Poll of the Day > Is Guilty Gear Strive a good place to get into fighting games?

(+) Yeah! (+)

Ive played fighting games before like Street Fighter II Turbo and Soul Calibur II. But I wouldnt say I know what Im doing. And Ive wanted to get into these kind of games before but they seem kind of intimidating? Maybe Im just overthinking this.

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I don't know but the soundtrack alone seems worth paying $60 for.

Any game should be a good starting point. If not then it's a bad game.

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Strive was intentionally designed to try and be beginner friendly above all else, to the point where some veteran players are upset that it's been simplified too much to the point the game is less interesting.

So if low barrier of entry for a fighter is your main goal, it's probably what you're looking for.

They did this because frankly, fighting games are niche compared to many other genres and they were hoping to bring in a new audience and increase sales for the franchise.

Aside from the original fighting brands like Street fighter and MK which everybody in the west recognizes, most fighting games that don't sport big IPs like DC or Marvel struggle to sell in high numbers.

Funnily enough, while Strive seemed to have the goal of being simple, Dragon Ball FighterZ was patched to be more crazy.

Another thing to note though is Strive uses better netcode then most other Japanese fighters (the first time the developer is using it for a new game), since I assume you'll be mostly playing online.

Guilty Gear's story is mostly nonsense, and the "story" mode for Strive is essentially just a movie with no interaction, so if you're looking for decent single player mode like the Injustice games have, know it doesn't have that.
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Skullgirls

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https://www.humblebundle.com/games/fighting-juggernauts-bundle
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The most intuitive fighting games to me have alllllllways been the king of fighters series. Very low barrier to entry

yeah it is, older GG games are kind of notorious but strive is a lot more accessible

the new melty blood is also good for beginners
DeltaBladeX posted...

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/fighting-juggernauts-bundle

i wouldnt say any of those are really an accessible good first game (not totally sure about power rangers, though)

ReggieTheReckless posted...

The most intuitive fighting games to me have alllllllways been the king of fighters series. Very low barrier to entry

i consider myself "approximately average at tournaments" skill level and i've NEVER been able to get good at kof games, the combos feel way too hard and the neutral feels overly complex with the array of jump-in options you have available

i still think sf4 is one of the best beginner games because of the lack of combos but its pretty dead now cuz of 5...

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agesboy posted...

i wouldnt say any of those are really an accessible good first game (not totally sure about power rangers, though)

Eh, I posted because a good price on several, and they are at least familiar with SoulCalibur.
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ya it is good price i agree and if something happens to click thats the best starter

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Skullgirls

The best team fighter you can find, and theyre midway through a new wave of DLC

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skullgirls is very combo heavy so i dunno if i'd really rec it tho

man if sfxt was still alive i'd tell everyone to play it....

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Skullgirls has the most beginner-friendly tutorial mode I've ever seen in a fighting game

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Compared to other GG games, this one was definitely developed with accessibility in mind, although I wouldn't say it's the most beginner friendly fighter game. You will still need to learn a lot on fighting game concepts such as neutral, meaty, blockstring etc.

Another thing, the game uses a ranking system that places you on a floor with players of similar level. I think most players are around floor 6+, so if you plan to stick around and play, it's worth developing your skills to that level so you have actual opponents to play against.

The lobby system is ass tho

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agesboy posted...

i consider myself "approximately average at tournaments" skill level and i've NEVER been able to get good at kof games, the combos feel way too hard and the neutral feels overly complex with the array of jump-in options you have available

Well when I say low barrier to entry, I don't mean easily being able to get good enough to play people in tournaments, ha

I only mean like... KoF just makes sense. The movements feel like they are what you should be doing for the moves youre seeing on screen (95% of the time). Compare that to say something like mortal kombat or killer instinct or marvel where you're basically having to look up and memorize combos and combo videos just to do anything. Even with a basic understand of 3 KoF characters and playing with them a bit over time, you stand a good chance at being able to at least have a fun match against someone and not just a one-sided STOMP of all your characters

every kof char feels like they have super unique normals, and normals don't necessarily lead into anything until u git gud

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Cruddy_horse posted...

I don't know but the soundtrack alone seems worth paying $60 for.

All this bullshit blazing, still my heart is blazing!

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Pretty surreal when one of the soft rock songs play while getting my ass slapped by a Nagoriyuki

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papercup posted...

Ive played fighting games before like Street Fighter II Turbo and Soul Calibur II. And Ive wanted to get into these kind of games before but they seem kind of intimidating?

TC, you take the blue pill you wake up & believe whatever you want to believe.

OR

You take the red pill & get into some real #@&*!
https://youtu.be/Z9X1Ta1jN8E

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Try Granblue fantasy Versus heck it even has a rpg mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8_eWMQuqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9N--xsNyPE

the sound tracks are good to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-QETzHkRac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zqw58SSCyM

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^Yep. Theres always several to choose from. Play em all!
King of Fighters Team mode! style.
Soul Calibur Weapons activated! style.
Guilty Gear Don't Blink/Eyes will bleed! style.
Street Fighter crouching Medium Punch activated! style
Virtua Fighter Dural kicks your #%$! style.
Dead or Alive Kasumi kicks real high! style.
Marvel vs Capcom Everybody onscreen at the same time! style

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Mankind knew they couldnt change society. So instead of reflecting on themselves, they blamed the beasts.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhsq2kkMLzM

Best mod for Strive hands down

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papercup posted...

Mankind knew they couldnt change society. So instead of reflecting on themselves, they blamed the beasts.

So which fighting games do you plan on starting with?

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It should be noted that if you're a Dragon Ball fan you might as well get Dragon Ball FighterZ for that reason. Dragon Ball FighterZ actually has a pretty good single player story for a fighter if that's a concern for you.

Developer support for the game probably just ended though.
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blackhrt posted...

So which fighting games do you plan on starting with?

I havent decided yet, stilling thinking about if I want to at all :V

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I wish there was a new BlazBlue
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