The resurgence and possible oversaturation of the fighting game genre

[DeltaKyaku]

This will happen, but don’t think it’s unique to SFIV, or that it happens because a game is bad.

I won’t say it’s not, but there’s a reason ST and KoF98 get rereleases. There’s dead games that are overshadowed by new game hype, and then there’s dead games that just aren’t worth going back to.

[Tatsumaki_12]

This is why I fucking stopped posting on forums as often as I used to, on SRK in particular, over the past several years. You guys are the most wish washy bunch of tight wad posers this side of the Moon.

It’s as if you WANT the Fighting Game Community to die. You bitch when all we have is 10 year old titles to play, and then companies get the guts to attempt new titles, and you bitch because they weren’t the best game in the (insert series here), and they should have never made it at all, or some shit.

You spend years jacking off to the thought of sequels, and possible match ups between popular franchises. Spending months at a time in shit like MUGEN, just wishing a company would take a stab at your awesome VS game concept, and they DO, and you fucking bitch.

OH LAWD, this game is sooo scrubby! Or whatever the flavor of the month is. Some of you make me sick to the stomach.

Hey, you don’t HAVE to play anything post 1999! You can live in your closet world, where the Sega Saturn And PlayStation are still fighting for that top spot, and you are foaming at the mouth of a BACK LIT Game Boy. The rest of us are gonna be thankful Capcom, or whomever gives a shit about us, to even put time and money into new titles. I could care less about Pokemon Copper and Poop, or Megaman X2Zero 30. You can keep it.

I like SF4. Shit is fun. No matter how hard I tried, I could care less about all the hella deep technical crap, that you dissect in your mega-nerd brains, that keep you from enjoying launching blue energy blasts at one another, and having a good ol time. And no, I’m not a “scrub”. I’ve played many a person over the years in various games online, and I’m decent. I can hang with alot of them. But I don’t look forward to the next SF title, hoping its Super Turbo 2. That’s like, the opposite of what I want.

Kind of off topic, but ON topic. No. The market is not over-saturated with Fighters. I mean, at best 10 games announced/released within 2009-2010, between like, 5 companies? How many fucking shooters come out a year? 20-30? There’s been more Pokemon games in the past several years, than SF in it’s entirety (I think).

Blah blah blah. Get a blog.

lol this guy’s got all you whiney lolsrs down to a fucking TEE!! haha good stuff my man best post ive ever read on this forum.

[Eshmasesh]

oh wow 6 total? I like that! Tager will forever be my main, but I always like some options! and I didn’t know there were such heavy changes. those sound nice! maybe I’ll pick that up! BlazBlue has made me really like fastpaced, comboheavy fighters more, and has gotten me interested in finding Guilty Gear.

yeah, there will be six new characters but it’ll take a while for two of them to be finished/release. Hazama, Tsubaki and Mu are playable on release, Makoto will be DLC about two weeks after, and Valkenhyn and Platina will eventually be DLC. Makoto looks [media=youtube]5A4VyJUAdzU[/media] so far.

[DaBakerMann]

i dont see an oversaturation problem really with fighting games when so many damn shooters with the exact same concept are coming out. i see a better sense of originality in the fighting genre, if anything thats why i havnt played a FPS in so long . Hell, with all the variable fighting games coming out SRK should be embracing it instead of bitching about ten thousand different things. These games will only make the scene stronger and more enjoyable.

[SSJ_Sonikku]

I don’t see the fighting games being overpopulating the market at all. I’m glad that there is a huge variety of games coming out.

Now FPSs, that is the one genre that is just overpopulating the market now. I don’t really care for FPS games at all. The only FPS games I like are the Metroid Prime games, Half Life 2, Portal, GoldenEye N64 and the upcoming sequel.

[NecroZerumus]

>Metroid Prime
>FPS

Son, don’t even start it.

[AwesomeObliterator]

Perfect post. /thread

You forget that competition is a HUGE source of enjoyment from the game. 3S is an amazing game I won’t refute that, but have you considered that his friends were just looking for something new? A whole new metagame with a vast source of players means you’re going to encounter a ton of new fighting styles. While popularity doesn’t change a games internal mechanics, it will influence the variety of it’s competition.

[SSJ_Sonikku]

>Metroid Prime
>FPS

Son, don’t even start it.

What do you mean? Please elaborate if you can. That is why I did not go any further into the subject since I generally do not like FPSs.

[NecroZerumus]

It’s a First-Person Adventure game, not shooter. Half-Life 2 and Portal could be considered those as well.

So it was natural for you to like them

[Biolink]

Hell no there isnt an oversaturation of fighting games. Shit a lame ass Halo clone comes out every week, and Wii gets more shipments of shovelware than Home Depot. Good fighting games are coming out every 6 to 8 months now so its All Good.
As for the old games and the old days here’s how it is
You can
A)Step up to me and the rest of the world on this new shit we playin right here
or
B)Take all that back in the day trollin as bullshit and feed it to your old time travelin ass friend or two that’s playing that old garbage

SF2:Old
3S:Old and broken
Alpha series:Old, broken, and corny
Darkstalkers:Old, No one has heard of you
CvS2: No one plays you
Mvc2: When MvC3 drops your time is up

SF4 is here to stay. Cuz at the end of the day its all that matters.

Oh fuck.

During my break, SRK seems as funny as ever.

[Sylari]

It’s a First-Person Adventure game, not shooter. Half-Life 2 and Portal could be considered those as well.

So it was natural for you to like them

It’s a first person shooter with adventure-rpg elements to it.

[PsychoJosh]

Hahaha but seriously folks SF4 is a fucking terrible game and anyone who likes it is a masochistic retard of the highest caliber.

[Kalyx_triaD]

Hahaha but seriously folks SF4 is a fucking terrible game and anyone who likes it is a masochistic retard of the highest caliber.

KASHAPsychoJosh

Last seen 2 hours ago playing SUPER STREETFIGHTER IV

[Da_Boogeyman]

What a drama queen

[doyoudigworms]

I’m guessing a lot of people missed the dry spell when there were no new fighting games? I’d gladly take an over saturation now then deal with the gaping hole that was the fighting game genre. I’m in it for the long haul 'cause eventually as everything does it will get stale again and then what do we have to play?

I say 2010/2011 is one of the best times to be a fighting game fan, regardless of your personal opinion regarding a specific game. It’s better than nothing.

[Helter_Skelter]

KASHAPsychoJosh

Last seen 2 hours ago playing SUPER STREETFIGHTER IV

Hahahahahah!

Yeah, he must of decided it’s the worst game in the world about a week ago.
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[Kalyx_triaD]

You’d never catch me talking about how rubbish a game is while being a regular player. My words hold more credibility than that.

[krazykone123]

It’s a first person shooter with adventure-rpg elements to it.

Not exactly, Metroid Prime puts way too much emphasis on the adventure aspect of the game (scanning, back-tracking, cramped/wide-open environments, puzzles, etc) for it to be just called a “fps with adventure-rpg elements to it” imo

I’m guessing a lot of people missed the dry spell when there were no new fighting games?

What dry spell?

[NeoBlood]

Im just playing whatever until the next Guilty Gear drops. Then all the people whining about SF not being technical enough can try that out and whine about it being too hard.

[iamKitKatbar]

I have high hopes for Mk9 and any Guilty Gear, Blazblue that Arksys releases