Virtua Fighter 5

[saturn-gamer]

Well offline I could also manage with the pad, I completed some movesets without too many problems (Pai, Brad..) from the left side though. But online the inputs seem to be much less forgiving, ofcourse thanks to the miliseconds of delay.

By the way, I have to say the online mode impresses me by a lot (save from its poor thought out setup). I didn't encounter a single laggy match yet. Its much, much better than DoA4's online play. But that could also be down to the fact its impossible to let thirds etc spectate via a lobby.

[Malc]

I couldn't pull off a front flip kind of attack (bottom right,P+KK) online with Lei Fei, yet offline I could do it easily. I guess that shows how just tiny unnoticable lag can really effect the match.

And I can now understand how japanese hardcoreists don't like it... but then again, you don't have to play it online at all.

[jimtendo]

One thing however i dislike about the online portion (mainly hosting) is that if you're hosting a ranked game, there's no way you can't kick someone who's greatly ranked than you, say a 1st dan/ or master rank etc...
ok, ok, rank doesn't really determine how good they are, as they could've been playing loads of matches. But still, i would like similar ranked person to play against.

Though i suppose it's again simulating the arcade scene, where you get some schmoe who pops a quarter in to challenge you, and gives you a proper beasting.

[mr_woo]

Got mine today and I'm not really an experienced VF player but am loving this.

Whilst the netcode itself is fantastic and the matches really smooth, i'm surprised there doesn't seem to be any lobby system really. I only really play with friends who also have the game and everytime we play against each other we tend play for a while so it's a bit annoying that after every match if you want to change characters you have to create a new session, bit of a pain in the arse. I'm not asking for much, no spectator modes or anything like that, just the ability to create one session with a friend and stay there as long as you like (if you want to mess around with different characters)

Apart from that though it's great, fantastic fun and well worth your cash.

[DANGEROUS]

Yo, can anyone tell me how the achievement points are awarded offline?

When you play in arcade, do you get points for each successive fighter you dispatch?

[melenko]

Yo, can anyone tell me how the achievement points are awarded offline?

When you play in arcade, do you get points for each successive fighter you dispatch?

achievments are the usual, unlock stuff, find orbs, beat arcade, etc

Arcade score has combo score and time and moves, a loss takes score away

[Akira]

anyone know how to perform jackys side slide shuffle?

[melenko]

Is it like the up/down evades?

[sj33]

How are people unfamiliar with VF finding this game?

VF5 may be the bees knees to those of us who have been playing VF since the Saturn days, but I do wonder how the 'newer' crowd are finding their first dip into a proper ( ) fighter!

[Akira]

Is it like the up/down evades?

i think you could be right.up/down +PGK but not an offensive move.

[melenko]

i think you could be right.up/down +PGK but not an offensive move.

tap up/down without the GPK is defensive, could be that... I've not used Jacky for ages lol

I think VF is about the worst fighter for a new player to get into, I had friends decide that VF4 was the worst game on the PS2 until playing a few propper games and finding a character that worked for them.

[babs]

Jacky's slide shuffle is back + P+G+K

[melenko]

we really need some arrows on the smilies list

anyone know the timing on Eileens K from up+foward GPK stance?

[Akira]

Jacky's slide shuffle is back + P+G+K

ahah,but what i'm looking for is the SIDE slide shuffle

[melenko]

ahah,but what i'm looking for is the SIDE slide shuffle

Have you gone through the dojo mode yet? Doing it on timed gets you the stage to use too.