The constant H+K made me nervous too LOL. But I think if you watch both sets from beginning to end you can see Smithy has a very good understanding of the tools Gen Fu has and how to use them.
About the force tech kick. Is it 2H+K? 1K?
PS: The vids are from one month ago. I hadn't seen them...
You forgot to mention Virtua Fighter. Although I don't think spacing is the main focus, defensive option (TEG, ETE, ETEG, Fuzzy, etc.) selects might be what make Virtua Fighter different. (Still, they can kill you in 2 combos in VF5FS).
Most fighting games try to attract both the casual and the competitive. SF4, MK9, Tekken... Even VF5FS is considered the most accesible of VFs. SC5 let fans down and turned out to be the least sold SC ever...Fans are needed for the survival of fighting games series.
I have bought 2 of the bunny packs because the were only 240 ms points each. I havent done any unlocking of costumes either, I unlocked characters only (not alpha though)
How similar is Gen Fu's DOA4 frame data to his DOA5 frame data? I heard he was pretty much copied and pasted.
I have just printed his DOA4 frame data and I want to know if it's 90% the same or very different.
@Zeo
I agree with you 100%. But I'd rather they bring a big patch that actually fixes things than small patches like the previous ones that didn't solve much.
I have also given up on Pai (and on Eliot). I used them a lot in the beginning, but they just take too much effort to win. call me lazy, but I'd rather use characters with better tools (Gen Fu, Kokoro). Let's see how Pai turns out post patch.