Is it beginner friendly?

[Frog Tonic]

I know this game is about 6yrs old, but I want to start playing cause it looks really fun. My only worry is that it might not be beginner friendly like Street Fighter.

[peacesFGC twitch.tv]

just look at the beginner threads in here

[OpheliaBedelia]

The game actually has 2 button types, Simple and Normal. Simple will allow you to perform combos without any directional inputs, but it also locks you out of a lot of the moves in the game. It's perfect if you just want to do the offline modes, but I don't recommend it for anything other than casual play.

[peacesFGC twitch.tv]

if he can play sf5, he doesn't need simple mode.

[OpheliaBedelia]

I believe I may have misread his question.

[KingIceSonic]

It is beginner friendly but only if you play against the Ai. The majority of the cast can kill you in one combo and since this game is so old everyone knows how to do those combos

[peacesFGC twitch.tv]

nah, there are a lot of beginners in the beginner threads

[pizzaiolo_magico]

Like you just said, the game is 6 years old. Its like trying to learn how to swim (you) in a pool full of sharks (Everyone else that still plays this game). The balancing of characters is not on point, so if you dont know who to pick and how to properly play them you're screwed. You will find new players such as yourself, but they are only a fraction of the playerbase.

[GameLord]

It's absolute beginner friendly. 3 vs 3 just about triple the fun.

[Zzzzzx]

3 vs 3 triples the singleplayer experience when playing against x/Vergil/Doom or x/Dante/Vergil.

(singleplayer as in you might as well let go of the stick when they mixup and combo you on incoming)

[Sanic]

heck you can practise with me if you want, im a beginner too.

[Electrixz]

Im super noob and looking for a few super noob people to play with.. Just gotten abused / infinited by basically everyone i go vs lol. Sticking to arcade mode till i find some newbie buddies i think Hit me up if you wanna play, il be on sf5 noobing it up till then

[Frog Tonic]

@Rain Yea sure. I don't have it yet, but I'll let you know if I get it.

[Gaxkang]

Originally posted by Gnomey:

I know this game is about 6yrs old, but I want to start playing cause it looks really fun. My only worry is that it might not be beginner friendly like Street Fighter.

The mechanics starting out are simple, the controls are simple. Super moves are simple.

Fighting against humans, and online...it seems more complex than other fighters I've really played. Since a common thing starting out against folks who got it all down is touching you once and kinda like just comboing you to death from there, and you being unable to close any distance due to projectiles or them one touching you into big combo.

Maybe this game involves a lot more zoning than I gathered.

It's also very fast...I had trouble trying to block high low mix up's I suppose you'd call them. You know it's going on but the blocks don't follow as quick.
And you also can get hit on the ground too.

Basically you gotta try it out to see if it's up your alley or not.

[Zzzzzx]

Up-backing and pushblocking are very useful to avoid mixups in this game. Still have to tech throws though.

[ThePointlessBox_]

nope