You should only get the PC version if you have the PS3 version. (but I see that you already have PS3 and xbox so don’t) There are just more people on the PC version than the PS3… Search, people, play, mostly stable connections. PS3 has little to no people online. and when you do play its so laggy.
(The only other reason to get PC version is to have it so that you can play people that have a different combination of sticks, like say, unmodded Xbox TE stick with PS3 TE stick - both working on PC, depending on your hardware)
No, there’s a difference between people with shitty computers and deliberate lag. I’d pass it up as a weird coincidence if it happened just once, but I start getting suspicious when the match is lag free during the other guy’s blockstrings, but it gets laggy as hell when I try to counter or go on the offensive. Just google SF4 hacks and you’ll find all sorts of wacky ass shit. The PC has always been the platform of choice if anyone wants to cheat at online games, and let’s face it, SF4’s netcode isn’t all that great to begin with.
As much as I want to like the PC version, there’s no use pretending like it isn’t vastly inferior to the console versions, at least as far as online play goes. Offline play is fine, but nobody in Germany plays fighting games so that doesn’t really do me a whole lot of good.
Yes, the PC has, thanks to its architecture, almost limitless possibilities, including cheating. And it’s damn easy to cheat on PC (I would say it’s much easier than on console, but I don’t have one, so I can’t tell). But that’s when the authors/developers come into play - ban cheaters, ban hackers, release patches to prevent further cheating… SF4 isn’t the only game with cheaters, but Capcom does absolutely nothing against it. Think of Blizzard - using maphack? Using bot? CD-Key ban and it’s over. Simple.
The problem is that Capcom does not care about the PC platform (that’s why they haven’t announced PC version of SSF4 and I doubt there’ll ever by one, although I hope I’m wrong). Yes, SF4’s netcode sux. But they can patch it. But they didn’t. Because they don’t care. If they did, SF4 would be a far better game.
The PC version may be worse than console versions (I don’t know, I haven’t played the console versions much, so I can’t compare), but it’s the best fighting game for PC available. Hey, we even have free, fan-made custom costumes :).
I have no trouble finding games (at least in G3 and G2, G1 is a little different, but far from terrible). And if I don’t play below 3 bars connection, it’s fine. I don’t regret buying this game, though it could have been better.
I don’t think capcom has a great deal of control over banning people since they don’t run the GfWL service. If you catch someone cheating on GfWL you have to report it to Microsoft, and you know they don’t care. Then there’s the problem of proving people actually cheat, and that it wasn’t just coincidence. Like I said, the most common ‘cheat’ that I’ve seen is suspicious lag spikes. I fought an Akuma in G2 yesterday where the match was lag free until he was about to die, and then it suddenly turned into a slide show. But how do you prove this is cheating? I have a problem sometimes where my game will freeze for a split second and then become really laggy, even though the fps counter is still showing 60, and I have to restart to fix it. It’s annoying and it’s cost me matches before, but the other guy might have thought I was cheating.
I’ve never played the PS3 version, but a friend of mine has the 360 version and I’ve played a fair bit on it, and I can say that it’s definitely a much nicer playing experience. You do get more rage quitters, probably because consoles attract a lot more immature kids than serious gamers, but all the matches I’ve played were smooth as butter, and you never sit in a lobby for a G3 Final for 20 minutes waiting for someone to play. (I mean, come on. G3 Final? You can flowchart your way to G3 Final, it shouldn’t take 20 minutes to find someone to fight.)
Assuming your index finger is resting on :l:, your middle finger is resting on :d: and your ring finger is resting on :r::
Roll your fingers across :l::d::r: as if you were doing a half-circle. Don’t lift your ring finger off of :r: when you get to it.
After releasing :d: with your middle finger, immediately use it to hit :u:
Press kick.
If you’ve done the motion as I’ve described, you should end with your middle finger holding :u:, and your ring finger holding :r:. This gives you the :uf: motion necessary for the Hooligan.
Edit: Technically the right way to do it is start with :l: and :d: depressed to insure you’re getting the :db: motion, but either way is fine as long as you’re slurring your keypresses properly.
First I’d like to say that it’s nice to recognise some names here. GG’s to all I’ve lost to and won against.
Just this last few days, I’ve found that I can’t get past the second round in G2. When I first got to G2, I hit the final more than once in an evening but it seems my mojo has completely gone. I’ve only got around 2300 GP and although I know (and can see) that I make my oppenent doubt themselves on almost every fight, it’s never quite enough and I’ll get cheaped out at the very end.
I find that I have to put my heart and soul in every single match to win it, it’s so draining. Have you all hit this wall or is it something to do with my playstyle?
Perhaps some Player matches from some of you experts would be very helpful?
