Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I played Soul Calibur, DOA, and Tekken over the years. I think I've sold just about every single copy. I played those games at the arcade too. I kinda got tired of them playing the same. There's a few mechanics here and there, but overall it felt like the same game. I remember being in a crowded arcade for Tekken Tag Tournament. Owning them at home has been a real shallow experience. I had SC from 1-5. I didn't bother with getting SC6. I sold my copy of Tekken 7 because I got bored with it. I didn't want to pay more money for characters. Which is why I didn't even get SC6. I had SC5 twice. I sold my copy of DOA6 a couple months ago. The last time I was excited about DOA was DOA4 on 360 and that was when players were populating XBox Live in larger quantities.
I've enjoyed 2D games a lot more. Arc Systems has some awesome games on PS2 that look great. Same with Capcom and NRS. I use to play all the VS games at the arcades too, but I stuck with games like Tekken because they felt good playing the game. I think what killed it was 2D games were a lot more varied with characters and animations. 3D sure looked cool, but I can't get into DOA's style and Tekken feels like I've inputted the same moves for over a decade.
Street Fighter is one of my favorites and one could argue some of the moves are the same. But I feel like Capcom has distinguished their franchise. Especially if you compare the numbered entries in Street Fighter compared to Tekken and Soul Calibur. There are a lot more variations in Street Fighter game(s).
I kinda dislike how ArcSystems has handled Xrd. I love the game, but I hate this Xrd, Rev 1, Rev 2 stuff. What's the point? You're owning multiple games and expansions. Street Fighter IV was fine until the game was completely replaced with Street Fighter V. The best part about Street Fighter IV was that it was a good game for so many years. It brought people back to playing fighting games. 2D was still a wonderful thing (especially with Marvel vs. Capcom 1-3). What killed it for me was we had all these Marvel fans playing UMvC3 for hours on end and then Infinite comes out and it just sucks. Capcom has to make another Versus game to make up for the lack there of of MvC: Infinite. The game didn't capture a single great thing. It was like a copy/paste and not even a good copy of MvC1-3. No X-Men, no characters outside their original season pass, and fans didn't play it.
MK11 is one of my favorite games now. It has a ton of content and the characters are fun to play. I'd rather play that and play other misc. 2D games until another good fighting game comes out. I hate installing GG Rev 2 and then thinking that the cast is not even finished. Its such a good game to keep pushing out various copies. If you own Xrd or Rev 1, you don't own the most recent version. I hate that.
I've enjoyed 2D games a lot more. Arc Systems has some awesome games on PS2 that look great. Same with Capcom and NRS. I use to play all the VS games at the arcades too, but I stuck with games like Tekken because they felt good playing the game. I think what killed it was 2D games were a lot more varied with characters and animations. 3D sure looked cool, but I can't get into DOA's style and Tekken feels like I've inputted the same moves for over a decade.
Street Fighter is one of my favorites and one could argue some of the moves are the same. But I feel like Capcom has distinguished their franchise. Especially if you compare the numbered entries in Street Fighter compared to Tekken and Soul Calibur. There are a lot more variations in Street Fighter game(s).
I kinda dislike how ArcSystems has handled Xrd. I love the game, but I hate this Xrd, Rev 1, Rev 2 stuff. What's the point? You're owning multiple games and expansions. Street Fighter IV was fine until the game was completely replaced with Street Fighter V. The best part about Street Fighter IV was that it was a good game for so many years. It brought people back to playing fighting games. 2D was still a wonderful thing (especially with Marvel vs. Capcom 1-3). What killed it for me was we had all these Marvel fans playing UMvC3 for hours on end and then Infinite comes out and it just sucks. Capcom has to make another Versus game to make up for the lack there of of MvC: Infinite. The game didn't capture a single great thing. It was like a copy/paste and not even a good copy of MvC1-3. No X-Men, no characters outside their original season pass, and fans didn't play it.
MK11 is one of my favorite games now. It has a ton of content and the characters are fun to play. I'd rather play that and play other misc. 2D games until another good fighting game comes out. I hate installing GG Rev 2 and then thinking that the cast is not even finished. Its such a good game to keep pushing out various copies. If you own Xrd or Rev 1, you don't own the most recent version. I hate that.
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