Should the next SF have stun bars?

[AlzPatz]

I just don’t want a turtle bar is all i’m saying.

haha, true that

[Repent13]

Wusses who picked “Yes”…

Go play something else.

[MuKen]

Anyone that plays the game even just a little bit, has a pretty damn good idea when they are about to get dizzy.

adding the dizzy bar will drastically change the gameplay of a lot of players too.

These two statements seem inherently contradictory to me.

Most of the case against stun bars seems to be either that it adds clutter (either ppl are dumb or have not played third strike), or that it detracts from the mystery. Imo, “mystery” = bad in a competitive game. It’s almost as bad a thing to have as “randomness”.

Pretty much every single argument presented against stun bars could be just as well applied to say the lifebar should be invisible too. Do you really think street fighter would be a better game if you had no visible indicator of your remaining health?

[igotalottastuff]

Yes. It’d help players. 3s did it fairly easily, with a small bar below the HP meter. Seriously there’s no reason why there shouldn’t be. Not saying you should patch it to this game, but just slap it on to the next sequel.

[HardBody]

i wouldnt mind it, but i can live without it.

[nacor_cb]

These two statements seem inherently contradictory to me.

Most of the against seems to be either that it adds clutter (either ppl are dumb or have not played third strike), or that it detracts from the . Imo, “mystery” = bad in a competitive game. It’s almost as bad a thing to have as “randomness”.

Pretty much every argument presented against bars could be just as well applied to say the lifebar should be invisible too. Do you really think street fighter would be a better game if you had no visible indicator of your remaining ?

completely agreed.

[TommyTwoTime77]

Mi opinion is yes, there should be a display that allowed us to know how much stun we have suffered/inflicted.

it would promote changing tactics (be more agressive if your opponent stun bar is almost filled, or more cautious if you watch your stun bar close to get filled).

what do you think?

EDIT: to avoid confusion about what im talking about, you can watch an example here done by Dysan_ (props to you mate, the pic is awesome!):

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5605/stunbars.jpg

I absolutely agree

[myDingling]

It’s called a “Stun” for a reason. If you knew it was coming then you would change up tactics/turtle. The fact that you didn’t and you kept jumping in or falling for some setup means that you should get taken out of the action unexpectedly to finally MAKE you stop and think for a second.

I say no.

[nacor_cb]

It’s called a “Stun” for a reason. If you knew it was coming then you would change up tactics/turtle. The fact that you didn’t and you kept jumping in or falling for some setup means that you should get taken out of the action unexpectedly to finally MAKE you stop and think for a second.

I say no.

the thing is, because blocking doesnt reset stun count, it can be misleading.

you can think you have recovered stun points but in fact you arent because you blocked a lot after a high stun combo, and currently there is no way to know that with precision.