Official Xbox Live Arcade Thread

IGN reviewed SFII, and the hack blew it in the first paragraph:

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Originally Posted by Some IGN Idiot

The original quarter-muncher is still among the greatest two-dimensional fighters around, eclipsed only by Capcom's other entries into the genre, such as the Marvel Super Heroes and Street Fighter Alpha franchises.

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Nice. So SNK and Third Strike don't exist in his little world. He should stick to Madden.

Got it last night, went out and went 2-5, went to bed. It's been long time since I have played SFII, I am use to KOF now.

It's not only that the d-pad is trash, it's also where it's located. The 360 controller is extremely comfortable when you're using the analog sticks, but extremely uncomfortable when you're trying to use the d-pad for something like a 2-d fighter. Maybe it's just the way I hold the controller, but it seriously takes away from my enjoyment of the game.

IBTN

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Originally Posted by elfneedsfood

It's not only that the d-pad is trash, it's also where it's located. The 360 controller is extremely comfortable when you're using the analog sticks, but extremely uncomfortable when you're trying to use the d-pad for something like a 2-d fighter. Maybe it's just the way I hold the controller, but it seriously takes away from my enjoyment of the game.

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This is very true, but its part of the trade off. The 360 controller has the perfect analog stick setup while the PS2/3 has an awful analog stick setup which they refuse to change for god knows why. Its the opposite with the d-pad though, but for a vast majority of games out there, I'd rather have the perfect analog stick setup. I mean, they could make a controller designed just for fighting games, but that would take time and money.

Microsoft are money hogs, why not sell an arcade fighter stick to use with SFII and the like?

I about broke my thumb trying to pull of a dragon punch.

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Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

Microsoft are money hogs, why not sell an arcade fighter stick to use with SFII and the like?

I about broke my thumb trying to pull of a dragon punch.

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I blame Capcom more than anything. They were aware that people were waiting for this game to come out for XBLA and could have taken advantage by marketing a special edition arcade stick for the 360. Capcom just didn't care. If they did, they wouldn't have passed the netcode programming job to some developer noobs.

Thanks the lord I own a DOA stick as the D-Pad stinks. I tried it out a few times and I couldn't really pull off any moves...

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Originally Posted by ElCapitan

This is very true, but its part of the trade off. The 360 controller has the perfect analog stick setup while the PS2/3 has an awful analog stick setup which they refuse to change for god knows why. Its the opposite with the d-pad though, but for a vast majority of games out there, I'd rather have the perfect analog stick setup. I mean, they could make a controller designed just for fighting games, but that would take time and money.

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Oh yeah, I definately agree. I'd much rather have the analog sticks be comfortable. I'm just saying that for me to enjoy playing Street Fighter, I'm going to have to get a stick or something.

The Xbox had a terrible d-pad too, though, so MS just doesn't seem to get digital controls. The Gamecube pad was actually more reliable for fighting games, even though it was tiny. And the Dreamcast d-pad was far better than both of them.