Darth Vader also on the X360 version!

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Barozi said:

naznatips said:

But the lack of balance doesn't just affect tourneys, it also almost voids the usefulness of one of the game's main modes: online play. You can still play with friends if you limit the characters you use, but random matches will be almost all Yoda and the only way to be competitive will be Yoda. The highest ranked player will always be Yoda. etc...

 

Trust me. Nobody wants to play with Yoda. I think he is the weakest of all characters.

 

Despite my staunch defense of SCIV, as I believe it is the best HD fighting game yet, I have to disagree with you there. I'd say there is a 99% chance that I would melt your face, playing with Yoda, as well as the face of anyone watching or glancing at the screen during our time together.

My argument is, that Yoda's balance issue only matters online, and since online fighting sucks anyway due to inherant frame loss and lacency issues, even on a T1 line, fighters now and always will be relegated to local multiplayer for true competition, in which Yoda shall forever be an illegal character. In tourneyments, at Evo, at home, Yoda is cheese and everyone knows it. He won't be allowed.

Do you remember Tekken 3. It revolutionalized the console fighter, imo. It had a character in it called Gon:

He had a tail spin move(along with a fire fart) that could beat most Tekken players by just repeatedly tapping one button. He was the cheesiest of all characters, in all fighting games ever, and he was and is illegal in tourney play. Looking at Yoda, I say there is a huge difference. Yoda is only poorly balanced, Gon was game breaking, if you make the assumption that your opponent will regularly pick Gon and guarntee himself an instant win.

So yea, online Gon would have ruined the experience for a lot of players(way more than Yoda does) but offline, nobody played with him, and when someone did, it was such a big laughing joke that said person had to pick him out of frusteration that it was worth it. Because that guy knew he couldn't play. Some of the best experiences to be had on Tekken 3 was beating someone so hard, they had to pick Gon to win, and beating someone who was playing with Gon....priceless.

Gon actually improved the game, in a way. You always want one super imba character, just in case you get frusterated, lol.