In f/F you can't really safe the star notes, so as long as you are giving inputs you should at least keep your combo up. When the long chains hit in songs like Freely Tomorrow just swipe like crazy and it will work.
For F with the sticks I would alternate left/right and it would work just fine. Oddly enough I am horrible at alternating inputs for the regular buttons.
In F2 I believe as a help item they are adding in the ability to activate star notes with buttons. This is great because you can safe star notes in F2. They also have to do something to make it work w/ vita TV.
I really wish scratch notes were graded the same as the regular inputs, because all that does is give in to the "touchscreen equals bad" argument. I've never had issues with the scratch notes and all the relaxed grading does is breed bad habits.
The main issue with the implementation on analog sticks is the frequency of misfires - releasing the stick and letting it return to neutral bounces the stick in the opposite direction, causing a phantom input. Because of the relaxed grading this just results in more noise and perhaps an extra Good where there should have been none, but if the grading was normal the extra input would probably cause combo breaks during scratch sequences.
The help item that changes scratch notes to button inputs already exists in f/F.
The only thing in those comments I see is the Wii-Waggle syndrome remark. But whatever. I'm actually not even sure that is a wholesale disregard for the touchscreen as an input device and more just a slam on the game itself.
And no, you will never convince me that swiping on a screen is anything like scratching on an actual physical object. Do you touch something with your fingers and move them back and forth? Yes. Thats as far as the similarities go.
He was immediately dismissive of the entire game simply because it had a mechanic that made use of the touchscreen and he made a statement that stated his belief any game that uses touch mechanics are guilty of implementing pointless gimmicks. Nothing in his statements suggests anything beyond that.
And does the screen itself not count as an "actual physical object"? I think it's a novel way to add variation to the gameplay given the platform they released the game on.
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Once your account is linked on sonyrewards, does it automatically know about any SEN purchases you make?
This is actually how I paid off Project DIVA - I had over 5,000 points which equated to $50 in PSN credit. I would have more if I had remembered to fill out the bonus point form for stuff I bought since, like my second Vita from Radio Shack (gotta fill in a form within 90 days to get extra points for buying Sony stuff from most retailers).
I don't know much about how the accounts link, but I get bonus points by replenishing my PSN wallet with my PlayStation card.
Swipe to Melee.
