I say this while playing SFV, It's the worst of the current wave of fighting games. It just happens to have the biggest and most active playerbase in my area (actually it's Smash, but too many of them are actual children). I honestly can't wait for Pokkén DX and DBFZ. Every week I think about biting the bullet and learning Guilty Gear or Tekken since people at least look like they're having fun playing those games.
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I think it's time to shed the idea that Street Fighter V is a bad game.
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TheTylerRob
Member
SF fans be like
Seriously though can we get a team battle exhibition between gaf's 2 SFV factions?
Shills vs Haters
1. TheLoneDragon 1.ZeroTheShadow
2. MrCarter 2.???
3.??? 3.???
4.??? 4.???
5.??? 5.???
Other people can probably help fill out the teams but this would be incredible imo, let's get some money on it.
Young Magus
Junior Member
Yea
I'm not a fan of SFV as well but shit this is ridiculous........
Can everyone just focus on playin SFV or something else?
Maybe if ya'll stop arguing here ya'll could have fun in your game of choice.
Bite the bullet. GG, T7, BB, AH3 etc.
Learn a new game, have fun, join a discord.
Just.......have....fun
Caipirinha
Member
What is it that you don't enjoy about it btw?
Not saying you're wrong, I just can't figure out what people find so offensive about SFVs gameplay that other traditional fighting games do so radically differently.
It's too restrictive. I just feel like there's too little room for a player to create their own style and two matches between different players using the same characters feel too similar as a result. SFIV was arguably too loose which had its own problems and I played the most non-conventional character in the series, so going from one extreme to another didn't help. But even in a game like Pokkén which is far more restrictive than SFV mechanically feels more liberating.
People disliking SF5 isn't just some meme fad that should just be dropped. It's a bad game.
SF5 is most fun at the Bronze-Silver level, where both player's offense isn't super solid. As soon as you get to Super Gold+, the entire game becomes 2 coin tosses into dizzy into dead.
It's is so stagnant in the metagame that I really can't tell the different between Super Golds and Masters if there was no HUD. Everyone doing the same combos, same set ups. No executional difference, and the elimination of reliable defensive options really boils every single character down into a vortex fest.
Very bad game. The worst thing about it is that a new player won't see this/understand this until they've invested many many hours into the game and then it's too late. Once you realize the game is trash your money and time are already gone.
SF5 is most fun at the Bronze-Silver level, where both player's offense isn't super solid. As soon as you get to Super Gold+, the entire game becomes 2 coin tosses into dizzy into dead.
It's is so stagnant in the metagame that I really can't tell the different between Super Golds and Masters if there was no HUD. Everyone doing the same combos, same set ups. No executional difference, and the elimination of reliable defensive options really boils every single character down into a vortex fest.
Very bad game. The worst thing about it is that a new player won't see this/understand this until they've invested many many hours into the game and then it's too late. Once you realize the game is trash your money and time are already gone.
Caipirinha
Member
I'm not good enough at fighting games to be able to notice these things tbh but I do get the impression that there isn't as much diversity in the roster compared to other fighting games, so if that extends to a lack of variety in the mechanics at a high level then I can see that being a problem.
But presumably that's a fixable problem. I just hope Capcom does relaunch the game with these kinds of tweaks and some new characters that are a bit more non-conventional.
It just seems like there's too much good in SFV for Capcom to squander, I really hope they can end this gen with it being remembered as becoming the best fighting game of the generation even if it didn't start of so.
This is the wrongest comment in this thread. The game is much more fun at Super Gold than it is at Super Bronze. Like what are you even talking about. Super Gold is when you finally start to get past all the randomness.
Did you miss the part where I said everyone at Super Gold+ is doing the same set ups and same combos. Random beginner mashing is more exciting that the severe flow chart system the characters seem to be designed around.
I mean, I saw the part where you said you can't tell the difference between Super Golds and Masters, but I didn't take it seriously out of respect for you.
Punished_Snake
Member
Check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEtgZl-7JgQ
and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCsHBd3fW7c
Tokido's Akuma has his own style, Daigo's guile has his own style, punk's karin is different to how Justin wong plays karin. Momochi's Ken is unique.
When Nemo plays Urien he has his own style. I don't agree with your statement.
Nose Master
Member
A single good top 8 at evo doesn't rewrite history, dude.
It still feels gross to play, and was a complete turd at launch.
It still feels gross to play, and was a complete turd at launch.
lucebuce12
Member
Where do I stand?
Punished_Snake
Member
I'm in, put me in the shills brackets lol
Pretty sure he is right for KoF XIV. Going to 3D is to save cost.
3D ASW games are bad counter example. First of all, they still do everything by hand (just watch their GDC presentation on youtube), each frame, rework each shader manually. They went to 3D to have more options in presentation for stuff like story mode and camera change during fight, whereas the regular case is to actually save cost.
Finnish the Fox
Member
Numbers don't lie. Last year there were over 5000 players in the tournament. This year it dropped massively by half to about 2600. Aside from pro players, a lot of High level non-pro (not sponsored) street fighter players expressed their distaste for V. They're the ones who didn't show up to evo.
IMO. The evo SFV hype this year was centered around punk. This was the first time in the modern SF era where a US player was the favorite to win in evo. If punk didn't exist SFV would of been flat.
RagingAvatar
Member
At work, SFV network matches don't seem to work - there's some kind of network issue.
This meant I played some single player.
Until now I didn't realise how annoying it is not having a proper arcade mode - playing the first few easy stages of Survival to get beasted later on and then have to start from the beginning is too annoying.
Saying that, I love SFV - I think it's an excellent, solid and technical game - just needs some features added.
This meant I played some single player.
Until now I didn't realise how annoying it is not having a proper arcade mode - playing the first few easy stages of Survival to get beasted later on and then have to start from the beginning is too annoying.
Saying that, I love SFV - I think it's an excellent, solid and technical game - just needs some features added.
Do you have any proof of what you're saying? Note that every single main game at Evo dropped in registered players except Tekken 7 which released on consoles a month ago. Every game, including the Smash games that dropped at similar percentages. Did players of those games suddenly lose interest in them, too? Or is SFV so bad it ruined every other fighting game, somehow?
Keep in mind that SFV's player total last year was bigger than any game ever at Evo. And this year SFV's total still beat out SF4's total at its largest.
What most likely happened is Evo 2016 was a fluke and/or the increased ticket prices that came with Mandalay Bay hosting all three days (instead of just finals) kept people from registering. But you can't just point to SFV's drop and ignore all the other games that dropped to make your argument work.
So you're right. Numbers don't lie but people can lie about numbers.
And then there's weirdos like me... who love Street Fighter and think SFV needs to be a LOT better. "Play other fighters then!"
... And, well, I do. KOF, Soul Calibur, Guilty Gear, Blazblue, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Injustice, Dead or Alive, Skullgirls, Killer Instinct, etc.
It's because I play the other games that I see so many areas of SFV that I feel need improvement, and yet I still don't HATE the game. I just find it far beneath my expectations given the current market of games I also play.
Holy Order Sol
Member
wat
Finnish the Fox
Member
From tripon's thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1399879
Also, 2016 MKXL - 713 2017 Injustice2 883.
Only games that dropped similarly to SFV is the smash games. The MK fanbase migrated to injustice 2 which along with tekken increased. I dont follow the samsh community, from what I heard they felt massively disrespected by evo last year.
SF IV numbers from SRK: http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/163669/evo-historical-entrants-and-information
SFIV numbers:
2009 - wikipedia over 1000
2010 wikipedia says approximately 1,800 (guaranteed 20k prize pool)
2011 cant find
2012 -1520
2013 -1601
2014 - 1979
2015 - 2227
With the the exception of 2010 the year with the massive pot bonus (for the time) SFIV numbers have gone up every year. I wonder how SFV is going to do next year.
Seems to me, you are the one lying about the numbers.
lucebuce12
Member
You understand that Evo registration dropped for all games, not just SFV right? I think the only game that saw a bump was Tekken 7, because last Evo people were competing in a game with no console release.
You understand that SFV was still by far the most popular game at Evo, right? 1,100 more players than the second place game.
You understand that SFV at Evo 2017 was the 3rd largest open bracket fighting game tournament ever, right? 40 entrants behind 2nd place (last year's Smash 4 at Evo). 1st was SFV's 5,000 in 2016.
If SFV is a flat game that everybody has abandoned, what's going on with every single other fighting game? Because they all have less active communities than SFV. Last time I checked we were in a golden age of fighting games, but the most active fighting game is a dead game?
That still isn't proof that it was due to the game being hated. It's more likely the higher ticket prices, the lack of being year 1 for the game, etc. Last year was likely an anomaly. You'll notice that the growth is about right for this year if you ignore last year's numbers due to its special circumstances.
To add onto this, I know people who registered for more games last year but instead focused on one this year. due to the price increase.
Everything I said was true. And don't try and catch me on some shit with MKXL and IJ2. They're different games and IJ2 is two months old. It would be absolutely pathetic if IJ2 in its first year couldn't beat MKXL.
And I have no idea what the link to the SF4 EVO numbers was for. SF4 capped at 2227 and SFV hit 2622 registrants this year. That is completely in line with what I said.
All the games that were at both Evo 2016 and 2017 dropped in player numbers in 2017 except Tekken 7. That one increased, unsurprisingly, because it was an arcade only game prior to June. If you weren't in Korea or Japan you probably couldn't play that game.
If you think the drops weren't big enough for other games my explanation is that they have much smaller turnouts in general. SFV's numbers are huge so they much more room to drop. The Smash games are the other games that get big numbers and they dropped at similar percentages (like I said) unless you think 49% and 54% are a world apart from 64%. That's a 10% difference between the #1 and #2 games at Evo 2016, and the #1 game SFV had double the registered participants of the #2 game.
Bruh, just because you know how to bold some text doesn't mean you got me.
I'm getting tired of hearing about all these people that apparently hate SF supporting the SF tautology.
I'd love to play SF, but people only play SF, so I have to play SF.
There's a fuckton of shit to play and if people continue to play SF, the reason can't be "Well everybody is playing it." If it's as hated as everybody says, then move on to those other communities and start building them up.
Stop being sheep and do what you want.
Finnish the Fox
Member
It's not a bad game. Trying to pretend it is makes you look delusional and wrong.
It was never a turd, It has issues but it's still a great game to play.
The only one wrong with the numbers are you.
Look at this for Street Fighter:
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2012 -1520
2013 -1601
2014 - 1979
2015 - 2227
2016 - 5107
2017 - 2622
The outlier is 2016
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So what here contradicts with what I said? Maybe your confusion stems from selectively quoting my post.
Pompadour said:
And I didn't say every game dropped at similar percentages, I said the Smash games dropped at similar percentages to SFV. And if that's what you're disagreeing with I don't know what to tell you. There's a 10% difference between #1 and #2. If SFV losing over half its gargantuan 5k+ entrants is indicative of the game's quality, Smash 4 losing over half of it's 2k+ entrants indicates the same thing.
Yup... Except I want that last frame to say "I want SFV to live up to expectations."
Bite the bullet and learn something different, while i love SFV and consider it my favorite fighting game this gen, I still play Tekken 7 and IJ2, heck everyone around me is telling me that I'm better at T7 than SFV, you should play as many fighting games as you can don't keep yourself within one game.
Jeff Freecss
Member
These discussions are interesting. But as an Xbox One owner with a non gaming ultrabook, I am still stucked in phase of wondering why the game can exclude Xbox players and yet Neogaf gave it pass.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Crossplay >>>>> having it on Xbone
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Seems like you're having trouble parsing the English, lol.
Yes, SF5 has certainly received a pass. That's absolutely what has happened with the game.
Finnish the Fox
Member
What he said is pretty cut and dry. I wouldn't even care except he accused me of lying about the numbers.
I think you will really like GG (or maybe BB). Both are very loose, but not in a way SF IV was. It takes time to learn all it's mechanics and to become good, but once you do I think it might become one of your favorite games.
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, right ?
As I mentioned before, SF V is a game about reading your opponent first and foremost.
I can absolutely tell apart two different ranked players by how they play on their neutral, their punishes, when they actually apply said combos and setups.
Taking, for example, MOV's Chun-Li. He isn't doing anything amazing in terms of combos or setups with her and yet he was the only one using her that got to top 8 at EVO.
The difference between MOV and everyone else using Chun Li is because he plays smarter with her and he uses almost every opportunity in a match, which is incredibly hard to do that without dropping, even for basic combos. MOV had match-up knowledge and, more importantly, he knew how to use Chun's tools to get into his opponent's head.
I would join a lobby anytime if this happens.
Every game (except Tekken) dropped. Including the smash games that dropped at similar percentages.
You're misinterpreting what he wrote. lol
He's not saying every game dropped at similar percentages, only the smash games did.
Yeah, I thought I was clear.
Finnish Fox, if I wanted to say that every game dropped at similar percentages I would have said:
Not:
Whatever, he got me to reiterate and explain what I meant in multiple posts so clearly I've lost.
Jeff Freecss
Member
Not if your only gaming devices are switch and Xbox One. Besides, Xbox and Switch support crossplay, too. The Microsoft platform even supports cross-buy.
Maybe if they had a year and a half ago when it launched (and before that when the deals were made), this would be relevant.