Lately I haven't been playing much Soul Calibur 4, but have been playing my share of super turbo on GGPO and HD Remix on PS3. As such, I thought it was really cool to see the new MadCatz sticks coming out. I have two SF4 TE sticks pre-ordered, and I am curious to see how these will work with Soul Calibur. These two sticks are going to be my first ever I'll ever own.
I know there's a learning curve involved with transitioning from a pad to stick, but I'm not too concerned about that. However, I am interested to see what those of you with sticks prefer with regards to 4-way or 8-way gates and what fighting games you play, if any outside of Soul Calibur 4.
As a side note, I've always played fighting games with a pad. I grew up playing Street Fighter on an SNES pad, and first played Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast and held the controller with my left hand with my right hand elevated over the buttons. Street Fighter is pretty difficult to play on a pad, but I've become relatively comfortable with the PS3 controller now for that. I found that the Dreamcast to PS3 controller transition was pretty seamless for Soul Calibur, and I don't have too many complaints.
I know there's a learning curve involved with transitioning from a pad to stick, but I'm not too concerned about that. However, I am interested to see what those of you with sticks prefer with regards to 4-way or 8-way gates and what fighting games you play, if any outside of Soul Calibur 4.
As a side note, I've always played fighting games with a pad. I grew up playing Street Fighter on an SNES pad, and first played Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast and held the controller with my left hand with my right hand elevated over the buttons. Street Fighter is pretty difficult to play on a pad, but I've become relatively comfortable with the PS3 controller now for that. I found that the Dreamcast to PS3 controller transition was pretty seamless for Soul Calibur, and I don't have too many complaints.