Yay another matchup to learn :/.PurplePonyArcade said:
Doesn't look too impressive to me. Outside of ibuki these new characters do absolutely nothing for me.
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Doesn't look too impressive to me. Outside of ibuki these new characters do absolutely nothing for me.
Speak for yourself. Urien was the character I have been looking forward to the most.Lufia Erim said:
Well i did say "me" twice in two sentences. If he looks interesting to you, more power to you, i hope you main him and become really good with him and i run into you online. It'll be fun.PurplePonyArcade said:
On a slightly unrelated note, i noticed that for the first few days after a new character is released ( and this was since the Alex release), everyone tries them out online, but as time goes on the vaste majority drops the new character and goes back to their original main. I really don't see many of the characters outside the original 16 being played.
I wonder if that's just me. Can anyone confirm?
Can't confirm because around the time Alex released is when my PC started screaming for death whenever I played the game and I had to sadly let it go until I get some new parts which i am still in the process of doing.Lufia Erim said:
However I can say as far as I know of all the DLC characters that came out Guile is the only one highly rated. I think Boxer and Juri are dead last.
I'm very much a casual fighting game fan in that i play for fun and don't really care about the competitive aspect nor the technical details, but it's nonetheless a genre i enjoy. I just know ill never be good at them and my experience with trying to play with others online has been very negative so mostly stick to single player.
Still i like the spirit of this thread, and who knows, maybe might find someone to play with who doesn't mind humoring a noob.
Fighting games/series i play or had a past experience with:
-DragonBall Z budokai 3: one of the few fighting games i was ever any good at and was the big party game back in my boarding school. Hated the tenkaichi followups.
-Soul Blade/Calibur series: loved the original back on ps1 and have dabbled playing the sequels in arcade cabinets. Favorite characters to play was Siegfried/nightmare, Mitsurigi and Sophitia.
-Mortal Kombat series: One of my favorite franchises overall due to the hyper violence, have never been good at it but it's one of those games i love win or lose due to the gory finales xD
Mk9-X makes the bulk of what i've played online on pc and xbox, but it's also where i'd get tons of hate and made me realize how i just don't really fit into the online community, this would be where i'd get tons of hate especially when playing one of my fav characters: jade. Way i played her i tried to capitalize on her staff attacks and boomerangs to harass from range and keep my distance (it's a similar style to how i play siegfried in soul calibur) and people really hated it and would let me know in rather unpleasant terms. I was always
at making people angry to play with me so is one reason why i dropped the game, i don't usually enjoy griefing people.
-Street fighter series: thought i was all right in street fighter 2 but have not kept up with the series and feel somewhat obsolete when i hear people talking about this game. Now it's all about supers, cancels and fancy technical terms. I have sometimes wondered about getting street fighter 5 but the lack of a good single player mode from what i hear+my apprehension about multi given past bad experiences on mortal kombat has kept me away thus far.
Characters i play: ryu/ken/guy in street fighter alpha2/vega/balrog/cammy
-Tekken series: like soul calibur, tekken was a staple of my playstation childhood and got to play the sequels at friends house. I grew really fond of steve and his boxing style. Other characters i like: true ogre in tekken 3, paul, jun from tekken, asuka, that funky pink haired purple girl robot whose name i forget in tekken 5 (or was it 6? or both?), bryan fury (dat laugh!).
-Dead or Alive series: only have experience with doa2 but it was a super fun game and played it tons, the counter system was both simple enough for a noob like me to pick up and satisfying enough to learn. Fav characters were ryu hayabusa, leon, bayman, ayane and helena.
That's enough random rambling i think.
Still i like the spirit of this thread, and who knows, maybe might find someone to play with who doesn't mind humoring a noob.
Fighting games/series i play or had a past experience with:
-DragonBall Z budokai 3: one of the few fighting games i was ever any good at and was the big party game back in my boarding school. Hated the tenkaichi followups.
-Soul Blade/Calibur series: loved the original back on ps1 and have dabbled playing the sequels in arcade cabinets. Favorite characters to play was Siegfried/nightmare, Mitsurigi and Sophitia.
-Mortal Kombat series: One of my favorite franchises overall due to the hyper violence, have never been good at it but it's one of those games i love win or lose due to the gory finales xD
Mk9-X makes the bulk of what i've played online on pc and xbox, but it's also where i'd get tons of hate and made me realize how i just don't really fit into the online community, this would be where i'd get tons of hate especially when playing one of my fav characters: jade. Way i played her i tried to capitalize on her staff attacks and boomerangs to harass from range and keep my distance (it's a similar style to how i play siegfried in soul calibur) and people really hated it and would let me know in rather unpleasant terms. I was always
at making people angry to play with me so is one reason why i dropped the game, i don't usually enjoy griefing people.-Street fighter series: thought i was all right in street fighter 2 but have not kept up with the series and feel somewhat obsolete when i hear people talking about this game. Now it's all about supers, cancels and fancy technical terms. I have sometimes wondered about getting street fighter 5 but the lack of a good single player mode from what i hear+my apprehension about multi given past bad experiences on mortal kombat has kept me away thus far.
Characters i play: ryu/ken/guy in street fighter alpha2/vega/balrog/cammy
-Tekken series: like soul calibur, tekken was a staple of my playstation childhood and got to play the sequels at friends house. I grew really fond of steve and his boxing style. Other characters i like: true ogre in tekken 3, paul, jun from tekken, asuka, that funky pink haired purple girl robot whose name i forget in tekken 5 (or was it 6? or both?), bryan fury (dat laugh!).
-Dead or Alive series: only have experience with doa2 but it was a super fun game and played it tons, the counter system was both simple enough for a noob like me to pick up and satisfying enough to learn. Fav characters were ryu hayabusa, leon, bayman, ayane and helena.
That's enough random rambling i think.
Hey I love training people. It may be because of the communities of the games you play or something, I don't play those (outside of Budokai 3 which doesn't have netplay, though Burst Limit does and uses the same formula but much improved) so I dunno, but in games like Guilty Gear Xrd or Blazblue a lager segment of people are more serious hence helpful. Online REALLY doesn't equal competitive you see, anyone can play online, including trolls and jerks. The competitive folk are more close to a monk on top of a mountain willin to show the earnest grasshopper how to fly than somone eager to humiliate them. Oh and anyone can be good, you just have to put in the time, and the requirement is a huge one, so the results won't become quickly apparent. Setting small goals and comparing your old footage to how you play now are key steps.
Playing people is a different experience, as you have to read their tendencies and be precognizant enough to counter them before they occur. The AI is just dumb by comparison, using either obvious repeated patterns that never adapt or reading your button presses and reacting with superhuman speed that feels cheap. This is why you haven't really played the game if you don't delve deep enough to see that you have won a fight maybe 5 seconds into it and other such things. Hence, netplay is highly reccomended. Oh and SF is like, the simplest of games when tackling mechanics like supers and cancels, take a peek on a youtube vid of the tutorial in Blazblue Chronophantasma Extend and you'll see what I mean XD.
Playing people is a different experience, as you have to read their tendencies and be precognizant enough to counter them before they occur. The AI is just dumb by comparison, using either obvious repeated patterns that never adapt or reading your button presses and reacting with superhuman speed that feels cheap. This is why you haven't really played the game if you don't delve deep enough to see that you have won a fight maybe 5 seconds into it and other such things. Hence, netplay is highly reccomended. Oh and SF is like, the simplest of games when tackling mechanics like supers and cancels, take a peek on a youtube vid of the tutorial in Blazblue Chronophantasma Extend and you'll see what I mean XD.
Quite a description and for that reason more than welcome here since that was my aim. Alpha 2 has an oddly firm and devoted following even if smaller than Super Turbo and 3rd Strike. So if that is your thing you should have quite a few people between Fightcade(don't know if TheEscapist will let me say that here or not) and the off chance you find a local tournament since the bigger areas have a mix of cabs and console and my experience did to my surprise net me a few people eager to play it. I was never much for the Alpha series though. I like the characters, but the custom combo thing sort of breaks flow for me in competitive too bad. Like I said if you like Street Fighter in general then its fairly flexible. Ultra Street Fighter IV is still fairly active online on both console and PC and on the latter im up for some casuals if you like. Super Turbo and 3rd Strike have a decent online following between Fightcade and the Online Edition of 3S. Of course V is where the action is at, but maybe that is not your thing.Frankster said:I'm very much a casual fighting game fan in that i play for fun and don't really care about the competitive aspect nor the technical details, but it's nonetheless a genre i enjoy. I just know ill never be good at them and my experience with trying to play with others online has been very negative so mostly stick to single player.
Still i like the spirit of this thread, and who knows, maybe might find someone to play with who doesn't mind humoring a noob.
Fighting games/series i play or had a past experience with:
-DragonBall Z budokai 3: one of the few fighting games i was ever any good at and was the big party game back in my boarding school. Hated the tenkaichi followups.
-Soul Blade/Calibur series: loved the original back on ps1 and have dabbled playing the sequels in arcade cabinets. Favorite characters to play was Siegfried/nightmare, Mitsurigi and Sophitia.
-Mortal Kombat series: One of my favorite franchises overall due to the hyper violence, have never been good at it but it's one of those games i love win or lose due to the gory finales xD
Mk9-X makes the bulk of what i've played online on pc and xbox, but it's also where i'd get tons of hate and made me realize how i just don't really fit into the online community, this would be where i'd get tons of hate especially when playing one of my fav characters: jade. Way i played her i tried to capitalize on her staff attacks and boomerangs to harass from range and keep my distance (it's a similar style to how i play siegfried in soul calibur) and people really hated it and would let me know in rather unpleasant terms. I was always
-Street fighter series: thought i was all right in street fighter 2 but have not kept up with the series and feel somewhat obsolete when i hear people talking about this game. Now it's all about supers, cancels and fancy technical terms. I have sometimes wondered about getting street fighter 5 but the lack of a good single player mode from what i hear+my apprehension about multi given past bad experiences on mortal kombat has kept me away thus far.
Characters i play: ryu/ken/guy in street fighter alpha2/vega/balrog/cammy
-Tekken series: like soul calibur, tekken was a staple of my playstation childhood and got to play the sequels at friends house. I grew really fond of steve and his boxing style. Other characters i like: true ogre in tekken 3, paul, jun from tekken, asuka, that funky pink haired purple girl robot whose name i forget in tekken 5 (or was it 6? or both?), bryan fury (dat laugh!).
-Dead or Alive series: only have experience with doa2 but it was a super fun game and played it tons, the counter system was both simple enough for a noob like me to pick up and satisfying enough to learn. Fav characters were ryu hayabusa, leon, bayman, ayane and helena.
That's enough random rambling i think.
I still have some catching up to do with DOA2, but I really want to play it. Its the only other game in the series that perked my interest besides 5.
Tekken, oh boy. I may not be as good at 3D fighting games and that included Tekken, but I really like me some Tekken.
Before I go on I should say you mentioned being more casual and that is fine. Just know if you want to know anything more of competitive settings and getting better at games in general let me know and I will help if I can. Same goes for anyone else posting here. This post got a little out of hand I am afraid, oh well.
Coolio! I'll probably pick up Street fighter 4+maybe 5 depending on price in a future steam sale at some point. Just found out Street Fighter 5 has a story mode now so would make me more likely to purchase it. Would definitely like to add ya when that happens.PurplePonyArcade said:
I liked Alpha 2 mainly cos was a sweet game with a complete single player mode and liked the general feel+esthetics.
You mention local tournaments and short of it being budokai 3 i don't think i'm ready for such things except maybe to attend as a spectator/cheerleader xD
The only real experience i have competitively (kinda) is i was flatmates with a fighting game tournament player for a few months. He liked to "wind down" by playing a fighting game he didn't compete with, in this case was tekken 5.
I quickly learnt having to be ruthless in order to win, example: NOT waiting for the opponent to get back up and refuse to get in free hits, my friend would have no such mercy and those free hits would win him the game. So had to return the favor and that combined with fancy Steve dodging (50/50 chance of dodging, those are odds i can work with!) and a knowledge of basic combos meant i'd actually win sometimes. And thus dude only enjoyed playing that with me cos in the flat was only student capable of giving him a challenge every now and then.
As for getting better in a competitive setting.. Let's cross that bridge when we get there. So far the biggest barrier i have is a mental one. As i mentioned, my experience dabbling in online fighting is that people are surprisingly nasty and love to thrash talk. I don't know if it's me being a delicate flower but it's something i find it off putting, i've always sucked at thrash talking even in irl.
From a more technical aspect, i'm still at the stage when i'm happy with basic combos and relying on good timing but have 0 knowledge of advanced fighting game mechanics (things i've heard like "guard breaking" or "cancelling" or worrying about frames) beyond that they exist.
Hum i guess i'll have to keep that in mind but it really does feel to me like the fighting game community is one where you gotta learn to take BS and talk it back+wanting to destroy/humiliate your opponent both inside and outside the game xDDreiko said:
Guess have yet to meet them monks. My tournament friend was always allright with me but i assumed a big part of that was cos we lived together + we played his chill out game.
Its up to you with SFV. I have not played the PC version but bought the PS4 version day one and while I do enjoy the core game lets say it has issues which are still unresolved as it stands I would say its worth 20 pounds for the base game and story mode possibly 25 with the new characters added its just not a robust package outside of playing online but then I also feel Overwatch is also twice the amount it should be take my opinion as you will. Story mode is pretty terrible though if you want to get an idea of how badly it is written read some of the character profiles they are making for the rapidly bloating SF universe on CFN, its bad even for a fighter but because its so bad its also quite amusing in a way I suppose unless ofc you spent money just to get that then you probably would not find it very funny. I do enjoy the core gameplay of SFV though for me personally its better than SFIV and 3 in that one regard.Frankster said:
There is a Tifa mod for Chun on PC tho so gotta be honest that is tempting me
I wouldnt look at it as a community they are just people who play fighters yes in smaller settings and possibly special events I am sure there can be a more communal spirit but online they are just people playing fighters and people can be complete idiots and very nice. Often they are both depending on time and circumstance. Personally I have had a fair bit of hate mail from playing (especially SFIV) one guy even kindly recorded a death threat lol. But I have also had a few really nice messages and messages asking for assistance which I helped with when I could (mostly SCV as that is the game I knew best). Usually I just get GG message if anything tho. Face to face (side by side) is always my preffered wat to play fighters tho and people are much less inclined to be dicks to your face even if they pop off most will still shake your hand and answer any questions if you ask politely..except a few ofc there are always a few.Frankster said:
The basic thing is that "its in the game, it is fair game". As long as you apply that you're fine.Frankster said:
People indeed wanna win in flashy ways and such but that is when you're in a more equal footing. Talking shit with someone who can talk back is fun for both parties you see while if they're a beginner and have no retort you're just being a jerk. So you're not entirely wrong but you shouldn't worry about it at the same time until you become a real threat worth minding. You know those tiny fish that swim next to a great white shark that grab the bits of flesh that escape its jaws as it eats. They don't themselves get eaten because the effort is not worth the paltry reward, so they manage a symbiotic relationship. Beginners are kinda like those fish, before they get eaten they first have to fatten up some to be worth the effort.
And nah, chill out game means game you don't take seriously enough to master, that's all. The buring desire to win never ceases, it is more of a personality trait of the type of person that becomes competitive than something related to the game being played.
If you have aspirations to improve at all and play fighting games I am all levels of delighted and again Ill help if asked.Frankster said:
The typical online public is not pleasant and fighting game are no exception. That's why its often better to just plan matches with friends, especially if all you want to do is play and you are not so considered about ranked or anything.
So I want to ask a few questions about the general fighting game community. My biggest jump into fighting games has been Melee with my friend, and I have years of kid me playing Tekken 2-4 with my brother and a few people at an arcade that once existed near my house. I still play Melee from time to time with one of my mates, but would like to get into something different, and more closer to a 2D fighter with a health bar and the map not really making a difference outside of scenery.
My first question is this, if I am to get into a decent sized community with a game, should I stick to consoles almost as a rule, or is there a decent size community for PC on the bigger titles as well? I ask mostly due to right now not owning a gamepad for fighting games but finding that while playing BBCPE that a keyboard felt closer to a pad than a controller did, BUT I also just logged onto the same game today wanting to try an online match, only to see that no one is on. So, is this something specific to this game only, or are my chances better of almost always finding someone to play with on a console to the point that it would be worth just getting all new ones on console?
I would also ask what games have better staying power with their more hardcore communities. I know I'll always find someone playing SFV for the time being, but I feel discouraged to get it because I know in about a year or two the ultra extended combo edition will come out and from what I've seen, everyone will just leave for the new one. The same goes for series like BB and GG, as it seems to be close to the same crowd and when one of the two come out, like with the new GG, it looks like the other games become ghost towns. I'd like to start playing a game that I feel safe will have some staying power for at least a few years that I can log in and at least find another few people, not just have to play in arcade or vs mode.
All of this being said, which ones seem to be most beginner friendly, while not lacking in depth? And to go with it, which games are your favorites? I'd enjoy it much more if I had specific people I knew to play with, so I have a visable rival to combat against over just playing faceless other players, and despite what a lot of people say of this forum turning bad, I still find it one of the most respectable I've been on and wouldn't mind playing with a few of you.
Also, final question for this post, am I wrong that SFV will get abandoned once the very next thing comes out? Because it looks fun and I'd enjoy getting to try it out at least until the next Tekken release without the discouragement that all of it will be gone in a short time period.
My first question is this, if I am to get into a decent sized community with a game, should I stick to consoles almost as a rule, or is there a decent size community for PC on the bigger titles as well? I ask mostly due to right now not owning a gamepad for fighting games but finding that while playing BBCPE that a keyboard felt closer to a pad than a controller did, BUT I also just logged onto the same game today wanting to try an online match, only to see that no one is on. So, is this something specific to this game only, or are my chances better of almost always finding someone to play with on a console to the point that it would be worth just getting all new ones on console?
I would also ask what games have better staying power with their more hardcore communities. I know I'll always find someone playing SFV for the time being, but I feel discouraged to get it because I know in about a year or two the ultra extended combo edition will come out and from what I've seen, everyone will just leave for the new one. The same goes for series like BB and GG, as it seems to be close to the same crowd and when one of the two come out, like with the new GG, it looks like the other games become ghost towns. I'd like to start playing a game that I feel safe will have some staying power for at least a few years that I can log in and at least find another few people, not just have to play in arcade or vs mode.
All of this being said, which ones seem to be most beginner friendly, while not lacking in depth? And to go with it, which games are your favorites? I'd enjoy it much more if I had specific people I knew to play with, so I have a visable rival to combat against over just playing faceless other players, and despite what a lot of people say of this forum turning bad, I still find it one of the most respectable I've been on and wouldn't mind playing with a few of you.
Also, final question for this post, am I wrong that SFV will get abandoned once the very next thing comes out? Because it looks fun and I'd enjoy getting to try it out at least until the next Tekken release without the discouragement that all of it will be gone in a short time period.
Generally speaking, classic 2D games specifically thrive on sony sytems. The more niche ones like BB and GG especially so, I don't know of any serious player using the pc for those. SFV has online crossplay with ps4 which is why playing it on pc is feasible, and the game is generally larger due to name recognition. Getting into any game is about as hard, as it purely depends on your own determination, the basics of some are more complex than of others but ultimately you have no hope of getting into either without enough perseverance so might as well just ignore everything and jump into the one you fancy the most.
I am all for games like Blazblue, as I originally was an rpg fan who was casual at fighters and the game that turned me competitive was BB due to a story engrossing to the point where it was so much fun to play as the characters in that game that before I realized it I had played enough to be somewhat good, good enough to be able to go up agaist actually good people and hold my own, which served to motivate me to get even better. In the process I met people who played a lot of GG so I ended up pickin that one up too, then other games joined up like arcana heart or under night in birth or nitroplus blasterz more recently. I am not a fan of capcom games outside of tatsunoko vs capcom and vampire savior but most other 2D games are right up my alley. My advice is to find a game with a char in it that you never will tire of using. That's how you can maintain the level of motivation needed to properly learn. The good part is that skill transfers so if you learn something in one of these games, it applies to almost all of em, so being good in one game means you'll be at least half way decent and heaps above other beginners in another, so you only have to go through this learning process once and not every time you pick up a new game. (though this doesn't also apply to vastly different games like american fighters, smash, 3D figters and so on, those each have their own set of fundamentals)
Lastly, in the fgc there are...niche subcommunities, for a lack of a better term. Basically, most capcom people tend not to stay with games like blazblue, and most BB fans tend not to care for non-airdashers like sf, mk and so on. Based on that, you can judge how communities can migrate. Your best bet for a game with long life is getting one that is brand new as it comes out, the new BB is coming in november so that will be my recommendation. A good chunk of the guilty gear fanbase will jump on it for a good while and the serious BB fans never really leave. KoF14 must have chomped off a good size of the sf5 fanbase, though it still is prolly large enough as well due to its mainstream status. Same probably goes for the american fighters too but I don't follow those at all so I can't speak about it.
I am all for games like Blazblue, as I originally was an rpg fan who was casual at fighters and the game that turned me competitive was BB due to a story engrossing to the point where it was so much fun to play as the characters in that game that before I realized it I had played enough to be somewhat good, good enough to be able to go up agaist actually good people and hold my own, which served to motivate me to get even better. In the process I met people who played a lot of GG so I ended up pickin that one up too, then other games joined up like arcana heart or under night in birth or nitroplus blasterz more recently. I am not a fan of capcom games outside of tatsunoko vs capcom and vampire savior but most other 2D games are right up my alley. My advice is to find a game with a char in it that you never will tire of using. That's how you can maintain the level of motivation needed to properly learn. The good part is that skill transfers so if you learn something in one of these games, it applies to almost all of em, so being good in one game means you'll be at least half way decent and heaps above other beginners in another, so you only have to go through this learning process once and not every time you pick up a new game. (though this doesn't also apply to vastly different games like american fighters, smash, 3D figters and so on, those each have their own set of fundamentals)
Lastly, in the fgc there are...niche subcommunities, for a lack of a better term. Basically, most capcom people tend not to stay with games like blazblue, and most BB fans tend not to care for non-airdashers like sf, mk and so on. Based on that, you can judge how communities can migrate. Your best bet for a game with long life is getting one that is brand new as it comes out, the new BB is coming in november so that will be my recommendation. A good chunk of the guilty gear fanbase will jump on it for a good while and the serious BB fans never really leave. KoF14 must have chomped off a good size of the sf5 fanbase, though it still is prolly large enough as well due to its mainstream status. Same probably goes for the american fighters too but I don't follow those at all so I can't speak about it.
Typically console is bigger and always has been, but PC is bigger than ever and looking better. If you can stick to both. Even if your PC is not that strong you can still play the latest 2D game for PC if thats your taste and there are always a niche of people playing online. Skullgirls is probably the only 2D fighting game in which the PC community is arguably larger than it is on console.klaynexas3 said:
In general though its probably better used to play harder to play fighting games via emulation and in that regard Fightcade because it lets you play with friends. I'm preferable to PC and probably always will be, but console, at least Playstation consoles is probably better for fighting games. Although like I said before at this PC is probably better than Xbox than it was a few years ago at this point. While the Xbox 360 had a decent amount of fighting games and technically still does I just see Playstation and even PC as being much better from both the amount of games available(even just talking purchasable ones on PC) at this point especially in having the more active communities.
If you want to get Street Fighter V than you should be fine. Because of Capcom's contract with Sony it means there should only be one version of Street Fighter V. In addition one of the better things about it is that what port you get means nothing because of the crossplay letting you play with friends on either Ps4 or Pc. That said its been a while since I have played and I can say the CapcomFightersNetwork is not great last I saw. Even then the crossplay function is something to be admired. I opted for the PC version aside from being more into PC as well as the fact that I do not have to play online. That said the PC version of FAR more demanding than say Ultra Street Fighter IV so its not easy to get into unless you already made plans to get a PC with specs around whats needed. On that note if you dont mind paying for PS+ and you plan on getting a Ps4 anyway go for that version of SFV if and only if you plan on buying it at all.
Now let me say that when I like an Arc System Works game I REALLY like it a lot. Again though they are stuck in a rather aggressive arcade cycle that makes it hard to even get into it. Console players easily get the better treatment and even they are left a needy high and dry. Blazblue when it has DLC cost WAY too much. When the game comes out it always has a clock on how long it lasts before its out of date compared to the arcade version. While I get tired of other companies like Namco taking horribly long to make their home version and never bringing the west the arcade version except a few events of Tekken 7 at least when their games come out everyone is left on the same playing field even with Japan and Korean getting a year or 2 upper hand. While with Arc System Works we do have a brief window of being on the same level but the Japanese quickly keep going further because of its not long away from an arcade patch. This is why I left the Blazblue community for about a year or more. Do not let me discourage you from buying their games though. They make some truly amazing fighting games and even with Guilty Gear getting easier(which it really needed to because AC is way too much) they still have a higher skill ceiling than their main competitors while not being very hard in general. So if you are getting more into fighting games but you still feel new to 2D as far as modern ish games thats a better dev to challenge yourself with in terms of basic execution.
Also the fact that I only mean the games made by ASW themselves, since now they publish "anime" games from other compaines as well like Examu and FrenchBread. Some of those games have a similar issue like UNI but some dont. Also not all of ASW games do. Battle Fantasia while a small community is complete on PC, i dont think the console version even has those updates and GG XX Accent Core
+R is truly done on all platforms its on.
Sorry, I failed to better answer one of your earlier questions and the answer is yes, there are a fair amount of people for the bigger games on PC.
I'm going to shut myself up and await a response before trying to address anything else on what you have said. Hope I have helped.~
Dreiko said:
Thank you both for getting back to me on this. I think I've decided to pick up SFV for PC because Humble Bundle is holding a sale for it right now and I can get it for nearly half the price, and with Pony saying that you imagine it should just be this version and not going through a few other editions later down the line.PurplePonyArcade said:
Now, as for ASW games, would either of you recommend I pick up GGXrd Revelator while waiting for Central Fiction to come to the US, or would another game of the two franchises be a better place to start? I do already have BB CPEX for my PC, and while the online appears to be dead on steam, at least in my region, there are definitely more than enough single player modes to keep me busy if I'd be better off waiting for Central Fiction's release. I ask this from a stand point of wanting to stay with a community, I realize a good few of GG fans will probably move to the new BB, but I also imagine a fair bit will stick with Revelator, or at the most play Central Fiction for a few weeks then switch back, am I wrong in this line of thinking? Also, in your experiences, are the two communities roughly the same group, do they act similar, and do you think either game has a better community? I don't want to ask specifically which game series you guys think would be better, as it seems like that is very much up in the air with most people, and so will just try and get a feel for them first to decide which I like better, and if one has a better community than the other I might prefer to stick to that one, solely because I feel that will have much better staying power than if the games themselves handle better, as that's the main reason I want to find a new fighting game, because Melee doesn't have online play, and only a few people in my area that play it are tolerable.
So I took some footage of me playing Mai on her release today; literally my first time using her after her tutorial section.
Arcsys is weird with their arcade practice. Take the new Revlator patch, that actually hit consoles before arcades. So Japan didn't have that edge.
What usually happens is that when a main entry game is released like CF, that takes a while to come to consoles, but once it does, they actually do tend to patch it in a timely fashion a lot of the time so you can make up for lost time to a degree. Also, we have some actual arcades with CF in the states, so in general the conditions are improving if you are a competitive tourneygoer like me. If you are just playing to have fun though or are just starting, you needn't worry about this stuff at all for like the next 3ish years until you get your basics down.
Oh and what is your region? Lag is an issue sobplaying nearby folks is great, east coast USA here.
What usually happens is that when a main entry game is released like CF, that takes a while to come to consoles, but once it does, they actually do tend to patch it in a timely fashion a lot of the time so you can make up for lost time to a degree. Also, we have some actual arcades with CF in the states, so in general the conditions are improving if you are a competitive tourneygoer like me. If you are just playing to have fun though or are just starting, you needn't worry about this stuff at all for like the next 3ish years until you get your basics down.
Revelator is not going anywhere for a year or two, it just got a free balance patch a couple months ago and in general is a great game. And yeah, BB was the spiritual succesor of GG for the time they had lost the rigts to GG so there's a lot of community overlap. Sometimes you wanna play the other game so people do definitely go back. And really, all airdashers are roughly the same community.klaynexas3 said:
Oh and what is your region? Lag is an issue sobplaying nearby folks is great, east coast USA here.
East coast as well, from a majority of the reviews online it just sounds like Revelator is simply amazing, so I think I will pick that up for the time being and if any other fighting games catch my eye before Tekken 7 comes out I might pick those up as well. I ended up talking myself down from SFV because of people talking about the differences in input lag with the PC and PS4 versions, so I feel obligated to stick with the common setup and might wait for either a price drop or perhaps a combination of the vanilla with the season pass so I can pick up all the characters at once.Dreiko said: