Anyone Into Fighting Games??

I play them probably more than any other genre. King of Fighters XIII and Street Fighter 3: Third Strike are neck and neck for favorite game. Play SSF4:AE more than anything else though, since most of friends play that.

 

I quite enjoy fighting games, currently own super smash bros, Tekken 6, Street Fighter 2 and trying to get into Blazblue as the visual are stunning but the gameplay is way too complex for me.

 

My. Favorite. Genre. Tekken is by far my favorite series, followed by the Marvel vs. Capcom series. I'm pretty good, and none of my friends can ever beat me. xD I've also played (an like) the Soul series, Street Fighter (Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Street Fighter III: Third Strike are my favorite from that franchise), SNK vs Capcom, Mortal Kombat (Mortal Kombat Trilogy ftw!)...I've played Virtua Fighter, but I don't like any of the ones beyond Virtua Fighter 3. I think King of Fighters is terrible, honestly. I actually downloaded the demo to Skullgirls today, and it's very Marvel vs. Capcom 2-esque. I haven't played BlazBlue, but I intend on getting it when I get some extra money.

As for non-traditional fighting games, The Super Smash Bros. series, Power Stone (for Dreamcast) and the Dragonball Z Budokai and Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi series are my favorites.

 

MvC 2 is complex. XD VERY complex. And broken. xD The third is a lot more user friendly. Also, I heard Street Fighter x Tekken got mostly positive reviews, but I'm mostly waiting out for Tekken x Street Fighter, since I'll feel more at home with that, I believe.

Also, I can't wait for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 coming out this fallllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jun Kazama makes her return to the Tekken franchise! <3

 

SFxT is broken. So many bugs and infinite combos. Plus 12 characters locked on disk to later be sold as "dlc."

I enjoy Blazblue, but I would much rather Arksys make a new Guilty Gear than a new Blazblue.

 

Surely Street Fighter x Tekken is the one!

 

I play SC, but I haven't tried any since III. I also remember liking Capcom vs. SNK II (waaaay back when you could rent video games xD)

 

Capcom self admitted that SFxT was a rushed product that they wanted to get over with as quick as possible, freeing them up to focus more on the new Darkstalkers.

On the topic of tiers, people will logically gravitate to the top tiers to increase their chances of winning. MvC2 is worse than most though, since the top 4-5 characters are way above the rest of the cast in strength.

When I am just playing casual matches online with friends I will use whoever, but I am guilty of counter-picking/being a tier-whore when I am at the arcade/local tournaments. Money on the line > not being a tier-whore.

Also @ShadowDragon: If you like Blazblue, you will like Guilty Gear. Blazblue borrows lots from Guilty Gear in both gameplay and character design.

I.E.

 

Funny thing is: I can never use Sentinel. xD I don't know why. I'm a Storm whore, and she's in almost all of my main teams in 3 (I don't use her that much in 2). Besides, I've never competed in a tournament, but I do play with tier characters in arcades when fighting random people and such. Same with Tekken 6. xD

 

Some Tag 2 footage for you Allegro.

[YOUTUBE]BvH3spYF9wk[/YOUTUBE]

 

I'm downloading this right now. I played the Tekken Tag 2 Prologue that came with the Tekken Hybrid release, and I loved it. The first Tekken Tag is my favorite fighting game, like, ever. Hopefully this one tops the first becomes my new favorite.

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Guilty Gear and BlazBlue are one of the few popular fighters I've actually never played, along with Killer Instinct.

Tekken games have projectiles (i.e., Alisa's head-bomb...thing..., the original Devil and Devil Jin with the lasers, Azazel's laser beams, "Devil" Jinpachi). I'm guessing the specials will look less cartoon-y than in Street Fighter since Tekken is much more realistic in terms of the way character models move (like, maybe Ryu and Ken's Shoryuuken will look more like Kazuya's Demon Uppercut, perhaps?).

Also, about SFxT, honestly, it's pretty low on my priority list. I know the Tekken characters have the four-button attack system like the normal games, but the inability to sidestep is painfully reminiscent of Tekkens 1 and 2 where the sidestepping/8-way run system hadn't been developed yet. At least 1 and 2 had the "infinite arenas" to make up for the lack of side movement, but Street Fighter is so closed in.

Another one that's pretty low on my priority list is Soul Calibur V. I don't really like the fact that literally all of my favorite characters don't appear in the game. Apparently, the "story" mode sucks also.

 

It's all about Tekken 3

 

I haven't played a video game I liked in over 10 years, until I was introduced to Mortal Combat a few months back. Never played it before and I kicked ass. Now if only I knew how to play just about any other game out there.

 

Hell yeah I'm excited! =D I beat the game a few months back and just started watching the anime, which now has me itchin' for more Persona action :lol:

As for other fighting games, the only ones I really play are Dissidia Final Fantasy and Super Smash Bros. (If those count =P). Although, I have played Arcana Heart for the PS2 and thought it was rather fun, but it was at a friend's, so I don't own it.

 

Persona 4 fighter footage

[YOUTUBE]HUb8PROacuE[/YOUTUBE]



KOF XIII is a great game. The netcode for it is terrible though.