I was wondering this. I have used it since I got SFIV last year after Christmas,and I’m still using it now. I’m not really bad, I have about a 30% win rate in games in SSFIV (partly because I can’t tay with 1 character.) So anyway, is it odd to use an analog stick in SSFIV, or any fighting game?
Yes. No iff\s about it. You pad, or use a joystick. Analog is for precise 3d free-roaming movement.
It’s come up before, usually a few people say they use the analog stick… But they’re a clear minority to the d-pad and arcade stick people, I’m pretty sure.
Isn’t dashing hard on those things?
It’s not strange at all since the directional pads on the Xbox 360 and PS3 controllers are unusable.
Uh, wha? PS3 has the same damn pad since ps1 days and nothing’s wrong with it. I’m sensing user error.
It really depends on the analog stick and how much deadzone it has. Some analogs have too much deadzone input show it forces you to move it all the way across the axis, and that makes it hard to perform moves in rapid motion. Others have almost no deadzone and those analog stick will make you do things when you don’t want to just cause you flicked it a little to a direction.
For me, Dualshock analog works fine for PS2/PS3 fighters and the CC control stick is mandatory for me to play Orochi Saga decently on the Wii.
It’s really not that odd to use an analog stick in fighting games. It’s almost like using an arcade stick with your thumb.
Believe it or not, the early PS1 directional pad was superior to the PS2 and PS3 revisions. When PS2 dropped, the d-pad and face buttons all became pressure sensitive for more innovative gameplay. It was a stupid mod IMO, and the only game I ever played that auctually uses this feature is The Bouncer (that game doesn’t let you use the PS1 dualshock). For me, this made it harder to get a feel for complex commands since I try to do them very quickly and one of the inputs wouldn’t register because I didn’t press hard enough.
I still wish I had my old PS1 pad without the analog sticks on it.
Analog stick was all I used and it worked really well for SF4. Then I got PS3 and that went to hell quickly. Then I got a joystick and the transition is rough to say the least. I miss my 360.
I actually think some analog sticks are more accurate than d-pads… An arcade stick is the most accurate of them all for me, but I can get surprisingly decent results with an 360 controller’s analog stick (and I just noticed it today afternoon funnily enough), though I rarely have to use it.
One of my buddies absolutely adores the analog stick of the 360 controller for fighting games; he says he hates every other control method & refuses to use any others, even though he is very familiar with them - and he’s brilliant with the analog stick in all fighting games. That’s really awesome and admirable IMO.
The PS3 ones def workable, but I prefer using a USB converter to hook up a PS2 pad instead. The 360 one is, indeed, garbage.
I got shit like qcfs when I wanted DPs, couldn’t dash, supers were a chore and it overall a very “stiff” feel. I don’t know if the particular pads I used today were not “broken in” or something but that’s the the impression I got.
It’s managable, but yeah it’s tougher to dash on analog than on pad/stick for me.
Even as someone who’s used analog 80% of the time there are certain games that I gotta use the pad to dash, like Guilty Gear/BB.
hmm im not so sure. the new age of d-pads I think are ment to be used like buttons for the most part, aka inventory scroll threws, choose abilities, choose weapons, etc. light pressing.
All the really late ps2 model d-pads (and newer) have failed and broken into pieces on the inside for me after a few months of jojo’s bizarre adventure play online.
I dont press really hard on the dpad or anything either. Sheer repetition has simply destroyed them. The way they are constructed inside the controller now a days, is pretty fragile from what ive seen / experienced.
One of our best players, uses a standard 360 controller and uses the analog stick to play. Whatever suits you best really.
For the 360, go analog all the way, the d-pad, if you could even call it that, for the 360 is trash. For the PS3 on the other hand, its a matter of preference.
All that being said, a good arcade stick will change your life believe me.