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What killed the Arcade for you?
Vigo:
Good point. Didn't think about the single player aspect so much. Nonetheless, there is nothing like challenging someone in an arcade fighter, probably the only real fighter matches I really remember. The only time I remember enjoying a console version like the arcades is when someone brought tekken to school and we had a class tournament in my study hall.
Donkbaca:
KOTH mode in the new Mortal Kombat does a lot to recapture that old feel
bobotech:
Here is my big problem with fighters. This is coming from a mediocre player who was never really good any any video game, I just liked playing them. The problem with fighters is that they were always way too complex for me and I could never do well with the patterns. So every single fighting game became nothing more than a button masher to me. SF2 all the way to the latest and greatest during the late '90s were all the same to me. The whole point was you against someone else using a joystick and a bunch of random buttons.
Same thing with the brawlers like Streets of Rage (was that an arcade or strictly Genesis?), they all seemed to be pretty much the same concept with no originality. Sure the artwork changed or the weapons changed but still , teh same basic thing.
I never could see deeper into the game and appreciate the techniques of pulling off speical moves or anticipating the other players attack and defending it and so on. I was just a mediocre player who got bored and annoyed at ALL fighters and just gave up on arcades other than racing games which have always been my first love.
That was one of the big reasons why I quit. My opinion of fighters has changed though recently. I am now tryign to learn the patterns and the games are much more enjoyable to me.
Mikezilla:
--- Quote from: bobotech on April 27, 2011, 04:51:05 pm ---Here is my big problem with fighters. This is coming from a mediocre player who was never really good any any video game, I just liked playing them. The problem with fighters is that they were always way too complex for me and I could never do well with the patterns. So every single fighting game became nothing more than a button masher to me. SF2 all the way to the latest and greatest during the late '90s were all the same to me. The whole point was you against someone else using a joystick and a bunch of random buttons.
Same thing with the brawlers like Streets of Rage (was that an arcade or strictly Genesis?), they all seemed to be pretty much the same concept with no originality. Sure the artwork changed or the weapons changed but still , teh same basic thing.
I never could see deeper into the game and appreciate the techniques of pulling off speical moves or anticipating the other players attack and defending it and so on. I was just a mediocre player who got bored and annoyed at ALL fighters and just gave up on arcades other than racing games which have always been my first love.
That was one of the big reasons why I quit. My opinion of fighters has changed though recently. I am now tryign to learn the patterns and the games are much more enjoyable to me.
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See, I never got into the driving games, or the sports games. They all seemed boring to me, especially sports games, because I played sports in real life, soooo there wasnt any reason to play a watered down version of it. Its so funny, I just got MvC3 and I got ---my bottom--- handed to me by some punk kid, well, I assumed it was a kid considering it was online. I was so frustrated too. Getting combo'ed non-stop and I thought to myself "man, is this what I was doing to other people in the arcades back in the day?" So thats how that feels. Kinda funny.
DNA Dan:
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on April 27, 2011, 04:55:43 pm ---Its so funny, I just got MvC3 and I got ---my bottom--- handed to me by some punk kid, well, I assumed it was a kid considering it was online. I was so frustrated too. Getting combo'ed non-stop and I thought to myself "man, is this what I was doing to other people in the arcades back in the day?" So thats how that feels. Kinda funny.
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Happens to me all the time when the PSN is up ::) You get served then have to hear some smack on the mic from a chipmunk. What you're only 10? Where are your parents!???
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