Playing Virtua fighter makes u an alrounded fighter?

Today, I just recently was playing soul calibur 2 at the local mall, and I hardly played it since soul calibur 1 days, But I found that playing VF made me such a much better fighter, I mean i was beating guys there that are in those tourneys? How is that possible? My reaction time had greatly improved! But before I even started challenging them, I saw them pull all these crazy moves, but when it came too me i totally canned them! So has VF improved your fighting style? /versus/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

VF improves your fighting game skills a lot.

I've never played SC until last month. Since my buddies like

that game I started playing SC2 for the first time.

On the very first day, I got owned by them since I knew nothing

about the game, but after just one day of practice I caught

up with them and was able to beat them sometimes.

The fact that impressed myself was my reaction against throw

has become real fast. SC2's throw motion comes out slower

than that of VF4, so most of time when opponents tried to

throw me, I found myself crouching instinctly to avoid throw

and counter attacking them. VF4 is the deepest game ever,

so playing vf4 improves your fighting game skills in a

variety of aspects. /versus/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

All must be a warrior to understand the warriors way. The closest thing we'll get to seeing the Meiji era is Samurai Showdown so we must let fighting games be the battle ground of the new millenium. We just happened to pick the best battlefield /versus/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

Man throws are sooo slow in SC2 that I find myself ducking them, then standing back up into them just in time to be thrown! HAW HAW HAW...oh and did I mention that SS is the slowest throw in that game? /versus/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

VF improved my Tekken game ALOT as well.

Especially the Training Mode in VF. It really helped me understand the mechanics of fighting games in general. now my Tekken game is much more tighter.

 

your reaction time increased? i dont find VF4 as much of a reaction game as anticipation, it's all about setting up your opponent into the situation you want so you can almost control what they'll do next. So that you can reverse/escape whatever they do. Or atleast thats how i play Aoi.

 

The thing in your signature is a quote of Timothy Leary. It just happens to be the intro for their live playing of third eye.

 

Acutally makes me more frustrated, my hand hurts like hell and I don't get any work done. Freaking bloody VF. /versus/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

after i played VF4, i am good at every fighting games, like SC2, Tekken4, and KOF series.
especially KOF series, i enjoyed very much /versus/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

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SoundWave said:
your reaction time increased? i dont find VF4 as much of a reaction game as anticipation, it's all about setting up your opponent into the situation you want so you can almost control what they'll do next.

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It is a game of anticipation. But it's also one of the fastest-paced fighting games around. Because other games are slower, your thought process and reaction times are much, much better when transferring over.

I suck at throw-escapes when it comes to VF. But from practicing to get better at throw escaping, I no longer fall for brainless throwing in Tekken or SC. I used to never expect a throw, or when I got thrown, my reaction time was incredibly slow. Now, throw escaping in those games is easy, unless they start mixing up throw choices like they should. But even then, it's not difficult to avoid at all since in those games there's always 3 options of throw breaks rather than up to 6.

In terms of game mechanics, I can't really say that VF has helped me, but that's because I'm still learning the game mechanics to VF.

 

Playing VF actually helped me fight in real life. Whenever I'm in trouble I just down punch and start to do a floater move. /versus/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I generally hate fighting games. VF is the exception, so I haven't really seen whether I improved in other fighting games. I guess I'll play the only other fighting game I have: Tekken 1. /versus/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

I'll have to actually say yes, to an extent. I found that I flowed a lot better while playing SF3TS and CvS2 after playing VF4 almost non-stop for 4 months. My Ibuki game went up a notch (Makoto not so much), I think, and my overall game in CvS2 (mainly Maki, Sakura and Athena) improved, as well.

Odd, though. My Makoto game didn't really suffer, per se, I just think that my Ibuki was already better and just overshadowed it a ton more.