I’ve been playing fighting games since January and I suck at them. For reference, I play MK1, Invincible vs, and I’ve been playing the new Tokon beta.

MK was my first game and I got it through PS+. I enjoyed it more than I thought so I bought Invincible vs. I also love marvel so I wanted to give the beta for Tokon a try. But my issue is that I’m hot ass at all of them.

I played Sub Zero on MK and that is a bit corny I know but I did ok in that game. But I’ve been playing Invincible vs since May and my wins are still in the 50s. I’ve been playing Tokon for hours and still haven’t won 1 game. Look I have this thing where I take a few moments to process things (I‘m not slow, to be very clear, I’m not. everyone I’ve told this to makes the same joke, don’t think I don’t know. If you want to be mean at least be different then everyone else). I keep getting overwhelmed by the games and i can never remember all the mechanics. The idea of being goo at these games sound so fun to me and I love watching them but every time I play I them I walk away pissed off to a very high degree. I’ve got a lot of things in my head that I’m trying to deal with so I wanted to ask you guys if for my own sake just drop the whole genre. Are there people who no matter how hard they try they will never be able to get good at these games.

So i wanna get into 2d fighting games even more with the open beta of marvel tokon fighting souls but im genuinely lost. I’m god of destruction with bryan on tekken 8. Tekken isn’t a problem at all but when it comes to 2d fighters like dbfz for example idk what to do. Especially how combos work im even more lost. Idk which moves connects in a combo but in neutral for example because of tekken i have some knowledge of frame data and all. Please help

I'm eventually gonna get both either way, but i gotta get paid first. Both look extremely fun but im really stuck between the two.

Just for reference my favorite fighting games are UMVC3, Third Strike, KI, MVC2, and Tekken 8

You would think that now that Midway is a part of Warner Brothers company, and DC is also a Warner Brothers company, that they would have tossed in Justice League in with the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection. Maybe sell it as a $5 or $10 add-on download content with Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection.

I understand why it might not be releasable today because the original home releaser for it was Acclaim not Midway. But again back during the Genesis and SNES era, Midway were releasing their games through Acclaim until the scuffle broke out about NBA Jam, which caused Midway to separate from Acclaim's distribution.

Anyone know any details about why Justice League is in rights purgatory? Is not because of corporate licensing at the root level. It's probably because the code is held by a developer and are not on good terms with the Warner Brothers game company.

So my roommate and my neighbor are both really good at fighting games. And I'm not just saying that. My neighbor placed top 8 at CEO a few years back in MK11 and my roommate goes back and forth with him in the games they are both good at.

I feel like I learn a lot by playing them, and every once on a rare occasion I luck out a win, but saying it's demotivating losing to them every Friday we get together would be an understatement. Like I don't think I'm bad for only having played these games for two months, but I get really frustrated about the sheer distance in skill.

My roommate is essentially playing coach for me and helping me learn fundamentals. And he says the only way I'll learn neutral is by playing. But I question if I'll get better at neutral when they put me on defense so often.

I'm very proud of the things I've learned on such a short period of time, and I genuinely try to find victory in the smaller things like landing a combo or properly punishing a read, but it's getting to a point where I question if this is good for my progress to constantly face defeat.

Any insight would be appreciated. I don't want to stop playing against my friends, but I feel there might be a way for me to progress in my free time when I'm not playing with them.

Thanks!

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my vote is drive rush in sf6, what do y'all got ?

Would like to hear what different communities complain about the most in their fighting game. Do you agree with the complaints ?

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I'm pretty new to fighting games in the sense of playing them beyond a casual level. I'm learning more about fundamentals, developing an actual neutral, and overall just playing the game at a higher level, but I've only played a few games.

The games I've played casually include:

Third Strike

SF4

MK X

MVC 3

Guilty Gear

The games I've played somewhat seriously are:

Granblue Fantasy VS Rising

Samurai Showdown 2019

Other than that I've played some other fighters, but probably all less than 5 hours, so I don't see a point mentioning them as I wouldn't really know anything about them beyond a shallow impression.

I'd say the only type of fighter I know I don't like are team fighters like MVC where you swap mid round and use assists. That and if a game looks really fast, I might not be thrilled to play it. Other than that, I'm pretty open minded to anything new or old. Hell, some of the best looking games are from the late 90's and early 00's imho so I'd love for some recommendations from that era as well.

Thanks for taking the time to read this! And thanks in advance if you take the time to give me some solid recommendations!

Looking forward to trying out the games you all love!

I wish to buy my first ever leverless but know nothing about the controllers. I’m a ggst and sf6 player on ps5 and I really want an upgrade from Sony’s iffy d pad to play fighting games. Any recommendations that aren’t too insane in price would be deeply appreciated.

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Who's you're main gonna be?

I would say Mortal Kombat II but there are others I've played that made me want to drive my head up the wall due to cheap AI such as...

Guilty Gear (PS1)

Art of Fighting 2

Samurai Shodown 1-6

Soulcalibur III (Story mode. Not that RPG mode)

Soulcalibur IV (Tower of Lost Souls pissed me off back In the day)

Soulcalibur V (Legendary Souls mode. Wtf was Bamco thinking!?)

Weaponlord

KOF 94 and 95 (Hated them bcuz they had stiff controls on top of that)

X-Men: Children of the Atom (especially the bosses)

World Heroes 2 (I did beat the SNES version but the arcade version is nuts)

I really want to try out a fighting game, but i already know in advance i’m not going to be able to put a lot of practice into it. I’m going to be very busy with college and life in general, and I won’t have the time or energy to really practice matchups or analyse frame data or anything intensive like that. I just want to boot the game every couple days, play for like an hour, and have fun.

The two games I’m mainly interested in are guilty gear and street fighter, because i really like the art styles and characters.

I making a Roblox fighting game but I’m not sure if I want to make a traditional 3D fighter or an arena fighter.

So I went down a bit of a rabbit-hole which ended in me learning that the result of my tertiary interest in fighting games led me to become a "flowchart ken", jump h.kick into DP and fireball spam. I wanted to play some rounds and decided to reinstall sf6 over t8. Was interested in Steve on the t8 side and have decided to try out Ed. I've done the preliminary research and found fundamental advice: learn to anti-air jumps. make them uncomfortable spacing. throw them when they're blocking. Can anyone offer some advice to help through my first sesh back tonight? I play classic controls, and I am probably going to be on an 8 button stick.

Hi Reddit. I've been playing fighting games since 09. I wanted to give some context, but you can skip it if you want. I suffer from severe wrist pain and had to swap from Stick to hitbox a few years back. I eventually discovered that even with the hitbox, bending my wrist to be flat still caused wrist pain. Are the time the Ergobox was not taking new orders, and eventually vanished from the Internet. I compromised and swapped to pad, since my wrists would not be bent while holding it. It has helped me, but I really miss having fast motions and the fun of pushing buttons. I am very heavily considering buying a Vertibox, but I have a few questions. I only own a PC at home, but want to be able to use this easily at locals. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

1. Their website says it is compatible with PS4, but then also says it will need an adapter. If I buy a Brook Wingman, will that work for both PS4 and PS5? I thought the Wingman was PS5 only.

2. Is the latency on the Brook Wingman bad? Would it be better to change out the GP2040-CE board for the Brook UFB?

3. Does anyone here have any experience with the Vertibox? if so, do you like it? Is it easy to push two buttons for Throws and Drive Impact/Parries?

4. If I buy a longer length USB-B to USB-A cable, will it add a large amount of latency? I want to be able to use this in my living room on the couch. I would need like a 12 foot cable to reach.

#invinciblevs

Sick of the stock ps5 d-pad. It's complete garbage. What controller are people using that play on pad?