Breaking The Execution Barrier In Fighting Games - CDM

Modern fighting games have allowed players of all skill levels to compete, tearing down the 'execution barrier' which once scared them away.

[Gaming4Life1981]

I get that fighting game companies want to make fighting games easier for all to play and I totally disagree. Fighting games were great because you had to put time and effort into each character for the win, button mashing would only get you destroyed. Now in most fighters button mashers can win and the games in general are being made at a casual level.

I grew up in a time that when you were not good at something you practiced and put the time into getting better. Now everything is made for the casual player who really doesnt care that much anyway.

Fighters have been taking steps back for a long time and they are still fun but I wish it was like the old days. Its not just fighters going casual its gaming period, what happened to the frustration of a game being extremely hard and the joy of conquering it. I cant even remember the last time I actually had trouble in a game and thats sad.

I am a gamer and always will be but developers need to remember what made gaming great and it was not making games easier just to cash in on people who only gonna play the game for 4 hours anyway.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Extremely well said!!! Another problem is that the steps developers usually take to reduce the learning curve for games only create easier exploitable tactics for advanced players who 90 percent of the market.

If you don't want to take the time to get better at something then it isn't for you.....

[Gaming4Life1981]

Your absolutely right and that is exactly what happened in ultimate marvel vs capcom 3.

[BQ32]

Nonsense comments. The idea that casuals can get wins over experienced players in any of these fighting games is ludicrous. Even if they are easier to get into and the timing for combos is less strict they are still hard to master, let alone having an understanding of all the characters tools, frame data, and match ups. There is no way a casual without full understanding of the game is going to beat an experienced technician, and even an experienced player has almost no chance of beating someone that has mastery over their character matchups and makes great reads. As long as this dynamic still exist a lower barrier of entry can only grow the fg community as well as making top tier play more exciting by being more about mind games, anticipation, and craftiness and less about superior mechanical execution.

[BQ32]

Quick add, I have no experience with MVC so I can't speak to that game and do prefer the games with comeback mechanics that are less influential or non existent such as virtua fighter. Though they are done well in sone games like mortal Kombat X where there is serious risk reward on when to use meter or if it should be saved.

[Gaming4Life1981]

ok well thats your opinion but it happens and to say other wise is non sense. Games being made easier for casual gamers is wrong and I stand by that as a gamer.

You act like a casual fighter cares about frame data etc. They only want to win and will do anything it takes, im not saying it cant be countered but these people do win not knowing or caring because the games are made for them. Call it bulshit all you want but the truth is in your face as developers have said that they make games more casual for all players to enjoy.

[payikick]

Well, Then theres The King of Fighters and Guilty Gear. The level of execution is insane and yet rewarding when mastered.

[JunMei]

That was a good read! Interesting perspective.