SlaughterX
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So are any stores doing a midnight launch for this game?
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The Official Street Fighter IV Thread of FADCing a Stranger in the Alps
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Well at least if my stick does mess up...at least I have a good basis to start stick modding. That and I feel that Markman wouldnt take this lying down. He seems to have put so much into pushing the pads and sticks that I doubt he'd let people (especially GAF) get stuck with a busted one.
bumpkin said:The managers at those stores must be going to grab it early or something because my local store told me Wednesday even though I told them I have a preorder. I'm up in New Hampshire.
Yeah, my local Gamestop told me they are doing an airport pick-up and therefore will have the game tomorrow.
Snapshot King
Member
When I got my TE the B button was kind of sticky. I opened it up and turns out the microswitch wires were just jamming it a little. I moved it over and snapped it back up, worked like a charm afterwards.
akachan ningen
Member
Teknoman said:
Yeah, he's been telling people in the stick and fightpad threads to contact him if they have problems like that. I hope people do that before they start opening it up and trying to fix it themselves.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Sucks that some sticks are fucked up, but honestly, what do you expect? Im not trying to say it doesnt suck, but those cases will be the minority.
You get a broken product, return it and get a new one, thats how this shit works.
Funny video though, that guy had one ghetto ass setup
You get a broken product, return it and get a new one, thats how this shit works.
Funny video though, that guy had one ghetto ass setup
So I finally got to play it today, and it's awesome
My friend brought over a copy and we played for maybe 4 hours. We were playing with the Madcatz pad (the Blanka one because I couldn't find any others anywhere) and it's pretty solid. Some things I noticed:
-Pulling off supers/ultras with Dictator, Zangief, and Guile are extremely difficult with the pad. If I were planning on using one of those characters as a primary I'd for sure buy a stick.
-Guile is pretty gimped - his attacks just don't do enough damage from what I can tell.
-Ken is okay, but Ryu is better. I always used to play as Ken back in the day, but he's much slower than Ryu and as a result seemed quite a bit weaker.
-Sagat seems insanely overpowered. Granted we didn't get enough time to really dig in too extensively, but Sagat is a beast. He has good speed, lots of different attack options and the amount of damage he does is borderline stupid.
-Dan is lame/hilarious.
-The focus system seems pretty cool and fairly deep. I much prefer it to parrying from SF3.
Overall the game is very solid and a lot of fun. It feels like the good old days playing Street Fighter II: Turbo on my SNES.
My friend brought over a copy and we played for maybe 4 hours. We were playing with the Madcatz pad (the Blanka one because I couldn't find any others anywhere) and it's pretty solid. Some things I noticed:
-Pulling off supers/ultras with Dictator, Zangief, and Guile are extremely difficult with the pad. If I were planning on using one of those characters as a primary I'd for sure buy a stick.
-Guile is pretty gimped - his attacks just don't do enough damage from what I can tell.
-Ken is okay, but Ryu is better. I always used to play as Ken back in the day, but he's much slower than Ryu and as a result seemed quite a bit weaker.
-Sagat seems insanely overpowered. Granted we didn't get enough time to really dig in too extensively, but Sagat is a beast. He has good speed, lots of different attack options and the amount of damage he does is borderline stupid.
-Dan is lame/hilarious.
-The focus system seems pretty cool and fairly deep. I much prefer it to parrying from SF3.
Overall the game is very solid and a lot of fun. It feels like the good old days playing Street Fighter II: Turbo on my SNES.
Stabby McSter
Member
my se stick seems to be fine, and i've probably put at least 15 hours into it
i'm pretty sure it's just a minority of people who get to see these problems
i'm pretty sure it's just a minority of people who get to see these problems
C- Warrior
Banned
akachan ningen said:
Yeah. It's actually getting me to want to return my SE for the HRAP EX (360).
But at the same time, my stick hasn't been sticking, it's been great.
The natural way of things is that the group with defects in their sticks are going to be 20,000 x's more vocal than for those where the stick 'operates normally and expectedly' -- so, I figure at 30 days return policy with Fry's, and I'll stick with it till' then, worst goes to worst I'll just return it and order the HRAP from amazon.
VictimOfGrief
Banned
The guy in the video reminded me of the Gamecube basement picture..... :lol
As far as the TE sticks, I would bet we'll have them for this year and then after that, they'll be discontinued.
Tell you one thing though, I am NOT buying one of the regular sticks just to make sure I don't get stuck with a crapstick.
As far as the TE sticks, I would bet we'll have them for this year and then after that, they'll be discontinued.
Tell you one thing though, I am NOT buying one of the regular sticks just to make sure I don't get stuck with a crapstick.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
C- Warrior said:
My copy of Gears of War shipped with a disk read error, no matter how I tried to fix it, it only got worse! That doesnt mean YOU need to return your copy of Gears for something else
[/analogy]Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
VictimOfGrief said:
You can bet there will be a Tekken 6 TE Fightstick, seeing how MarkMan is in love with the series.
Raging Spaniard said:
Uh, you pay $79.99 for a product, you expect it to work. That's a damned silly thing to say. Working retail, it's not that simple and people don't think that way. The more expensive the product, the less forgiving people are. Especially with supply being borked right now. Buy it, shit ain't working, that's probably it. One and done. Then word gets out...
abstract alien
Member
Well, I already planned on getting a stick, but you just super sold it to me. To be honest, I had a bit of a problem with the(very brief) time ive spent on HD mix playing as Guile and Bison...unless Im doing something wrong, i couldnt get a super to come out for shit with a pad.SeanPlunk said:So I finally got to play it today, and it's awesome
My friend brought over a copy and we played for maybe 4 hours. We were playing with the Madcatz pad (the Blanka one because I couldn't find any others anywhere) and it's pretty solid. Some things I noticed:
-Pulling off supers/ultras with Dictator, Zangief, and Guile are extremely difficult with the pad. If I were planning on using one of those characters as a primary I'd for sure buy a stick.
-Guile is pretty gimped - his attacks just don't do enough damage from what I can tell.
-Ken is okay, but Ryu is better. I always used to play as Ken back in the day, but he's much slower than Ryu and as a result seemed quite a bit weaker.
-Sagat seems insanely overpowered. Granted we didn't get enough time to really dig in too extensively, but Sagat is a beast. He has good speed, lots of different attack options and the amount of damage he does is borderline stupid.
-Dan is lame/hilarious.
-The focus system seems pretty cool and fairly deep. I much prefer it to parrying from SF3.
Overall the game is very solid and a lot of fun. It feels like the good old days playing Street Fighter II: Turbo on my SNES.
C- Warrior
Banned
VictimOfGrief said:
True, but you have to remember the minority who get bad ones are going to be much more vocal than those who get a stick that works the way they feel it should work. I'm glad Sven cleared it up in that it's not a universal issue with the SE"s, since mine is normal. But I'll keep a watch on it.
And shit, if it fucks up I'll just spend the 10 to 20 bucks and get the Sawna joystick which I was going to do sometime down the road regardless. You should be fine. Just keep your receipt
Absoludacrous
Member
Kintaro said:
This.
Now to get my one-week-old, $80 stick in working condition I have to wait for Mad Catz to make good on their warranty? Kinda ridiculous.
It's not like I can just take it back to the store and exchange it for another one.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Kintaro said:
Oh come on, dont do the selective quoting thing. All Im saying is that if its broken, then return it. No matter how good a product is, there will be some defective units, and a select few of that small percentage are gonna blow it up and pretend everybody is gonna have that problem.
However, if MadCatz issues a recall tomorrow, I will shut up
VictimOfGrief
Banned
:lolRaging Spaniard said:
Now that you mention it.... yeah I can see it.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
SeanPlunk said:So I finally got to play it today, and it's awesome
My friend brought over a copy and we played for maybe 4 hours. We were playing with the Madcatz pad (the Blanka one because I couldn't find any others anywhere) and it's pretty solid. Some things I noticed:
-Pulling off supers/ultras with Dictator, Zangief, and Guile are extremely difficult with the pad. If I were planning on using one of those characters as a primary I'd for sure buy a stick.
Do they have charge Ultras? The same thing happens to me in HDR but with pretty much every charge move required. Hopefully using the fightpad won't gimp me while using Ryu or El Fuerte.
AZ Greg
Member
I know MarkMan/Mad Catz are saying the washer issue is limited to a certain batch of sticks, but how is the problem corrected on the good batches. Has anyone with a perfectly functional stick looked at the washer on theirs? Is the washer glued down properly or what? And if so, does it look like it'll stay that way? Just trying to gauge if the "good" batches are truly that or ticking time bombs.
polyh3dron
Banned
Just like Microsoft cleared it up in that it was only 1-5% of 360 consoles that got the RROD.C- Warrior said:
dfyb said:
Notice how he doesn't mention how well the stick worked before he uh, took it apart. Once HE took it apart, messed around with it etc the stick didn't work as well as it did before..
weird how that can happen.
I've had my stick for almost a week and it works really well, I'm happy with it.
pelicansurf said:
Yeah, Dictator and I think E-Honda both have Charge ultras/supers. Zangief and Guile just have motions that are difficult to pull off on the pad. I didn't really have too much of a problem doing normal piledrivers with Gief on the pad, but the super uses a double 360 motion and was difficult to do. Using the pad with any of the Shotos was fairly easy and I didn't have any problems. I plan on using Ryu/Sagat/and maybe Akuma and Gouken so I think the pad will be perfectly fine for me.
Raging Spaniard said:Oh come on, dont do the selective quoting thing. All Im saying is that if its broken, then return it. No matter how good a product is, there will be some defective units, and a select few of that small percentage are gonna blow it up and pretend everybody is gonna have that problem.
However, if MadCatz issues a recall tomorrow, I will shut up
Nah man, that was a silly statement all the way around. "...but what do you expect?" Come on man. That was shortsighted.
Of course some products will be faulty, but you can't compare this situation to game discs or whatever. You think GameStop will carry ample supply of SE sticks? No. Any other store? No. It's not going to happen. It's $79.99 and it's going to be a pain to simply return and pick up a new one for people who pick this up.
The problem here is people ran into this problem right out of the gate. Not down the line through wear and tear. Right out of the box. That does nothing to instill consumer confidence, especially among a niche that's already pretty loud. Which is a shame.
Don't pass it off as "the minority barking loudest" because that minority is already your target audience.
C- Warrior
Banned
polyh3dron said:
Too true
But what to do? My stick is fine, I'll use it. If anything comes up -- I return it, and invest my 80$ into something else, or just upgrade the SE with better parts.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Seriously. I can't believe people still take these company mouthpiece's word as gospel, especially when they're talking about their fucked up product.polyh3dron said:
akachan ningen
Member
dexterslu said:
He did. the stick got stuck in different positions, that's why he took it apart. Surely you're not suggesting that the stick got fucked up because he switched the buttons around?
Cancelled my SE order from Amazon as soon as I saw the giantbomb video. And then... bought the SE @ Fry's later in the afternoon when I saw the stack of beautiful red SF IV logoed boxes calling out my name :lol
Like a lot of people, I was planning on swapping out the stick anyway. At least now, I don't have to wait since the Amazon ship date is unreliable.
Like a lot of people, I was planning on swapping out the stick anyway. At least now, I don't have to wait since the Amazon ship date is unreliable.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Kintaro said:
Point taken.
Now I will use my "hey English is my 3rd language" card and slip out of this conversation :lol
brandonh83
Banned
Just called two Wal-Marts.
One said they were surprised that they didn't get it. The other said that they have someone who stocks their game shelves and that he/she doesn't come in until 9am. So fuck them.
One said they were surprised that they didn't get it. The other said that they have someone who stocks their game shelves and that he/she doesn't come in until 9am. So fuck them.
akachan ningen said:
In the beginning of the video he basically describes how he destroyed the button while taking it apart, he then explains why the stick doesn't work well. He NEVER mentions how well the stick worked before he took it apart. To me it seems like the guy took it apart and messed around with it for a while and destroyed it in the process.
letsbereasonable
Member
TaKeRx said:
The HRAP 3 and the HRAP EX are both great sticks and fine alternatives to the Madcatz products I wish this could be stickied, as it has been coming up a lot.
The EX2 and the Fighting Stick 3 are the lower-tier Hori products that you probably want to avoid if you have the cash for the $80+ sticks.
If you want a stick, and don't trust Mad Catz, hit up Arcade in a Box and custom order one.
I paid $170 for a stick a year ago, it's got less bells and whistles then the TE stick, but it works great, outside of sometimes the 360 not recognizing it at launch.
I can't get to get out of work this morning though.
I paid $170 for a stick a year ago, it's got less bells and whistles then the TE stick, but it works great, outside of sometimes the 360 not recognizing it at launch.
I can't get to get out of work this morning though.