Work sent me a copy of a lovely SNK collection of fighting games to do an unboxing of the other day, so I decided to give one a go this evening. I picked Art of Fighting to try first.
I was immediately blown away by the gorgeous pixel art and animations… and almost immediately afterwards was struck by what an absolutely terrible controller the DualShock 4 is for fighting games.
I don't think I'd actually ever tried a fighting game on PS4 before, so this had never come up before, but it really is absolutely dreadful. Whether I was attempting to use the D-pad or the analogue stick, it was near-impossible to perform basic fighting game moves with any accuracy. If anything, the analogue stick was actually more accurate, which is a situation I've never encountered before!
I have an arcade stick but unfortunately it's for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Supposedly there are USB converter things you can get, but they're a little bit pricey so I'm not sure I can justify it right now… but I'll definitely consider it, because I do want to give these SNK games a fair shot.
The alternative, of course, is buying a fight pad or a new stick. Again, that's a bit pricy — though I guess there are other games that will work for like shoot em ups. But then I can say the same for the arcade stick, so… I don't know!
Anyway, this is late night ramblings with no real point. If any of you have a good recommendation for a PS4 fighting game device that isn't too expensive, do please sound off below!
I'm off to bed for now. Tata!
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