What does any of your shitty post have to do with his giving unquestionably good advice?
seriously, that guys fuckin rude
You’re not going see the point where you know that you are really good in a game. It just happens over time and comes into realization one day.
thats mind games
Irregardless of whether that is true or not, VF4Evo has the best tutorial of all time and is likely the best VF to get if you were interested in learning the game (though ofc you would eventually jump to 5 so you can actually compete with others)
Not to mention you can probably get it for $5 at garage sales.
This is the correct answer…
I concur with Son of a Gun perspective on the matter. Playing a lot of different fighter has its advantage. But I too wouldn’t recommend being serous with all of them. I try to attain a sense of competitive competences. In other words I would learn a game and develop my ability’s into it but I wouldn’t make a priority in winning and entering events on that game.
I can play a few hard games @ a decent level. I’ve done well in mvc2\3s, ST and vampire savior. I could even play tekken @ a decent level which is very hard to transition into as a 2d player. When you can play 3 different types of fighting games @ a decent level, I believe that is when you understand 2d fundamentals. Throwing, counter hit, punished wiffed footsie, applying pressure, defensive options, movement, mind games… these are basic concepts that can be applied to any fighting game. When you understand them fully, it doesn’t take long to become good with the character with a little practice.
sometimes when you see a multi game player, they stick with one character. If you picked one character in ST, you have to know all 16 of the other matchups. Just for one game. Now say your other game is ssf4 and you pick one character again, you gotta know like 35 matchups.
So for 2 games, you have to know 51 matchups. I used those two purposely. They don’t have that many characters in them. If you take mvc2 6 as your 2 main games, you will have to learn 80-90 matchups if you learned only 2 characters!
The human mind can only hold so much information so to side step some of that problem, multi game players have relied on using fundamentals as part of their multi game strategy. Sometimes you can win in a game you never play if your fundamentals are good enough. You don’t have to know the matchup, you just gotta be able to apply your fundamentals better than the other guy. Every game boils down to fundamentals+using the engine. If your fundamentals are top notch, all you really gotta do is figure out how to use the engine.
Also, certain styles are more effective than others. With a heavily offensive style, you can win w\o knowing much about the matchup. A defensive style usually takes a bit more forethought which requires matchup knowledge.
the answer to this thread is: yes if your not a stinky pussy
That wouldn’t surpise me. VirtuaFighter4: Evo is acually a downgrade to VirtuaFighter5, The tutorial system is pretty jacked up compared to alot of other fight games. Hell, DoA4 or Streetfight EX plus Alpha has a better tutorial compared to that piece of ancient shit. Not saying its not helpful, but it certainly isn’t the best, not to mention that the system is designed only for VirtuaFigher four. It will help you, but not as much as it should in VF5.
It was harder for me to go from 3d fighter (SoulCalibur) to 2d fighter such as (Street Fighter). I loved SoulCalibur so much but no one around here played it anymore, so thusly I switched. I still play a lot of SoulCalibur, but I main Street Fighter now. I have little time to get overly in depth with to many fighting games with a wife, newborn kid, full time work, and full time school. I am definitely going to say play what is making you happiest, over time even if you are switching between multiple games you can get up to speed, it just will not be at the same pace as someone who plays only one game.