Fight Pads

[Danemous]

Hi! I've been trying alot of fight pads (switching over from my old TE Stick from SFIV days). I tried the more expensive ones like Hori etc, PS4 pad and so on. I have tried the 8bitDo M30 sega saturn clone pad which is really good, amazing D-Pad. A guy on YouTube recommended another one called Betop Thorn from AliExpress which I was sceptical about at first but tried it because its cheap. It is by far the best fight pad I tried out of all of these, and its much cheaper! Good face buttons, great D-Pad.

I barely see the m30 and betop thorn pad get mentioned above the grossly overpriced and under performing Hori and Victrix pads so, if you want to try a good pad that doesnt require you to take out a mortgage, give either of these two a try. Hope it helps! :)

[Peddie]

Not sure about underperforming, my Fighting Commander 4 has been my trusty ally for the past eight years or so, although I do hear the newer models aren't as good.

I would love to try the Saturn clone pad as I first learned Street Fighter on the Saturn but as long as the FC4 still works I can't really justify it. I already have more practice with my leverless to get back to.

[-VAL-]

Forgive me, i insert myself into the conversation. I use the PS5 pad and it doesn't seem bad to me, but I can't compare it to the alternatives.

Could anyone give me some info about the Hori fightpad? ("under performing Hori and Victrix pads") if they are bad I would like to know before proceeding with a purchase.

[SeeNoWeevil]

Power A Fusion wired fightpad is a great Saturn clone pad. Great d-pad, durable, 6 face buttons and 4 *unique* shoulder buttons. Make sure you get the Xbox or PS4 variant though, not the Switch.

[midori]

if you haven't try stick and hitbox. It might surprise you, and you might prefer them over pad even if you never used them before.

[X]

$39 Hori Fighting Commander with thousands of hours 10s of thousands of games still going strong.
Looked at M30 and wanted to try but the single shoulder buttons is a hard pass for me.

[Grampire]

M30 is great and I feel like the word is spreading on it.

I still prefer stick but I use it if I'm feeling like a pad for whatever reason.

[Septon]

Originally posted by SeeNoWeevil:

Power A Fusion wired fightpad is a great Saturn clone pad. Great d-pad, durable, 6 face buttons and 4 *unique* shoulder buttons. Make sure you get the Xbox or PS4 variant though, not the Switch.

+1, great pad!