/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2725939
Nah.

I use a PS1 controller for everything. It's not amazing, but it works. I'd ;ike to get a hitbox, but I can't be arsed to pay that kind of money for a controller.

>>2726002
just play KOF
rolling is a great mechanic that discourages spamming while not making projectiles completely useless (like 3S parries, where any idiot can stop just about every fireball that comes his way)
it's not the end all be all to everything (you'll happily end your roll right into a move if you spam it, and you can be grabbed out of it for abusing it), but it's a generally good mechanic all around

also, KOF's jumps are wonderful, shorthops over projectiles are beautiful

it does have its share of balance issues though (98 Iori is retarded, 2002 Athena is retarded and has an almost completely safe super, IIRC 98UM Lucky is amazingly good out of nowhere)
but other than the absolute worst couple characters in the game, you can do well with the majority of the roster in KOF

Hell, even in something like MvC2, you can do pretty damn well with a large portion of the cast, it's just that some characters are just easier to use for the same damage output or can do a lot more damage if you put in the time to learn them.
Balance is pretty hard, minor advantages can spiral out of control into completely shutting out some characters in actual play.

>>2725967
>With a hitbox you can execute things much faster than with anything else, while also still being much more accurate.
that's the selling point of the hitbox, and why it was made

>>2728223
The 360 pad is pretty terrible. It's oddly springy and doesn't play nicely with rapid direction changes.
When I was playing Guilty Gear with some friends, did 2xQCF and ended up with HCB,f somehow, I gave up on using that controller forever. Playing shmups on it is pretty bad too, due to it not dealing well with rapid direction changes. It's a bad d-pad. The rest of the controller is fine. Even the relatively crap PS style pad is better.