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DrakeTungsten:
I'm asking for advice on improving my fighting game experience. I'm having a hard time getting the special joystick moves out (QCF, HCF, etc), especially in the Samurai Shodown games. Are there certain joysticks that are better suited to fighting games than others? I don't know what model I have now, but I didn't go with anything expensive. I bought it from Groovy Game Gear years ago, and it has a switch on the plate to change from 4-way to 8-way. I think it was $40.

When not inputting a special move, I've noticed that I'm often hitting diagonals when I just want a straight up or down or left or right. I know it's not a case of faulty hardware, because when playing shmups, I can always go in the direction I want. I understand that most of my problem is simply being a novice at fighting games, but if there's anything else that's holding me back other than skill, I want to remedy it.

Well Fed Games:
A good question, and one that has been discussed a lot. Search around here ("best fighter joystick" or something similar) or at http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?forums/tech-talk.6/ (where a lot of folks build controls specifically for fighting games). A lot of people swear by Sanwas for fighters, and the gate (square or octagon) used will affect feel a lot too.


--- Quote from: DrakeTungsten on October 07, 2012, 02:50:59 am ---I'm asking for advice on improving my fighting game experience. I'm having a hard time getting the special joystick moves out (QCF, HCF, etc), especially in the Samurai Shodown games. Are there certain joysticks that are better suited to fighting games than others? I don't know what model I have now, but I didn't go with anything expensive. I bought it from Groovy Game Gear years ago, and it has a switch on the plate to change from 4-way to 8-way. I think it was $40.

When not inputting a special move, I've noticed that I'm often hitting diagonals when I just want a straight up or down or left or right. I know it's not a case of faulty hardware, because when playing shmups, I can always go in the direction I want. I understand that most of my problem is simply being a novice at fighting games, but if there's anything else that's holding me back other than skill, I want to remedy it.

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Jack Burton:
How long have you been playing fighting games? What game did you start with?

Samurai Shodown and other older fighting games are not nearly as forgiving with motions as the new stuff like SFIV or Marvel. 

Well Fed Games:
I would say I am a novice at fighting games... last one (really, the only one) I could hold my own in was Tekken 3. A little bit of the SF Alpha series, too. I tend to prefer an octo gate where I can really feel the notch in all 8 directions.

phil_p3:

--- Quote from: DrakeTungsten on October 07, 2012, 02:50:59 am ---I'm asking for advice on improving my fighting game experience. I'm having a hard time getting the special joystick moves out (QCF, HCF, etc), especially in the Samurai Shodown games. Are there certain joysticks that are better suited to fighting games than others? I don't know what model I have now, but I didn't go with anything expensive. I bought it from Groovy Game Gear years ago, and it has a switch on the plate to change from 4-way to 8-way. I think it was $40.

When not inputting a special move, I've noticed that I'm often hitting diagonals when I just want a straight up or down or left or right. I know it's not a case of faulty hardware, because when playing shmups, I can always go in the direction I want. I understand that most of my problem is simply being a novice at fighting games, but if there's anything else that's holding me back other than skill, I want to remedy it.

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Check if you're using eswitch microswitches. I've found these are terrible for hitting diagonals.

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