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Post by rhaegyr on May 19, 2023 11:59:24 GMT
Be interested to hear your thoughts on the Octa pad - I'm looking to get one myself for the Xbox but the reviews of the D-Pad don't sound too promising (though people will moan about anything on the internet). Please report back! Just picked it up from the store. Initial impressions are it's incredibly light as I don't think has any rumble motors in there. Face buttons are microswitches, akin to like a mouse button so there's a click sound when you hit them and you don't have to press them too strongly. The top 4 buttons are just normal buttons though, interestingly the R1 is named L3+R3 and the L2 is named L2+R2. The Dpad is a bit small and felt a bit stiff, it kinda reminds me of the Saturn Dpad, I won't really know till I try it out but surprisingly the stick is actually quite nice, it's got an 8 way indentation in the layout so it feels like you could use it as a genuine alternative and there isn't much distance between neutral position and the edge so it could give you a quick response time. I don't think it's a perfect pad but for the price of 50 euros I'm happy. Great stuff, thanks for the feedback! Saturn D-Pad was my favourite ever D-Pad so I may need to take the plunge and give this a go - the Xbox one just doesn't cut the mustard from what I've played so far. |
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Post by Onny on May 19, 2023 15:33:00 GMT
Late to the party here but yes I have the Octa and echo what Jambo says - it is very light. Personally I don’t find the dpad a problem at all, and I can do the things I need to do without issue. This goes for SF and Tekken. But to caveat that, in my case I’m readjusting back to pad from a fight stick, so I can’t tell if missed inputs are my poor execution or the pad itself - but I’ve not noticed any obvious problems. Anyway my CFN ID is CruelPaiMei. I should be on tonight so if anyone wants a game just send me an invite!  |
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Post by wunty on May 19, 2023 15:38:47 GMT
Be interested to hear your thoughts on the Octa pad - I'm looking to get one myself for the Xbox but the reviews of the D-Pad don't sound too promising (though people will moan about anything on the internet). Please report back! Just picked it up from the store. Initial impressions are it's incredibly light as I don't think has any rumble motors in there. Face buttons are microswitches, akin to like a mouse button so there's a click sound when you hit them and you don't have to press them too strongly. The top 4 buttons are just normal buttons though, interestingly the R1 is named L3+R3 and the L2 is named L2+R2. The Dpad is a bit small and felt a bit stiff, it kinda reminds me of the Saturn Dpad, I won't really know till I try it out but surprisingly the stick is actually quite nice, it's got an 8 way indentation in the layout so it feels like you could use it as a genuine alternative and there isn't much distance between neutral position and the edge so it could give you a quick response time. I don't think it's a perfect pad but for the price of 50 euros I'm happy. Interested to see how you get on with it over time. It looks like a good budget choice if it works well enough. I'm not a SF person but I'm thinking of getting something for MK when it launches in a few months. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 19, 2023 15:53:10 GMT
I was watching some MK11 and it seems to be perennially stuck in the 90s. The animations are so unnatural and robotic I couldn't even watch it - there's just no fluidity to any of it. Character designs and colour palette were really muddy as well. Are people still impressed by the gore? It just seems stupid now
Also watched some GG Strive and jesus, it's hard to follow enough without flashing huge words all over the screen every 10 seconds (though the visuals themselves are quite nice)
Haven't really looked at SF6 much but glad to get the impression it's turning out well. Jelly of people who can play fighting games
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 16:02:43 GMT
I think you'd like SF6 AA it has a control scheme for people not fully on board with fighting games, it give you easy combos and special moves on one button.
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 19, 2023 16:12:18 GMT
Haha, nah, I can do basic moves and combos no problem (in training modes) but once I'm in an actual game (only ever played CPU), the combos go out of the window. It's all the technical side of it that misses me- despite watching a decent amount of commentated high level tournament play, I still don't know what they're talking/getting excited about. I have no idea what a 'normal' is or 'reverse counter', etc. I kind of know what mixups are. I'm fairly decent at Devil May Cry, which is the closest thing to a fighting game I've ever put time into learning I am tempted to pick it up as despite never playing it seriously, it's as core a game series as Mario or Sonic for me. It's funny that in that video Onny posted, they said they were glad we were getting another Street Fighter game. It would be so weird if Street Fighter wasn't a thing anymore
edit: I have no clue how to play tactically, ie. when a particular move or action should be used against an opponent. Love watching good people play though
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 16:23:38 GMT
Honestly that stuff doesn't matter in the slightest. Just play your way, not many people apart from people who take it super seriously will remember all the long string combos. It's quite flexible enough for you to do 6 hit combos as a standard and I was playing on the shit PS5 Dpad.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on May 19, 2023 16:51:50 GMT
How the fuck do you turn off modern controls in training mode?
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 16:53:55 GMT
My Capcom ID is Jambowayoh83
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Post by Bongo Heracles on May 19, 2023 16:58:12 GMT
I figured it out. That’s so dumb.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on May 19, 2023 17:01:55 GMT
I’m nickthegun, unsurprisingly. It keeps warning me about my rubbish connection to I dunno how good online is going to be
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Post by addyb on May 19, 2023 17:03:46 GMT
I am garbage at fighting games. I've always enjoyed them though.
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Post by Onny on May 19, 2023 17:32:31 GMT
I figured it out. That’s so dumb. Given the quality of the everything else, some of the menus are pretty unintuitive. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 18:27:36 GMT
I figured it out. That’s so dumb. Given the quality of the everything else, some of the menus are pretty unintuitive. Can't find your Capcom ID dude. I found Nick though. |
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Post by Onny on May 19, 2023 18:32:12 GMT
Ah I’d forgotten this is a bit weird. I’ve actually registered as “Greybeard”. My code is 4252421519. I’ll send you both FRs.
Edit: Nick I've added you but Jambo I can't find you for some reason. Got a code there chum?
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Post by Onny on May 19, 2023 18:58:16 GMT
Right I’m in Europe 61 and I look like a grey haired haggar. Come and find me, FontGeek people!
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 19:14:23 GMT
Christ, there was a guy in my server on a 50 win streak. Need. More. Practice.
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Post by addyb on May 19, 2023 19:14:29 GMT
I will be on in a couple of hours hopefully. Need to find out what my cc id is.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 19:17:14 GMT
The game keeps putting me on modern controls!!!
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Post by addyb on May 19, 2023 19:23:32 GMT
OK added:
CruelPaiMei
Jambowayoh83
nickthegun
Greybeard
Missing anyone else?
FYI mine is: Addyb77
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Post by Onny on May 19, 2023 19:38:18 GMT
You can press start to skip ending animations by the way. Then rematch is very quick.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 20:14:13 GMT
Onny truly whipped my arse there. Guile is a monster.
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Post by Onny on May 19, 2023 20:21:41 GMT
They were good games! Drive Impact is so satisfying hahahah
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 20:28:02 GMT
Those last minute drive impacts were SOME BULLSHIT!
Cunt.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 20:29:24 GMT
Top tip for anyone trying today if you change your character remember to change controls to classic it will default to Modern for some insane reason.
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Post by addyb on May 19, 2023 21:36:07 GMT
Can you do training without interference in battle hub? Kind of want to try something out instead of getting my ass kicked all the time lol
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Post by Vandelay on May 19, 2023 21:38:36 GMT
Ah balls. Just realised that downloading what is labelled as the demo on Steam is the wrong thing. Scroll down and you will see an option to request beta access, which will add the right thing to your library.
Have to re-downoad something that seems to be basically the same size.
Edit: just tried copying the demo files over into the open beta folder to see if that would shrink the download, but seems not. Looks like I won't get to give this a go tonight.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 21:50:31 GMT
Nick! Some bloody good fights!!
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 21:52:44 GMT
Can you do training without interference in battle hub? Kind of want to try something out instead of getting my ass kicked all the time lol You can but it has to be at an arcade unit and even then someone can challenge you |
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 19, 2023 21:54:27 GMT
Can you do training without interference in battle hub? Kind of want to try something out instead of getting my ass kicked all the time lol Can't find you on the Capcom ID man. |
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