So I haven't really played a VF since VF 2, but I still picked this up and man I am LOVING it. God do I suck though. I ca never stick with any character and currently I alternate between, uh.... Eileen, Jacky and Sarah. Never have I played a game that just makes me rage as much as this game does though. Certain things just really throw me off and silly things that I can just never seen to get past. Shun di has this little forward up jab thing that people literally can just continue to do and my mind blanks and I just fail. I really need to just take my time, stick with a character or two and learn some patience.
I'd suggest sticking with Sarah for a bit. She hasn't changed as much since VF2 in comparison to other characters, so she'll be familiar territory. Not saying nothing has changed... everyone has changed... but you can still rely on her punch-kick combos, shadow kicks, elbows, and leaping knee to get you out of a bind. Flamingo stance has changed dramatically, but you don't have to get into that to learn the ropes with her.
Jacky is also as cheesy as always, but they've really enhanced his punching and countering techniques. It's more than just waiting the whole match to counter with the haymaker, lightning kicks, and flip kick now.
For Sarah just the get out by back dashing, when you're at distance, since she doesn't have guard on flamingo stance, could be easy to punish. Well in fact I have no idea how I usually punish it in
Some of Akira's and Lau's lunging palms will work. Jeffry's forward push kick also has a lot of range as do Lion's lunging sweeps, but those are
very slow. No one's going to just stand there. Maybe you can get some suckers with a bad connection, but if they have a bad connection, they're probably not going to pick Sarah in the first place.
