Current Events > Things that should be in all fighting games

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It's 2021

• Versus mode with tournament settings
• Story mode playing as all the characters a la MK
• Arcade mode classic experience with alternate story endings
• Practice mode with frame data and hit boxes
• Spectator mode to watch other players
• Beat em up co-op mini game like Final Fight
• Battle damage option
• Tutorial mode like Skull Girls

These applies to both 2d and 3d fighting games

Those bonus stage things from Street Fighter. If I can't beat the shit out of a parked car, why am I even playing

Real time tutorials on moves for each character.

I'm not sure if I understand the last point

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Full tutorials that explain the basic mechanics of the game, combo challenges for all the characters that show you the basics of each move and some of your bread and butter combos, and the ability to set up certain situations in training mode to practice getting out of them.

Basically, guilty gear xrd 2nd Rev as the gold standard that all other fighting games should follow.

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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...

Story mode playing as all the characters a la MK

Eh gotta disagree. Not all fighting game devs have the money to do that. Then they are forced to spend recourses on making something they might not even care about. If they have a tight budget and are focused on making a competitively viable game that is what they should focus on.


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Dorfmann_ posted...

Those bonus stage things from Street Fighter. If I can't beat the shit out of a parked car, why am I even playing

If I can't walk the streets of rage with mah boyz then what's the point

Cocytus posted...

Real time tutorials on moves for each character.

What do you mean

Mareen posted...

I'm not sure if I understand the last point

Maybe updates tutorials since games get balance patches nowadays.

s0nicfan posted...

Full tutorials that explain the basic mechanics of the game, combo challenges for all the characters that show you the basics of each move and some of your bread and butter combos, and the ability to set up certain situations in training mode to practice getting out of them.

Basically, guilty gear xrd 2nd Rev as the gold standard that all other fighting games should follow.

How could I forget the tutorial mode

MKScorpion posted...

Eh gotta disagree. Not all fighting game devs have the money to do that. Then they are forced to spend recourses on making something they might not even care about. If they have a tight budget and are focused on making a competitively viable game that is what they should focus on.

Doesn't have to be huge budget, but most games have some semblance of story. I include this mode because it explores the setting and encourages (forces actually) players to try new characters.

In a world where the the main fanbase's goal is to destroy all your other fans online, tutorials are absolutely critical for getting newbies to stick around.

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Yeah I kinda disagree with the story thing. It's nice to have but not every fighting game needs it or has the budget to devote to something like that. I do think they should have all the other options (aside from the beat-em-up mode) though.
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Team battle

Bowling mini game

Batman

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• Good Jiggle Physics

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Big titty girls

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Grubhub posted...

Big titty girls

There probably is, but I can't think of a fighting game that doesn't have this.

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Arcade Mode with Unique Endings
Survival/Time/ Score Mode
Online with Rollback Netcode
Instant Rematch, and loading times as low as possible
Some RPG mode where you can do crazy and impossibly cool shit
Robust Tutorial and Practice Mode

A video replay mode where you can review old matches and transfer scenarios to practice mode

20+ Characters at launch, no season pass announcement before the game is even out. Also if a character was in a DLC character in a previous game they shouldn't be in the next game

Gallery for unlockables

If DLC comes out, it should be Character + Stage

Do all of that and it's worth 60 bucks

Beat the game, unlock a new character.

I miss that.

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Mr. Game & Watch

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Mini games

Story mode
Arcade mode
Training mode with all the bells and whistles, including hitboxes, frame data.
Online filters
Costumes and stages
Tutorials
Rollback netcode
Ability to mute/block/report players
Mini games
Free dlc
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Goku