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Tekken |OT2| Pulse of the Regionally Discriminated Knuckleheads
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One change I'm grateful for is the that they got rid of that generic red wave ripple that permeates accross the screen when someone gets rage and is now just a burst of red aura. Does wonders to improve the presentation
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before the TTT2 recycled customs + troll accessories ruin it again
After watching these latest vids (especially the Akuma ones) I have to make a comment.
If there was just one thing that annoyed me the most about Virtua Fighter, it was the inconsistency of the gravity. It bothers me like a thorn on the sole how the gravity changes when Vanessa does her 9P Superman punch compared to the glide from the jump while holding guard. Same thing with other jumping moves like Sarah's 9PKG vs regular jump.
This was probably the biggest flaw in VF's presentation that always made me appreciate Tekken in motion more than VF. Jumping in Tekken always felt like the characters still had some weight (From Tekken 3 onwards). But in T7:FR Akuma's jumps are are way floatier than the other jumps. And that one vid that shows his neutral jump is some Tekken 2 jump kick levels of moon gravity. And related to that, the same thing happens when an early tailspin move is landed during a juggle. The trajectory of the opponent getting hit has a far floatier gravity factor compared to late tailspin. That inconsistency is something I'm not a fan of.
Just another thing I have to come to terms with as Tekken is rapidly distancing itself from actual martial arts and more into fantasy.
If there was just one thing that annoyed me the most about Virtua Fighter, it was the inconsistency of the gravity. It bothers me like a thorn on the sole how the gravity changes when Vanessa does her 9P Superman punch compared to the glide from the jump while holding guard. Same thing with other jumping moves like Sarah's 9PKG vs regular jump.
This was probably the biggest flaw in VF's presentation that always made me appreciate Tekken in motion more than VF. Jumping in Tekken always felt like the characters still had some weight (From Tekken 3 onwards). But in T7:FR Akuma's jumps are are way floatier than the other jumps. And that one vid that shows his neutral jump is some Tekken 2 jump kick levels of moon gravity. And related to that, the same thing happens when an early tailspin move is landed during a juggle. The trajectory of the opponent getting hit has a far floatier gravity factor compared to late tailspin. That inconsistency is something I'm not a fan of.
Just another thing I have to come to terms with as Tekken is rapidly distancing itself from actual martial arts and more into fantasy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8La-qeTs0A the first Steve vid i have seen, a lot of ws+1,1 into sway.
My God seriosuly, this character's is just impeccably animated.
SquirrelSoup
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ZeroTheShadow
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Akuma seems weak right now. Hmmmm
Cosmic Forge
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MikeBreezy92
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SquirrelSoup
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So does Akuma have something more like Tekken strings or more like SF normals? Anyone know?
I know his specials are the traditional SF inputs..
I know his specials are the traditional SF inputs..
GrayFoxPL
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His SF4 strings were changed into Tekken strings. Like double roundhouse that was just HK is now 4,3. He has 2,1 similar to Jinpachi, but he had that also in USF4. He has ws+4,4 that is his close HK in Street Fighter. Other then that I think his gameplay focuses on canceling singular moves.
MikeBreezy92
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SquirrelSoup
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I see. So is it mostly 1 or 2 hit strings then? Or also some longer stuff?
GrayFoxPL
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Didn't see anything longer. Just his old stuff. Hopefully that's not just "it".
MikeBreezy92
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There was a 3 hit string in one of the trailers but it didn't look familar.
GrayFoxPL
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Oh yeah the one at the wall. I remember now.
ZeroTheShadow
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Akuma seems to need meter to do any sort of damage. He also seems to lack any sort of decent ranged wiff punisher. His d+3 seems good and his standing 3 but outside of that he looks to not have a lot of solid moves. We need more footage of people experimenting with the character.
NinthPixel
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You did a very nice job, Manny. It does get discouraging at times to hear the complaints, but you just push forward. Look forward to next week as Fingers To Fight does it's part to keep the Tekken ship afloat in America. 20+ entries for a weekly ain't bad at all for a "dead" game, not bad at all.
No real opinion from me on T7FR. Won't be able to play it till the cows come home, so may as well play Tag 2.
MikeBreezy92
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If she didn't look Latin before I can definitely see it now.
SquirrelSoup
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Finally.
GrayFoxPL
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Thanks. Yeah, I wanted to wait but screw that, too many nights ruined already waiting from streams from Japan.
lol
Her hair could cut diamonds
The more I watch of Akuma, the more awkward and out of place he looks.
The hair should be wet too......but they're not.
The hair should be wet too......but they're not.
Dude feels weird. Real weird
Expected him to be out of place and all that but add movement on top and it gets extra weird
That hair doesn't follow natures law
ZeroTheShadow
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Akuma has no fuckin moves. Jesus, I didn't expect such a minimalist approach.
MikeBreezy92
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Give him a wavedash so he can wavedash to dragon punch.
He will be our missing Bob in T7
MikeBreezy92
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Are these Tekken players, solely Tekken players? Because the fact that they can't deal with Fireballs makes the fact that they can't deal with lasers make so much sense.
Ruthless
MikeBreezy92
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I'm just trying to figure out why people are running away from them.
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