General gaming discussion

Oh it's definitely a move all the pros use, and even a lot of (but not all) Hwo's at my level use, which I would guess is due to them also having trouble with the move on controller as I only play PS5. It's not the move itself that's the issue as I can hit it (and other moves which use similar inputs) outside of combos, it's more so hitting it after a stance change (which uses the same buttons) in the middle of a combo (ie. 3+4, 3~4). Getting the timing and accuracy of it right just never works for me. Even with training I either can't hit it and drop the combo, or the few times I have hit it I've been so shocked I've hit it that I forget what's next and drop the combo.

There are other good moves I think the leverless will help with (just-frame sky rocket) but I also do think I'm probably better learning a different character from the start with the leverless, to negate existing muscle memory issues. Then once I have the use of the leverless down, see if I can translate it back to Hwoarang. Or hey, maybe I'll have found a new main altogether.

I have a hitbox. It's a really fun and tactile feeling way to play fighting games. Don't know much about Hwoarang but there's some executional stuff in Tekken that's just really hard no matter what, like how frame tight the wave dashing stuff is with Mishima characters. At the same time doing BnBs in Tekken feels easier than SF

Never actually played Tricky, just owned the 2 others from way back when, but must give it a go - seems the general consensus is 3 is a great step forward but Tricky is more fun.

Have a few games running fine through PCSX2 setup through EmuDeck with no problems saving so it could be worth trying again, although generally if a game was released on the GameCube I find it the better option, the games look better, there’s less slowdown and better widescreen support.

for pcsx2 you have to open it in desktop mode, create a new memory card from the management screen then load the bios from the menu and then format the card from the ps2 memory card management screen before it can be used.

It’s a bit laborious, don’t know why it didn’t go down the duck station route of just creating. Memory card for each game.

Finished out my play through of the resistance trilogy. That's a great series. Great variety of weapons, enemies, missions, locations.

While I enjoyed 1 it's very dated, 2 was a big step up but 3 is by far the best. I liked they way they changed hero for the last one too.

I was reading recently the Insomniac had plans for resistance 4 but Sony didn't want it. Ted Price was saying in a recent interview that 4 was his favourite pitch for a game that never got made.

Hopefully rumours of the remastered trilogy reignite that old pitch. Sony badly need a good shooter.

I know the south park games were panned when they were released and def are not shining examples of gaming excellence, but I'd be lying if the PSX one didn't have a special place in my memories from when my brother and I rented it out and laughed all night throwing farting dolls and yellow snowballs at each other

Messed around with the hit box for a bit over the weekend. Man that's a different beast altogether. Kinda fun though, like you say, very tactile feel to it compared to controller. Main thing to get used to is the position of the up/jump button. The one I bought also has a button for up/jump above the down button, similar to a wasd layout, but trying to get used to the lower thumb one.

Stuck with Hwoarang though rather than a new character, feels easier to recognise when I'm not hitting moves I should be, compared to trying to also learn a new characters moves/combos.

Going to take a bit (well, lots and lots) of practice, but definitely a fun way to play.

After finishing Max Payne and bouncing around some old arcadey titles like SSX I had started looking again for something good to get stuck into.

I played through Metroid Prime Remastered a couple of years ago and loved it, and I had always intended to play the rest of the trilogy but the awkward controls always put me off. Was very happy to learn over the weekend that there’s a specific offshoot of dolphin purely to modernise the Metroid prime trilogy and it’s installed as part of EmuDeck.

Started Echoes last night and plays like a dream, that will keep me busy for a while!

Trying to get into Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Man the trouble with these games is how long they take to get going. Have only been able to manage about half an hour at a time because i get bored and want to stop. That and the horrible camera during combat. Will keep pushing through though as I know they become ridiculously enjoyable and addictive once they get going.

The new one? Only gave it an hour and havent been back. Assume theres more to it than running and slashing?