anybody have the Mortal Kombat fight stick?

[itsmemerawr]

I was thinking of getting one since I play MK9 ALOT. Do you guys recommend getting it? Is it better than using a standard controller?

 

[Chaosphere]

I was thinking of getting one since I play MK9 ALOT. Do you guys recommend getting it? Is it better than using a standard controller?

Well there's two things to address here,

The first thing to address is that stick vs controller (or pad) is totally personal preference. I personally play way better on a stick than I do a controller. The stick is much more intuitive than sliding my thumb around on a dpad. Not to mention that i can assign a finger to each button for the attacks instead of using 1 thumb to slide around.

Secondly, I have the MK9 PDP stick and it works well for me. The only downside, I think, is that it's so big. When walking around tournaments it's really hard to not want to set it down somewhere. Other than that, I think it's a great collector's item and if you like the MK9 button layout it's a great product.

 

[philipposmich]

IT is awesome. YOu'll just have to find a way to adopt to the button layout.

 

[silverdream]

I have a MK TE stick in excellent condition for sale. PM me if you are interested.

 

[EndofGameBoss]

I play on a stick, fighting pad, and controller. Whereas the choice is related to preference sometimes it's easier to pull certain combos off with a fightstick after you get use to it. For MK a fightstick isn't necessary. I use a fighting pad for it. Tekken and Soul Calibur on the other hand I use a stick for. If you decide on a stick don't get the MK 1 if you plan on using it for other games. This fightstick works good for MK but is unorthodox for other fg's.

 

[aj1701]

I'll just second what the others said. Its prefernce, but if you're going to use it for nonMK games then you don't want the MK layout.

That said, i love playing on the MK layout stick I got. Its fun, and its easier for me to do moves than with the pad. I don't fat finger the buttons anymore, although my accuracy with the stick itself could still use improvement. But that will come. I don't reget it at all, and its made me a better player.