I’m pretty proud of the video, hope you guys will enjoy it. Lemme know on any spots you agree or disagree with or your favorite part of the video (unless you think it all sucks, in that case I guess tell me your least favorite part).
Probably risky to post this here but hear me out. I’m especially curious what your thoughts are about the points I make late into the video, whether they’re something that bother others as well because I can see that a lot of the first half is mostly opinion that I know people will fairly disagree with.
From a younger age I had experience with Netherrealm games and loved them. Injustice was where it really started for me, really trying to get into it, though my first was MK vs DC (I know it’s bad, you don’t have to tell me lol). I almost exclusively played locally because I’d get my ass kicked online. As I’ve grown up, I appreciate fighting games even more. That is, the way that they look to play. I really enjoy watching stuff like Maximilian or pro tournaments, and that goes for almost any fighting game out there, even the ones I haven’t touched. But playing them myself is such a wholly terrible experience.
When you’re matched up against someone at your skill level it can be enjoyable and strategic, the problem is literally 4 times out of 5 you are placed against someone, even within ranked systems, that are unbeatably better than you. I don’t understand it. One match it’s a level playing field, we’re both doing our few hit combos we’ve learned, understanding when to duck and when to block and when to guess they’re about to grab. The next four games in a row no matter what I do I’m getting hit and lose 50% of my health bar, I can’t punish anything, I can’t start the one or two combos I know how to do. And it’s really bad when I’ve taken like a month long break from something, it feels like I need to re-learn every single move in the game. I’ve tried Street Fighter, Guilty Gear, Marvel vs Capcom, recently I did my damndest to get into 2XKO because I love the League IP, and they are all the exact same (though I can say I especially despise tag fighters with assists and all that bs, makes me very upset about Tokon coming up because of how great it looks otherwise). The only saving grace is still, to this day, Netherrealm fighting games. Because of their offline modes. Outside of those, in the online, I do not think I have ever had as consistently bad experiences with games. Ever.
I’m asking, genuinely, has anyone had the same experience and pushed through it? Is there any hope for me enjoying these games? I may sound egotistical when I say this but I have been very good at nearly every other genre I have ever tried, including platform fighters (you’d think the skills would translate but no, not really). Yet I’ve sunk tens of hours into some of them and even when I feel like I’m making slight amounts of progress I’m having a terrible time doing it because of the amount I still get stomped.