Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

Hatred_Edge · August 18, 2010, 12:42am

To Hell with Chun Li, Vanessa has some sweet thighs.:wonder:

Cobra · August 18, 2010, 1:00am

Damn straight.

Yuna · August 18, 2010, 4:05am

Vanessa was hotter in Virtua Fighter 4. I hate that they pussed out on making a fighting game with a muscle queen in it.

Tech_Romancer · August 18, 2010, 5:45am

^ Yeah, I liked that as well.

INCIDENT · August 18, 2010, 6:51am

I still think that VF5 Van is still menacing, just not so much Chyna menacing, which was very different and original for female fighting characters since Tobal’s Mary or Bloody Roar’s Mitsuko, hence why I also I miss VF4 Van. At least you can get VF4 Van’s skin tone again.

ShinyBrentford · August 18, 2010, 11:02am

Jacky move demo
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Reno · August 27, 2010, 3:50am

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ShinyBrentford · August 27, 2010, 10:07am

Nice Vid. I can’t wait to try out Taka

FallingEdge · August 30, 2010, 8:43pm

FS Arcadia tier listing, translated by Reno

First, I don’t know how much I can translate because I lack character knowledge (I really only know 3 - 4 characters), and because work is busy. I’ll try to do the bite-sized stuff, which will be easier to translate.

Weight classes have been changed for Final Showdown, here they are:

Super Light: Aoi, Eileen, Blaze
Light: Vanessa, Lion, Sarah, Pai, Shun
Midweight: Lei, Brad, Lau, Kage, Goh
Midheavy: Jean, Jacky, Akira
Heavy: Wolf, Jeffry
Dude go on a diet: Taka-arashi

Here’s the first “official” tier list for Final Showdown, published by Arcadia this month. It also includes small notes about each tier.

S Rank: Shun, Lau, Akira

Within the top ranks, you have Shun, who has gained a ton of good moves and adjustments, Lau, who has not changed that much (but takes very good advantage of the new system), and Akira, who has been powered up. The changes to the throw system have not detracted from their game at all.

A Rank: Lion, Kage, Goh, Brad, Sarah, Wolf

All purpose characters are Lion and Kage, while Goh and Wolf possess very solid and simple 50/50 mixups. Sarah and Brad are also strong due to their stances. These characters have also not been affected too much by the changes to the throw system.

B Rank: Jean, Pai, Vanessa, Aoi, Taka-arashi, Eileen

Although they possess the ability to take on the stronger characters, they have quite a few weak points. However if they can compensate for their weakpoints with new combos and tactics, they may rise to A rank!

C Rank: Blaze, Jacky, Jeffry, Lei-Fei

They did not receive many upgrades or anything to really take advantage of the revamped game system. However, the difference between B and C rank isn’t that large, if you were to ask most players.

What the top players think about the tiers (note: these are not all of the players they quoted, just half of them… I’ll try to do the others later on)

Koedo: If you take out the very top and very bottom characters, the balance is actually very good. The characters who best take advantage of the new system are definitely the strongest. The top characters can be played easily, while the mid-tiers will take some time to adjust. The bottom tiers, well… they’ll be expensive to play.

Fuudo: Characters with good low tech moves (ed note: not sure on this) and guard crushes are definitely top class. And the reward that you get from a crush is pretty big. The loss of throws from the down-back, down and down-forward directions really hurts those characters who rely on their mid-hitting moves (i.e. Lei-fei, etc.)

Gorgeous: I think Shun and Lau are definitely the two strongest in the game. But that doesn’t mean that the characters below them are hopeless. Brad is strong this time around, but I think he will drop as the game progresses. My character, Eileen, is definitely stronger than in the last game.

Joseph: Personally, Shun and Lau are the best, with Akira, Brad and Lion coming in after them. The top characters just match the revamped system really well. While there is a small difference with the characters below the top ones, there is definitely a feeling that their abilities have been reduced.

Itabashi Zangief: My character, Shun, is unquestionably strong. His distance game is top tier, his drink game is top tier, his throws are top tier, and his crush

Chea. Shun back at the top like a boss.

Gravelneed · August 30, 2010, 8:54pm

Thank a lot for this Shiny. I really wanted to see this. Hopefully someone can do a vid for Eileen.

ShinyBrentford · August 30, 2010, 10:03pm

Hopefully you can come to goons or FC and get some games in.

Tech_Romancer · August 30, 2010, 11:04pm

Sarah is top tier again?

FUCK THAT

Dandy_J · August 30, 2010, 11:19pm

i noticed kage’s high p is +3 on block while jacky’s is +2. wouldnt +3 high p mean p, 6p is uninterruptible? or did they mess with frames more? most high p are 11 and elbow is still 14 right?

ShinyBrentford · August 30, 2010, 11:39pm

Yeah, but the great thing out VF is the tiers are really close together. You will still be seeing low tiers win tourneys.

k4polo · August 31, 2010, 12:24am

Aww why it gotta be like that? Not like she is god tier or anything.
I like her being a good character but not godlike.

Tech_Romancer · August 31, 2010, 2:04am

I know dude, its just back in EVO days Sarah gave my Jeffery a lot of trouble. I have a set of me getting getting my ass raped on YT. Very frustrating.

Dandy_J · August 31, 2010, 2:37am

its ok no one plays sarah except shou anyway

deadfrog · August 31, 2010, 5:40am

ShinyBrentford · August 31, 2010, 9:47am

Next Friday I have a 20 dollar garbage(loser has to wear a trash bag the rest of the night)match. Some tekken player thinks he’s going to learn VF in a week and beat me.

Free 20 dollars. Go me!

Gravelneed · September 1, 2010, 1:19am

Oh shit. That guy is just asking for it. lol Beat his ass.