PS2 VF4 stuff (vanessa)

I just got my PS2 today including the VF joystick which is okay. I couldn't get the 3/4 throws out at first but after you get used to it is not too bad.

Really likes the training mode. Tons of information like frame advantages can be found. Is historically such console frame information similar to that found in the arcade?

I cannot complete the multiple throw escapes training... sigh...

Vanessa changes
MT: p+k,p,k no longer recover 50-50 when blocked. Opponent has advantage. However, p+k,p is similar to DS and Vanessa recover faster when blocked.
The 4,6+p,p,p,k not very good, the delay does not seems to be long.
It seems that of all Vanessa's knees, the normal standing K recover fastest when blocked.
There is NO NEW LOW throws.
DS: g,9/3+p gives a down animation similar to Lei b,f+p+k, ie not low throwable but easier to combo.
4,4k+g givees the low-throwable kazure down.

some other stuff,
LP MC is not marked as confirmed throw but HP MC is marked as confirmed throw.

so is p+k,p(MC)

 

wow u got ya ps2?u lucky guy~!lets haf an outing to ya house next time LOL.

 

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I cannot complete the multiple throw escapes training... sigh...

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there is a training mode specifically for escaping multiple throws. How many?
how is it handled?

GE

 

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you are supposed to do any throw counterable move and Jeffery (CPU) will try to throw you using p+g or f+p+g or f+p+g throws. You are supposed to break 5 times consecutively I think. VERY tough but my finger always not very good.

 

dun mind but someone must bring another joystick /versus/images/icons/smile.gif

 

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Yeah, I really like the training mode (both trial and free) and the ex-co-re frame recovery bars at the bottom.

Even though you don't have hard numbers on frame data like you'll get in the Blue Book, you can still see who recovers faster from a blocked move, for example, watch Kage recover faster than the opponent after the opponent blocks PPb+P.


Alan -- you think the VF4 PS2 joystick is just "okay"? Not as good as the arcade sticks?

 

Thia is the official 3-button sitcks you're talking about, right? Mind giving a few more impressions on it? Thanks.

 

Alan. I have another joystick by namco. Good and solid. See when you convenient. I have my ps2 memory card too. can store my akira information. By the way how did you get your copy of vf4?

 

I think so. It has the VF4 picture on it. Feels different from what I am used to in the arcade.

The problem with me is that I am not a very dexterous person so I dun really have high hopes for joystick as I can never do akira's knee anyway. The buttons is similar to the vs cabinets in the arcade but stiffer (perhaps they are new). but overall, I can get my 3/4 throws and every simple move with no problem.

The construction is quite solid and the joystick is pretty stable on any flat surface.

 

mike,

both the new crumple moves are on normal hit.

ya the training mode have a throw flag showing when you can confirm throw. Pretty neat huh /versus/images/icons/smile.gif

BUT the MS p+k,p,k do not connect anymore, even on MC. I have never seen the k being blocked after the p connects in the arcade but now... it is no longer confirmed. which is BAD.

The CD says you CAN buffer throw escapes during your move recovery phase which probably meant that if you do a slow recovery move, you can input more throw escape. BUT I CANNOT break throws... sigh... I used Vanessa DS f+p which is throwable when blocked.

 

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there is a training mode specifically for escaping multiple throws. How many?

Just to add... there's training for the following:

TTE - triple throw escape
ETE - escape throw-escape
TEG - throw-escape guard
ETEG - escape throw-escape guard

Didn't see any training for DTEG or RDTE though...

 

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Just a little bit more stuff...

So, from training #14, we know that TTE is doable. I went back to free training to see how many frames it takes to TTE (assume that the first P+G happens on the first frame). I got somewhere between 11-14 frames for a TTE.

Now, releasing a button takes some frames as well. The fastest release is the 1-frame release a la Akira's knee, but in doing stuff like DTEG, unless you have incredibly fast AND delicate hands, I doubt you can release the P in 1 frame after the initial DTE. More likely 2-4 frames to release P.

So... combining the above two points, I think it's possible to TTE or DTEG, but not TTEG just because you don't have enough frames to spare. Likewise, RDTE is possible but I doubt RTTE is...

All this is not conclusive, just IMHO...

 

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One more thing.

One side benefit of training 14-B is that you can easily find out which moves are throw counterable, and which aren't. Training 14-B is simple TEG stuff, and requires you to execute a throw counterable move, then press P+G, then release P. If you execute a non-counterable move, then try pressing P+G, the CPU will just duck the throw.

From this, you can easily deduce which of Akira's moves (for example) have counterability tweaked in ver.C.

The following have always been throw counterable in ver.B:
bodycheck
double palm
PP
df+P+K+G
df+P+K+GP
stun palm
bf+P+K+G
SJK
DJK
Yoho
Knee
f+P+G or d+P+G (throw counterable even if hit, but not when blocked... cannot test in training 14-B however)

As most people know by now, double overhead palm is throw counterable in ver.C... training 14-B confirms this. BUT, SDE is still completely uncounterable, contrary to earlier rumors that SDE would revert back to VF3 recovery times.


P.S. I'm having fun using Lei Fei in #14-B to see *exactly* which of his moves are throw counterable...

P.P.S. Holy shit! Lei Fei's d+K is high throw counterable after you block low! Grrr...

 

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Do you think it would be possible to make of list of the training levels. Never having seen the ps2 version I can only guess that the training descriptions are *not* in english so there might be issues when an anglo steps up to the plate. If anyone has the time to do this it would be great.

GE

 

I got mine from Kiat's friend's shop... onegoodshop.com.

I ordered my PS2 (unmod), VF4 game (orig), Vf stick, memory card for like $695 including shipping to my office in the morning and it arrived at 12pm in the afternoon.

 

I ordered my PS2 (unmod), VF4 game (orig), Vf stick, memory card for like $695 including shipping to my office in the morning and it arrived at 12pm in the afternoon.

It's funny how a lot of us who grew up on VF back in school are now dropping serious loads of cash to get VF4 PS2 in a hurry now that we're working /versus/images/icons/smile.gif

 

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Do you think it would be possible to make of list of the training levels. Never having seen the ps2 version I can only guess that the training descriptions are *not* in english so there might be issues when an anglo steps up to the plate. If anyone has the time to do this it would be great.

I'll write it up tonight or over the weekend. Wonder if we persuade SoA to use my writeup (so that all US gamers can standardize on terminology like ETEG and throw-counterable and stuff, as opposed to some crappy SoA translation)? Probably wishful thinking...

 

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there is also training on interrupting rising attack which is pretty hard to get with Vanessa. It took me sometime to realise that the f,f+k (suggested by the CD) is TOO slow to hit the attack UNLESS I enter the command B4 I see the down character move... kind of stupid.

 

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Henry Kong aka Moby has also volunteered to translate a bunch. Currently he's working (?) on translating the replay files so that gaijin can recognize the celebrities.