How's the netcode? I pirated it for training mode, is it worth it to buy on sale for the online? Is it dead because of SF5?
>>318390669
>How's the netcode?
Okay. Depends on your computer / your internet / your location.
>is it worth it to buy on sale for the online?
Up to you.
>Is it dead because of SF5?
SFV isn't out yet, so no. And it may never die, since as of right now it's a better game than what the beta has showcased.
>>318390669
It's actually has way more player than, say, last year, because some new people are trying to learn the basics of SF while waiting for V. Netcode with GFWL and early Steam integration was shit, now it's pretty much fixed but you're always bound to get couple lagfest matches online.
Also depends on where you are. US USFIV PC seems to have a lot more online players than EU.
>>318390846
>now it's pretty much fixed
GFWL was way better, simply because steam ripped the guts out of GFWL and left it with some flaws.
>>318390846
>>318390842
I'm playing in Tokyo, how bad will it be?
>>318390983
It'll be spectacular if you play with other Japanese players, which you should. Like 5000% better than it would be if you were playing the states.
>>318391057
So I won't be connected to shitty NA servers?
POST MAINS
>>318391130
I'm not entirely sure. I suppose it depends on what you're playing on.
>>318391232
playing on a laptop
>>318391163
Rank BB on Jap arcades
Main: the mayor
>>318391519
I don't think steam region locks you but I don't know. You'll find the occasional JP player on PC but I think most of them play on console.
>>318391130
>Fighting games
>Servers
Retard detected.
>>318392229
How do they work? plz enlighten me
>>318392370
Peer to peer of course, like all fighting games.
Server based fighting games would be horrific.
>>318392492
Not entirely true.
>>318392370
it's p2p. You can pick region when you search/create a match. Use 'same.' It'll be fine.
SF4 will be active till at least 5, perhaps longer. Worst case, till 5 comes out. Is that worth it? Then get it.
>>318390669
Good, better than other fighting games
Was excellent on GFWL though
>>318391163
Anyone wanna play a quick game before I have to go to work? I have time for just one.
Also no juri no buy.
>>318390669
>Is it dead
Twelve hundred players online at any given moment.
>>318392574
Yes it would, doubling the connection time for no reason sounds unbelievably shit.
>>318393003
There's a lot of examples of where a player with a worse connection will have a distinct advantage over a player with a better connection. Server based online multi-player games gives the advantage to the player with the better connection.
Ultra seems to favor the player with the worse connection. I'm not sure that does double your lag.
>>318393247
A direct connection will result in a cleaner connection if you don't have shit internet, server based connections are preferable for large teams but for one on one play P2P is far superior.
