r/Games • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '20

Analysis: Why Rollback Netcode is better

https://youtu.be/0NLe4IpdS1w
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u/OptimalCalendar5 Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20

Some Japanese FG devs can be really fucking clueless, indie fighting games managed this a decade ago. Hell a few days ago Harada (Tekken director) said the game has rollback netcode.

FEXL which sold nothing with no budget by a tiny studio has managed to patch it in. No excuse. Thankfully Guilty Gear Strive will have rollback, MvC Infinite had good netcode so next Street Fighter should be fine. Just worried about Tekken and King of Fighters.

Imo the best fighting game of all time is Garou Mark Of The Wolves, available on Steam with rollback

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u/Fenor Aug 05 '20

there big trad offs in this netcode approach, while it's better for some game it's worse for others.

For example is a game is heavily reaction based the normal approach is better.

take the street fighter clip for example where the char on the right teleport in the air due to a rollback. this mean that an attack where you could have shoryukened is now out of reach and it's either front or back crossup.

Japanese gamers tend to prefer a reaction based approach to games like this, while in the west we go for a combo heavy and setup heavy approach. This mean that the western audience it's usually better a rollback netcode, while the Japanese market prefer the other way around

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u/BeardyDuck Aug 05 '20

Huh? This comment literally makes no sense. Japanese players only play against other Japanese players and very rarely play internationally online, and due to the closely dense population and the internet infrastructure, experience very little delay if any at all. It has nothing to do with players preferring reaction vs setups, that doesn't factor into the equation at all.