So uhh, yeah, I've been watching a lot of footage of me playing the game and hopefully on the weekend I'll make a post of a breakdown (specifically starting with) of my movement (which is absolutely horrid, I wanted to throw up while watching it) of the game.
I saw all the posts before about acclimating to the fightstick, it was getting frustrating, but I feel like I've adequately broken it in now. I can, at least, preform all my combos on it and I've gotten a little solid input out of it now, so that's going well. I also need to find a way to get my stick dual modded (and change the artwork) so I can play on the PS3 with you guys again, I don't like going against randoms online, I prefer people I know. I suppose I could continue with the Dualshock though, to keep my pad skills up to snuff if I can't bring my stick with me to the arcade some days.
I took a break, actually who am I kidding I take a break every week, I played about 6+ hours straight of online last Saturday, it was my first time playing an extended period of time (and online) with my fightstick instead of reverting back to my pad for online play. I won a total of about 5 matches, went down 2 ranks, and steadily began losing more matches that I had in my grasp as I began questioning whether I truly deserved the victory I was on track for getting. That was stupid of me.
You can find 20 minutes of such gameplay here (mute the audio, it makes a weird crackling sound and game sound didn't go through anyway and I have to figure it out). I have about 4 GB worth of footage I plan on running through, though. I feel like I've dealt with my anger at this game though, as a good friend told me while I was playing and saying I hated the game: "You don't hate the game, you hate losing". Which I realize is true, and I want to work towards being done with acting like a child. I'm sorry you guys had to see me this way though, I'm normally a very calm and collected person irl and only Marvel and Call of Duty are the few things that have ever angered me.
I can do combos and the such, as I demonstrate in this video
here (I'd recommend watching it, if you're interested/don't think I can't do any combos, as I only rarely pull off any bnb during the online matches I've posted. Another thing is, in the first Vergil combo I attempted in that video I was going to do the SS loop, but I muscle memory tried to teleport and so I had to abort haha)
But yeah, I can do the moves, timing, etc. But when it comes to a moving target I can't do anything. One of the fundamentals in getting to the enemies (alongside a plethora of other uses), is movement, which will be why I want to go over that first. Another thing is that I've mostly only practiced combos on standing targets, so when I hit someone at super jump height, jumping, sometimes crouched; I have no idea what to do. I do feel I'm alright at blocking though, considering the little amount of time I've played online and just screwed around in training.
I feel like I've seen, read, and played enough Marvel to know what I'm doing wrong, I feel like I play the game badly (in the overall sense of my playstyle) but I don't know how to fix it. I've been living and breathing this game for the last 6 months with all the time I have, and I genuinely want to get better at it, but I know you guys have much better things to be using your time and energy on so I hate to bother you. That's why I'd like to make sure that I've said that I don't want you guys feeling obligated to respond to my stuff, since I can understand how this can be annoying to teach simple things and fundamentals when you yourselves probably went through a lot to learn them and figured them out on your own.
Thanks again guys, for all the support you've given me regarding this game, I really appreciate it!
Also, for some reason, I'm really looking forward to Ultra Street Fighter
Ooh, another thing I forgot: Why have, all of a sudden, people started falling out of the regular Dante midscreen bnb? They get to far out of range for the launcher, I never had this problem until about a week or two ago.
