Fighting Games Discussion

So for Mortal Kombat's 30th anniversary, the fans get the latest game and a shitty movie? Very underwhelming.

 
Well trying out 3rd strike for the first time again good and bad, the good is that imput wise I'v found the stick(Mayflash F500 elite) much easier to take to than I expected, was thinking I'd be spending a week or two just being able to pull off a DP but I'v got it pretty well off the bat and as I hoped 360's like Hugo's moonsault are far easier than I remember on a controler.

Bad news is I'm fucking terrible at the game otherwise lol, partly I suspect that its not just a lack of fighting games but a lack of any kind of skilled input gaming for over a decade now. I'm guessing its going to be several weeks before I dare show by face on the net.
 
The Clark said:
That movie sucks shit. Give me Shaolin Monks HD!
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This. Shaolin Monks was surprisingly good unlike Mythologies and Special Forces.

moreorless87 said:
Well trying out 3rd strike for the first time again good and bad, the good is that imput wise I'v found the stick(Mayflash F500 elite) much easier to take to than I expected, was thinking I'd be spending a week or two just being able to pull off a DP but I'v got it pretty well off the bat and as I hoped 360's like Hugo's moonsault are far easier than I remember on a controler.

Bad news is I'm fucking terrible at the game otherwise lol, partly I suspect that its not just a lack of fighting games but a lack of any kind of skilled input gaming for over a decade now. I'm guessing its going to be several weeks before I dare show by face on the net.
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TBF, there's players on Fightcade who aren't that good either. Some are just playing for fun.
 
Crimson Fury said:
TBF, there's players on Fightcade who aren't that good either. Some are just playing for fun.
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I took the easy route at first with the 30th package on steam to practice on although I gather thats not really were much online play goes on? not very good net code?

Partly also because I wanted to give the other games a bit of a go although I must admit giving SF2 a try kind of reminds me why I stopped playing it for Tekken back in the day, the Alpha games though honestly I barely played at all back in the day so they could be interesting.

When I say bad co ordination I mean REALLY bad from a lack of any kind of serious gaming since the 00's so I suspect thats going to take awhile to come back, less remembering how the games played and more being able to carry it off. I fear as well if I go into playing online too quickly I'll either get pissed off at it or drop back to only using a few moves, execution isnt nearly as bad as I feared(3rd strike actually seems more forgiving than SF2) but I want to be at least to the level were I can do specials and a few combos with a high degree of consistancy.
 
The SF collection wasn't that great and I've read that it's worse on steam. Most people on Steam probably went right back to Fightcade anyway.

That's understandable. Playing against others can be a frustrating experience, but I was just pointing out that not everyone is good or has been playing the game non stop for 20+ years.

And yes, the inputs for 3rd Strike are more forgiving that SF2. The later titles have even more input leniency.
 
Defeat Sephiroth then go play some Tekken

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Opinions on square vs octagonal gates? pretty sure in UK arcades we had the latter and I do find I'm riding against the gate quite a lot so might change it over from the square the stick came with.
 
moreorless87 said:
Opinions on square vs octagonal gates? pretty sure in UK arcades we had the latter and I do find I'm riding against the gate quite a lot so might change it over from the square the stick came with.
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I prefer the square, but I used to really like the old circle ones from years ago such as the MAS sticks.
 
Crimson Fury said:
I prefer the square, but I used to really like the old circle ones from years ago such as the MAS sticks.
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I'm finding the octagon a little easier as it provides something to judge up/down/left/right against but I spose long term the objective is to not be riding up against the gate very much? looking at some videos on the hands of Japanese players usign square gates they seem to keep to very small movements.

Not really desided yet which character/s to try and put more work into getting decent at, I remember back in the day I probably played Ryu more than anyone, mostly because hitting the EX donkey kick(the stick definitely makes that easier than I remember on a pad) on people was so satisfying.
 
moreorless87 said:
I'm finding the octagon a little easier as it provides something to judge up/down/left/right against but I spose long term the objective is to not be riding up against the gate very much? looking at some videos on the hands of Japanese players usign square gates they seem to keep to very small movements.

Not really desided yet which character/s to try and put more work into getting decent at, I remember back in the day I probably played Ryu more than anyone, mostly because hitting the EX donkey kick(the stick definitely makes that easier than I remember on a pad) on people was so satisfying.
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I used Ryu for his Denjin setups. Fun stuff.

 
Waiting TGS for double SF6 characters trailers... my guess is Ken and Cammy, even if they got many newcomers (5) still to show, so maybe is Ken and one of the new girls
 
moreorless87 said:
Opinions on square vs octagonal gates? pretty sure in UK arcades we had the latter and I do find I'm riding against the gate quite a lot so might change it over from the square the stick came with.
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I went Korean with no gate. Basically your gate is levers attached to the switches, with a rubber grommet to give it tension. Good for Tekken, probably not great for 2d games though.
 
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