If you bought the first VF4 on PS2, are you still getting VF4 EVO?

:KingofIronfists

Speaking of playing Akira, I have to say that you "must"

use a good stick.( Yes, I said must)

I played with Akira in VF4 Ver.C with a pad, which

comes with PS2 system, and got pretty decent at using

him.

What I mean by getting decent is I could do DLC

100% consistently and Spod with about 70% of

accuracy. (Although, I didn't use Spod much because

in a real battle, Spod is not abusable, furthermore I

wasn't sure of doing it any time I wanted(70% is not

enough).

I played about 3000 matches with the pad

(Akira alone), but I found myself stop getting improved

anymore no matter how much practice I did. That was

when I picked up a stick. (I use a stick made by

Pelican. It is only $20.00 but pretty usable.)

After I started using the stick, my game improved to

a whole new level. I now can do the Knee consistently,

and best of all my fingers are no longer in pain. /versus/images/graemlins/grin.gif

If you want to consider buying the Hory VF4 or SC2

stick, I also recommend you to do that. My buddies

use Hory sticks and like the sticks very much.

I hope I did answer your question.

Cheers,

 

why would you fingers hurt form using the pad? did you hold the control like you would be playing at an arcade? I seem to use the d-pad fine and i couldn't imagine playing Aoi with the stick, so many of her moves need combinations of buttons being pressed and i've never really played on a stick and it would get too confusing for me, I could do it over time but i dont really feel the need unless i started playing a different character that really needed one.

 

If you hold the pad like a stick, it starts to hurt your hands after hours (which is typical length here in Columbus). It really isn't that hard to switch from pad to stick as I had to do it recently. I'd recommend it to anyone. Also, definitively getting Evo in America. Mainly cause I already know it's good but partially for support. I would recommend that everyone do the same less we never see a VF5 in America. /versus/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

I had trouble doing Spod with pad cause you have to

input +, quickly after ++.

When my finger(thumb) goes across from to ,

it kinda hurts skin if I tried to practice Spod for about

2 hours straight. (then again it could be just me)

I had not much problem playing other characters with

pad( I play every character except Shun, Lei-Fei, and

Brad), but I still think that it is easier to do ETEG with

a stick than with a pad regardless of any character I

pick.