i think the problem from my perspective, even as someone who knows how it works, is that making all the directional arrows independent of each other sort of subconsciously implies that you have to tap the stick in the each direction each time, instead of holding them for a smooth movement

analvelocity:

chum-personable:

skarchomp:

spitblaze:

Exactly!! I probably would’ve played a lot more street fighter as a kid if the diagrams on the arcade machines didn’t try to make it look like fuckin trigonometry instead of just, rotate the stick.


yeah like this

image

doesn’t read nearly as clear to me as this

image

THE ARROWS ON THE STREET FIGHTER CABINETS MEANT FUCKING WHAT

Yeah this fucking annoyed me for decades, it’s probably the reason fighting games are a niche genre for elitist losers

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