Why Street Fighter x Tekken is a "Footsie game"

[@PNDKM]

I fondly remember SFxT as the first non MK game I really took seriously back in the day, and was the first game I ever played properly on a fightstick. I still look back on those London Tournaments Mustard and I used to attend and the people we met. It was a cool experience all round. It's a shame the reputation of the game and DEFINITE SF4 elitism really hurt it early, but I really wanna jump back in and relearn it once again. Awesome video man.

[@F3RAL3NTITY]

I seen y’all replaying it as well the other day. Much love!

[@PNDKM]

@@F3RAL3NTITY Had a great time too. Just gotta figure out that online patch so i can actually play vs real people haha

[@F3RAL3NTITY]

PNDK&M haha true. Sorry this is totally off topic but do you guys plan on checking out Guilty Gear strive next year?

[@irsshill4502]

The FGC has evolved a lot this few years. I feel proud of our openness to new fighting experience leaving the elitism behind. Perhaps arena fighters are the next new thing to make an impact.

[@HoDoBoDo]

Hey Ketchup! Love your Shang Tsung TOD

[@rollcaskett1812]

I personally just think it's awesome seeing Tekken characters on a 2D playing field, especially King.

[@derekfcc]

Upward knee juggle into powerbomb… so dope

[@Crowniecrown]

"SFxT is a game everyone loves" uhhh, did I just jump into a new timeline?

[@usernameluis305]

Sf5/mk11 happened

[@BilalKhan-ng3ex]

Everyone "retro-actively" loves

[@brownwallet942]

Hahaha everyone fucking hates this game on launch

[@Erst999]

I played it and I enjoyed it, sure it had its bad stuff but it’s was fun.

[@MetsuShoryu]

Compared how shitty sfv is, sfxtk we love it

[@theotherjared9824]

This game is a great example of "first impressions are everything." The general public heard about what it was at launch along with the shady business practices and decided to skip it. Sure, it improved over time, but people lost interest at that point and it faded into obscurity. If the fixes made a year after launch was the launch version and the business side decided to be competent, this game would have done much better.

[@poego6045]

It was the shady stuff, but also the timer being a huge problem. For a LOT of the early tournaments and streams of the game, most of the matches ended in time outs. That kills so much hype in fighting games when its just a matter of running out the clock and whose slightly more damaged come the zero time.

[@bkmixups1796]

Oh and the net code , that shit was terrible . Take out the gems and release it a year later than launch , I would’ve hella been into this game . Gems made me quit early , customization was pretty trash too, didn’t even look like human characters more like aliens

[@Imozart0341I]

Nah what hurt it was the gems and timer

[@phantomspaceman]

Almost none of the Tekken cast got used in early tournaments either. The only character I remember seeing was Raven. Seeing Guile/Chun Ryu/Ken matchups just made it a goofy SF4.

[@denjin_hado]

@Nero Mandro what

[@BuTTuRzz]

This game was hurt because of Gems, the timer and balancing issues. Where Cammy could lock you in block stun with a jab infinite. It got a great 2013 patch which fixed the game and made it awesome, but the damage was done. I'd like to see a resurgence, but doubt it'll happen.

[@stuartdalrymple]

This game got flamed for being pay to win due to gems in its early release, but I put more time into it than any other fighter. The roster, the combos, the tagging, it just felt like you had more options and choice rather than just doing your standard bread and butter every time. It was fun AF

[@dyldragon1]

If gems just didn't exist, I think this game would have had a much bigger impact.

[@RanOutOfSpac]

@@dyldragon1 That and the on disc DLC. This game had tons so much freaking potential and it bums me the hell out.

[@michaelmcdermott1624]

This is really how I remember it. What really sunk this game was the business side and Capcom has really doubled down on bad decisions since.

[@austinreed7343]

@@michaelmcdermott1624 They have recovered from that phase. What are you on?

[@michaelmcdermott1624]

@@austinreed7343 They've been better lately. Bear in mind that comment is 2 years old at this point.

[@wajinshu]

I seen this punk I mean Pink playing this. I'm glad you make a video for this.

[@coolunusual]

It's the man the myth the legend. Wajinshu

[@raulhernandez7856]

O O S H

[@wajinshu]

@Trayvon Collins I'm always okay. Thanks for that comment though :D

[@ZAYA2227]

do u mean punkdagod?

[@wajinshu]

@@ZAYA2227 yes :D

[@ahhcmon9604]

This game has the spirit of a Tekken game cause it was so easy to lose all your life in a couple of seconds but it's also got the heart of a 2d streetfighter

[@JTS0110]

I been following the FGC for a while and your channel is so underrated man. Keep up the content ill be watching. Cheer from Vietnam

[@TheoryFighter]

That's very kind of you friend

[@psychobluesfxt]

Thank you for highlighting the things that I've been championing for years and years, and that many others have always known about this game. Like you I think the boosts add interesting wrinkles to many of the SF characters to further separate them from the SF4 characters not just in their combos, but how their gameplans shift to be more in line with a team game. The way you highlighted how unsafe they are on block, and how some can be made safe on block depending on matchups and spacing, was particularly good for dispelling a lot of the fib about the game's meta. I also like the explanation of how they can have a greater emphasis on the synergy you consider when forming a main team.

[@Raiden3651]

Hwoarang and ChunLi being the best characters in the game helped show how much SFxT2013 emphasized footsies.

[@Chronoic]

One thing this game will be remember for is its the first game with "On Disk DLC".

[@sideshowkrill]

It got shit for it but it’s such a common practice now

[@lostedge7852]

we need more fighting game analytical content like this!

[@lostedge7852]

@Falling_Rein yeah I love Core-A-gaming

[@MrDarkSunshine]

Makes sense for it to be like this, I mean Tekken sounds extremely similar in concept

[@PaygunFGC]

Last time I was this early, people still played this game on Evo main stage :) Nice video anyways; this game is very underrated and it’s nice to see that it’s being slowly vindicated by the community.

[@DiamondDust132]

This is legit one of my favorite fighting games. Has been since it launched. 2012 patch really did fix basically every issue I had with the game, and it was just a blast to play. I really, really, REALLY hate that it died as fast as it did.

[@mastershake11434]

Just recently got into fighting games and just recently found your channel. You make great content that explains the beauty and appeal of the genre. I can't wait for your next video.

[@tailemanning98]

The first mili second of Hugo running at me scared the shit out of me

[@vatryskuerten5889]

it's great that youtube recommended me this, great channel

[@rugalthreesixteen6812]

The Real Bout series is similar except it doesn't have tags.

[@neontetra1000]

They should rerelease this game called x tekken the redemption arc.

[@DragoonCenten]

Rerelease aka "waste everyone's money and time again".

[@bluefalcon6356]

I'd rather have tekken x street fighter

[@lordthruxawe504]

@@bluefalcon6356 yeah, the originally said they'd have SF x tekken that plays in the 2d plane of SF. I remember hearing there would be a tekken x SF version that played on a 3d plane. I wonder what happened with that? I suppose it may explain why akuma is in tekken.

[@bluefalcon6356]

@@lordthruxawe504 Harada said that they were working on it but they were focused on tekken 7

[@artemg11]

@@bluefalcon6356 Maybe we will get Tekken X Street Fighter instead of Tekken Tag 3 the next time.

[@yukaroj]

I got this for my birthday in the mid 2010s, id never played any fighting game before and dropped it because i couldn’t use special moves. Now 7 years later I am the proud owner of the game on steam and love to play it at parties

[@LordOverTheLightOfRa]

This was the only fresh new game, right out of the wrapping I've ever and only ever bought I was that hyped and I put many hours with my friends practicing and playing online. I'll never forget unwrapping this game, placing the CD in the Xbox 360 tray, getting some Wendy's and gaming for 20 hours.

[@idk72.]

my sense of humor is so broken that I jiggle everytime I read "footsies"

[@Janfon1]

The very first half a second of the video being Hugo running straight at me startled me quite a bit

[@Lastjustice]

It's a game was always curious about, as it's interesting to see how two different mechanical universe mesh. I figure I will snag it at some point. Hopefully Capcom and Namco will take a further look at doing more crossovers. I would like see the Tekken centric take on street fighter going all the way, as we see Akuma in Tekken 7, but I would like to see how the whole experience plays out.

[@giorgiomariani453]

Daaamn it's been a while since I thought about this game. Seeing this makes me want to bust out my Blanka again and enjoy some long-range 3f jab into full launch combo goodness! Great to see you're making content buddy!

[@gerardallen3438]

I remember this game, it was good just the gems fucked everything up

[@OldChanCharlie]

Yeah that killed it for me too

[@sour3000]

I never really understood what the gems were about or how the gem system worked🤷‍♂️😂

[@gerardallen3438]

@@sour3000 some gems mad 1 button combos, added speed, power, life, and you can combine gems etc, it got to the point where it was about gems more than skill

[@sour3000]

@@gerardallen3438 oh... Yeah thats just asking to be exploited! They should've just left all that out. 🙆🏾‍♂️😂

[@ubermaster1]

This was legit my first game ever on PS3, I remember my first match was against some guy who destroyed me with just Hugo, I ended up adding him and he taught me how to play. Im still friends with him to this day

[@borawserboxer]

I normally hated online play, but I loved sfxt so much I got to the highest online rank and bodied everyone locally in tournaments too (when we had our sponsored players that far outclassed me). It's crazy that capcom tried to have a survivor-style reality TV show as well lol (props to nerdjosh!)

[@skuudigital9346]

You’re the first channel I’ve come across that gives this game some credit! I love it! Picked it back up last week! Relearning everything all over again!

[@Error_4x5]

The days of ten guys around a 20" LCD tv will never be beat

[@YoungMachette]

Miss me with those power crystals. Game had so much potential, auto combos killed it for me.

[@austingoyne3039]

For me, huge punishes can be more frustrating than fun, at least when it *feels* like the opponent lucked out and didn’t outplay me. MK11 gives this feeling a lot with its uppercut & throw krushing blows which can net huge damage from too-frequent ambiguous, scrambley situations in poke range where it feels like either player could have landed the hit.

[@whobee1754]

Games with insane damage potential off of big buttons that are unsafe on block or whiff makes for natural footsies games. it creates a meta around it that feels good and tense

[@Biouke]

The gems thing and my situation at the time deterred me from buying SFxT but I remember having fun playing it, as a casual FG enthusiast. Also, my gals Asuka and Juri in the same game, woo ! I think I'll keep an eye on it for when it's on discount, your video motivated me to try it again :)

[@raychangalarza179]

What about Footsies and more importantly SmaSho It's one of the games that I play to parctice neutral and the damage is high over that tere are barely any combos (which adds up for the lack of combos and makes it difficult to take risk) Edit: And in SamSho V Special there's the sword Gauge that makes it so that adds even more risk to use your big buttons because your next ttack won't do as much over the fact that if you whiff a big button you'll probably lose 25-50% of your health

[@jjilatt123]

Man if this game had released with its update patch it'd have been amazing. Everyone dropped it before it came out. Such a tragedy.

[@Pokephantom]

So, where we all playing this weekend PC?

[@robby6382]

Idk bud

[@robby6382]

Wait its 30 dollars on steam? Yuck that's pricy

[@lorden95]

@@robby6382 its like 6 bucks on key sites.

[@robby6382]

@@lorden95 oh alright

[@kaoko111]

Just found your channel. And... I love it. Keep the great work.

[@saado99]

I loved this game and played it through all the jab x timeout stuff and gem/DLC stuff. It was super footsie based especially with some of the characters with insanely long normals like Law, Bryan, and the mixup game was excellent where if people actually took this game seriously there wouldn't be that many timeouts.

[@Zachary_Sweis]

I guess I'm one of those crazy people who always loved this game from the beginning, rather than only in hindsight.

[@severeoutcome4982]

The tag mechanics are brilliant. Hope capcom goes back and see what they got right and use it in future titles.

[@pigboykool]

One of the BEST Capcom game; it is still one of the most popular party game among friends today.

[@LonnieK]

This game always seemed fun. Anyone know if the online is still active? Or if the connection online is bearable?

[@NorieagaHDR]

If you randomly searched ranked, you can find people, but it can take a while. What I recommend is joining the SFxT Discord, you can always find people to play with there.

[@PaygunFGC]

Yeah, there’s a playerbase mostly on the Discord: discord.gg/YH37kH The game also has Rollback netcode, so it’s pretty good to play online. Only drawback is that spectating crashes the game

[@TheoryFighter]

Yes! There is a xtekken discord where you can find a bunch of people still playing and running events for the game. discord.gg/BGK6GTa

[@jaksida300]

Paygun FGC Is the rollback a mod or a feature of the game? That’s pretty dang impressive if it’s the latter.

[@eduardoserpa1682]

@@jaksida300 Apparently, SFxT uses an earlier version of Street Fighter 5's netcode. It's not known to be good, as far as I know, but it's rollback from 2012.

[@trapOrdoom]

This video was fucking sick mate, gold backing track too. I wish they’d make a SFxT2 or something.

[@kevinmiller5128]

SFxTekken was the first fighting game I recall having online training mode. You could play online with a friend and tag team other tag teams. That was really appealing to me at the time and I haven't seen it implemented again in a 2D fighter. I had no idea it was looked back on fondly. At the time people really shit on the game. Mostly for DLC gems and crap, but I enjoyed at the time.

[@kgthesupreme713]

Idc what anybody says, this game was the truth. Both of my fav fighting franchises collide + the way they adapt Tekken into the SF world as far as move sets, best shit ever.

[@Shibu_PL]

Capcom and Namco should finally notice that people are no longer butthurt over early state of this game and they should release a proper remaster.

[@vincentduhamel7037]

Props on the soundtrack. Heavy, but not distracting.

[@rome5628]

Can you do one for Killer Instinct?

[@zachwhaley208]

Just discovered you site. Love it. Keep it up.

[@HDREconomist]

I really thought the SF Translations of a ton of Tekken characters was also well done. I really enjoyed Julia in this game a ton and enjoyed the neutral a ton.

[@Zzzrrrretttgthvt]

I cant understand what you are saying but you say it with conviction and we love that

[@aClay1788]

How dare you make me want to play SFxT... I remember having a great time with it back in the day but I was only a casual then so I'd like to explore it a bit more now

[@RisingJericho]

It's surreal having been into fighting games long enough to remember when everyone universally hated this game. I remember seeing 2012 version come out and thinking a lot of the issues had actually been fixed about the game, such as Ryu, Ken, and Raven's runaway game. I guess the gaming community has just grown numb enough to shady gaming practices that it's opened the path up for people to give this old boy a chance.

[@mvpdjwcc6844]

The gems and pre order bonuses killed this game.

[@DragoonCenten]

Any old turd can become an underrated classic with enough time.

[@austinreed7343]

@@DragoonCenten Indeed so, but they eventually go back to being an old turd eventually.

[@BMPK]

Anyone know why the x360 version is 6gb (world) but ps3 has a 14gb version?

[@crazedmimic]

What other games would you recommend that are also footsie heavy

[@xRocketzFighterx]

I wish this game was great and actually beloved. But in this world most people heavily hate it and for very good reasons. Yet this game is one of the best looking in the x360/ps3 era and there are so many boppin' tunes in this game that I still listen to.

[@borawserboxer]

OS poke checking with a good jab is what his game was about IMO. Turning every spacing whiffed jab into potential combo...You gotta protect your space!

[@iamthetable5450]

ayo using bongripper as background music is so sick lol

[@NaCl_AQ]

Thanks for making this great video. Great insight into this game.

[@TheForhekset]

The dlc controversy really killed this game, dlc practices have progressively gotten worse since and are kind of just normal.

[@scrubbadubbins4895]

I would love to try this game but unfortunately the Steam port is no longer available

[@cypheraine17]

Good to SFxT still getting some love.

[@larquefausse3623]

Such a hype game weighed down by corporate shenanigans.

[@MarcusL450]

What's the song? Doesn't sound like the kind of music that'd be on a street fighter game.

[@Artersa]

Super neat video, loving the content.

[@Nhia89]

What's the background song yo?

[@nomansland6372]

What bothers me a lot, also when watching, is the fight against the clock. The game needs higher damage output.

[@CameronCampbellSLM]

You can already die in 2 hits and you only have to KO one character, damage isn't the issue. The issue is large stages and amazing neutral that rewards you for playing smart instead of just going for stuff and not worrying about huge punishes if it doesn't work out.

[@nomansland6372]

@@CameronCampbellSLM might have been for you, but doesn't coincide with my experience. I remember a hell load of time outs... Either way, I wished the game would have been longer-lasting.

[@psychobluesfxt]

@@nomansland6372 You have to be optimal. Most people playing this game didn't really know how to play until like mid-2013/2014 when there started being more consensus about that. You can look at the Top 8 of Final Round 17 or the Top 4 of Combo Breaker 2019 for that. EVO 2018 had a decent amount of explosive matches, as well.

[@nomansland6372]

@@psychobluesfxt can you post the links?

[@psychobluesfxt]

@@nomansland6372 you can youtube search for them pretty easily if you type in "Street Fighter x Tekken" and then the events I listed.

[@fgcbird]

I am constantly praying for a 3D capcom collection. Sf4, x tekken, umvc3, and throw in tvc while they’re at it 😭

[@ems6706]

i subbed! like very concise and well explained. Thanks for the content!

[@fistpump64]

I'm gald SFxT has been on the up and up lately

[@AuntBibby]

ehhhhh idk, i just like SFxT cuz it has Cole MacGrath from InFamous lol can u imagine someone saying that

[@Fizz-Q]

cole was a cool character

[@caprakiwi6201]

I was Cole main. He had some cool moves. His srk+p was a super fast anti-air which grabbed people in the air for a setup on the ground. He had a slide which could go under projectiles, except low tiger shot and sonic boom. His super was a pillar like Rashid's VT tornado which acted like a barrier and stayed on the screen long enough for Cole to recover and do another move. I say he had the best projectiles in the game, his were a grenade which travelled different distances depending on L, M or H. They also didn't go in a straight line, they went in an ark so they could go under your opponents projectiles and they would linger on the ground for a few seconds before exploding. If you were having a full screen wall to wall projectile fight you could throw out the M fireball and it would land just short of the opponent but close enough to make them go into block animation. Also if you meter burned the fireball he could throw out two projectiles so what i would do was throw out one then follow up with an ex fireball so there would be three on the field. However he had the second lowest health in the game lower than Akuma's so two combos and you were dead.

[@AuntBibby]

CapraKiwi yeah capcom gave megaman, pacman & cole ultra-low health which is like... why? at least, why other than to make them LESS competitively-viable at every level of play, from beginner to tournament-professional? i can see giving the two cat characters low health cuz theyre that kind of character archtype (tiny hurtbox character) but for heavens sake... megaman already played like a joke character! he really sucked; at least give him DECENT health so hes at least worth using to prove how good u are like Dan is... but no, capcom wanted to make sure the xbox 360 version wasnt LESS competitively-relevant for NOT having these characters available (they were sony-exclusive guest characters as repayment for sony’s help with gamedev funding) so it’d still sell not-terribly compared to the ps3 version (which was actually possible back then, as xbox was a bigger part of the market at the time). they tried to have their cake.& eat it too. well, your plan worked out reeeealllll great capcom, sfxt was a huge success financially!!!!! the average fighting game fan totally doesn’t mind at ALL when a back-of-the-box feature has its playability intentionally-sabotaged for financial reasons!!! the REAL average fighting game players who are usually casual gamers (that u go on & on about in your press releases & interviews & developer updates) dont care about when the spreadsheet programmer makes the numbers wrong on purpose!!! they love that!!!! thats why im currently playing Super Tekken X Street Fighter on my Xbox One S using the kinect controls right now as i type this

[@Termin8or_115]

I loved playing this game because it had my 4 favorites, Cody, Cammy, Bryan and Christie

[@daviddeschamps4153]

What song is that in the background? Shit's heavy

[@TheoryFighter]

Bongripper - Descent

[@Jh0nnY2k]

You convinced me, i'm gonna install the game back. :)

[@yogurtdrift9872]

Is this on PS4?

[@sharingandragon545]

@@yogurtdrift9872 no, but I believe you can play it still if you have ps now.

[@CarInMyAss]

Me and a lot of guys in my crew always held this game very highly. Everybody that was good at super turbo and third strike was also good at this game people that got introduced and Street fighter 4 were not as good at this game as we were I don't know what that means I just know what I saw

[@MisterJonesification]

I fondly remember this game, though lot of people hate it(can't fault them for it either really). People really hated the scrubby 'abc' combos and ground rolls. I know they tried to nerf rolls towards the end of the game's life by taking away recoverable health if you guessed correctly, but to me, if I knock someone on the ground, I should be at a definite advantage, and shouldn't have to not do a meaty setup, and instead walk backwards in preparation for my opponent rolling.

[@eduardood]

Damn the bgm is so good I dozed off the topic anyone knows what band it is?

[@castleford2591]

I see LPN was a man of Culture with the JurixHwaroang tag team. Giving this video a like just for that lol

[@SomeJustice19k]

The Doom/Stoner music playing in the background is awesome. Is it Sleep?

[@MegaMechaBasilix442]

What platform is recommended for SFxT?

[@Thelowestofthelowtiers]

I wish they put ALL the Street Fighter characters in Tekken instead of the other way around. It would've still function like classic Street Fighter,however it could've also show case the Tekken gameplay through movement.

[@Tinfoiltomcat]

I knew it. Everyone was going to love this game once it was too late. I fucking knew it. This is my favorite fighting game ;-;

[@RekkaKien3]

wait, people still play this game? i legit forgot that it even exists.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Capcom needs to get to work on a Street Fighter X Tekken 2.

[@whoisslade45]

One of the best channels for the fgc

[@nikrue22]

"Short range kings" "kings" "kin" "Ken" Ken mentioned!!!

[@georgeblack2749]

After hearing your video, in specifically, some of the things you like about this game, I’m interested if you find Granblue fantasy versus to be a satisfying game?

[@dorkasaurus_rex]

Street Fighter x Tekken deserved so much better than it got. The co-op format where 4 people could fight in one match I really thought would be the future of the FGC at one point.

[@Swagmite]

I wish this game was still alive today

[@AzureAetherXx]

The way you describe this games neutral and footsies reminds me of DNF Dual of all things. That game also has very big buttons that are great for whiff punishing and a heavy emphasis on big punishes. Obviously its a much swingier game but I think that mostly attributed to its higher power level amongst its cast.

[@EX583]

thats cool but have you ever ex flash kicked and lost to a jin jumping roundhouse?

[@DundletheViking]

I had a heard time getting into it and the memes really killed it. Is it worth getting into now?

[@RanOutOfSpac]

God I freaking loved this game when it came out. It’s what turned me, a Tekken and MK only guy into a SF lover and convinced me to try out other fighting games. I didn’t even care about the shitty business practices behind it until I started taking nutty damage from the gems that I refused to use lol.

[@jpVari]

I bought this during a sale sometime recently and it crashed on me but I know there's a fix out there. wish the online was better, I could see putting some real time into it. definitely willbe trying it out thanks to this tho.

[@Skybar23]

which is a better game to play Mortal Kombat 11 or SF X?

[@harshitology3498]

this needs a next part 🌼

[@renkagamine4227]

whats the music?