Lol its cool, i like the JC combo at the end, its pretty wicked.
Lol its cool, i like the JC combo at the end, its pretty wicked.
I love this game. I've always been a pretty big fan of Street Fighter. And owned, or at least played, something from every series except 3. I think the Alphas were probably my favorite, even above the new HD Remix. But 4 goes a little beyond all that. I've watched a buncha videos on the ins and outs of its mechanics. I never learned so much about other Street Fighters so up until now I've just been a casual street fighter. Granted I coulda learned the depths of any of them had I searched out the resources, but this just happened to be the one. So I'm bonded to it. I've always felt a special bond with Street Fighter so its nice to get that feeling back. Even if it doesn't have the insane cast roster that Alpha 3 and some of the Vs games ended up with. Can't wait to get my 360 back and get an arcade stick and get down to business
Who do you play as?
Man I love this player fight I had early this morning. We were doing a best 4 out of 7 tourny thing with a 5 round set. This guy had a Rose Icon and set so I suspsected him to pick her, but instead he chose Fuerte who I can't stand. I chose my Viper first. he won that first one and second when I picked gouken, but that was a mistake. Third time I decided to pick Rose who I rarely use and I knocked him silly with her. It was a long and hectic match. After that he switched to Chun Li. I switched to Dhalsim. I annhilated him and next round I picked Rose again and he picked Li again. That fight was close too and the next one was my Viper again against his Fuerte again. I ended up losing that one and for the final match. He surprised me and picked Rose. i didn't have that much experience with her so I picked Dhalsim.
That last match was epic, I was dodging all his moves with Yoga Towers and frequent teleports. He couldn't really hit me, until I started getting nervous on the last round and did an ultra too late and got a face full of EX- Soul Spark.
This game can make you feel great and like a chump at times. Before I started playing against this guy I had lost 20 C matches in a row.
Wow, sounds awesome. I've always been kind of a shoto-scrubb as they call it I guess. Everyone I've played offline has always liked Ken or Sagat, and I always liked Ryu. And excet for the original Street Fighter 2 I've beaten every game I've played on hardest difficulty eventually so I didn't think I was that terrible of a player. But recently I've come across DarkSydePhil's channel on YouTube and realized I know nothing of cross-ups, counters, technicals, let alone move priority or more advanced combos or cancels (or a good use for focus attacks in 4). In essence I'm not that good at all in the grand scheme of things. I learned moves. And went. That's going to change though
I think I'd like to master Cammy. She's pretty respectable, has a few simpler moves. Supposedly a lot of her moves have priority, or at least used to. But even if they don't she does have one huge advantage, is that she has a very small recovery time after a move so you don't get smacked in the face when you miss like always happens with an empty dragon punch lol
I've become pretty obsessed with this game over the last month. I went and checked my playtime yesterday and I'm now over 50hrs which is a lot considering the time I put into a game these days.
I've had a chance to try pretty much every character and get a good feel for them all. My main characters are still Akuma, Blanka and Guile but I like to throw in some Bison and Vega every now and then also. Gouken is also pretty deadly and has some huge damage potential if played right. I decided to drop Sagat though. I found I was being way too predictable with him and never stood a chance against high level players.
I hate Blankas. Viper players basically have no chance in beating one because of his balls.
^ Lol. You can punish Blanka Balls i think, with EX Seismo Hammer, then SJ forward into a Flame Kick to close the distance right away. At least thats what i see in my head. Also if you can judge the distance right i dont think you need an EX Seismo, but i say that because i dont use Viper and i don't know the normal Seismo distances as clear(though i know EX has some limited tracking ability).
Dropping Sagat was probably a good idea. People seem to think he's over powered in this game (which is probably true from what I've seen) so a lot of people have developed anti-Sagat strategies which can be hard to get around
I dunno what to say about Blanka and the ball. Lionx might be right. I would suggest having a friend do balls at you constantly and test out Viper's moves. She might have a standard attack that has priority. Or you could practice focus attacking through it and maybe catching him out of the air that way. I dunno if his ball is a focus breaker or not
People overthink too much on Sagat. He is ranked the best among the cast but the game in general is pretty balanced. He is definitely beatable, so pick the character you want(even Dan in this one), dont care what other people say. Whatever is most comfortable is the right choice.
You should look at some of these:
Basics: YouTube - Street Fighter 4 Tutorials - Ep. 1 - The Combo System
Focus: YouTube - Street Fighter 4 Tutorials - Ep. 2 - The Focus System
Go to Training Mode, and record the dummy to do Blanka Ball over and over at you. If you block the ball i think you can punish with what i said above. If you spam crouching Light Punches it might be able to beat out Blanka Balls with the right timing, resetting his position. Her Standing Jab however is slower so i don't recommend that if you are spamming it to poke out an anticipated ball. Don't Focus, it breaks right through it.
However if you anticipate a Vertical or Rainbow ball, you can Focus those, then get a free combo after.
From what i read, its an even matchup. You can do it!
Sorry for double post, but benchmark is up! Are you ready? I know i am o_o
Street Fighter 4 PC Benchmark Test Released - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads
can someone explain to me how the F to do cancels i am just not getting it
To cancel a special move from a normal move, you simply perform the special move while your character is executing the normal move. In other words, you do things while you're doing things to cancel into other attacks or perform links.
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damn so you have to move pretty fast
Most of them require you to do it early on in their attack animation for whatever move you were pulling off. Especially for fierce moves that do multiple hits. I don't think you can cancel into anything else if you've hit twice with a move. Fast indeed. You pretty much have to motion them quickly and consecutively. Usually just praying the first move connected, 'cause once you start up your super or ultra and they're blocking, its too late and you're pretty screwed
That duck and punch thing isn't reliable it stops him if I time it right, I couldn't find anything to beat the ex ball though not even Ex-seismo. Ducking and jab is definitely not that reliable when you're in the heat of battle and he just suddenly does one when you don't expect it. I don't know about your claim about Dan, I've tried him a few in ranked and CE, he takes damage like Viper and his attacks are just as weak for a hadoken user who's not fast.Originally Posted by Lionx
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