That "little" feature i never liked in VF

Hi,

So i may be the only one, but there is an aspect i always dislike in VF, you see those very few moves that make the joystick appear in the screen? well THAT'S the thing, it's a videogamey thing that was already looking old imo even back then, and more now, it removes all the cinematographic aspect of the game. Like in Street Fighter they have birds flying around your head and i think that's cool and fits the comic style of SF, in Tekken there's nothing appear in the screen when you got hit with those kind of moves that make you Dizzy (Kazuya df2 CH for exemple).

I think VF need to remove or change this joystick appearance because it really look not that great in my opinion, and especially nowadays in the era where Fighting games are not only important for the player but also for people that are watching.

 

In a less belligerent and accusatory tone:

Unless it's replaced with another visual indicator, I don't think it should be removed. For one it is dumb that other games don't give you that information in game but instead you either have to go on a forum or a in game glossary.

 

@SSfox
That's the same thing Aris said, and I didn't agree with him at all.
I even mentioned it in another topic too.

That wiggling joystick icon, is also a reminder to VF players, that it's not Tekken or other fighting games you're playing. It's Virtua Fighter. And that you can escape, the stagger/stun state etc.

From personal experience, there were a few VF matches, where I though I was gonna lose the match, and then when the wiggle icon appeared, I immediately remembered, that I can recover from the stagger. I ended up winning many matches, I thought I was going to lose, because of that wiggle icon.

Maybe changing the appearance of it, might work for some gamers.
But me, I never really had a problem with it.

 

I think should be replaced by something smaller which could be close to the character icon that's next to the life bar.
Maybe add an option to turn it off?

 

Then theres Tekken that don't have any indicator for CH unless it leads to a combo. What about a different colored hit spark Harada?! How in the hell am I supposed to know if King's ff n 1+2 hits CH so I can get a free f 21?!!! How?!! HOW!?

 

That's way i say it need to be remove or change , but as it right now i don't know what it could be, in SF i think the birds fits the style of this game but would look wack in VF realistic style, so dunno, any suggestion is welcome.

Didn't knew Aris made this point haha

I understand as a player it's very helpful, but aesthetically it doesn't look good imo, but i think it would be that hard to replace with something with the same purpose (so telling you that you need to do so to escape ect) but with something look a bit more cooler.

This should be in the middle of the screen i think because it may be hard to see if it's on lifebar cause you always are focuse of the middle of the screen, unless make it very visible so you would notice anyway?

In Tekken not all characters can stun, and it's very visible just by animation that you're stun.

And about CH in Tekken there's always something that indicate it.

Thank you all for your opinions

 

Yeah. He said that in one of his short videos.

Despite the fact that Aris likes to talk, alot of pro gamer silly talk. Like for example, he said Tekken is more advanced than Soul Calibur. And gamers laughed their butts off, at that comment he made. Because soul calibur, moreso soul calibur 1, was the first fighting game from namco, that showed that namco was capable, of making an actual deep 3d fighting game, and not one based on cartoony gimmicks, guest characters, and basic game play etc. As for the later soul caliburs, Soul Calibur 2 and up, well,..........that is another story.

But despite his silly comments, Aris is an okay guy though.
I only watch his channel, when he plays soul calibur. Even if it's the dumbed down soul caliburs, like Soul Calibur 2 to SC6 etc. And it's always fun to watch Aris kick butt, in soul calibur online.