I can’t really see the argument for VTCs being neat, they completely invalidate playing any form of interactive neutral in favour of a strong insta-in button that you wouldn’t normally use, have little to no potential to be played around, and don’t have a form of risk/reward which V was supposed to be based around(The premise sounds terrible to begin with it’s just funny how it’s the complete opposite of what they intended.)
Zeku’s gonna slide, Bison’s gonna slide, Alex gonna st.hk. And there’s not really anything you can do about it other than say “yep, I’m eating it.” Even if they were -2, this problem still exists.
The idea that vtc is a bigger departure from “traditional Street Fighter” than universal parry or air blocking or crouch teching or focus attack seems pretty garbage.
I don’t think anyone is saying that, just that its super degenerate.
Like I wasn’t around for the former two but people definitely hate the latter two lol. Also do all of those things lead to unavoidable offense?
(They may like i said i don’t know)
Okay, but you’re playing every second of every single match around focus attack. How is that “traditional Street Fighter”.
I don’t hate any of the games, but people just pile on the V system because it’s what they’re playing NOW. It’s not a bigger effect on the game than every other departure from SF2 has been.
SF6 will introduce the dramatic new mechanic of “Crisis Time”, where when two equal strength attacks clash you enter a brief state where all normals will result in Super Counter Hits.
The term traditional street fighter is garbage, nobody even mentioned it. The games structure changes with each iteration.
Difference being the things you mentioned, I as a player can deny and play around. If I poke you and see a focus attack? I can just cancel into EX.Tatsu, Shoryuken or some other shit and blow you the fuck up.
You want to crouch tech? Okay, eat this delayed frame trap. You’re about to eat shit.
You want to deny my VTC? Uhhh…good luck I guess? Better start randomly neutral jumping and pray.