STREET FIGHTER 4!!!!

[Cryptin]

Originally Posted by Blank

I bought this:

Amazon.com: Xbox360 Fighting Stick EX 2 - Soul Calibur 4 Limited Edition: Video Games

There's also this:

Arcade-In-A-Box, LLC - All-In-One Arcade Console

But they're pretty damn expensive. I guess the quality is much better and shit, but I'm a cheap bastard so fuck it. If they look bland it's because you can customize it.

Yeah $149.00 is a bit pricey but they are probably the same quality as the arcade games.

How is the SCIV arcade stick? Pros and cons?

[Blank]

suppose to get it Monday. Will post some thoughts then.

It's worth mentioning I'm not a GIANT fighting nerd, so what's acceptable for me is probably horrible for the "pro" or whatever.

[Alexzandra]

Originally Posted by Cryptin

Yeah $149.00 is a bit pricey but they are probably the same quality as the arcade games.

How is the SCIV arcade stick? Pros and cons?

$150 is pretty much baseline for a stick with real arcade parts. There are a few that come in under that, but not many. I've seen people pay close to $300 for some custom jobs, but we're talking really high-end work. For example (First two by TMO, second two by Big Pockets, last one by Byrdo):

[Taloo]

Li stick is hilarious but fuck me if I don't want that 3rd stick. God damn.

[Jerkinder]

You can probably get a PS2 custom stick for a bit cheaper and get a 10 dollar adapter for the PS3. The xbox 360 has an adapter but its expensive because it first and foremost an adapter to use keyboard and mouse on the x360 (xfps).

[Alexzandra]

The 360 converter is not only really expensive, but also low quality.

[Kobalt]

input delay + fighting games is baaad

[Jerkinder]

Originally Posted by Alexzandra

The 360 converter is not only really expensive, but also low quality.

Are you sure? I read on SRK that other than being too expensive it was basically lagless.

[Kobalt]

Maybe I'm thinking of something else but I could have sworn when it came out everyone claimed it was garbage due to the lag.

[Jerkinder]

Originally Posted by shoryuken

XFPS 3.0 Sniper Plus ~ $90 +Shipping
TOTALCONSOLE INC Messages
Pros : Lagless (stupid_nerd, Markman) unless PCB is digital only (Markman).
Cons : Expensive

Controller Adapter/Converter Thread - Shoryuken

In that thread it said the xfps is lagless but I also searched the site via google and some people say it lags. Not sure if it lags or not. I can get my hands on one and try it out.

[Kobalt]

Could just be people are idiots. I remember people bitching about how turbo felt "off" in the capcom collection, to the point no one would use it. And of course people later realized nothing was wrong with it at all when sirlin called the retards on it.

[Jerkinder]

My friends xfps PRO is still at my house. I used it with my PS2 stick and works totally fine. I'm fairly noob so don't take my word for it. Maybe I can post a video later.

EDIT: Was playing the anniversary SF on xbox. Tried both games and with 3rd strike I can definitely say its lagless. Maybe the new versions are fucked up?

[Alexzandra]

Originally Posted by Jerkinder

Are you sure? I read on SRK that other than being too expensive it was basically lagless.

There is a note there that it had problems with some PCBs. That's probably what I'm thinking of. Regardless, it's a lot cheaper to wire up a dual PCB stick, if you have the knowhow.

Originally Posted by Kobalt

Could just be people are idiots. I remember people bitching about how turbo felt "off" in the capcom collection, to the point no one would use it. And of course people later realized nothing was wrong with it at all when sirlin called the retards on it.

It's been very well documented that ST in CCC2 does have significant input lag. Sirlin was mistaken.

Testing CCC2 For Input Lag - Shoryuken

[Blank]

Originally Posted by Cryptin

How is the SCIV arcade stick? Pros and cons?

Played with it some this morning. I like it. I'll add this again, but I'm not a huge fighting nerd so what works for me probably would be a piece a shit to the pros. It's light and pretty small (I guess?) which makes it easy to sit in your lap. The stick makes a clicking noise when pressed in one of the 8 directions. It's kind of annoying at first, but I got used to it... it actually seems to help with my "fireball" motion but it might just be my imagination.

It's not wireless. There's a headset jack in the bottom. It's got all the buttons that the 360 controller but obviously doesn't have the dual sticks. You could probably play a few arcade games with it but that's about it.

If you're like me and simply despise the 360's D-pad but require it to play certain games (ala fighters), it's a pretty good purchase IMO. If you're way more hardcore than I am about fighters, you might want to blow the extra bucks for a better stick. For the casual fan, it's a good purchase.

[wild_whiskey]

Blank, so does the joystick have 4 corners like the standard HRAP? I don't know of any circular/octagonal sticks that click. I've always loved the 4-cornered sticks for Tekken, but I've always thought SF arcades utilized octagons. Then again, SF4 is going to be the first Street Fighter game that I plan to play seriously, so I'm not going to claim experience here...