Let's Talk About Hit Sparks

Hey everyone. I'm back with the first thread I've posted in months. So recently, I've been thinking about hit sparks. I mean, it's pretty obvious that almost every member of the VF community hates hit sparks with a burning passion. So I thought, why not talk about it. Have a great day everyone, and be awesome!

 

I propose to add "should be optional" answer

 

Rather not. Sorry!

 

Why is this thread so empty?

 

@akai I'm not burnt out on the subject my friend. I'v just thoroughly made my case

I play games with hit sparks in them. Soul Calibur, Tekken, even Absolver and Sifu have hit sparks (of a sort). I play Absolver and Sifu all the time. And Soul Calibur is very near and dear to my heart. Its just that hit sparks are out of place in Virtua Fighter they demean the presentation. At the very least they should be optional.

I was very disappointed in Seiji Aoki, in that out of all of things he could have did with VF to celebrate Sega's 60th, he introduced Virtua Fighter with Hit Sparks Why not just do a complete port of VF5FS the entire community would have been happy and the single player content would have brought us permanent new players.

But instead we got the red, purple, blue and yellow, no roll back, no replays, but we did get Tekken Skins

I'm a VF fanboy for sure., but Seji Aoki squandered a golden opportunity and the Hit Sparks were just salt in the wound

 

That, my friend, is an amazing point there. VF5US was a bit of a disappointment. The only reason I liked the game was the fact that VF5FS was not very accessible, and VF5US was a good enough taste of the game for me.

 

this is my feeling, but I think there are bigger fish to fry to be honest

 

Agreed, but in this case I don't think the stove is even on, and there is nobody in the kitchen

 

I agree.

 

Hit sparks might not have been the best decision for VF5US, but was it really the worst decision either? Although the hit sparks hinder the realism and impact ever so slightly, they don't do so by much. Even if Aoki put hit sparks in VF, you can't deny that he still loves the franchise and wishes to see it come back again. Although on a budget, he still pushed VF's revival to happen. And we would probably all rather see VF thriving with hit sparks in it rather than the franchise becoming a thing of the past without it.

 

I can understand why some don't want them, VF was always known to be the super realistic fg with no effects or anything on screen, it's kinda part of VF adn tbh.

Personally i don't care much, don't hate and don't love either. But if i can choose i think VF would be better without those and more true to its identity. If it's there I won't bother me much either

 

Personally I would prefer if hit sparks aren't in the game because it obscures the realistic impact of moves ever so slightly. It's fine that they're in the game though, and if they are neccessary to keep VF alive because Aoki was the one who wanted to revive the franchise, so be it.

 

They look like holi powder you see in festivals in India.

 

That's not too far off the mark.

 

Great news! I finally added the "Should be optional" answer everyone was asking for. I didn't quite understand what you all meant initially, but I do now, and I accept!

 

Since vf5us, the sidestep game is much easier to read and learn for viewers and players thanks to the blue and purple particles (which is why I'm totally against offering an option to remove an equivalent markers in VF6 if the core gameplay is similar). However, the visual aspect could be a bit more elegant for VF6 and should maintain the discrete special effects/almost pure martial art philosophy of the franchise (instead of particles, perhaps introducing stylished environmental lightings or even better (and maybe both) special posture animations, as long as it doesn't overload the game's animation transitions.

 

That's a really good point! Special posture animations have actually had limited use in VF already due to the side crumple. Expanding upon that would be a really cool idea to make the game more clear for new players.

 

Not a huge fan of the hit sparks. But since it is in VF5 US, it should be optional, to turn it on or off. Instead of working on hitsparks, I think Sega should have spent that time, putting in all of the moves, and stances and mechanics, that they took out.

 

Seiji Aoki didn't have much to work with. He absolutely wanted to bring back VF, but Sega also wanted it to be a return on investment, so they had to play it safe with a remaster of VF5FS. VF6 will almost certainly be a whole different situation entirely.