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MrPastry To Object or Not Object? from Japanifornia Since: Sep, 2010
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#226: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:23:55 PM

Shame the Xbox pad sucks for fighters. I usually use the control stick myself, though I'm considering looking for an Arcade Stick for any noticeable difference. I'd like to test it first, I'm not just throwing down $100 dollars just yet.

edited 22nd Aug '11 4:24:32 PM by MrPastry

It's more frustrating waiting for the asskicking than the asskicking itself.
HellmanSabian Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
#227: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:24:39 PM

X 2 X are you me? If so, you stop that. You stop that now! tongue

Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#228: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:28:20 PM

[up][up]The Xbox controller sucks for fighters period.

MrPastry To Object or Not Object? from Japanifornia Since: Sep, 2010
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#229: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:29:40 PM

Eh, I've managed to do fine personally.

It's more frustrating waiting for the asskicking than the asskicking itself.
X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
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#231: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:31:23 PM

I like using my 360 controller for fighters. Works well enough for me.

Although i tend to treat my controllers... Harshly. I've gone through 3 PS 2 controllers, 2 360 controllers, 1 gamecube controllers and 1 PS 1 controller. Their rubber wears off, the buttons start to stick, and a variety of horrible things happen to the analog sticks. I should buy a couple PS 2 controllers before they dissapear from the market, actually.

You are not alone.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#232: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:32:20 PM

Years of having no choice but to deal with it have made me relatively adept at using the Xbox controller adeptly for fighters, but it's still a terrible controller for that genre.

MrPastry To Object or Not Object? from Japanifornia Since: Sep, 2010
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#233: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:32:24 PM

So sad fact, I had no idea that the Alpha series even existed when I was 9 or so, I vaguely remember seeing a SF 3 article in Game Pro, which I didn't have because I had an N64 and PS 1 (Doesn't mean I regret my choice of console).

It's more frustrating waiting for the asskicking than the asskicking itself.
X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#234: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:32:55 PM

[up][up][up] I know what you mean. One of my PS 2 controllers has its wires exposed and is barely functioning. I should buy one or two replacements, seeing as I bought my console when it first hit the market.

edited 22nd Aug '11 4:35:29 PM by X2X

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ActuallyComma I am making sense! from a mysterious place Since: Feb, 2011
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#235: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:33:38 PM

Xbox dpad is terrible for anything.

Except [condescending response follows]. Because [sarcasm here]. You do understand [snark], right? POTHOLE TO SARCASM MODE
ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
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#236: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:36:15 PM

It's easy on the thumb. When i was forced to use the d-pad for fighting game motions in King Of Fighters 2000 because it didn't recognize the analog stick the bone in my thumb would start to ache and i'd get blisters. Game hard, indeed. I have that game on my MAME now with a USB controller that looks exactly like a playstation one, so whatevs. Even the difficulty curve in the arcade version is perfect for me.

I like the 360 controller for fighting games though because the left analog stick is on the upper part of the controller along with the face buttons. The indentation in the rubber also makes it so my thumb doesn't slip off, but the rubber itself is kinda crap because it's wearing off. PS stuff doesn't.

edited 22nd Aug '11 4:38:33 PM by ShirowShirow

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Vertigo_High Since: May, 2010
#237: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:56:38 PM

Only thing 360 d-pad is good for is for 360 motions, which it's great at.

Personally I'm absolute rubbish at sticks, and prefer a pad anytime.

ActuallyComma I am making sense! from a mysterious place Since: Feb, 2011
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#238: Aug 23rd 2011 at 6:22:50 AM

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown is coming to XBLA and PSN... in like a year: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30334101&postcount=1

Too old to be new, too new to be classic — yet I would still like to give VF a shot. Maybe I should buy VF 5: Original Boring Vanilla Edition now, since VF supposedly takes a freaking year to learn how to play.

Except [condescending response follows]. Because [sarcasm here]. You do understand [snark], right? POTHOLE TO SARCASM MODE
Vertigo_High Since: May, 2010
#239: Aug 23rd 2011 at 8:59:17 AM

[up]Oh my God...I never thought it would happen.

Is Sega finally getting their act together?

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
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#240: Aug 23rd 2011 at 11:18:24 AM

I pin the dearth of fighters during the early current gen and late last gen squarely on Japanese developers being slow to embrace online play with Virtua Fighter 5 being the biggest single offender. Looks like somebody learned their goddamn lesson.

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X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#241: Aug 23rd 2011 at 5:31:13 PM

[up][up][up] Yeah, when people say it takes a while to learn VF, they're not joking.

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Vertigo_High Since: May, 2010
#242: Aug 23rd 2011 at 6:32:27 PM

Reading the manual and training mode actually helps a lot lol. Things got easier for me once I learned the defensive/offensive maneuvers. But yeah the moves with the absurd frame windows are such a pain to execute consistently.

X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#243: Aug 23rd 2011 at 11:18:25 PM

Even so, it takes a good deal of time to fully get the hang of it. When I first played the game, I was somewhere around 12-13. It wasn't until about 3-4 years later that I decided to give it another go, main Lion, and grasp some of the more advanced concepts. And I still don't have all of down. tongue

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Schitzo HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE from Akumajou Dracula Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
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#244: Aug 24th 2011 at 1:14:57 PM

Wow, this guy's bitter.

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.
Vertigo_High Since: May, 2010
#245: Aug 24th 2011 at 1:24:18 PM

That guy should be a trope example of Fan Dumb.

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#246: Aug 24th 2011 at 1:25:20 PM

Indeed. He's basically a part of Capcoms Hate Dumb.

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X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#247: Aug 24th 2011 at 1:29:46 PM

What a selfish, nitpicking-for-the-hell-of-it moron.

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Schitzo HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE from Akumajou Dracula Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
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#248: Aug 24th 2011 at 1:59:34 PM

I don't know whether or not to look at the rest of his

Oh fucking hell. A whiner AND a pansy.

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#249: Aug 24th 2011 at 2:10:07 PM

Meh, not a problem.

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Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
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#250: Aug 24th 2011 at 7:18:17 PM

Soooo...

For those of you who care, some people are making a My Little Pony fighting game called Fighting Is Magic.

They're actually streaming some of the gameplay right now, if you want to check it out. Not sure how much longer they'll be streaming it for, though.

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander

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