Fighting Game Catch-All

Found this thread from the M:TG catch-all. Tagging. Not sure I even have any games on the current rotation but I do enjoy VF5 Final Showdown and DOA 5 on the 360. Any traction for those two games here?

There is no current rotation, this died off a few months ago. That said, I'm happy to play any fighters almost any day of the week, I just don't have the time to organize a regular event anymore.

I don't have Final Showdown or DOA 5, but I bought my 360 exclusively to play VF5 when it first came out, so I'm happy to buy Final Showdown and play some rounds. I've never managed to get into DOA, I know it has some interesting mechanics but the flow of battles has never gripped me. Does 5 do anything to change this?

I have DoA5. It's very much another DoA game. A lot of tweaks to things, minor changes to characters, but otherwise it's DoA.

Oh, and they took out Leon, which upsets me. Always preferred him over Bayman.

Thanks, ahrezmendi. Sorry to hear the regularity died off recently. I never was a DOA player before #5 but picked it up after reading many positive reviews and seeing a Black Friday sale at the local GameStop. I had played the DOA4 demo way back and was firmly "meh" about that one.

To my relatively noobish fighter eyes, DOA5 shares a pretty similar feel to VF5 in that it there's the simple button layout, it's not as combo-centric as Tekken, perfectly approachable on a button-mashing level but once you get into the timing of holds/counters it requires a lot of practice.

I was aware of DOA's reputation for breast physics but honestly feel it shows about as much skin as the next modern 3D fighter with the exception of VF.

Heh, it's not just a reputation, one of the touted features of DOA 2 on Dreamcast was the jiggle physics. Things were different back then though, all fighters have had jiggle physics since the current generation of consoles.

I don't want to toss down $40 on another fighter right now, but I would be willing to pony up for VF5 Final Showdown. What night do you want to play? Is anybody else interested in joining?

Just to be clear, I have no objection to some good virtual jiggle physics.

I'd say Friday evenings are most clear for me. Thursdays would also work and whatever free time that can be scratched together over weekends.

Thursdays are usually OK for me too. Today is out for obvious reasons.

Anybody else interesting in reviving this on Thursday nights?

Nice, nice. I'm also up for Soulcalibur V since I grabbed that on the cheap recently. That one is a lot of fun.

For those who didn't know, EVO 2013 is this weekend. MadCatz is running a ton of deals on sticks as well, you can get the SC5 branded stick for $80, or $60 off the newest models. Watch the stream on twitch.tv to get up-to-date coupon codes, or just check out the MadCatz site.

If you've ever wanted an arcade stick for 360, PS3, or even WiiU, this weekend is the time to get it.

I was considering posting an EVO heads up here myself. I miss fighting games, but Dota is all-consuming. However, I am looking forward to a lot of EVO this weekend.

Speaking of EVO, are there any good places to find replays of matches? There's been some uploaded to youtube, but it's hard to get a read on where each match falls in terms of tourney progress/chronology. I've tried getting to SRK's EVO site, but I haven't gotten the page to load yet. :\

I found some matches here: http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/07/1..., includes the PA4 grand finals. But haven't found any organized vod list yet.

In preparation for Ultra next year, it's time that our weekly fight nights make a return. Post here with what night(s) of the week work for you, and your time zone, and I'll find a time that accommodates the most people. I'll get us started:

Pacific Time
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 7PM
Saturday - 3PM

Regarding matches for EVO, I've got a playlist of all the grand-finals so far. Check it out here if you want. I'll add Super SF4 when it finishes obviously.

Top 8 for P4A, KoF, and AE were all spectacular.

Pacific Time
Monday, Tuesday - 7PM
Saturday - 3PM

I was bored by P4A and KoF. P4A was incredibly one-sided. The finals that had me on the edge of my seat were Ultimate Marvel. There were some incredibly close matches there.

EDIT: Oh wait, you said Top 8. Sadly I missed Top 8 for P4A, would've liked to see those.

I remember the KoF finals being pretty close. But maybe that was some of the matches leading up to the grand finals. P4A was definitely one-sided.

The UMvC3 finals were great. I missed Justin Wong's first comeback series, tuning into the stream just to hear the casters losing their sh*t and seeing a mob on stage. But he consistently dug himself out of some pretty deep holes.

My schedule is a bit screwed up at the moment and I don't have the consoles hooked up yet at my new place, but I wouldn't mind getting a little fighting action in. It'll probably be a week or two before that's feasible though. And I was never the most reliable attendee.

Huh...there's a lot of pretty decent coverage of EVO from some of the mainstream sites.

This has all the VODs for Justin's journey through top 8: http://kotaku.com/the-best-storyline...

Not sure where else to post this, so here it is.

P4A Ultimax lands on 9/30. Pre-ordering the physical version gets you a Teddie bag, plus tarot cards.

I want it, but I let my XBL Gold lapse and I don't have a Fightstick for PS3. MadCatz has a Fightstick coming that is PS3/PS4 compatible, but no word on a US release yet. Anybody else planning to buy P4A Ultimax? If so, which system?

Also, since the fight nights have been gone for over a year, I'm re-branding this thread to the general fighting game catch-all. You know, for those fighting games that don't warrant their own thread.

I have a fight stick for PS3. Interested?

FWIW, I'm trying to go PC only. One of those new Fightstick Pro 2s that haven't even shipped yet (which is upsetting considering Ultra unlocks tomorrow).

I appreciate the offer, but no thanks. I'm trying to figure out where the future home of my fighting games will be, and I don't want to buy more hardware before I've chosen something.

I'd really like to move all my fighting games to PC, but Aksys doesn't have great support for PC.

EDIT: I fell behind on what was coming with Ultimax, this is a pretty hefty upgrade over P4A. Additions include...

- 7 new characters. Yukari, Junpei, Ken & Koromaru (played as 1 character), Sho (the unique character), Adachi, Marie, and Rise.
- Play as the shadow versions of all characters (except Elizabeth, Shadow Labrys, and Sho). Shadow versions have no Awakened mode, but they get higher health and can restore their burst gauge.
- System changes (S-hold allows you to charge attacks, Shadow characters keep their SP between rounds)

I originally thought it was just going to be 4 new characters and no system changes. This is a pretty big upgrade.

ahrezmendi wrote:

P4A Ultimax review.

If they'd put out a PS4 version bundled with a fight stick I'd be there in an instant, but as it is I may just wait for a sale and play some Smash Brothers in the mean time.

You're not the only one to comment on this being released for PS3/360 instead of XBone/PS4. That's not uncommon for Atlus however. Persona 5 is a PS3 game, just like Persona 4 was a PS2 game well into the PS3 life. Also not uncommon for Aksys if you look at the Guilty Gear games.

My copy arrived, and I checked out some more reviews. Sounds very positive, I'm looking forward to trying out the new characters tonight.

ahrezmendi wrote:

You're not the only one to comment on this being released for PS3/360 instead of XBone/PS4. That's not uncommon for Atlus however. Persona 5 is a PS3 game, just like Persona 4 was a PS2 game well into the PS3 life. Also not uncommon for Aksys if you look at the Guilty Gear games.

My copy arrived, and I checked out some more reviews. Sounds very positive, I'm looking forward to trying out the new characters tonight.

Actually Persona 5 is coming out on PS4 so hah! But I do see your point, but for something like this I'd want to invest in a decent fight stick and I'm not willing to do that on what will soon be a dead system.

Huh, I missed that it was coming to both. That's good news.

There's only one stick I'd buy for my PS3, and that's the TE2 which can switch between PS3 and PS4. Or if you like your sticks Persona themed, there's also this one.

I wouldn't consider the PS3 dead, at least not for fighting games. Until a major release lands on PS4 all the play will be on PS3. And I'm not ready to consider Guilty Gear Xrd or Mortal Kombat X major enough, even though they'll certainly do well. It's going to take a new Street Fighter 4 to switch the community over to the PS4.

EDIT: Would you look at that. I didn't know pre-orders had opened up. Consider me sold.

ahrezmendi wrote:

Huh, I missed that it was coming to both. That's good news.

There's only one stick I'd buy for my PS3, and that's the TE2 which can switch between PS3 and PS4. Or if you like your sticks Persona themed, there's also this one.

I wouldn't consider the PS3 dead, at least not for fighting games. Until a major release lands on PS4 all the play will be on PS3. And I'm not ready to consider Guilty Gear Xrd or Mortal Kombat X major enough, even though they'll certainly do well. It's going to take a new Street Fighter 4 to switch the community over to the PS4.

EDIT: Would you look at that. I didn't know pre-orders had opened up. Consider me sold.

Hmm.. very tempting. But I think I'll keep my fingers crossed on a sale for now, if only for the sake of my budget. Still I appreciate you pointing it out. I know I'll never really get into fighting games in a big way but it's always fun think about.

Keep in mind that a lot of stuff is hitting the PC and 360 sticks work perfectly for them.

I'm all over that stick because I'm trying to move away from my 360. I already have my home built stick which is PC compatible, but a lot of PC ports of fighting games are bad, so I want to be PS4 ready.

Speaking of PS4, while I don't think it'll be a system seller I am very much looking forward to Guilty Gear Xrd.

I'm blown away by the visuals they're pushing for that game. I'm sure it'll run fine on PS3 but I want that kind of beauty at full 1080 on my TV.

ahrezmendi wrote:

You're not the only one to comment on this being released for PS3/360 instead of XBone/PS4. That's not uncommon for Atlus however. Persona 5 is a PS3 game, just like Persona 4 was a PS2 game well into the PS3 life. Also not uncommon for Aksys if you look at the Guilty Gear games.

Also, PS4 is off to a really slow start and the XBox One is a non-starter there. Persona is incredibly popular in Japan right now, so there's definitely financial incentives to keep P4A on the last generation of hardware. I wouldn't rule out a PS4 version or 3rd game in a year or two.