601: Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution PS2 \\ Jacky Quest mode...w/ no Block button!! (Plus: Iron Fight!)

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Published on September 13, 2021 10:46:56 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N9bBNII0jc

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Virtua Fighter 4 (2001)

Duration: 2:41:52

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Post-main-quest in Quest mode of Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution on PS2 with Jacky Bryant, messing around in the Iron Fight event in the underground fighting arena area of Event Square.

Also trying a silly new control scheme with no Guard button! Because my cranky old shoulder seems to feel that holding a button down continually is against the laws of ergonomics. : P So I've gone from this control scheme on my PS4 arcade stick (Hori Real Arcade Pro V v2017, connected to the PS2 with a Brook Super Adapter)

oGPK
oooo

to

oToR
oPoK

where "T" is "Guard+Punch," ie "Throw", and "R" is what I'm calling "Roundhouse," aka "Guard+Kick." (The main action buttons are lower and separated to discourage me from being able to rest my palm on the base of my arcade stick, which leads to me leaning my weight down on it, again tormenting my silly shoulder.)

This eh does also leave you a bit short on wakeup options, since hammering Guard on wakeup gets you on your feet faster, and pressing it while holding to the side rolls you in that direction.

And of course you can't block, which makes things tricky. The real question was, would I be able to get through Iron Fight (a tournament with one single really long round per match!) on the "Standard" difficulty setting I've been using in Quest mode, or would I have to bust it down to "Beginner"? :P

0:00 - start
0:32 - Control - no blocking
10:58 - Iron Fight (Standard)
40:50 - Iron Fight (Beginner)
55:26 - Iron Fight (Standard)
1:12:43 - GPK controls for comparison
1:23:53 - no block, P,K in bottom row
1:38:15 - Iron Fight (Beginner)
1:50:41 - Sega World East (Beginner)
1:59:11 - orb match: "Cobra" Guardian Kage
2:02:15 - Sega World South (Standard)
2:07:16 - Sega Arena Midtown (Standard)
2:23:06 - Iron Fight (Standard)
2:31:10 - wrap!

Also: took me a while but I finally noticed that the stages you're fighting in in the underground fighting arena are the Virtua Fighter 4 versions of the stages, rather than the VF4:E versions! So cool! I tend to like those VF4 versions better--and the lighting is usually easier on the eyes. : )

The Iron Fight matches all take place in caged stages--so these epic fights can't be cut short by Ring Out, I suppose. It's fun! Regular matches feel wimpy after Iron Fight. : oo And it seems to be just about at a good challenging difficulty for me on Standard, with this no blocking scheme; I noticed in the previous event, when playing with Guard, that it felt a bit too easy. Not that I can win Iron Fight on Standard with no guarding...yet! ; )

Anyway in this no blocking scheme I guess I'll have to do these underground events on Beginner first, then see how far I can get on Standard.

I thought if I went with no blocking I might drop VF3tb, because that game, on Dreamcast, doesn't let you set up combination buttons like G+P an G+K...but maybe I'll try playing it with Punch and Kick alone. ; )

(Just realized my audio setting hasn't been lowering the game volume when I talk unless I'm talking full volume--and I've been sort of whispering a lot lately. : P I'll have the audio ducking turned up higher next episode, should catch my low-volume mutterings a little more clearly.)

9/12/21

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