[Fighting Games] Kazunoko...too...strong!

Farangu

Wherein we blast EVO for going Sportscenter corporate and people are sad that crossplay isn't a thing everywhere.

Also hittin them butans

ALL THE BUTANS, FUCK BLOCKING

Edit: I love hype so this is getting reposted:

https://youtu.be/aU9ltqVfKcE

vagrant_winds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDYN9LuT1lQ

Brolo

really need to work on my matchup vs gen



I am pretty hype for birdie to be coming back in sfv



maybe they'll throw in a couple other classic characters?

Kilroy

put joe in sfv

Dragkonias

Damn, I went to go look up the original Street Fighter and I didn't know Adon first appeared in that version.

Mr. G

It says a lot about how much I've learned in SF in the past week or so that I'm actually enjoying Chun-Li

For years and years and years the second any character had any charge moves, I was all the way out

Kilroy

chun is great

can't wait for sfv so I can actually do lightning legs

I Win Swordfights

god yeah i will not miss having to land cr. hp xx lightning leg loops

you just do no damage meterless otherwise

also i am available for all xbox fights (marvel, sf2, sf3, sf4)

Fig-D

I'm super glad that Chun's kicks are a motion in SFV, but I'm super sad the fireball is still a charge.

Mr. G

Now while I AM enjoying a character with charge moves

I still prefer there not to be charge characters

I ain't gonna be playing much Bison in SFV, that's for sure

ph blake

I played against Crow online in Rising Thunder for the first time; I didn't realize that his invisibility field special makes him completely invisible on the opponent's screen, not just transparent with an outline. That move is kind of a blowup; no wonder it has such a huge cool down.

Mr. G

ph blake wrote: »

I played against Crow online in Rising Thunder for the first time; I didn't realize that his invisibility field special makes him completely invisible on the opponent's screen, not just transparent with an outline. That move is kind of a blowup; no wonder it has such a huge cool down.

That's one of their major reasons there isn't any local play right now

P10

charge characters are great

Mr. G

I think I had some sort of breakthrough and I "get" charge characters now

Quick someone call Agent Smith so we can have a climactic showdown

blaze_zero

We talking about Parappa in here?

http://youtu.be/0E1TQNrYVEg

Farangu

Mr. G wrote: »

I think I had some sort of breakthrough and I "get" charge characters now

Quick someone call Agent Smith so we can have a climactic showdown

I had the same thing when I started working with Vega

Before - charge is stupid I can throw out moves whenever I want why would I give that up

After - OH MAN THIS FITS ME SO MUCH BETTER NOW

Jasconius

i think i would like charge characters. I've only tried Chunli though and it didn't go well

Knob

Tremor is pretty interesting

Lava is probably best, but I'm liking aftershock. Delayed full screen low you can pressure off of, low hitting air projectile, overhead rocks setups. Pretty fun.

Farangu

Jasconius wrote: »

i think i would like charge characters. I've only tried Chunli though and it didn't go well

I wouldn't sweat it too much, especially if you're still working on fundamentals. I think that charge characters click with some people faster than others, and some people not at all. It took me years of messing with SF4 before I felt the impulse to mess around with charge characters.

It all ties back to what I tell everyone who starts getting character-curious: Don't pay attention to tier lists, don't listen to garbage talk about "so-and-so is garbage and if you pick them you're garbage". Pick a character that you think is cool, and plays the way you think is cool. It will make learning them much more faster and more enjoyable, and then before you know it you'll be winning matches because you're in sync with your character.

ph blake

I just found out that Vlad is supposed to be a Soviet era robot piloted by a super intelligent dog outfitted with a translation collar, and that's why he randomly says things like "where is my ball?" and "it's time to play!" in a dopey Russian accent.

Rising Thunder 11/10 best game ever.

facetious

... well fuck, I might need to play Rising Thunder.

Kinderparty

Knob wrote: »

Tremor is pretty interesting

Lava is probably best, but I'm liking aftershock. Delayed full screen low you can pressure off of, low hitting air projectile, overhead rocks setups. Pretty fun.

I messed with him some. Seems like he's supposed to be some kind of zoner hybrid, but I'm not convinced his tools are that good.

Nothing too spectacular about his strings/buttons either. Tbh, I'm a little let down.

facetious

If there's a character that's an effete, gay British aristocrat I may be doomed.

Brolo

facetious wrote: »

If there's a character that's an effete, gay British aristocrat I may be doomed.

facetious

I don't actually know who that is but I hit agree anyway.

Radius

I don't know if Eagle is an aristocrat, but he has a cravat, so that's close enough, right?

Knob

Kinderparty wrote: »

Knob wrote: »

Tremor is pretty interesting

Lava is probably best, but I'm liking aftershock. Delayed full screen low you can pressure off of, low hitting air projectile, overhead rocks setups. Pretty fun.

I messed with him some. Seems like he's supposed to be some kind of zoner hybrid, but I'm not convinced his tools are that good.

Nothing too spectacular about his strings/buttons either. Tbh, I'm a little let down.

I don't think he's gonna make a big splash, but he's got enough unique gimmicks to be pretty fun.

ph blake

facetious wrote: »

If there's a character that's an effete, gay British aristocrat I may be doomed.

None so far, sorry!

Right now we have generic Chinese swordsman, badass American boxer chick, greek strongman wrestling dude, peppy Latin kicky lady, aloof coolguy ninja man, and the aforementioned Best Character Ever Russian dog mecha.

The designs are generic looking at first, but they all have a good bit of personality. Like Chel's bird theme and Vlad's everything and Dauntless being literally Ronda Rousey but more punchy.

The voice acting in the native language (mostly, some characters have a couple of random English phrases) actually helps flush out the design a lot; it's much better than having everyone just speaking English.

Daebunz

Knob wrote: »

Tremor is pretty interesting

Lava is probably best, but I'm liking aftershock. Delayed full screen low you can pressure off of, low hitting air projectile, overhead rocks setups. Pretty fun.

I was playing with aftershock primarily in my testing, I couldn't really figure out if there was a downside to lava stance so I didn't mess with it too much

crystal variation I saw someone putting in a lot of work with @ locals last weekend though

HellaJeff

I still haven't played any dlc characters, lately I've been on that shinook game

Daebunz

HellaJeff wrote: »

I still haven't played any dlc characters, lately I've been on that shinook game

tanya is probably the best of the bunch followed by predator

jason is poopy but I love him and wont play anything else, tremor MIGHT be poopy but it is still TBD

Mr. G

I think the most important thing I've learned recently about SF is that you both can and should be doing two things at once pretty much at all times

Dragkonias

Man. Something I've forgotten from not playing online in ages is that you can't train most people online and if you let them they will basically kill themselves.

Brolo

Dragkonias wrote: »

Man. Something I've forgotten from not playing online in ages is that you can't train most people online and if you let them they will basically kill themselves.

if I wake up DP every single time, you will eventually be lulled into boredom, then drowsiness, and then sleep

and that will be my chance to strike

Knob

I haven't really checked into how hard the nerfs hit Tanya. Is she still pretty fuckin good or nerfed into obscurity

Daebunz

she was still really annoying and awful to watch in evo top8 using a different variation than pre nerf did iirc

it was like some pre nerf johnny cage blockstring bullshit

Dragkonias

Tanya makes me sad. Cause they nerfed what made her unique but kept her boring pressure in tact.

So she's even more of a snoozefest.

Kinderparty

Knob wrote: »

I haven't really checked into how hard the nerfs hit Tanya. Is she still pretty fuckin good or nerfed into obscurity

Still perfectly solid.

HellaJeff

Blackbeard7 wrote: »

HellaJeff wrote: »

I still haven't played any dlc characters, lately I've been on that shinook game

tanya is probably the best of the bunch followed by predator

jason is poopy but I love him and wont play anything else, tremor MIGHT be poopy but it is still TBD

That's too bad because I think Tanya is entirely boring. Goro too. How's predator?

Daebunz

he knows how to dunk

Knob

Sad times. I think Tanya is ugly and boring and was hoping she'd disappear