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ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
March 15 2009 09:51 GMT
#21
Depends on how you play/how much your willing to commit. Ask yourself:
Have you used a stick before?
Are you just going to play SF4 for a few months and then stop?
Do you have plans on playing competitively?
Do you play any other fighting games?

The truth is that sticks are better than pads, both in speed and execution. However an arcade stick is a hefty investment, if you don't play competitively or are just a casual player, I don't think you should get one.
the courage to be a lazy bum
Trumpet
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1935 Posts
March 15 2009 10:14 GMT
#22
Totally legit question, some good advice in the replies too. I agree with ZoW 100%, if you're not gonna be playing sf4 (or fighters in general) for a decent chunk of time, dropping three digits on a stick simply isnt worth it.

A lot of those hard trial combos are crazy though. As someone who's been playing fighters for a good year or more now, I still have a few left that are just pure annoying (cough, C.Viper, cough).

With some practice (virtually the same amount of practice you'd need on a stick fyi), you can do most anything on ps3 pad just as well as on stick.

However, we've already got an awesome thread going for this game in the Sports & Games section here, and a thread devoted purely to fighters, so any further questions come join the fun there :}
iloveroo
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada294 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-15 13:56:25
March 15 2009 13:54 GMT
#23
ToT)OjKa(
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Korea (South)2437 Posts
March 15 2009 13:56 GMT
#24
the 360 controller is god awful for fighting games. The analog stick will mess up a few times and the d-pad is worthless
OjKa OjKa OjKa!
iloveroo
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada294 Posts
March 15 2009 13:58 GMT
#25
On March 15 2009 18:51 ZoW wrote:
Depends on how you play/how much your willing to commit. Ask yourself:
Have you used a stick before?
Are you just going to play SF4 for a few months and then stop?
Do you have plans on playing competitively?
Do you play any other fighting games?

The truth is that sticks are better than pads, both in speed and execution. However an arcade stick is a hefty investment, if you don't play competitively or are just a casual player, I don't think you should get one.

too be honest, i don't know, i was thinking about getting the arcade joystick(non tournament) since its not at a three digit.
And like i said i just got the game yesterday, i've fasted so much ken people that owned me, so i thought they used a joystick, because they are doing such nice combos, so i was suggesting for myself to get a joystick aswell
iloveroo
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada294 Posts
March 15 2009 14:00 GMT
#26
On March 15 2009 15:43 fusionsdf wrote:
I just hit buttons and I'm awseome at it

AHAHAHHAA. yeah i do that sometimes, when i get pissed off xD
but yeah its not skills involved . i want to do things legitly xP
iloveroo
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada294 Posts
March 15 2009 14:03 GMT
#27
ooh just to tell you guys im trying to master balrog first, but i've seen videos on youtube, where some people just charge for like not even a second, and they do the "dash strait" . but when i do it i have to charge for atleast 2 or more seconds. any help on this to make the charge less time?
TonyL2
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
England1953 Posts
March 15 2009 14:10 GMT
#28
I've also never figured out how to use charge characters and how they do it so quickly, so interested in this too

But iloveroo, I think this should probably go on the Street Fighter 4 thread
iloveroo
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada294 Posts
March 15 2009 14:19 GMT
#29
On March 15 2009 23:10 TonyL2 wrote:
I've also never figured out how to use charge characters and how they do it so quickly, so interested in this too

But iloveroo, I think this should probably go on the Street Fighter 4 thread

i tried to go there before, but too much people comment there, nobody even replies :3
MCMcEmcee
Profile Joined April 2008
United States1609 Posts
March 15 2009 14:23 GMT
#30
On March 15 2009 23:03 iloveroo wrote:
ooh just to tell you guys im trying to master balrog first, but i've seen videos on youtube, where some people just charge for like not even a second, and they do the "dash strait" . but when i do it i have to charge for atleast 2 or more seconds. any help on this to make the charge less time?

either they're hiding the charge time well, or the move you think is the dash straight is actually his turnaround punch (hold PPP/KKK, release).
[iHs]MCMcEmcee@UFO | のヮの
iD.NicKy
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
France767 Posts
March 15 2009 14:53 GMT
#31
Should i buy a ps3 just for sf4 or wait for the pc version ?
iloveroo
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada294 Posts
March 15 2009 15:40 GMT
#32
On March 15 2009 23:23 MCMcEmcee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2009 23:03 iloveroo wrote:
ooh just to tell you guys im trying to master balrog first, but i've seen videos on youtube, where some people just charge for like not even a second, and they do the "dash strait" . but when i do it i have to charge for atleast 2 or more seconds. any help on this to make the charge less time?

either they're hiding the charge time well, or the move you think is the dash straight is actually his turnaround punch (hold PPP/KKK, release).

what do you mean by hiding the charge time well? and naw i don't use the turnaround punch alot, so its not that. um, i just hold for ps3 controller (d-pad left&down to charge)
iloveroo
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada294 Posts
March 15 2009 15:41 GMT
#33
On March 15 2009 23:53 iD.NicKy wrote:
Should i buy a ps3 just for sf4 or wait for the pc version ?

pc.. i highly doubt lots of people will be playing on that compared to ps3 and xbox, but your choice
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
March 15 2009 16:02 GMT
#34
On March 16 2009 00:40 iloveroo wrote:
what do you mean by hiding the charge time well?


You can charge while doing a move. A good example is Bison's crouching jab x4 into LK Scissors, where you can pretty much just hold down-back while punching them and it'll have charged the Scissors by the time you need to combo into it.
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[X]Ken_D
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
United States4650 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-15 23:21:43
March 15 2009 23:20 GMT
#35
There are tricks to give you faster consecutive charges. Like if u charge 2 sec B, F, B + punch/kick instead of just B, F + punch/kick.

A stick is worth the investment if you plan to keep playing SF4 for a long time or buy more fighting games in the future.
[X]Domain - I just do the website. Nothing more.
SayaSP
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Laos5494 Posts
March 15 2009 23:26 GMT
#36
You can charge from doing like 1000 things. You can turn punch and hold back and then do whatever after. If youre doing a jump in you would never not hold db in the air unless you were trying to do something else.
[iHs]SSP | I-NO-KI BOM-BA-YE | のヮの http://tinyurl.com/MLIStheCV , MLIS.
SayaSP
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Laos5494 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-15 23:29:27
March 15 2009 23:29 GMT
#37
On March 16 2009 00:41 iloveroo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2009 23:53 iD.NicKy wrote:
Should i buy a ps3 just for sf4 or wait for the pc version ?

pc.. i highly doubt lots of people will be playing on that compared to ps3 and xbox, but your choice

Also this might be wrong, because everyone who has it on ps3 and xbox will likely have it on PC one way or another
[iHs]SSP | I-NO-KI BOM-BA-YE | のヮの http://tinyurl.com/MLIStheCV , MLIS.
IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
March 15 2009 23:30 GMT
#38
I'm just disappointed that Cammy isn't in the arcade version.
I have ass for brains so,
even when I shit I'm droping knowledge.
SayaSP
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Laos5494 Posts
March 15 2009 23:58 GMT
#39
lol
[iHs]SSP | I-NO-KI BOM-BA-YE | のヮの http://tinyurl.com/MLIStheCV , MLIS.
Scooter
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States747 Posts
March 16 2009 00:03 GMT
#40
you can hold a charge before a round starts and release it immediately when the round starts, can hold a charge during ultra, if you can see characters on the screen you can hold a charge.
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