Canadian pro wrestler character Wolf Hawkfield is super-fun in Virtua Fighter 5 : D

I had a tough time with Wolf in VF4 [ Ссылка ] -- the AI played really unnaturally against him and it was just weird: the wouldn't block and they would insta-jab his throw attempts. In VF5, at least in "Hard" Quest Mode, they do still tend to instantly knock him out of his throw attempts, unless you wait until they can't attack because they just missed you or something, but they do at least block his strikes like they do against other characters, and the fights feel a lot more natural.

Although they aren't very good at blocking his df+P+K low punch thing, which pretty much acts like a sweep attack with good speed and ridiculous range. Super abusable! Once I found that, I went on a 12-win streak! (1:19:27) I almost beat 10th dan Brad "Iron Emu" at the advanced Sega World North Tournament! (1:56:27 - Super fun fight! : D Oh yeah also that's where I had just unlocked--due to getting promoted to 1st dan--and switched to Wolf's Type C costume.)

I also had done well at the Beginner's Try Tournament (0:49:35) and the Sega Arena Coast Tournament (1:06:30).

I'm usually not worth a darn with grappling characters in fighting games but this slightly broken Wolf is cool! ^_^ Not that I'm marvelous with his throws or anything. He can throw crouching characters (I actually managed two throws on crouching characters in this session, I think, despite them requiring pressing all three buttons instead of just G+P) and prone characters (didn't try any of those, in fact my down attacks and juggles after knock-downs were non-existent to terrible), as I learned in skimming the relevant sections of his move list (9:25).

There are annoying things, like his most obvious throw input f+G+P being "Catch," which just grabs the opponent, at which point you have to put in at least a few more follow-up inputs, and seems relatively easy for the opponent to tech out of--or, if you're me, easy to accidentally end up doing the "just push them away" ending to it ; P.

But currently (and I've already played him in VF5FS as I type this, but that video hasn't finished uploading yet) this VF5 incarnation of of him is the most fun I've had playing Wolf--and a goodly amount of fun it was. To quote Wolf--and my noisy upstairs party-loving neighbor: "AwoooOOOOoooo!"

Recorded 4/11/20 w/ PS3, OSSC, Framemeister, Elgato HD60, Hori RAPV 2017 w/ Sanwa lever & buttons, Blue Snowball microphone

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