 3 medal level. They could maybe buff her normals here and there so she actually has at least one or two safe options for blockstrings that don't use meter, but it wouldn't really fix what's a pretty big issue of a character design.

Spent a little bit in training just now trying to shake the rust off, but I hadn't lost as much muscle memory as I thought I would have. Still got Guile's St.MP> B.HP into flash kick down solid, hell yeah.

 

[dem6n dem6n]

I'm a big fan of SF6 and Tekken 8. I'm really not that good at Street Fighter, only low plat. If I play on Modern, I'm definitely better. But I see Modern as a crutch. In Tekken 8 I'm in ruler ranks. Bryan main. One concern might be that I'm a pad player, I don't have a stick. I just don't play fighting games enough to justify the cost of a stick.

I have been getting the itch to play some FightCade recently. I'm looking for someone who's UK/EU that's down to spar in 3S and maybe mess around in Windjammers or other random games. Anyone down?

 

[Deleted member 3099]

I ended up reinstalling SF6 too, the fighting game bug is starting to set back in.

 

[Octopus]

I ended up reinstalling SF6 too, the fighting game bug is starting to set back in.

One of us, one of us.

One concern might be that I'm a pad player, I don't have a stick.

Potential hot take, but I think sticks are a little overrated. I'm probably biased considering I learned how to play SF4 on a 360 controller, but people have this mythical fixation on arcade sticks sometimes that I think is a little silly. I can see it making sense for something like the KoF series where the inputs are often incredibly complicated, but for something like SF or Tekken or whatever else I don't think there's ever going to be an issue using a pad. That being said, the PS5 controller sucks ass for fighting games but I've learned to cope with the d-pad. The stick sensitivity option they added in at some point may help the analog stick, I have yet to try it out.

 

[bigstinkie]

i do not think an arcade stick can be over or under rated.
whatever is most comfortable for you is the best.
i have difficulty using a traditional video game controller when playing fighting games and playing with an arcade stick is far more intuitive and perhaps most importantly comfortable for my hands during long sessions with no cramping.
i own three sticks, oddly enough in spite of how much i like jlf sticks and sanwa buttons, i use my real arcade pro v the most these days. how times change

 

[Octopus]

whatever is most comfortable for you is the best.

That's more or less my point, I don't mean to knock sticks at all just I see a lot of people thinking they have to get an arcade stick or learn stick to really be playing the game or something like that when they should be using whatever is easiest for them.

 

[Deleted member 3099]

I think the idea that you *have* to have a stick is a little silly too, and is a holdover from the arcade days. I'm most comfortable on a Dualshock pad and have done plenty well for myself, and have tried to learn stick on multiple occasions but never found it super comfortable personally.

Granted, certain characters or inputs are easier on stick, like piano inputs, but for most players just stick to what's most comfortable to you.

 

[Octopus]

Granted, certain characters or inputs are easier on stick

Charge super motions are the bane of my d-pad existence, like Guile's hurricane or Honda's lvl 2 super. I've learned to do them consistently enough, but it's weird as I don't remember having this much issue with them in 4. It could just be the difference in d-pad with the PS5 controller, maybe or the changes to the input buffer.

 

[bigstinkie]

in tekken i remember 1+4 moves or 2+3 moves were very very difficult to do on a controller since it would require pressing both the cross button and triangle button at the same time which to me seemed like a knights errand
so crafty macro settings needed to be configured in the options menu

 

[dem6n dem6n]

in tekken i remember 1+4 moves or 2+3 moves were very very difficult to do on a controller since it would require pressing both the cross button and triangle button at the same time which to me seemed like a knights errand
so crafty macro settings needed to be configured in the options menu

Yep, that's why I have 1+2 on RT, 3+4 on RB, 1+4 on LT and 2+3 on LB.

 

[Octopus]

in tekken i remember 1+4 moves or 2+3 moves were very very difficult to do on a controller since it would require pressing both the cross button and triangle button at the same time which to me seemed like a knights errand
so crafty macro settings needed to be configured in the options menu

Oh yeah I bind stuff like that to the shoulder buttons whenever I play Tekken. I usually bind 1+2 and 3+4 as well so it's just one button press. Soul Calibur as well, there's no way I'm casually hitting square+circle together in the middle of a match to do some Mitsurugi stances.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

I switched to stick when SFV came out and haven't looked back since. It's nice not getting blisters on my thumb from doing motion inputs on a d-pad. My inputs are also a lot cleaner on stick, having a square gate with the micro switches clicking into the 8 directions really helps. Also being able to "double tap" for tight links makes them much easier. You drum your middle and index finger on the button, getting two inputs a frame apart.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I started practicing Ryu again in SF6. Definitely one of my favorite versions of the character. Now all thats left is to have internet to play with someone.

 

[Octopus]

I started practicing Ryu again in SF6. Definitely one of my favorite versions of the character. Now all thats left is to have internet to play with someone.
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Oh yeah, SF6 Ryu is definitely a good time. Maybe even a little too good considering all the buffs he's been getting over the patches. Corner H.Donkey Kick>L.Shoryu juggle into lvl 3 is one of the most satisfying things to land in the game.

 

[Deleted member 3099]

SF6 Ryu has to be my favorite iteration of the character. Ryu is the past often felt a little overshadowed by the other shoto's, but in 6 he feels very unique while still being distinctively Ryu.

 

[NachoChi]

I'm going back in, the fighting game bug has taken full hold of my faculties.
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An honorable mention to your digital copies of MUA 1 and 2

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hokuto no ken is not a kusoge it is in fact my favourite game from that developer
but many call it kusoge... it is not i that refers to such a gem by that word

TODs from that game can't be topped lol

 

[Deleted member 257420]

They should add a sigma vs alpha fighting game

 

[Deleted member 3099]

They should add a sigma vs alpha fighting game

I liked you better when you were blond.

 

[Deleted member 257420]

I liked you better when you were blond.

 

[Deleted member 3099]

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Cringe

 

[bigstinkie]

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akuma?

 

[Deleted member 257420]

akuma?
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Akuma if he listened to Brazilian phonk and watched epic podcasts

 

[Deleted member 3099]

Anyone got any fighting game series they wanna see come back? I'd kill for a new Soul Caliber or Killer Instinct.

 

[Octopus]

Anyone got any fighting game series they wanna see come back? I'd kill for a new Soul Caliber or Killer Instinct.

Oh yeah, the greatest fighting game ever of Weaponlord.

But actually, I'd kill for another Soul Calibur. The last one was such a disappointment, they can't end the series like that.