The Street Fighter IV Thread

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:54 am

played this a lot tonight... like it quite a bit. looks nice and plays great, in fact it plays as well as any 2D fighter. nothing like EX at all unlike some wish to believe.

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:54 pm

it stinks to see that people are having problems with their street fiytah fo sticks and controllers. i've got a TE on preorder and i'm hoping i don't have any problems with it. if i do i'm just getting my money back. not even bothering with the warranty.

and the worst part is that markman put so much work into designing these sticks, and the manufacturing end of madcatz managed to botch it so badly. he's got to be a little annoyed.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:58 pm

it's odd if the sticks them selves are not working liking not going back to neutral ect. that would be on sanwa's shoulders....

bigbadboaz · Post by **bigbadboaz** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:23 pm

Not really; it's looking like a PCB issue.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:37 pm

Eurogamer review is up, 10/10 score.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/stree ... -iv-review

nash87 · Post by **nash87** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:35 pm

hmm, i managed to get both version of the stick for around average retail value but now i don't know if i should even bother opening them and just try to resell them for small profit.

is the mortality rate high for the sticks?

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:11 pm

Not really; it's looking like a PCB issue.

the stick not returning to neutral would deffinately be a stick issue... and not PCB related.

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:11 pm

apparently the stick actually rubs against the pcb. and can wear through the pcb if you just ignore it. stupid madcatz.....

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:13 pm

Do you guys pick it up for the 360 or PS3? Real worried about the d-pads. It's a bit between the devil and the deep sea for me... but ultimately the ps3 d-pad is the less terrible of the 2. Thoughts?

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:22 pm

LaserGun wrote:I've been reading about the MadCatz SFIV hardware on SRK for a bit now. I won't even think of buying this shit now. I'll list what I've read about each piece of hardware.

SFIV Fightpad -

- Complaints about the pad being uncomfortable and too big
- Diagonals are hard to register to the point it's a fluke when they do
- Directions getting stuck until you unplug the pad from the console/PC
- Shitty slow turbo speeds
- Some pads stop working randomly during play

SFIV SE Fightstick -

- Directions getting stuck + stick not going back to neutral (seems like the problem is a washer at the bottom of the stick is actually rubbing against the PCB, causing actual damage)
- Some sticks stop working randomly during play
- Minor cosmetic faults

SFIV TE Fightstick -

- Some sticks have cosmetic faults like stripped screws and scratches
- Stick has stopped working during games for some
- Some are not working with PCs due to driver issues

That's what I've seen so far, I'd just stick with modding a Hori or a custom stick, MadCatz sorting out their act really was too good to be true.

I played on the Fightpad and the SE stick this weekend at a friends and had absolutely zero of these problems after playing 2-3 hours of Soul Calibur IV and various other games. And the complaints about the pad are just wrong IMO, that thing was like butter on my thumbs, best Dpad I can remember playing on since the Saturn/Saturn PS2 Controller.

Rather than take SRK at face value (Which for the most part is made up of equal parts Idiots who can barely make a sentence without an emoticon or a lol and Super-Hardcore-Elites who are too cool for the rest of us) just buy 'em, try 'em, and if you don't like 'em, just return 'em. (MAN I wish I could have made that rhyme).

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:57 pm

add me on to your ps3 friends list (elenawing) so i can scream CURLEH MUSTACHE!!!! at you whilst playing sf4

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:17 am

yeah... SRK is a big mixed bad. a lot of idiots on there, it's as bad as gamefaqs really, just gamefaqs for fighters.

nash87 · Post by **nash87** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:06 am

was madcatz in charge of producing SFIV sticks for all regions? I'm not seeing there logo on the ntscj SE stick, just hori's. could that mean that madcatz didn't taint the asian sticks?

neonecko · Post by **neonecko** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:31 am

uhh...your confused, madcatz street fighter iv se is not the same as hori se.

bigbadboaz · Post by **bigbadboaz** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:20 pm

the stick not returning to neutral would deffinately be a stick issue... and not PCB related.

Yes, I was referring to the (rarer) complaints about TE sticks ceasing to respond. Apparently the MadCatz unit in the SE is faulty. The SE is looking like a good choice at this time only if you plan to mod it out of the box.

nash87 · Post by **nash87** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:33 pm

neonecko wrote:uhh...your confused, madcatz street fighter iv se is not the same as hori se.

I'm an idiot

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:42 pm

OMG OMG OMG lolis

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:08 pm

I hate this motherfucking endboss. -.-
If somebody wants to fight me via Xbox Live, feel free to add me as KillerCubivore.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:40 pm

I will have it on friday. So yeah im up for challenges. Yes the end boss is beyond cheap

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:29 pm

"Beyond cheap" sums it up quite nicely.
I dunno where to start... the ridiculously high priority throw (can cancel some attacks) that he can even pull off when you are ducking and takes 25% of your life-bar? The Ultra-Combo that can't be blocked? Those attacks that overrule the general gameplay rules? Fuck him. Seriously.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:54 pm

At 4stars he pwns me everywhere.

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:45 pm

he's a bitch but really isn't that bad once you start to exploit the AI. don't jump at him (he will srk combo). don't stand full screen away from him (he will throw sonic booms at you). don't stand right next to him unless you are blocking (he can do a bunch of nasty shit at close range, only one you have to worry about is his throw) so basically just crouch-block from mid screen, wait for him to walk up tp you and sweep him. if he sucks you in, continue to block and block his first attack, then sweep him. repeat.

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:57 pm

Well, at least you have one round for pretty much free.

That said, he's a *fucking* pain.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:03 pm

Trying to kill him with Chun Li was just incredibly painfull.
Took me 20 continues or so (i SUCK with her, but wanted to unlock charakters), and when i finally made it, the fucking console froze... -.-
I almost threw my controller into my LCD.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:42 pm

yeah akuma and goken are going to be the tought ones. I hope there are options to turn off seth when you are in online matches. I fucking hate it when people go the super characters

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:14 am

Jockel wrote:"Beyond cheap" sums it up quite nicely.
I dunno where to start... the ridiculously high priority throw (can cancel some attacks) that he can even pull off when you are ducking and takes 25% of your life-bar? The Ultra-Combo that can't be blocked? Those attacks that overrule the general gameplay rules? Fuck him. Seriously.

Sounds like someone you'd see in an SNK game as opposed to a Street Fighter.

Except Gill. The fucker.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:19 am

gill was easy once you knew how to beat him. you could parry most of his stuff with ease.

adversity1 · Post by **adversity1** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:17 am

LaserGun wrote:I've been reading about the MadCatz SFIV hardware on SRK for a bit now. I won't even think of buying this shit now. I'll list what I've read about each piece of hardware.

Hey thanks for posting this. I'm in Japan and was actually really hyped for the TE stick, but it looks like it's hardly worth going out of my way for. Damn, and it got the SRK front page endorsement too! Haha

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:42 am

The TE stick is impossible to find due to hype now, so even if you still wanted one, it would be difficult to obtain. I'd like one as well, but MarkMan decided it would be a fantastic idea to have limited stock. They're fetching an easy $300 on ebay right now. It's a lot of hassle when you can just mod your own.

The HRAP EX2's Sanwa stick isn't so easy to mod since it uses common ground and doesn't have a PCB, but the buttons use quick disconnects. It would be a breeze to take it apart and replace them (the EX2 uses Hori buttons). This is assuming you aren't worried about cosmetic appearance or the differences in design between the TE and the HRAP.

Edit: Also, don't order from videogamecentral.com. I can't link to SRK because it's getting hammered, but basically the owner is an idiot and international shipping is $105.

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:30 am

picked it up today, pretty cool, i had played it a bit at gameworks before.. I ealy suck though, just focusing on unlocking the characters for now. Having a difficult time doing teleport moves, looks like it is the same as the shoryuken but it doesnt seem to work...
also for those wondering (i saw this asked somewhere on the forums) the US SFIV works fine on a Japanese region X360.

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