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Fighting Games: The Most Badly Named Genre

Gamoc of Sixthaxis writes: "On Thursday I rented Virtua Fighter 5 for the 360, due to a combination of feeling cheated that the PS3 version didn't have online multiplayer and wanting to beat the crap out of something without getting arrested. I'm going to be up front about this; I am not particularly good at fighting games. I'm not exactly terrible, though, I'm more in the group of people who beat other people of the same group but, when faced by either anyone who plays them a lot or a small child's wild button mashing skills, will lose horribly."

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5282d ago Replies(5)
BYE5282d ago

The beauty of GOOD fighting games is, once you reach a certain skill level you can eat button mashers for breakfast to get free and easy ranking points.

ForNgoods5282d ago

And you'd be surprised that it doesnt take a whole lot of skill to beat that button masher. You just need knowledge of the game.

Ravage275282d ago

i never liked fighting games much, but BlazBlue really surprised me with its unique gameplay and artstyle. Easily the best fighting game for me, as it is the only one that kept me playing :)

Simon_Brezhnev5282d ago

yep thats why its the highest rated fighter this year

zerocrossing5282d ago

id say it depends on the game, the Tekken and Soul caliber franchise are easyer for button mashers (my little sister for example) to get to grips with but somthing like Blaz blue or DoA i'v noticed are harder for button mash.

toaster5282d ago

I love Tekken. I rememeber Tekken 2 on the Playstation and I would always be Eddy because his cool breakdance like moves, or King because he's a f*cking human with a Jaguar head (badass btw). But button massing in Tekken is horrible... Don't get me wrong, I love Tekken but I could get beaten by kids.. and I knew Eddy's movelist inside and out.

DOA and Street Fighter, on the other hand, are about timing, precision, and execution. One mistake when trying to counter could be the end of that match for you.

Also, if this guy is pissed about Virtua Fighter's arcade mode, he should play DOA4 or Street Fighter 4. In for a real treat, hehe. Anyone who's played story/arcade in those games know what I'm talking about. Alpha 152 or whatever it's called in DOA4 teleports DURING COMBOS. Even when you're in the middle of a GRAB COMBO. Has to be one of the all time cheapest bosses. Plus one grab combo from her takes out half your life bar. That's pretty much the same with SF4's Seth.

mbanatech255282d ago

thats why we say true fighting game is mk trilogy thats wher u find grandmaster.

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum7h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.