Current Events > fighting games is the thinking man's genre

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Fighting games require immense execution, adaption, reactions, and research to play adaquately. The skill ceiling is so high such that it's uncommon to see a significant skill gap between any two players. Unlike other popular competitive multiplayer titles like CSGO and DOTA2, fighting game players have no reliance on teammates for support and to compensate for each others weaknesses.

There is a heavy burden on fighting games players to become proficient in the challenges of fighting games. This includes frame data analysis, match-up specific knowledge, combo execution, fundamental footsies, and specific setups. Despite all these challenges, the higher difficulty curve makes victories and rewards more satisfying for the player. In addition, this produces a higher replay value such that players always have a motivation to strive higher above others

this is why decade old games like super turbo and kof 96 are still played today while games of other competitive genres like quake 3 and starcraft 1 are dead
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Pfft all you have to do is push random buttons really fast

PSXer_D5_MkIII posted...

Pfft all you have to do is push random buttons really fast

And if you do that against me in MK2, i'll mop the floor with ya.
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FightingGames posted...

Fighting games require immense execution, adaption, reactions, and research to play adaquately.

Objection:
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And I'm the Riddler, babeh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8WirIPPnbA
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PSXer_D5_MkIII posted...

Pfft all you have to do is push random buttons really fast

And get hardwalled as a skilled player perfect parries your predictable scrub behavior and delivers a 14 counter-hit combo followed by a 3-bar super, blasting your ass to pieces.

That's what they call a curb stomp, son.
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Its ok to think of men. Its 2017.
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rip thinking man shot up to 97 bush mashes
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Only fighting game I like is Dead or Alive, for the boobies.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQ5AS1kqBM
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the amount of effort, research, and training you have to put in does not make them fun at all. It's like juggling a full time job while also being a student at an ivy league university majoring in engineering.

It's not fun at all.
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WalkingLobsters posted...

the amount of effort, research, and training you have to put in does not make them fun at all. It's like juggling a full time job while also being a student at an ivy league university majoring in engineering.

It's not fun at all.

Fighting games are fun if you're playing against the computer or a friend.

lol at playing fighting games competitively though.
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Strategy games are a thinking mans genre...among a ton of others.
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still not as demanding as RTS.
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As if mentioning Brood War in a footnote validates some argument you haven't even made against its genre....
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Fighting games need waifus with jiggly boobs, that's all they need.
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