I am a huge VF fan but my brother and I were discussing why it is not as popular worldwide as Tekken, despite having the vastly superior fighting sytem. What we put it down to is that there really isn't much in the way of character development. Apart from fighting style and apparel there is nothing to make you interested in one character over another (I play as either Wolf or Lion - as I do his fighting style). Also, there are no individual character endings.
Having Dural as the boss all the time is getting old.
So my question is, why do you think the VF series has not reached mass popularity like the Tekken series?
Originally posted by dAngEr_Is_gO!
I am a huge VF fan but my brother and I were discussing why it is not as popular worldwide as Tekken, despite having the vastly superior fighting sytem. What we put it down to is that there really isn't much in the way of character development. Apart from fighting style and apparel there is nothing to make you interested in one character over another (I play as either Wolf or Lion - as I do his fighting style). Also, there are no individual character endings.
Having Dural as the boss all the time is getting old.So my question is, why do you think the VF series has not reached mass popularity like the Tekken series?
Don't get it wrong it's a very popular game. I don't know if you know that when a game really don't have to advertise on T.V. it's really a popular game. Also the reason why i believe why VF have stages with walls is because in the old games of VF it did not have stages with walls and if you play other fighting games there are no stages with walls. So I think the reason why they put stages in the game now because to much games don't have stages with walls. One more thing the stages with walls you can have your rival against a wall hit them up in the air and do massive combo's because once they hit the wall they bounce off the wall.
yeah the wall bouncing gets cheap.. (as also seen in tekken 4).. but I think that type of gameplay reliance can be solved by having more options to retaliate after being hit up against the wall.. most games with walls.. the only way to retaliate is to pray your friend is stupid enough not to abuse it..
One of the reasons I prefer the VF series to the Tekken series is that the combat is more realistic. I have done Northern Praying Mantis Style Kung Fu (Lion does Southern Mantis, but it's close) and JKD (Jacky) and most of the moves they do are legit and correctly executed, right down to the footwork. If you and your opponent have a different lead foot forward you can't get in close enough to pull of certain throws so you need to change stance in order to do it. In some instances a different throw will be executed based on this.
Also certain styles favor parrying attacks to straight blocks and this is reflected in the VF characters. If you watch Lion for example, instead of meeting force on force with a block, he moves his lead arm out slightly to divert the oncoming attack. The end result is a block, it's just a different and more accurate animation. It's these little touches I appreciate.
The Tekken series is started to cotton onto these nuances and I am starting to see them in Tekken5.
Originally posted by Fire
I just like the Tekken Characters more, and since I had Tekken one I never cared for another fighting game. I had one that I and my bro enjoyed why throw away money to buy something I might enjoy less.
Well that's there demos so you can play it and see if you like it or not
Originally posted by snake_eyes616
I was raised on VF for the SEGA Genisis. I always got Wolf and my dad got Jacky and he totally pwned me everytime.
They really ironed out the weaknesses in Wolf that were present in the first couple of VFs. Since VF3 he is very well rounded but still packs a punch. I sent a lot of people on their way when they challenged me at the arcade when I was Wolf.
Originally posted by dAngEr_Is_gO!
They really ironed out the weaknesses in Wolf that were present in the first couple of VFs. Since VF3 he is very well rounded but still packs a punch. I sent a lot of people on their way when they challenged me at the arcade when I was Wolf.
Well mostly i like to play as Vanessa or Pai or Aoi sometime Sarah or Lau or Lei or Wolf well mostly everbody except Lion he is so boring
Sarah is pretty tight actually. I belt a lot of people around with her. Aoi has a lot of chain counters which I don't have the patience for.
The reason I like Lion is because I am learning his style so it is interesting seeing how those moves on screen translate to real life. Like the real style its power is not in offence but in parrying, off-axising and countering. If you play him like that you'll have a lot more success. Going offensive with him can result in a severe beat down.