Tutorials?

[Phantom of Krankor]

Gentlemen I have a request. Like many of you I have a love of the 2d fighting genre of arcade games. However it seems that unlike most of you, I am quite terrible when I play them. I recently came across a copy of Street Fighter III: Double Impact for the Sega Dreamcast and made the commitment to myself that if I purchased it I would have to practice until I could compete at a competent level. By competent I do not have any plans to compete in the tournament gaming scene, but I would like to be able to beat a few of my friends on a slightly better than random basis. I know the basic principle that one would suggest is to play the game on the highest difficulty for several months. However that is not how I find that I learn. Do any of you know of tutorial videos or “move lists” that are easy to read or follow?

By chance I happened upon the following on Youtube:

This is exactly what I am looking for, except it is in Japanese.

Also, even though it does not matter, was the purchase of Street Fighter III: Double Impact for $7 a worthy investment? It has minor imperfections but quite playable.

Thank you for your help

[Pullmyfinger]

Don't bother with max difficulty if you are just starting, in capcom fighters the difficulty is pretty much the same in the last few levels, only that you inflict less damage and take more than the CPU, you'll just get frustrated.

There are some sites that specialize in combo videos, you can try learning a few simple ones from there and then go on to the more complicated and fancy ones.

Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha and SF EX 2 Plus for the PS1 has a great combo tutorials that gradually move you up to more complicated stuff but start off slow, the canceling system is a bit different in SF3 but the basic principle is the same.

$7 sounds like an awesome deal to me

[Doctor Fugue]

For excellent videos and good commentary, go here:

http://www.eventhubs.com/guides/2007/se ... rd-strike/


Use the training mode a lot first. Then play the AI at medium difficulty, but always try to find humans to play against...it is more fun and you'll get into more interesting matches.

Good luck! You picked a great game to learn.

[fastbilly1]

I will tell you what helped me the most - remember it is a six button fighter and not a four button.

[nateup2]

I will tell you what helped me the most - remember it is a six button fighter and not a four button.

What two were you neglecting?

[fastbilly1]

Fierce and Roundhouse, aka the triggers. Just a tad too much goofing around in MvC2 for me.

[Gamerforlife]

Helps to get an arcade stick as some point too. It seems to provide the best control. I think Racketboy had an article about an Agetec stick he liked. They seem hard to find and a bit pricey though, although I'm sure others on this board could point you to some alternatives. I just don't think the standard Dreamcast controller is good enough for tournament play. Not that I'm an expert or anything. My 2-d fighting skills are at the level or being able to defeat computer opponents on the highest difficulties, but I'm nowhere near good enough at any fighter to take on human tournament players.

I know I'm in the minority, but competitive play was never a big deal for me with 2-d fighters. I would fight random people in arcades sure, and I could always beat the average joe casual player, but I also enjoyed playing solo just to take in the beautiful 2-d visuals and cool soundtracks, and it was fun to occasional get off a cool combo on a computer opponent. I love Darkstalkers III especially. That game was just wonderful from an artistic perspective, had some awesome tunes and I love some of the character concepts like B.B. Hood being a demonized Little Red Riding Hood. I guess you could say I enjoyed 2-d fighters more for their superficial qualities than for a genuine need for competition, though I have on occasion been able to take down some pretty good players, but it was not something I obsessed over.

[Phantom of Krankor]

Thank you sirs, with the help from those tips and tutorials (which for reasons I do not understand I could not find on my own even though they are found in a basic google search), both my playtime and victories have increased at least four fold. Soon I will no longer suffer the taunting of my friends and their superior knowledge of 2d fighting games, Street Fighter III Third Strike specifically.

For now I will continue to use a Dreamcast controller, but in the near future I will either purchase an official Sega Dreamcast Arcade Stick or try my hand at creating my own.

Thank you again.