A Newbie's impression

Hello guys and gals,
I am a new member to this web site and i am somewhat a new fan of the virtua fighter seires. i strarted out with Virtua Fighter with it's 2nd incarnation on the Sega Saturn, but after that I would only run into Virtua Fighter in the forms of the "Kid's" version and Fighter's Megamix. Now the day has come where i finnaly got around and purchased my first virtua fighter game, Virtua Fighter 4, for PS2 and boy what a surprise was I in. The game is so ever good compared to every other fighting game I ever gotten into [which would include literally every fighting game on Dreamcast and PS2, though I stupidly missed VF3...]. and it iso ne of the first fighting games where it's home version has a big emphasis on skill, rather on quirky extras. Even the A.I system helps me train to be a better fighter and though I have been playing Kumite mode for a while [I am up to 1st Dan with Pat and 5th kyu with Lion} i still did not unlock a lot of extras< but did learn a lot of valuble lessons and i am getting better day by day. So one more time i would liek to say hola and i hope my future here wtill be swell

 

You're good for a newbie if you're practicing 2 players at once with one at first dan. Welcome to the site!!! Check out the great message boards (it's a lot better than paying premium on those sites that you have to become a paying member to use the search button). This site has everything in the way of Virtua Fighter.

 

how's it going. at this site, you SERIOUSLY want to use search before you ask a question, because a lot of the questions you're going to have, are already answered somewhere else on the site. that's the best advice i have for becoming part of this site.

 

For me, VF4 was the first VF game i ever played seriously. When i first saw VF and VF2 i was too young to appreciate a fighting game that had focused on depth rather than flash, and i spent my time playing fighting games like street fighter 2 and mortal kombat 2. Eventually i became a huge sega fan after buying my dreamcast, and i started searching for classic sega games and their sequels that i missed out on earlier, saturn games like NiGHTS and genesis games like phantasy star 2 and the sonic games. VF2 still didnt impress me though. When i got my PS2, i read some old reviews for some of their games and came across EGMs review of VF4. 10, 10, 9.5!!! i was like "holy shit this game must rock" and i went out and bought it. At first i found the game difficult to grasp but thanks to the wicked training mode i gained a good grasp of the basics and quickly deemed VF4 as my favourite fighting game ever. When VF4:E came out i snatched it up on the day it was released and spent 5 hours trying to learn Goh playing against one of my VF4-addict friends. What i really love about VF4 is how the game actually teaches you to become better, and does a damned good job of it, instead of forcing you to hit the ground running like other fighting games. With a bit of effort, you can improve VERY fast, ive altogether played alot less VF4 than 2d capcom fighters, but im now far better at VF4 than Cap vs SNK 2, which was once my favourite fighting game. It's just that VF4 tells you what the game is about and teaches it to you. For the longest time i played Cap vs SNK 2 like it was street fighter 2, i didnt even know about combos, 'cuz the game never tells you about them. They expect you to learn about this by playing people in the arcade. Well heres a news flash for you Capcom, some people like me dont like wasting a dollar a game to play a fighting game that i can just buy for a console and then play for free. i dont play fighting games in the arcades, ever, it's too expensive. And that's another area where VF4 rocks the house. Kumite and Quest mode provide a great substitute for arcade play, theres alot you can learn from playing the many different AIs, and ive learned a ton from playing through Quest with my fave character, Pai Chan. Now I've gotten to Slayer rank, and im trying to win the World Martial Arts Championship, fighting AIs of real virtua fighter pros ive read about on this site, like Ohsu Akira and Chibita. I've learned alot and im getting very good at this game, but watching the techniques of these pro AIs shows me that i still have much to learn (despite the fact that i can kick Ohsu Akira's AI ass, i hope he's much better in real life). In short, i was once a noob, but this game does an incredible job of helping you overcome your noob-ness as fast as humanly possible, so you can sink your teeth into the incredibly deep and complex fighting system without having to spend countless hours trying to figure out the combos on your own, like in most fighting games. VF4 teaches you the commands so you can spend your practice time learning the timing and applications rather than the combo itself. VF4 is the greatest fighting game ever made, i dont think i'll ever be able to pick up Tekken ever again. And i'm kicking myself for never getting into VF2. I think it had something to do with the awful looking backgrounds (in the saturn version) and Lions robotic voice, combined with the fact that the moves werent all flashy like maiden mashers and shinku shoryukens. Its a hard game to get into but once you do it owns every fighting game you've ever played. VF4 owns all.