I love fighting games, I've been playing them since I was a kid but recent
outings hasn't gotten me excited. Recently, Tekken 8 and Street Fighter 6 was
released but I'm just not excited to jump into it.
My fighting game history is based off the console LOL, I didn't really get into
arcades until much later in my teens.
I remember my first fighting games were for the SNES; Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat
TMNT: TE & Killer Instinct. I used to rent them all the time from Blockbuster and
play with my siblings and friends. One of my sisters friend older brother had an
imported DBZ 3 fighting game for SNES which was crazy good, I still play it sometimes
on emulator, also there was a Gundam fighting game that was understated.
Then PSX came with Rival Schools, Street Fighter Alpha, Tekken 3 (one of my all time
favorites) and later on Marvel Vs Capcom and Bloody Roar. Maybe these are not considereda
by FGC fans as a pure fighting game but Bushido Blade 1 & 2 was my jam as well.
In the arcades, I saw Street Fighter 3rd Strike, one of my favorite fighting games of all
time - I still play it to this day, and Marvel vs Capcom (which I bought the PSX version for,
which was not the same). Then the arcardes kinda died off here in Canada and I wasn't really
console gaming anymore - kinda switched to PC at the time.
Then one of the places I worked at, I found out that my co-workers were fighting game fanatics
so I ended up getting into the PS3 generation of fighting games; Ultra Street Fighter IV Turbo,
Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, Virtual Fighter 5 I believe, Skullgirls and Divekick. Then I ended
buying the SF3rdStrike Online Edition, I missed the MvsC2 in the PS store unfortunately.
I also have a PSP FGC history, I used to play Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Marvel vs Street Fighter
alot on these when I finally managed to root the darn thing (also Bushido Blade).
Now, in my PC gamer arc; I have Tekkern 7, Street Fighter 5, Skullgirls, Hellish Quartz, Brawlhalla,
Dragonball FighterZ, Idol Showdown, Killer Instinct, Multiversus, Sclash, Soul Calibur 6 and Smash Legends.
There's probably some other games that I didn't list, like I have a bunch of old school King of Fighters
in my accounts or some indie ones I can't remember.
So I've played alot of fighting games, I prolly forgot some TBH - like the ones I've played through
emulators or through other various "means" but my point is that recently, there hasn't been any new
fighting games I'm excited for - the recent Tekken and SF just doesn't have the same pizzaz as the
other games I've really loved. I'm not really sure what they are missing that I just can't get into
them. Like I've had Brawhall installed for years now but only managed to play a couple of hours of it.
I'll prolly pickup SF 6 and Tekken8 when it goes on sale. The only game I'm really thinking about it maybe
SClash and Soul Calibur 6. Of course I still play 3rd Strike and I'll probably boot up Ultra SF 4. IDK, those
games I like but not the future incarnations. I still love the genre thought but I'm just not obsessed
with it anymore.
lizard people have taken over the wurldo..