| I know there's fighting game fans on MAL, so what are your favorite games. Obviously so it's not a listing thread, mention what makes you like them more then other games, the game mechanics, characters, ext I'm always surprised that games like LOL and CS:Go get so much hype in the Esports scene...Yet some of the most fair, competitive, and skill based genres of games "fighting games" don't draw nearly as big of crowds. I think watching skilled players in game like KOF is a far more entertaining then watching LOL or CS:Go which is extremely boring to watch imo. |
FintanNov 26, 2015 8:41 AM
| Not really good at fighting games, but I like the usual: King of Fighters, Tekken, Dead or Alive and sum Street Fighter. Anything that's not too flashy or too edgy with gore. But I kind of suck since I never find the time to actually practice and git gud. Most of my online experience was getting my as kicked by people that know what they are doing. |
 "Your sight, my delight. Will you marry me?" |
| Marvel Vs. Capcom -There's tons of great games from the Capcom's Vs. series of games, some better then this one. However the nostalgia factor, how much I played it when I was younger, just forever will make this a classic in my mind. It of course is a good game too. It doesn't have a huge roster, but the assists add a lot of little bonus characters too making it have tons of fan service for Marvel and Capcom fans. Street Fighter IIIrd Strike -Real tough choice here... Other Street Fighter games have a lot more characters, and are arguably better. IIIrd Strike is just so well made though, and while at the time it was controversial, I grew to love the brand new characters on the roster. The jazz music, the gorgeous hand drawn art... The parrying. Game is great. Capcom Vs. SNK 2 -Yup, another Vs. game. They're arguable the greatest series of fighting games ever. This is one of my favorites. The enormous roster, the crazy amount of freedom you have in terms of playstyle. Being able to do those LP+LK forward rolls with the street fighter characters <3 . Much love. Wish they made an online version for PS3/360. |
| The best in my eyes is Blazblue - Has an amazing cast of characters who all play very differently and act very differently. All are incredibly likeable and have varying relationships with the other 27 characters - Easy to pick up, very difficult to master. No matter how good you get with your main, there is always something new to learn, and when you do you feel accomplished every time. - Gives the player many options, (mix up, cross ups, invincibility frames, super armour, teleports, delays, late cancels, jump cancels, rapid cancels, overdrives cancels, etc) allowing a lot of strategy and mindgames and always keeps the player engaged no matter what - Has an amazing story that is deep and complex - Has amazing netcode |
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| My fav has to be bloody roar. I just love the concept of how each character can change into a specific beast. Too bad it's underrated and no more editions are coming out :/ |
Dark_Chaos said: The best in my eyes is Blazblue - Has an amazing cast of characters who all play very differently and act very differently. All are incredibly likeable and have varying relationships with the other 27 characters - Easy to pick up, very difficult to master. No matter how good you get with your main, there is always something new to learn, and when you do you feel accomplished every time. - Gives the player many options, (mix up, cross ups, invincibility frames, super armour, teleports, delays, late cancels, jump cancels, rapid cancels, overdrives cancels, etc) allowing a lot of strategy and mindgames and always keeps the player engaged no matter what - Has an amazing story that is deep and complex - Has amazing netcode Never really got into BlazBlue. I have played Persona 4 Arena, which is a really good fighter. Still been meaning to pick up the extension version with the new characters. I'm mainly a Capcom guy myself, as you could probably tell... I did like the modes in some of the Guilty Gear games that had that brawler mode, where it was basically just a 2D beat em' up with Guilty Gear characters and way more complex gameplay. Guilty Gear Isuka, although it wasn't great and tons of people hated it. That game had some interesting ideas that no other studio ever tried. It was very hard to tell what they were going for, especially with the whole having to press a button to turn around. Seems like something that if more work was put into it, it might be interesting. |
| Please, some FPS are far more balanced than most fighting games. SF and Smash Bros games are the only things I'd play more than once or twice vs another player. I enjoyed Soul Calibur's 2 solo. |
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| Just Smash Bros, because I'm a filthy casual when it comes to the fighting genre. |
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| Favorite is the Soul Calibur series. Love how just about every fighter uses a weapon of some sort. I also like the variety in the roster. You get a choice among a hot MILF, a crocodile man, a walking suit of armor, tits, and Mel Gibson. The character creation system is also fun as fuck. The solo campaigns also have amazing storylines, though it got pretty bad in Soul Calibur V. |
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| Just smash but I am a noob at fighting games. Smash is still more appealing to me than other fighting games though, more use of the stages latitude I guess. |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| Virtua Fighter is my absolute favourite :) I also really like Street Fighter, Smash Bros, Capcom vs SNK, Soul Calibur and some others |
Fintan said: Dark_Chaos said: The best in my eyes is Blazblue - Has an amazing cast of characters who all play very differently and act very differently. All are incredibly likeable and have varying relationships with the other 27 characters - Easy to pick up, very difficult to master. No matter how good you get with your main, there is always something new to learn, and when you do you feel accomplished every time. - Gives the player many options, (mix up, cross ups, invincibility frames, super armour, teleports, delays, late cancels, jump cancels, rapid cancels, overdrives cancels, etc) allowing a lot of strategy and mindgames and always keeps the player engaged no matter what - Has an amazing story that is deep and complex - Has amazing netcode Never really got into BlazBlue. I have played Persona 4 Arena, which is a really good fighter. Still been meaning to pick up the extension version with the new characters. I'm mainly a Capcom guy myself, as you could probably tell... I did like the modes in some of the Guilty Gear games that had that brawler mode, where it was basically just a 2D beat em' up with Guilty Gear characters and way more complex gameplay. Guilty Gear Isuka, although it wasn't great and tons of people hated it. That game had some interesting ideas that no other studio ever tried. It was very hard to tell what they were going for, especially with the whole having to press a button to turn around. Seems like something that if more work was put into it, it might be interesting. Persona 4 Arena is very similar to Blazblue and is the only other fighting game that I think has an amazing story and characters. It has a few key differences, though the main one is that it has a lot less options than Blazblue, making it limited in terms of combos, blockstring options, etc. Still, a very fun game that I go back to now and then :) Never played Isuka and I've never been one for Capcom fighters as I find them even more limiting, but I highly respect Marvel VS Capcom 3 for letting players do many of the things that can be done in Anime fighters such as Blazblue (even though I hate the zoomed in camera on it >.<) I also don't consider Smash Bros a fighting game despite it's shared similarities with the fighting game genre, but that's getting off topic I suppose. |
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| Street Fighter Third Strike because I love the parry mechanic. Every Smash Bros game because they're the only fighting games (even though they aren't really fighting games) i'm competent at. I'm shit at fighting games. |
toolazytopick said: Street Fighter Third Strike because I love the parry mechanic. Every Smash Bros game because they're the only fighting games (even though they aren't really fighting games) i'm competent at. I'm shit at fighting games. If you can parry well, I'd imagine you'd be quite good at fighting games, or at least the blocking part of it anyway. That shit requires a really good eye (no literally, you need amazing eyes, a good mind and great instincts to see hits coming and parry them consistently XD) |
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| Melty Blood, Smash Melee, SF, KoF, crossovers, iamp. |
| Be thankful for the wisdom granted to you. |
SnugglyWhuggly said: Just Smash Bros, because I'm a filthy casual when it comes to the fighting genre. Believe it or not, the 2 first Smash Bros are actually really competitive and have been played in tournaments a lot. They're certainly a lot more balanced than filth like the Mortal Kombat license, despite the kawaii look and funky gameplay. Played at a level that wouldn't make it very fun for me or you :p. |
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Clebardman said: SnugglyWhuggly said: Just Smash Bros, because I'm a filthy casual when it comes to the fighting genre. Believe it or not, the 2 first Smash Bros are actually really competitive and have been played in tournaments a lot. They're certainly a lot more balanced than filth like the Mortal Kombat license, despite the kawaii look and funky gameplay. Played at a level that wouldn't make it very fun for me or you :p. How is Mortal Kombat not balanced exactly? |
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| street fighter is the most fun to play and watch for me, best characters and mechanics~ Fintan said: I think watching skilled players in game like KOF is a far more entertaining then watching LOL or CS:Go which is extremely boring to watch imo. i agree, but the downtime between significant tournaments is too big to compete with the other genres which are all running throughout the year with small breaks. there is no team aspect and a severe lack of outstanding personalities in the fg scene as well, so unless you really like the games it's hard to get drawn in as a newcomer. |
Mojibake said: street fighter is the most fun to play and watch for me, best characters and mechanics~ Fintan said: I think watching skilled players in game like KOF is a far more entertaining then watching LOL or CS:Go which is extremely boring to watch imo. i agree, but the downtime between significant tournaments is too big to compete with the other genres which are all running throughout the year with small breaks. there is no team aspect and a severe lack of outstanding personalities in the fg scene as well, so unless you really like the games it's hard to get drawn in as a newcomer. What do you mean by a "lack of outstanding personalities"? |
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| Smash melee for me since i'm a pleb, quite enjoy blazblue as well |
| Smash 4 is the only one I play competitively and I enjoy it the most because it plays different from every other fighter. Blazblue being my second favorite but its half for the fighting and the other half for the story. |
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Dark_Chaos said: What do you mean by a "lack of outstanding personalities"? there are tons of well established players in the fg scene, but when compared to other esports the amount of exposure they get is minimal. for the most part all we see is players turning up to tournaments and playing until they can collect prize money, it's very hard to build up a fanbase like that unless you can make a storyline out of your games. |
Mojibake said: Dark_Chaos said: What do you mean by a "lack of outstanding personalities"? there are tons of well established players in the fg scene, but when compared to other esports the amount of exposure they get is minimal. for the most part all we see is players turning up to tournaments and playing until they can collect prize money, it's very hard to build up a fanbase like that unless you can make a storyline out of your games. I see what you mean about the exposure thing seeing as the fighting game community is much smaller compared to the other communities and therefore not as many players get to participate and get themselves known, but how do other esports players "make a storyline out of their games"? What do they do that players like Daigo and DawnHikarii don't? |
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| I got into SF with 4 during arcade edition I play from time to time but I mostly watch. I hate links, specially online. This year I got into 3rd strike (there's an arcade cabinet with it at my job) and it's SO MUCH FUN, way more fun than 4 even at low level play I can see why people love it now. I do think that the characters design sucks though, outside of yun, yang, makoto and the classics. |
Dark_Chaos said: I see what you mean about the exposure thing seeing as the fighting game community is much smaller compared to the other communities and therefore not as many players get to participate and get themselves known, but how do other esports players "make a storyline out of their games"? What do they do that players like Daigo and DawnHikarii don't? not much else really in terms of gameplay, you either gain traction by being super dominant or doing something to attract attention that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise like pulling out the unexpected and having it pay off or just making a comeback. the difference is that the majority of players in other esports are constantly under the microscope so their opportunities to make these kinds of plays come very frequently, whereas fighting games are very feast or famine. |
Mojibake said: Dark_Chaos said: I see what you mean about the exposure thing seeing as the fighting game community is much smaller compared to the other communities and therefore not as many players get to participate and get themselves known, but how do other esports players "make a storyline out of their games"? What do they do that players like Daigo and DawnHikarii don't? not much else really in terms of gameplay, you either gain traction by being super dominant or doing something to attract attention that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise like pulling out the unexpected and having it pay off or just making a comeback. the difference is that the majority of players in other esports are constantly under the microscope so their opportunities to make these kinds of plays come very frequently, whereas fighting games are very feast or famine. So in the end it's all to due with how much how much they play and their viewer count, huh (that's what I'm getting from this anyway) |
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| CVS2:- - Many options to select from. - Good cast of characters GG:- - Good system. - Anime style sprites. - Each moveset has a purpose or attribute. BB:- Same as GG except that BB had the drive system which add to the "strategic" element of the game. AH:- - Arcana system which adds to the "strategic" elements of the game. - Waifus - Dash system, which gives more options when you want to either attack or avoid. SF, KOF, Rival school :- - Good cast of characters. |
| Fighting games? For fps games I'd say Overwatch. So hyped for it's release, been watching streams all day, I do play a lot of CS:GO and league. |
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| Not a fan of the genre in general, but I thought Bushido Blade 1 and 2 for the PS1 were pretty awesome. edit: derp. |
SchnickelFritzNov 26, 2015 8:11 PM
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| I've always like Street Fighter because it's more simple than other fighters, and putting emphasis on spacing and waiting for a opportunity to outsmart your opponent rather than relying on combos like with other Fighting games. I also like Fight Night because I've always liked boxing, but I like FNR4 in particular because it felt a lot more realistic than previous boxing games plus Haymakers weren't abused like they were previously. |
Dark_Chaos said: How is Mortal Kombat not balanced exactly? I played most MK since the first one, and the only thing they did right in 10+ games was to steal the controls and special moves inputs of Street Fighter. MK can be a fun serie to play with friends, but anyone treating it like something else than a casual button mashing game like the Soul Calibur games is wrong. The MK devs are too busy implementing gore systems to have the tight gameplay you'd find in a Street Fighter game, KoF, or the two first Smash Bros. I had some fun with Bloody Roar 3 too but damn it was seriously unbalanced. Just like SC2 and Necrid, anyone picking that fucking mole fighter wrecks the game. The interesting competitive fighting games are always really simple to learn but actually have more depth than the button-mashing fighters like Killer Instinct (damn, nobody remembers this one...) to give you more possibilities. That's why Street Fighter's gameplay didn't changed much since the 2. |
DeathkoNov 27, 2015 10:07 AM
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SchnickelFritz said: Not a fan of the genre in general, but I thought Bushido Blade 1 and 2 for the PS1 were pretty awesome. Fuck yes, those games are awesome. Wish they made more games like that. |
"Your sight, my delight. Will you marry me?" |
One of the more hype years in recent memory. Personally I don't really like MK, it's been more about show/gore then balance and skill. It's not a bad game, just don't like it that much. Soul Caliber actually isn't that popular in Japan compared to other fighting games, I've always liked it more as a console game(especially the original on Dreamcast). It had a fun story mode, MK too for that matter. Street Fighter, KOF, Tekken.... Those are the ones I see as the real competitive/balanced fighting games. Arc System games are awesome don't get me wrong, they just aren't up there with those top three in my opinion. Lots of people say SF is too slow and doesn't have as much variety, I kind of get what those people mean but I think SF has just been perfecting its formula and making a fighting game that is one of the most balanced and skill based out there. Anyone who likes Samurai Showdown, or weapon based fighting games. You may have heard of this one, but it never got much love in America. Really wish this one got a localized and a new release on modern consoles/arcade. The Last Blade 1+2 |
| I remember that evo, Infiltration was fucking sick. |
| Why you not calling it Darkstalkers? I know that's the Japanese name, but we be Westerners in this bitch! Plus Darkstalkers is a way more bad ass name. |
Siruppercut said: Fintan said: Why you not calling it Darkstalkers? I know that's the Japanese name, but we be Westerners in this bitch! Plus Darkstalkers is a way more bad ass name. I'm just used to calling it Vampire Savior. I own the import version for the Sega Saturn since it never was released in the US. I know it was released for the PS1 but 2D port of games usually sucked on the PS1. Yeah... I played Darkstalkers for the first time on PS1, Darkstalkers 3. It was a decent port, not perfect but playable and fun(especially for a western fan who didn't know the difference...). Better then the Marvel Vs Capcom port on PS1. I then played Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower on Dreamcast, that was a great port. Dreamcast was a great console for fighting games, and where I played most of the games I still love today. |
| Tekken I love Asuka and Nina. And has good characters (like Mokuton, Roger (the Kangaaro xD) and Kuma) |
| 2d: Street Fighter, Guilty Gear 3d: Virtua Fighter I think the Street Fighter esports scene is much more internationalized than CS: GO. When Capcom needs to do for SF V is make it F2P on PC in Asia but with micro-transactions on say Rooster/Cosmetics to draw in an audience. |
| I'd say Street Fighter IV series is my favorite overall. I'm a fan of Smash, KoF, and Guilty Gear as well. Soul Calibur is a hit or miss for me. They haven't delivered an amazing game since Soul Calibur III imo. |
| Melee. Duh. I'm into KoF but have nobody to practice against. I may buy it on Steam if anyone's ever interested in some friendly competition. |
Siruppercut said: Fintan said: Yeah... I played Darkstalkers for the first time on PS1, Darkstalkers 3. It was a decent port, not perfect but playable and fun(especially for a western fan who didn't know the difference...). Better then the Marvel Vs Capcom port on PS1. I then played Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower on Dreamcast, that was a great port. Dreamcast was a great console for fighting games, and where I played most of the games I still love today. You were thinking of either X-Men vs SF or MSH vs SF on the PS1. The loading time when you tag out your character during the game sucked on both those games. Sega Saturn version with the 4MB ram cart played both those games Arcade perfect. Oh I meant how the Marvel Vs. Capcom PS1 version just didn't even have the tag out/in options, and I believe there were other drawbacks(don't remember). Never played the ones you mentioned on Ps1. Sounds like they probably should have gone the same route and just eliminated the tag in/out aspect... Better then the game being broken due to the tag out times. It basically just made it more like KOF, it took away a lot of the strategy that was supposed to be in the game though. Most of the my time playing fighting games was in the arcade and on dreamcast. I didn't even learn about that sega saturn stuff until like 2008 lol. At that point it didn't really matter. PS1 had some good fighting game ports though, like SF alpha's. I always thought the Darkstalkers 3 port for PS1 was good too... What did you think was bad about it? |
live2win said: 2d: Street Fighter, Guilty Gear 3d: Virtua Fighter I think the Street Fighter esports scene is much more internationalized than CS: GO. When Capcom needs to do for SF V is make it F2P on PC in Asia but with micro-transactions on say Rooster/Cosmetics to draw in an audience. That would be an AWESOME idea. They already have some F2P fighters for PS3, like Tekken. Capcom would be smart to do that... Thing is, it still would have the learning curve which some do not like. I think that would help a lot though. |
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