Not so simple.

Medical finger's reaction test to Visual, Audio and Tactile signal:
http://www.iaeng.org/publication/IMECS2012/IMECS2012_pp1449-1454.pdf

"Instead of the stimuli were presented in the auditory mode, the procedure of the auditory stimuli test was exactly the same as that of the visual stimuli test. "

BUT

The brain of monkeys processes sounds faster and recognizes them in those cases if the monkey sees its alleged source, which indicates a complex system of connections between the centers of vision and hearing in primates, scientists say in an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

RESUME: visual + audio = fastest way = faster than only audio or only visual.

This is science.

Please my friend ,
You deserve better than that. I tried to be nice. don't do like all those people in the other forums. Those for whom all that matters is to try to prove that they are right at all cost and I think it's chidlish and immature.
All matters to me is VF's future. I'd love to be wrong on everything here but see the best VF6 game possible.
But that's not the way it's going

Your first statement Was: "Visual recognition is much FASTER than audio"
Because I've said that Human ear reacts faster to an audio stimulus than the eye at a visual stimilus.
Reflexes are faster with the ear than the eye.
Don't twist what I said please. We're not 14 anymore


I always though that VF specific sound design was made for that purpose. WOOSH sund for circular moves Splash sound for counter HITS.
To me it was part of AM2 genius.
I don't know wh o had these ideas first. SUZUKI , KATAGIRI maybe.

I think THIS should have been modernize (because sound effects are oudated for a lot of people playing or watching VF for the first time.)
They sound too compressed like when you fall on the ground (it's like a compressed sound of a bag of potatoe falling on the floor) Or the weir foot step since VF 4. And they've never really changed.

I'll keep the EXACT smae type of sound effects but just improve them.
Modernize them. less compressed.
This is one of the first complain or joke new comers are making about VF.

Not the need of RED BLUE YELLOW PURPLE hit sparks..
uh God...

Really great news!!! Thank you Sega and Aoki for all the effort and make Virtua Fighter popular again!

what I don't understand is this: Final Showdown is 10 years old, and I never read or heard anyone complain about the lack of visual feedback about side counter hits, why it should be a problem now?

If they start to go this path, it's just a matter of time before we'll see sparks and colored aura basically for every game mechanics.

Of course you're right my friend. I may have spoke in haste.

But with respect to hit flashes. As you know I play a lot of 3D fighting games (probably all of them) And there are many many different kinds of visual cues that could have been used to indicate normal hits, side hits, side counter hits etc. HIt flashes did not need to be one of them.

Of course visual cues are more useful in a crowded venue than audio cues, But Aoki and crew could have used something other than the very dated hit flash. Especially since Aoki often refers to modernizing the visual presentation. Hit flashes date back to the mid 80's early 90's. Several very modern 3D fighting games come to mind (e.g. Sleeping Dogs, UFC games, Def Jam Fight For new York, Absolver) that have hits, side counter hits, high counters, low counters, mid counters etc. and none of these games need or use hit flashes to distinguish those hits. They all use other visual cues (more modern, more sophisticated) visual cues And all of those games have/had a much bigger and more diverse player base than VF.


And if the goal is to learn how to distinguish between side normal hits and side counter hits, etc then we would all have been better off with a new and improved training mode, dojo, command list viewer, etc. A comprehensive training/dojo mode where high/mid/low,
side, back, counter hit, launcher, etc can be properly learned, as opposed to this in-mid-match on screen hit flash tutorial approach.

Obviously many players like, enjoy and appreciate the hit flashes. And they are definitely entitled to do so. And if it helps then get better at the game and enjoy the game more. Bravo for them. But clearly there are many players who don't like the Hit Sparks and are actually offended by the on screen tutorial during the match.

The easiest solution is to provide an option to turn off hit effects (Just like the option to turn off hit effects in VF4). If I'm playing single player or in VS mode with family and friends that don't need or want to see the on screen hit effect tutorial during the match we should have the option to turn them off.

I've gone back to VF5FS. I literally can't stand to see the sparks

Good news is, we have a version of VF on current gen consoles hit sparks notwithstanding.

@akai I'm glad you're back

The problem is that for now the size (and color) of Side ch is the same as Side nh, no difference at all (I tested and don’t see any difference in size)

I played and learned all EA UFC games - no any visual cues for CH, the game is NOT so strict to frame data counting and has ANALOG framedata (fd is different for the move based on many factors like stamina), so this is POSSIBLE for games like this but not for VF with its fast moves w constant concrete fd.

I don't have issus with hit sparks, as long as it will still focus on real martial arts it's what matters most.

That make sense.
Honestly in US I didn't noticed that the blue sparks were a little different between normal and counter and I though it was a bit strange.

But I still don't know if we need a 4th color code, maybe a tiny yellow spark for normal side was enough, while leaving blue for side counter.
We'll see in action.

Wow these hit sparks from Aoki's crew and RGG look very similar to the Hit Sparks in VF5US. And I thought Ryu GA Gotoku Studios created the hit spark theme exclusively for Virtua Fighter Ultimate Showdown. What was I thinking

I know Tiger is Yellowish-kinda-orange-ish and Crane is light blue, and normal hit yellow, no counter hit is yellow no side hit is kind-a orange during Tiger Style????
I wasn't able to figure it out.

Maybe the same rules apply to Judgement that apply to VF5US I dunno, maybe the if I check the frame data for when VF's Blue sparks occur it'll make more sense What do the hit sparks mean in Judgement, does anybody know



Does this explain which color hit sparks go with counter hit and side counter hit Did I see a purple hit spark on the big attack Is the purple spark for stun or for mortal wound attacks
no, no,no, after the big attack I saw some of the attackers had a purple aura around their heads after and before they were hit Is this similar to VF5US on purple hit?