Street Fighter x Tekken Discussion thread

[Psychoblue]

So let's get the early stuff out of the way.

1)  Yes, people still play it and many people never stopped.  I hosted side events for EVO 2014-2018, Final Round 2015, Fall Classic 2014, Combo Breaker 2019, CEO 2019, and the monthly Discord tournaments that now get 5000-10000 looks on the regular on NYCFurby. CB2019 Top 4 alone has like 370,000 last I checked. 

 

2)  Yes, the PC version still works, and so does GFWL.  Spectator mode is busted but the actual in-game holds up extremely well.  It's better netcode than most of the AAA games right now being it's rollback.  I live in Richmond VA and play a guy in France regularly and it's almost offline smooth most of the time.  Download the final version of GFWL from the Microsoft website before you install SFxT and you should be good to go.  You should also download the Xbox app from the Windows store and sign in with that, in case the first sign-in says there was an error connecting or something.

 

3) Yes, people still play on PSN.  

 

4)  No, people don't play much on XBL.  It's pretty much barren now.

 

NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THAT OUT OF THE WAY!  WELCOME TO THE SFxT DISCUSSION!

 

Here are the basics:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aShrPvnqta3JKFZFMkdB65fmR4v7nLmt/view

 

Here is the completed Roster Overview made by myself, with contributions made from several others. If you're new to the game, or just looking for a new character to try out, this handy dandy overview goes into detail explaining what you can expect from each and every character, including general gameplans, strengths and weaknesses, and preferred team position. Give it a look

 

For those of you new to Street Fighter x Tekken, or new to fighting games as a whole, here is a playlist we put together to help you learn about the games various mechanics and fighting game fundamentals.

 

https://discord.gg/BGK6GTa

 

Here's a link to the Discord where we do most of our matchmaking.  It's a very active discord most of the time, there's always someone willing to scratch the itch

[Hawkingbird]

I noticed Akhos playing the game a occasionally on Steam and wondered if some new development happened in regards to the me. Did Capcom finally patch in steamworks or there been some fan patch that bypasss GFWL or something. 

[Psychoblue]

28 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

I noticed Akhos playing the game a occasionally on Steam and wondered if some new development happened in regards to the me. Did Capcom finally patch in steamworks or there been some fan patch that bypasss GFWL or something. 

If you read my first statement, GFWL has always worked and still works now.  What he did to get it to work was install the most recent version of GFWL (should be dated mid/late 2014) and then did a clean install of SFxT, as well as DL the Xbox app from the Windows Store to aid in the first login.  That got it to work.  GFWL isn't without its problems, like only being able to form teams outside of the lobby before joining it together, and spectator mode being busted, but the actual gameplay is shockingly good rollback for how old the game is at this point.  

[Hawkingbird]

15 minutes ago, Psychoblue said:

If you read my first statement, GFWL has always worked and still works now.  What he did to get it to work was install the most recent version of GFWL (should be dated mid/late 2014) and then did a clean install of SFxT, as well as DL the Xbox app from the Windows Store to aid in the first login.  That got it to work.  GFWL isn't without its problems, like only being able to form teams outside of the lobby before joining it together, and spectator mode being busted, but the actual gameplay is shockingly good rollback for how old the game is at this point.  

I don't see myself going through the headache of getting GFWL to work. It sucked ass when it was supported. Since you mentioned PS3 is still active I could go that route if I want to get back in. 

[DoctaMario]

I haven't played this since my Vita died ☹️

[Psychoblue]

2 hours ago, Hawkingbird said:

I don't see myself going through the headache of getting GFWL to work. It sucked ass when it was supported. Since you mentioned PS3 is still active I could go that route if I want to get back in. 

There's really no headache.  Just let it run its course the first time and then it's instant after that.  

[misterBee]

Welcome!  I've fixed the links and youtube embed in your post for you.

[Sonero]

If any of you guys wanna jump in with a total scrub on this, hit me up. I never got around too much doing much with it. Mechanics are a lot cooler than when first released though.

[Darc_Requiem]

Street Fighter X Tekken...

[Psychoblue]

Punk and Justin Wong had a FT10 in SFxT last night, Punk won 10-8.  Justin admitted he knew surprisingly little about Punk's team Law x Jin, a team I faced myself after I won Summer Jam and JB (formerly Legit Reapz back in the SFxT) told Punk that I had the leg up on him.  Given how common Law is in particular, and Jin being a known problem character as a fellow top tier, I did my best to give Justin feedback since his own team wasn't quite there yet with his punishes and confirms.   PxG Ice joined into the discussion and I was saying Punk and Justin would benefit from raw launching more given how much all of their characters rely on low attacks.

 

Ice told me it was a needless risk, but in my opinion if you know the matchups well enough you stop seeing raw launches as a read and more as a tool, since you KNOW when some of these characters are going to go low just because their standing options are so limited from the range you're looking at.  Alternatively there are some characters like Blanka where it's unlikely you'll ever need to raw launch unless they're just being silly, since Blanka has a 3f standing jab and his fist sweep is immune to raw launches  (most slide attacks are for some reason, Cody is a big example).

 

I might make a future video on this.

 

 In the interim I've taken to making combo videos for some of the characters who never get internet spotlight after v2013.  It started with me helping some new players out in the discord but I decided it'd be better if I just showed them.