Had a quick go on this last night, ended up right away in match against a ken and button mashed and got beat, then picked a server that was very quiet and just headed to a corner and managed to get a hr practise on all the charachters, but got tonight and took tomoro off work so can have a good practise with juri, kimberly, jamie, then pick one of them and hopefully have a few online matches before beta finishes
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Street Fighter 6 beta
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KO7
Member
I was really busy yesterday but snuck in a little bit of play using my Hori Octa fightpad. I really miss the Hori Fight Commander btw, this Octa directional pad is gross compared to its predecessor, as is the overall build quality
I’ll give my TE2 fightstick a try and see if this PS4 stick works for this beta (on my PS5).
Are you trying to use an officially licensed PS4 stick or nah?
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Naked Lunch
Member
Thank you - appreciate it. Ill study up a bit before I try again today. The game just feels so weird to play to me. Very jarring.
I always sucked at SFIV's focus dash cancel stuff - and this green dash thing in 6 seems very similar to that - but also vital to the combos. Not sure If I have that kind of precise execution.
If anyone cares - the Xbox One/360 Hori Fighting Commander works on this game. All buttons mappable even the LT LB side which are technically the stick clicks (in some modern games those dont map - but they do here). Im not sure how easy the pad is to find in the wild these days though.
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Celcius
°Temp. member
So I'm playing the beta for the first time and.... Capcom's going the woke route? The dude named Eternity in the intro, the woke character options, etc...
I didn't expect that
edit: Started winning matches once I figured out there was a modern vs classic control system.
Also, people can make some pretty cursed looking characters:
edit 2: So far my impressions are that the game is okay overall but I feel like it's the worst SF main entry so far. Well, if you don't include SF1. I may wait for a sale or just grab the 2nd iteration whenever that comes out, not sure. I wish the game hadn't gone the woke route.
I didn't expect that
edit: Started winning matches once I figured out there was a modern vs classic control system.
Also, people can make some pretty cursed looking characters:
edit 2: So far my impressions are that the game is okay overall but I feel like it's the worst SF main entry so far. Well, if you don't include SF1. I may wait for a sale or just grab the 2nd iteration whenever that comes out, not sure. I wish the game hadn't gone the woke route.
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KO7
Member
Same, only won one match, but admittedly it’s been a busy weekend with other things so far (and I didn’t have Friday off).
Doesn’t feel like enough time in this beta period for me to dabble with more characters, so Guile is the only one I can be somewhat competitive with for now.
Dropped a small reservation deposit at my local GameStop today for the Collector’s Edition in case I really want it come June…
KO7
Member
Man I love this game. Currently on a 9-win streak and gonna take a break. Punishing Drive Impact with your own is so deadly (playing with sound on is a must, in order to immediately pull out your own as soon as you hear their character “announce” their DI).
Will be a long wait til June.
Will be a long wait til June.
Valt7786
Member
Love the gameplay in this one, massive step up from SF5 (at least at release, I didnt keep up with 5 enough to say how it is now) but fuuuck me that character creator and everything surrounding it, from the poses to the styles to the presenter..."dude"?. Very much not aimed at me.
anthony2690
Banned
Dropped Ken and decided to play Kim who I am having loads more fun with 
I'm still pretty pants, but I think when I have set ups and other stuff/more time with the game, I'm hoping I'll be able to become a good player
I'm still pretty pants, but I think when I have set ups and other stuff/more time with the game, I'm hoping I'll be able to become a good player
anthony2690
Banned
I think there is much stronger characters than Kimberley, I would say maybe Guile is the strongest?
abstract alien
Member
Guile literally doesn't even have to play to the mechanics of SF6, he just does Guile stuff and it works extremely well lol
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
Kimberly decimates casual/inexperienced players. Her overhead and crossup mixes are beyond godlike and are a nightmare for casuals to deal with.
She seems like she was created to give raw Drive Impact and "hold to parry" players Scanner level aneurysms
anthony2690
Banned
I can imagine guile zoning will make casuals throw their controller and want to smash their consoleKimberly decimates casual/inexperienced players. Her overhead and crossup mixes are beyond godlike and are a nightmare for casuals to deal with.
She seems like she was created to give raw Drive Impact and "hold to parry" players Scanner level aneurysms
Casuals hate nothing more than being zoned out, then again I don't think veterans enjoy fighting zoners.
Just wait till we get the armoured characters and grapplers, thinking about it I don't think casuals will enjoy fighting anyone remotely competent online tbh.
Edit: is anyone at all playing Chun Li?
I feel like I've seen everyone but Chun li.
& I have only fought one Kimberley and they were bad, but I watched mustard play and it made me want to try Kimberley
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It's hit or miss. GGST will let you use a PS4 stick in PS4 mode. It didn't allow you to use all PS4 sticks if you were in the PS5 version. Fixing is a simple enough mod.
Fake
Member
Guile is the defensive one. Can't say much about SF6, but he is like the most defensive character in the game.
anthony2690
Banned
Guile legit has the longest combos in the game if you have the execution
KO7
Member
Unfortunately my fight commander is on the Xbox side of the console fence
. I’m firmly in team PS5 this gen.
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KO7
Member
Be able to start, and have a charge from down medium -> down medium -> charge stored is amazing. Possible to play somewhat aggressively with him instead of just traditional style of zoning and storing charges all the time.Guile legit has the longest combos in the game if you have the execution
Hayabusabruh
Member
I feel bad for those who really wanted to get in but didn't. I got in day 1 and I barely touch it. The game is dope. I just don't care. Probably getting to0 old.
begotten
Member
Unfortunately my fight commander is on the Xbox side of the console fence
Fair enough. I'm actually starting to wonder now if the PS3/PS4 Fighting Commander will be allowed to work on PS5 Software aka Steet Fighter 6.
If not I might have to stick to PC with my fighting games. How is the Octa anyways?
Manji Uzuki
Member
I have a PS3/PS4 TE arcade stick and it worked perfectly fine with PS5.
Really enjoyed the beta and already missing the game. I think they nailed it with updating classic characters move-set and the netcode worked like a charm. Just want to spend more time trying out things and being able to play with all the roster!
Really enjoyed the beta and already missing the game. I think they nailed it with updating classic characters move-set and the netcode worked like a charm. Just want to spend more time trying out things and being able to play with all the roster!
KO7
Member
The Octa’s D-pad is fine for using Guile with, but I tried some Shoto action with it and got annihilated. The small analog thumbstick is an option too, and I might put more time into using qcd/dp characters using it. But using the regular D-pad with non-charge characters is no bueno for me.
Probably going to stick to Guile and Deejay when using my Octa pad, and trying to git gud with my TE2 stick again with the non-charge characters.
KO7
Member
I hadn’t clicked with a street fighter game this much since 3rd Strike. SFIV was okay, but I disliked SFV so much that I never even bothered to play it online against other people for its entire run with its various updates/iterations.
Street Fighter 6 feels like a return to form. I didn’t get in on the first beta, but this game almost instantly felt right for me this weekend.
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Naked Lunch
Member
Just some final impressions of the Beta. I ended up liking it in the end despite my initial beefs with it.
I just had to unlearn much of my Street Fighter tendencies - took quite the effort. Slow everything down, focus on counters and hit confirms.
Whats here is a good game - but whats lost is Street Fighters signature, easy to pick up difficult to master. SF2 was fun for everyone. Noobs will stand a less than zero chance in this game. This one seems to be for the FGC community only - especially when people go wild with the green drive stuff. Maybe thats why they are making those easy mode controls.
I ended up logging into 10 hours or so and kept wanting to test more with the parries and such. Somehow I registered in at Platinum thru ranked play by the end of the beta.
The game is similar to Virtua Fighter to me, in that theres so much to think about and look out for, that I ended up having brainfarts on many occasions being overwhelmed by it all. Again, that aspect feels very 'un-street fighter' to me.
It doesnt come close to SF3 imo, but things have to evolve and grow - so I will likely buy this once it drops.
Thanks to A abstract alien
KO7
Celcius
and
fallingdove
for convincing me to give it another shot.
I just had to unlearn much of my Street Fighter tendencies - took quite the effort. Slow everything down, focus on counters and hit confirms.
Whats here is a good game - but whats lost is Street Fighters signature, easy to pick up difficult to master. SF2 was fun for everyone. Noobs will stand a less than zero chance in this game. This one seems to be for the FGC community only - especially when people go wild with the green drive stuff. Maybe thats why they are making those easy mode controls.
I ended up logging into 10 hours or so and kept wanting to test more with the parries and such. Somehow I registered in at Platinum thru ranked play by the end of the beta.
The game is similar to Virtua Fighter to me, in that theres so much to think about and look out for, that I ended up having brainfarts on many occasions being overwhelmed by it all. Again, that aspect feels very 'un-street fighter' to me.
It doesnt come close to SF3 imo, but things have to evolve and grow - so I will likely buy this once it drops.
Thanks to A abstract alien
KO7
Celcius
and
fallingdove
for convincing me to give it another shot.
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abstract alien
Member
Honestly, every time a new Street Fighter drops, the first time playing it I'm always giving it the side eye. It's new, it's different, and it's being compared to the best and latest version of the last title. After a few updates and balance changes, it always comes around to being an outstanding game. Street Fighter V is still my favorite, but there is a bit of SFV in SF6 as far as core gameplay is concerned. It's still very different though, and I can't wait to see how it carves it's own path like every Street Fighter before it.Just some final impressions of the Beta. I ended up liking it in the end despite my initial beefs with it.
I just had to unlearn much of my Street Fighter tendencies - took quite the effort. Slow everything down, focus on counters and hit confirms.
Whats here is a good game - but whats lost is Street Fighters signature, easy to pick up difficult to master. SF2 was fun for everyone. Noobs will stand a less than zero chance in this game. This one seems to be for the FGC community only - especially when people go wild with the green drive stuff. Maybe thats why they are making those easy mode controls.
I ended up logging into 10 hours or so and kept wanting to test more with the parries and such. Somehow I registered in at Platinum thru ranked play by the end of the beta.
The game is similar to Virtua Fighter to me, in that theres so much to think about and look out for, that I ended up having brainfarts on many occasions being overwhelmed by it all. Again, that aspect feels very 'un-street fighter' to me.
It doesnt come close to SF3 imo, but things have to evolve and grow - so I will likely buy this once it drops.
Thanks to A abstract alien
Edit: Vesper has another nice informative video on using drive gauge.
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abstract alien
Member
Dhalsim and Honda what the heck!
abstract alien
Member
They trolled us with the button mashing gameplay
TheDuskwalker
Member
That Dee Jay player with those high level closed beta player strats.....drive impact into drive impact........with a mixup into drive impact.
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
I think they are just confused. For example that poor lady is wearing the table cloth as clothes....
Naked Lunch
Member
What even happened to Sean? I feel like they basically replaced him with Luke. His move set is very similar.
Sean is my favorite SF3 character with Honda and Q.
abstract alien
Member
He pops up a few times in the story of SFV since he is Laura's brother, but that's about it.
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OsirisBlack
Banned
I don’t hate her but would have preferred Guy or Zeku.
And also perfect parry is so good it slaps drive impact.
Wait until the end the first one is amateur
anthony2690
Banned
Decent gameplay for 6 characters we've not really seen anything for.
Enjoy
Naked Lunch
Member
I had pretty harsh first impressions of this game - but it completely won me over before the beta weekend was over.
Now weeks later - I need to play it again - like a crack fiend.
The soundtrack is incredible - they arent just going for another stale remix ost. Listen to Blanka's tune if you havent yet.
Capcom is onto something special here.
Now weeks later - I need to play it again - like a crack fiend.
The soundtrack is incredible - they arent just going for another stale remix ost. Listen to Blanka's tune if you havent yet.
Capcom is onto something special here.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Blanka looks fun, especially his double roll. I was hoping to see some EX electricity or if that’s even possible. JP reminds me of a KOF boss.
OsirisBlack
Banned
Ok settled, Marisa day 1.Hold up DeeJay! His gameplay looking dope. I love that Marisa kicks you while your down after that punch and flexing while walking forward after her level 3. It's the little things.
