The Fighting Game Thread IV: Arcade Edition

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South Town guy posted:

Is Hori's Fighting Commander 3 Pro for the PS3 any good?
(ideally I'd get a NeoGeo or Saturn style pad, but I'm considering joining in on an Amazon group purchase, couldn't find those there)

I know people here favor joysticks, but I don't do tournaments (often, anyway) seriously enough to justify a large investment in a mostly unfamiliar controller type. I'm fine with having something with the 6 buttons in the front, but a SF4 MadCatz pad I had before didn't last me more than a few months before it locked the D-pad in the down direction, making it unusable - it would be nice to get something with a similar shape and more durable, and Hori seems famous enough to deliver, but I'm unsure...

That's the pad I use. Seems to work okay.

e: Wait no I use the FC3, not the FC3 Pro. I can't vouch for the pro version, but presumably it's for pros.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2011 14:31

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 14:50

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Buhbuhj posted:

Damnit Crofts where the gently caress is Squigly, who the gently caress cares about Ms. Fortune?!

I kinda wanted to see Painwheel next, but whatever. I don't care about Ms. Fortune right now but I imagine I will after I see some demos of her gameplay.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2011 20:17

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Jmcrofts posted:

Any goons going to Seasons Beatings? October 14-16 in Columbus Ohio.

I'm going again this year, and I'm bringing Skullgirls with me! This is possibly my single favorite tournament, so I recommend everyone who is able to come!

...man. I wasn't going to go, but then I read this post and now I'm thinking about it. I wasn't able to get any Skullgirls in at ECT3 so I still haven't played it at all.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2011 21:53

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Robolizard! posted:

im a bad player btw

Yeah me too. Wanna be friends?

# ¿ Sep 21, 2011 14:00

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Sex Vicar posted:

SkullGirls now set for release in early 2012

I guess Chilldog was a load bearing intern. Still can't wait for the game though!

gently caress life.

I guess this isn't really surprising though, they've only got 4 playable characters and it's almost October.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2011 02:34

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Zero000 posted:

So who's going to Season's Beatings???

I'm going to be there. I will be the white dude with no distinguishing characteristics playing Mortal Kombat and Skullgirls.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2011 14:26

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HORSEPORN posted:

I would have tried Skullgirls out at SB6 but I didn't know what JMcrofts looked like and I didn't want to wander up to the 10 or so people around the machines and ask who he was.

So I settled on MvC2 all day.

There wasn't really a line for the game or anything, you just say you have next, and then you're next, and then you play Skullgirls. Unless someone else had next.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2011 21:42

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HORSEPORN posted:

I wasn't really that interested in playing the game in its current state. I'm one of those fellows who spends more time in training room than running casuals because I don't learn well on the fly (execution-wise.) I mostly just wanted to say hi to JMcrofts, ask him a few questions about his development experience, then buy him a beer or something because he's a nice guy who often makes posts about random characters that helps me learn a bit more about the matchup.

It just wasn't worth the trouble of going up to a group of people and nervously saying "oh hey is JMcrofts here, I know you from the INTERNET!" Not to mention I get pretty nervous when I'm high and I'm pretty sure Yipes christened our specific room "The Green Roof Inn" so you can imagine.

E: I'm not trying to brag about getting high or something stupid. I have a medical card because of my disease so it is what it is. I just wasn't prepared for this weekend and my brain moves faster than my mouth after I smoke so I played a few rounds of SG then went back to the room for MvC2/SSF4 or whatever. I dunno how some of the people stayed in Momo's all day with how packed and hot it was.

SB6 was pretty loving amazing though and I'll see you all at winterbrawl!

I don't really learn that well on the fly either, but I still wanted to play some casuals because I like playing video games. I did eventually figure out through trial and error which of Peacock's attacks is her launcher (it's standing medium kick). I didn't win a single round but I still had fun

I just made an educated guess as to who jmcrofts was, I figured he was the guy who seemed to know the most about the game. I wasn't high though so maybe that helped.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2011 16:31

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Capsaicin posted:

I happened to get a new Mortal Kombat fight stick for the 360 for free. I'm probably not going to use it since I don't play a lot of MK, and I prefer pad for that anyways. On eBay, I'm seeing a lot of "Buy it now" stuff set at $125 or so. I imagine that these aren't exactly the best indicators. Does anyone know how much these would normally go for?

How did you get a stick for free?

# ¿ Nov 18, 2011 15:01

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dj_de posted:

So is anyone actually getting KOF13 today

If they have a copy of it at the store I go to for fight nights, sure. They don't always have stuff the day it comes out, but they had UMVC3 the day that came out, so who knows.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2011 15:35

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Woooo, MK made it in, see y'all at Evo :toot:

# ¿ Jan 4, 2012 15:15

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The Rokstar posted:

Yeah, I figured Tekken was a lock. Is it just because of the release date of TTT2 screwing them over like BB:CS did a few years back?

Maybe they just didn't want to have two different 3D Namco fighters as main games.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2012 18:44

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Cat Machine posted:

But three 2D Capcom games is fine?

Apparently.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2012 19:05

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Schmendrick posted:

Despite Jax being awesome now, he and everyone else not named Freddy and Rain require effort whereas Rain and Freddy can get to 30-60% without even trying. You can exploit the block glitch without being called a jerkface when using Kenshi.

What's the block glitch?

# ¿ Jan 10, 2012 19:48

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Brosnan posted:

How do you still not get that no matter how much LA sucks, finding increasingly long-winded ways to call things you don't like "SoCal" is loving stupid and isn't going to catch on?

Haha until you said this I didn't realize he was the SoCal guy, I just assumed he was making fun of the SoCal guy.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2012 04:51

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apophenium posted:

So are any goons going to Final Round? It's going to be my first tournament and I've already got the jitters. If anyone wants to hang out I'm going to be there each day. Mainly I need to borrow a PS3 stick and a shoulder to cry on once I go 0-2.

Yeah, I'm going to be there.

Getting a stick should be trivial, you can usually ask any random person "hey man can I borrow your stick for a match". If nothing else you can use mine when I'm not in a SCV match.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2012 18:53

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Rugpisser posted:

The MLG event in Columbus doubled its MK9 prize pool. 12k for first.

poo poo yes. I'm about to go get dat eSports money, son.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2012 20:02

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kaujot posted:

Lots of people still play MK. But yeah, it'll be REO or PerfectLegend who wins it.

You don't think CD Jr has a shot at it?

# ¿ Mar 13, 2012 20:35

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

The full MLG player roster is out:

Jeez, MK9 is completely stacked. There's at least a good 30 people on that list I don't want to have to play, and I know that the Arizona guys aren't even on the list due to bizarre Arizona gambling laws.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2012 00:41

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Brett824 posted:

If these dudes don't make top 8 I'll be sad.

Quickscopesephiroth got called for KOF 10 minutes ago but he hasnt shown up, looks like he'll be DQ'd D:

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 00:12

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Rekkit posted:

Is there a particular reason why most players at MLG are playing MK/SC5 with controllers instead of sticks? Aside from personal preferences, are inputs somehow easier on controllers for those games?

I play most games on stick but MK9 I can only play on pad. That game just feels weird to me on stick, mostly because of EX moves. You enhance a move by pressing block at the same time you hit the attack button (like back, forward + 2 + block), and I never found a layout for stick where it felt natural to push an attack button and block at the same time while also being able to use block to, like, block. Also the only way to dash is to double tap forward which also feels better on pad than on stick.

On the other hand CD Jr only plays MK9 on stick and he just won MLG so there's probably something to that.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2012 16:11

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kaujot posted:

Does anyone recall if they mentioned the legality of the Hit Box stick at MLG? I was a little surprised REO didn't play on it, but didn't know if it was illegal or not.

REO prefers pad to hitbox, actually. Although part of the reason he dropped the hitbox is because his kept breaking.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2012 18:03

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Brett824 posted:

KOF13 MLG entrants posted:
xskullsmasherx69
quickscopessephiroth
If these dudes don't make top 8 I'll be sad.

Oh hey I forgot to mention, I actually had the privilege of playing against xskullsmasherx69 in the MK9 tournament. He's one of the freest people I've ever played and he refused to shake my hand after the match. Welp, that's it from me, thanks for reading my post!

# ¿ Mar 27, 2012 02:06

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Ashenai posted:

How does he pronounce his handle?

"Skullsmasher". Apparently the X's and numbers are silent.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2012 06:25

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Mega Comrade posted:

Quan chi and CyberSub Zero have to be unlocked for multiplayer by playing story mode. Everyone else is unlocked already.

One of the nice things about Komplete Edition is that it's got Quan Chi and Cyber Sub unlocked right off the bat. The tradeoff is that they also added several hilarious new bugs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsqbceVvMw0&t=8m30s

# ¿ Apr 6, 2012 01:55

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Brett824 posted:

Something being intuitive, by definition, is a personal and subjective thing. I can totally see how hitstun scaling is more intuitive because combo creation is basically "these things work at the start of the combo, these things work towards the middle, and these things only work at the end". Whereas in Skullgirls you have to be much more cognizant and reason with "wait, did I start a string with this move earlier when I was confirming from an awkward situation or recovering from mistiming something?"

I've had the same issue in games with gravity scaling, though. Like I'll get a weird hit confirm into a combo that I don't usually do, and then towards the middle or end or whatever I won't be sure if I've got enough gravity left in the gravity tanks to do the move I want to do.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 16:07

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SpaceBees posted:

How many goony goons are going to EVO?

I'm going for MK9. I'll probably also enter the side tournament for Skullgirls.

# ¿ May 2, 2012 14:55

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Groghammer posted:

Keits has invented something amazing.

I wasn't planning on going to UFGT8, then I saw this video and I changed my mind.

# ¿ May 7, 2012 14:09

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interrodactyl posted:

Holy poo poo this thread went downhill fast.

Out of curiosity:

1) Are you going to EVO?

2) Which official games are you entering?

3) Which F-EVO tournaments are you entering?

4) Assuming they exist, which side tournaments are you entering?

1) Yeah

2) Just Mortal Kombat 9.

3) Skullgirls.

4) Hm, can't really imagine anything else they'd be running that I'd be interested in.

# ¿ May 9, 2012 20:24

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PonchAxis posted:

So NetherRealm is developing a new fighting game based on DC universe again and it looks really loving rad.

Game is called Injustice: Gods Among Us and here is the link to the SRK article with the trailer and an interview with Ed Boon.

http://shoryuken.com/2012/05/31/netherrealm-studios-reveals-injustice-gods-among-us-a-new-fighting-game-based-on-the-dc-comics-universe/

I'm cautiously optimistic. Hopefully this time NRS made a game where the inputs work.

# ¿ May 31, 2012 16:22

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dj_de posted:

Speaking of random locals is anyone going to this Boston tourney on Saturday? http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.ph...on-ma.162021%2F

I think I may as well enter MvC3/Skullgirls and play whatever random poo poo while I'm there

Yeah, I'm going to be there to play Skullgirls, and also to yell obnoxious poo poo when my pal blueNINE is playing SF4.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2012 02:03

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Liar Lyre posted:

Remember the clash system in Injustice: Gods Among Us? That's where you wager meter for a combo breaker. That system may be out of the games. Seems it's not working like they want it to. However, everything else you may hate is still in.

Huh, I figured they would just tweak it to make it less stupid, not remove it entirely. That's not the sort of move that makes me think they know what they're doing.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2012 19:32

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The Rokstar posted:

...so, how about those fighting games?

I don't like them. My character can be damaged even a while blocking if my opponent uses a "throw" move, and I think that's cheap.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2012 04:32

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JesusLovesRonwell posted:

That trailer's hilarious. Looks like Ed Boon's been playing Marvel 3.

Right? They even gave him Hawkeye's slide.

# ¿ Oct 12, 2012 14:59

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Liar Lyre posted:

Those can be some fun side tournaments or show openers, but definitely not the big money games.

What about DOA5? Last I heard it didn't suck as much as previous installments.

DOA5 owns hard, y'all should buy + play it.

# ¿ Nov 29, 2012 01:27

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Armor-Piercing posted:

I think the new Dead or Alive game was supposed to be pretty button-mash-friendly too, so that might be a good option. I haven't played it though, so I don't know for sure.

It's pretty low execution, yeah. It's also really easy to make combos, pretty much anything combos into anything else. Even if everyone's drunk, you can just more or less smash your face into the controller and probably wind up with a 15 hit combo.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2012 01:59

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Liar Lyre posted:

The Deadliest Warrior games are good drunk games. No skill required and you can play as pirates and ninjas and poo poo like that.

Oh poo poo, I forgot about this game. Yeah this is the one, Hypha. You can ignore all this other stuff and just get Deadliest Warrior, it is ideal for your needs.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2012 03:45

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AndyElusive posted:

DOA5 is going for 50% off at the Gamestops in my area today so I'm considering picking it up after work.

I haven't been following this game much at all so I'm wondering what the general goon opinion is of it. You know...other than the fact that it's got the best this-gen breast physics or whatever.

It's fun. You should buy it.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2012 16:32

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Fishmonkey posted:

Can the collective will of the Bronies overcome Sony's marketing budget?

Is Sony even still trying to promote All Stars? I was under the impression they'd abandoned it.

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 14:50

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Rudger posted:

The game isn't fun.

Nah, Skullgirls is fun.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2013 20:59

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