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[dark10x]

The home version feels very polished. The menu system is absolutely beautiful (they even used 60 fps videos within each hex) and the sound work there is also very impressive. The game feels like a class act. It's been a while since I've seen the arcade game, but I still think this holds up as the best looking fighter on the market.

I hadn't really messed with Eileen or El Blaze much prior to this. Eileen seems like a very fun character and I look forward to spending some time learning her. Haven't messed with Blaze too much, though. Lei Fei has always been my character and he is quite familiar, but there are a lot of subtle changes to his moveset that I have to learn.

but these combos that require hitting 7 or 8 buttons (or more) in perfect sequence is going to take a looong time to get good at. And forget about learning counters and using different fighting styles and the like.

Try not to get too hung up on memorization. As you get used to more complex moves, you should really just "feel" them come out. The game flows very well.

I really need to find a converter or something to best play this game.

 

[Y2Kev]

It's REALLY hard to get good shots. :\ I can't use the flash without glare and i don't have my tripod...

Proof:

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Yes, the music in this is awesome btw. Definitely my favorite in the series.

 

[grendelrt]

I played about 100 matches last night. I got my Lau decked out and unlocked with 4 costumes I havent played a fighting game this much in years.

Does anyone know what those tracer looking things are in some of the videos I have seen. It looks like a tracer on the persons hand, usually neon green. I want one, how do you get em!

 

[Flo_Evans]

gah I played this till 4AM last night. I need to find some chumps so I can fight real people! I do like how they have all the diffrent skill level arcades though. I can still feel like a bad ass at club sega :lol

is there a reason to buy another orb once you fill your 1st one up and get the D costume?

 

[AVclub]

I played about 100 matches last night. I got my Lau decked out and unlocked with 4 costumes I havent played a fighting game this much in years.

Does anyone know what those tracer looking things are in some of the videos I have seen. It looks like a tracer on the persons hand, usually neon green. I want one, how do you get em!

You can buy them for 50,000 in the item store. They usually go on the foot though, from what I've seen.

BTW: I don't know if someone's mentioned this, but I stumbled on a character in quest mode that says: "I love GAF " and one that says "TROLL POWAAAA!" I thought those were amusing.

Sidenote: I just wanted to say THANKS to whomever suggested using the triangle for block, R1 for punch and R2 for Kick. It really does feel much more natureal and "arcade like" when playing and is far easier in pulling off combos than trying to cover multiple buttons with my thumb.

 

[Y2Kev]

You can buy them for 50,000 in the item store. They usually go on the foot though, from what I've seen.

BTW: I don't know if someone's mentioned this, but I stumbled on a character in quest mode that says: "I love GAF " and one that says "TROLL POWAAAA!" I thought those were amusing.

Yeah, they're there. If I see it, I'm going to try and grab a pic.

Holy SHIT, I bet a 4th dan El Blaze with like no health left in match five :lol

 

[KTallguy]

Does anyone know what those tracer looking things are in some of the videos I have seen. It looks like a tracer on the persons hand, usually neon green. I want one, how do you get em!

In the arcade, you get them after you pass 10th Dan. They're pretty high level items.

 

[Y2Kev]

The commentary is hilarious.

AKIRA still has FULL HEALTH
AKIRA escapes the throw
OHHHH

*small talk with color commentator*

 

[AVclub]

Alright, I managed to capture it just now.

 

[Cheeto]

Alright, I managed to capture it just now.

I think your PR quote is better.

 

[whatdidyousay]

To whoever said it earlier, I'm in the same boat: I haven't been excited by a fighting game this much in a while. It feels fantastic to play, so hard to explain unless you actually sit in front of it and play it for yourself.

Coming from a non-VF background, it takes a little while to get used to Virtua Fighter mechanics, but once it clicks, oh my...

 

[Y2Kev]

I just cleared Jacky's entire normal moveset in under 7 minutes. I'm so proud of my terrible self.

To whoever said it earlier, I'm in the same boat: I haven't been excited by a fighting game this much in a while. It feels fantastic to play, so hard to explain unless you actually sit in front of it and play it for yourself.

Coming from a non-VF background, it takes a little while to get used to Virtua Fighter mechanics, but once it clicks, oh my...

It just feels right. You know when you are performing counters without thinking too much that they got something right.

 

[Y2Kev]

Pai is such a cheap piece of shit. I hate her and want her to die.

Hopefully in Virtua Fighter Quest 2 the goal is to eliminate Pai and stop her from reproducing.

 

[AVclub]

I think your PR quote is better.

lol...thanks.

I gotta agree with the other posters. The game feels great. It's lots of fun to play. The upper Dan characters are a great challenge. I switch between having the commentary on and off to avoid monotony. So far, I've gotten three custom characters into the mid-Dans after picking the game up yesterday afternoon. I can't stop playing it!

 

[Y2Kev]

I will say that El Blaze is a lot of fun. You can do a lot from the Rocket Discharge.

I like his whole style. He reminds me of Rey Misterio :lol

 

[Beer Monkey]

Is this the first game that uses a 960x1080 mode for the upscaling to 1080i and 1080p?

 

[Kabuki Waq]

I just cleared Jacky's entire normal moveset in under 7 minutes. I'm so proud of my terrible self.



It just feels right. You know when you are performing counters without thinking too much that they got something right.

wow using the six axis?


incredible

 

[Kangu]

Pai is such a cheap piece of shit. I hate her and want her to die.

Hopefully in Virtua Fighter Quest 2 the goal is to eliminate Pai and stop her from reproducing.

Well she's no Leon, but she's definitely a bitch. Some kind of Leon-Pai hybrid would signal the apocalypse afaic.

 

[Zeenbor]

Just played the game for a few hours yesterday... Absolutely love the presentation and graphics as well as the ****ing amazing music. The fighting engine is very much tap based, which requires the player to release the button press quickly or the move won't execute correctly. This makes me want to get an arcade stick where the button pressing is more tappy because with the sixaxis, I'm constantly having to remind myself to not hold the button down so long when pressing it. (Let's say compared to Tekken.)

The VF TV mode is also pretty damn cool... I like the premise of the idea of the commentators (even tho they kinda suck) as well as the huge selection of replays you can watch. I was watching 4 of them while eating dinner and so I could pick up strategy and also just watch a good fight. Good stuff!

 

[Y2Kev]

wow using the six axis?


incredible

Yeah, Jacky pretty much only has up and down commands (and back and forward) in the normal movelist. I tried el blaze and my fingers are about to bleed from the rotations.

I hold the Sixaxis kind of like a mini joystick when playing this game. Hold it from above and keep your three fingers on the square, triangle, and circle buttons.

I don't think 7 minutes is that great, anyway. I get stuck on the sidestep moves because I'm STILL not clear on the timing and Sega decided that not every move needs a demo. **** you sega.

Spoiler

i love you sega omg

 

[grendelrt]

Sweet, I am already 5th Dan so it will not be too long till I have a cool tracer thingy. I will tell you who else is a bastard, Wolf, I have him down to 1/1000 of his life and then he'll do a throw and take half my power and kill me.

 

[whatdidyousay]

I will say that El Blaze is a lot of fun. You can do a lot from the Rocket Discharge.

I like his whole style. He reminds me of Rey Misterio :lol

Agreed. El Blaze is definitely A LOT of fun.

One thing that was freaking me out at the beginning was I was playing in Arcade mode against the CPU and I noticed that my Win/Loss info was stuck at 0/0 even after several matches. I had to read the manual to find out that I had to play in VS or Quest mode (or Arcade against another person) to build up my info.

The other thing freaking me out is Where the hell did my freakin' avatar go??

 

[Srider]

Was said a lot time ago that the VF stick does use Sanwa parts, in this very thread I think.

Regardless, we need a definitive answer on this, and stat.

Virtua Stick High Grade uses sanwa STICK AND BUTTONS.

Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 uses sanwa STICK ONLY.

Hori Fighting Stick uses Hori parts.

 

[Kintaro]

Virtua Stick High Grade uses sanwa STICK AND BUTTONS.

Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 uses sanwa STICK ONLY.

Hori Fighting Stick uses Hori parts.

Booyah.

GIMME MY STICK SEGA

 

[Elhandro]

Hey, Im sure its already been covered in this thread, but are there any online resources where I can find some video tuts on VF5 gameplay? When i was neck deep into SF:3rdS (SRK) was my savior. Anything like that for VF5. Im sure i can find an FAQ but what would really help me would be some Video tuts. Thanks in Advance.

El

 

[Big-E]

Agreed. El Blaze is definitely A LOT of fun.

One thing that was freaking me out at the beginning was I was playing in Arcade mode against the CPU and I noticed that my Win/Loss info was stuck at 0/0 even after several matches. I had to read the manual to find out that I had to play in VS or Quest mode (or Arcade against another person) to build up my info.

Ya I did the same thing. My stick came today but I wasn't home so I got to wait til tomorrow, can't wait to really get into it.

 

[whatdidyousay]

Ya I did the same thing. My stick came today but I wasn't home so I got to wait til tomorrow, can't wait to really get into it.

Ha, I caved and bought a PRO3 stick during lunch! It's sitting here next to me at work, calling out to me. I'll take pics, etc. tonight when I get home...

 

[f@luS]

Damnit , still not receive my Jap game , if i knew i would have wait the US...Even though games are same , tronix is shipping in 2 days...asian shop is taking too long !

 

[hyp]

woo hoo, wifey just picked up a copy @ frys. they're selling it for $54.99 btw. can't wait to get started on this. are there any plans to release the stick in the US? or am i going to have to snag one off play-asia?

 

[Srider]

woo hoo, wifey just picked up a copy @ frys. they're selling it for $54.99 btw. can't wait to get started on this. are there any plans to release the stick in the US? or am i going to have to snag one off play-asia?

You either have to get the Hori Fighting Stick, or import the VS HG or RAP3.

I will say start with the Hori Fighting Stick, until you get serious about the game and your controls if you want to save some money for now.

 

[hyp]

You either have to get the Hori Fighting Stick, or import the VS HG or RAP3.

I will say start with the Hori Fighting Stick, until you get serious about the game and your controls if you want to save some money for now.

yea, im gonna go w/ the HRAP. budget gaming ftw. thanks for the the info. ultimately i'd like to use my mas stick on the PS3 but i haven't heard of anyone doing that yet. there probably aren't any proper adapters out for it.

 

[OverHeat]

Just got the game...............damn the graphics are sweet!!!!

 

[GotchaForce]

Ok, I must be doing something wrong because I've been in over 50 fights in various arcades and participated and won 2 tourneys yet I still only have 50g. How the hell do you get money?

also, how exactly do you get the 2 extra outfits?

 

[Oichi]

Ok, I must be doing something wrong because I've been in over 50 fights in various arcades and participated and won 2 tourneys yet I still only have 50g. How the hell do you get money?

also, how exactly do you get the 2 extra outfits?

It's been said several times in the thread... if you want cash, enter the tournaments that pop up. The top prize for a cash tournament is 10,000 gold...

You get one extra outfit when you get to 1st Dan, and the other one is by getting all 7 orbs for your orb disc.

 

[Srider]

Ok, I must be doing something wrong because I've been in over 50 fights in various arcades and participated and won 2 tourneys yet I still only have 50g. How the hell do you get money?

also, how exactly do you get the 2 extra outfits?

You can get money by
1. Losing (the longer the win streak before you lose, the more money you can get).
2. Winning Scramble battles (those chests that come up before fights).
3. Winning Tournaments that gives gold as the prize.

Each of these three ways will take a long time (just like in the arcades).

The fastest way to get items is to simply win them through scramble battles.

You get Costume C by ranking up to 1st Dan. You get Costume D by completing your first set of orbs (also through scramble battles).

If you want to cheat (courtesy of Jeneric from VFDC), get an autofire controller. Go to versus, set to win in 1 round, let the one guy just press P on a dummy profile. Come back in a few days, and remember to let the dummy beat the main profile the very last time (to get the money from the win streak).

This way you can earn orbs/item/money all in one go.

 

[tissot]

When you first start up the game and it asks you to install the stuff onto your HDD, is a progress bar suppose to show up because when I selected yes, it seems like the game froze or is that just the installation?

 

[KTallguy]

It'll slowly install, blinking as it goes.

 

[GotchaForce]

Thanks, guys. I'm starting to go the advanced arcades and doing fights against the people with stars next to their profiles (for loot). I'm happy with how improved Goh (my main guy) is, his move list seems nearly doubled.

btw, Reno, I remember you from TNL (i used to post as Green). MEGAMIXER's win quote is "Ten years? Where's Bahn?", I wonder if that's about who I think it is?

 

[whatdidyousay]

Most of you have seen it all before, but I put some pics up of the RAP3 I got earlier today. This thing makes playing VF5 a lot more fun, at least for my fingers, which don't feel cramped anymore. Worth the purchase, seriously.

I hate long posts with pics, so the rest of them are here:

http://www.maosaywhat.com/

 

[jjasper]

Anyone seen S. Wolf with the quote "from my gun to your heart"

Man I think I am going to go back or import a stick I am getting hooked.

 

[ant1532]

Finally got it today after school but only had enough time for about 40 minutes of play today...

=(

Played dojo to see how they changed it up a bit from VF4 and so far sooooo good. Then played through Arcaded once and wooped some AI ass.(Is it me or did they hella tune down Dural?)

I might take some pics later.

On the graphics.

Wow. Nothing I have seen looks better then this. Nothing. It looks so ****ing amazing. The stage with puddles (not mud) looks ****ing amazing.(It might be Jacky's level) When you throw or down someone in a puddle and the water splashes perfectly and looks awesome. It's just so neat.

And damn. 60 FPS and this animation really kills. It is SO fluid. I even played around with Pai's guard animation for a bit just because it's so ****ing amazing.

Looked a bit into the customization and it seems like it's going to be awesome. Haven't played Quest mode yet so all I was able to do was change my shoes to white so I can look slick for arcade mode which I did next. I never played EVO(only 4) by the way so I really can't wait.

This game kicks all kinds of ass.

 

[Bebpo]

I'm glad to see I'm not crazy and so many others find the game absolutely gorgeous with excellent graphics.

I don't get the "meh, fighters look disappointing this gen" mantra at all after playing VF5.

 

[ant1532]

Holy shit, was just reading some psts here, and I had NO ideo the High grade stick had BOTH Sanwa sticks AND buttons!!!

I thought it was just the stick! That is ****ing great. Hmm.. Now has there been any new word on the sticks status? When is Sega going to start ****ing shipping the new models out??

 

[leehom]

I don't get the "meh, fighters look disappointing this gen" mantra at all after playing VF5.

It's the people who don't own the game trying to discourage potential buyers. The graphics look great.

 

[Community Forum]

Can someone please tell me what SANWA means? I got the Fighting Stick 3 today, but before I open it, I want to know if I am going to be disappointed with something!

 

[ant1532]

Can someone please tell me what SANWA means? I got the Fighting Stick 3 today, but before I open it, I want to know if I am going to be disappointed with something!

The Sanwa parts are what the actual arcade Virtua Fighter 5 unit in japan uses. So if you get the high grade you actually are using the same parts that's in the machine in Japan arcades. Some people can care less. Some people hella care.

 

[jiggle]

This game looks sweet. Love Aoi.

Got really hard near the end with Akira though. I need to practice more :/

Is there a fast way to make money in this game?
100 or so seems awefully little after so many fights...when everything cost in the thousands?

 

[Srider]

Can someone please tell me what SANWA means? I got the Fighting Stick 3 today, but before I open it, I want to know if I am going to be disappointed with something!

Sanwa is a Japanese company that specialized in arcade parts. If you go to arcades in Japan, almost all of them are using sticks and buttons made by Sanwa.

People who want an exact replication of the arcade style controls will prefer Sanwa made parts. They are usually more reliable and responsive compared to anything made by other companies.

The reason why people consider Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 and Virtua Stick High Grade to be the better value is because they already use Sanwa parts, thus if the buttons or stick breaks down in the future, you can replace them with real arcade parts.

The Hori Fighting stick however, uses Hori stick and buttons. Not to say they are bad, but if there are any problem with the stick or buttons later on, replacing the parts will require some minor modding/soldering/etc.

 

[Community Forum]

Cool, thanks guys! As a relative new VF player, I'll give the Hori FS3 a shot!