Submitted 6 months ago by sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org
So, j want to get into fighting games, mainly the der street fighter games, and advice on how to get good.
I’m so bad at fighters I’ve only ever gotten halfway through a sf2 run and no idea what to do.
I main ken/ryu btw
Not even using akuma as a crutch helps lol (that or xmen vs street fighter ps1 akuma sucks)
So basically, how do I “get good”
consider trying other games too. i’ve always been pretty bad at street fighter and mortal kombat, then i tried tekken and it clicked for me a lot better
Yea, I have tekken 5 and 6 on ppsspp. They just didn’t click, can you recommend any characters?
hmm, i feel like Law, Feng and Asuka are some good ones to learn with. also general advice, basic but keep your eyes on the other player, focus on reacting instead of preemptively doing moves
I’d say try one of the older Tekkens, 2-3 or Tag Tournament. They feel a lot better and punchier to me.
well, I am not good but consider I can usually finish all the combo trainings 100% so my execution is quite okay. (I quit fighting game cause the button tapping is quite noisy, so no more fighting game after my son was born. )
It’s a huge time sink and there are also cheaters(on pc specifically), so good luck.
Oki :3
Yea, I don’t have to worry about cheaters cos I’m playing SNES era stuff mainly.
So basically, just don’t haduken spam?
If you only play old games for story mode, the CPU read inputs so you are gonna have a bad time anyway if you don’t exploit their tendencies. Don’t spam fire ball cause I think by the 2nd or 3rd match you start to getting jumped on. In fact, if you know how to do anti air(couch heavy punch from Ken) with proper timing you can beat the run pretty easily except char with command grab.
Like for CPU don’t even try complex input, read on internet for most basic punish(like empty jump in and then throw against zoner) cause throw is really high damage strong in SF2. If you push them to wall then you do the light punch fireball with some distance to bait them to jump over then do your punish.
im also pretty new to fighting games.
but from what i heared, playing arcade mode is verry diffrent from playing against other players.
especially in older games hi level cpus tend to fight dirty,
using input reading and op boss characters.
input reading cpus basicly have inhuman reflexes,
and will counter big comittal attacks like jumpins or tatsu as long as they are free to move.
so throw out commital pokes, untill they do something you can counter.
if its the bosses you are struggeling against,
only perseverance will help. (unless you find a move the ai cant deal with)
they are designed to take your quarters.
Yea, arcade mode is hard, fuck thawk and that one jump combo.
The arcade mode is sf4 3ds is a bitcj too. How tf do I beat m bison
Also, is haduken and hkick non commit? Those are my main pokes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R0hbe8HZj0 If you’re a video watchy person, I found this to be a really good overview on fighting game fundamentals.
Thx
Why play the old iterations? Is there a reason? I think the newer ones are more “beginner friendly”? With training modes and such.
I play on an emulator, the newest game I have access to is the 3ds one
i just mash
That works ok in tekken, but I want to actually be decent at fighting games
A lot is going to vary depending on the exact game you play, strategies and game mechanics can be super different. The best way is to find a character that you really like and focus on having a good time. It’s a genre built off of learning from failure, so you’ve got to try your moves in different situations and see what works. You can practice moves against bots to find what situations they work well in, and plenty of people post combos you can learn online. Just gotta lose a lot.
The game I’m starting with is sf2 the new challengers for the SNES.
My main problems are thawk and blanka. Those 2 often end my runs
kandoh@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Ya gotta avoid their attacks. Then, strike them when they least expect it.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 6 months ago
Why is this funny
sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Doesn’t work with comically large hotboxes and long combos lol
kandoh@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Everytime they land a hit on you, learn from it, and then simply avoid that attack in the future.