Hi, I'm Hippo. Proud brony since 2011, and backer for TFH. I'm excited to get my hands on the game and play with everyone, but I do have one very important concern.
I am not a pro gamer. Much worse, I'm not really that into fighting games. I feel fighting games have very competitive communities and I have never felt like a badass in any fighting game ever. When the game launches, I will be known as "practice". Now don't get me wrong, I will not be upset at all if TFH is a competitive community, but I fear I won't be able to fit in. And in some aspects, it requires me to just practice and learn fighting game mechanics, mechanics that might be common to someone who is used to these kinds of games.
But I have a question about control. Sometimes a game requires skill and experience to understand how to succeed, but often even after basic understanding of combos and block sequences someone who is playing the game on a keyboard might have a problem against someone who has a trickshot gamepad of some sort. (Another example of this would be playing first person shooters with keyboard and mouse vs joystick. Keyboard and mouse is often the advantage.) Sometimes the lack of control in losing is what makes it so demoralizing when you lose. I can have fun playing a game even if I suck if I at least have control over my failures. I see some people trying to question compatibility of gamepads and fighting sticks and I'll be honest, its intimidating. I never thought of a fight stick as a competitive advantage, I thought they were just a novelty.
So this is a long post to ask a relatively short question, but I wanted to properly illustrate my perspective. How acceptable will XB360/XB1/PS3/PS4 controllers be compared to the competitive meta in Them's Fighting Herds? How much is someone gimping themselves by using a keyboard? And when open tournament time comes, are there restrictions or requirements?
P.S. Arizona is best bovine.
I am not a pro gamer. Much worse, I'm not really that into fighting games. I feel fighting games have very competitive communities and I have never felt like a badass in any fighting game ever. When the game launches, I will be known as "practice". Now don't get me wrong, I will not be upset at all if TFH is a competitive community, but I fear I won't be able to fit in. And in some aspects, it requires me to just practice and learn fighting game mechanics, mechanics that might be common to someone who is used to these kinds of games.
But I have a question about control. Sometimes a game requires skill and experience to understand how to succeed, but often even after basic understanding of combos and block sequences someone who is playing the game on a keyboard might have a problem against someone who has a trickshot gamepad of some sort. (Another example of this would be playing first person shooters with keyboard and mouse vs joystick. Keyboard and mouse is often the advantage.) Sometimes the lack of control in losing is what makes it so demoralizing when you lose. I can have fun playing a game even if I suck if I at least have control over my failures. I see some people trying to question compatibility of gamepads and fighting sticks and I'll be honest, its intimidating. I never thought of a fight stick as a competitive advantage, I thought they were just a novelty.
So this is a long post to ask a relatively short question, but I wanted to properly illustrate my perspective. How acceptable will XB360/XB1/PS3/PS4 controllers be compared to the competitive meta in Them's Fighting Herds? How much is someone gimping themselves by using a keyboard? And when open tournament time comes, are there restrictions or requirements?
P.S. Arizona is best bovine.