I made a post here a few days ago complaining about content all being elsewhere, which was nice to vent, but doesn’t really help the situation. Now I’ve decided to be the change.

Let’s actually talk a little. What games do you all play? Tell me what you like about them!

Personally I’ve always been big into Street Fighter. I enjoy almost any fighting game, but the SF series is the one that I have by far put the most time into. I’m having a blast with SF6, even if I am just a diamond rated scrub. :D

  • missingno@fedia.io
    4·
    11 days ago

    I got into Skullgirls because it was the first even halfway-decent fighting game with a native Linux port. Still playing it nearly a decade later because it’s that damn good.

    I also love Them’s Fightin’ Herds for being the next game to get a port. But with the current state of the game I haven’t been grinding as much lately since I can’t always hop on and get matches very easily… It’s always gonna hold a special place in my heart and I will keep entering majors whenever it’s there, but I’ve accepted its fate…

    I’ve also been hooked on UNI2 as of late. I bought the Switch version since I have neither Windows nor PS4, but we’ve got an active Discord and biweekly bracket at least. I only know about half the matchups in the game though, so I’m at risk of getting caught out at majors.

  • emb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    Not really FGC, but adjacent - I’ve mainly played Melee. Grew up with it as a kid and eventually attended locals for many years. Has great feeling to how characters control and the way combat flows.

    I’ve never really pushed through to really learn a traditional fighter - but there’s so many cool ones I want to love. Soul Calibur and Gran Blue VS do a nice job of being approachable, while the SFIII/MvC2/CvS2 Capcom era just oozes style. And KoF in particular feels nice coming from Smash, having rolls and short hops.

  • DeadWorld@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    I love love love tekken and other 3d fighters. I mostly stay away from 2d fighters outside of skull girls and smash (yeah, I’m calling it a fighting game, pick up the sticks)

    • vithigarOPEnglish
      2·
      11 days ago

      I’ve dabbled with Tekken but it never really hooked me. Always have a blast playing SoulCalibur though!

      • DeadWorld@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        11 days ago

        So long as I can side step attacks, I’m happy. Soul Caliber is a classic but its newer iterations lost me. So for now it’s memories of SC2 that shine the brightest, slowly going down hill ever since

  • aight_passing@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    I’ve always played fighting games casually with friends and cousins (sf2, mvc2, smash, samurai showdown, sf4) and have watched a fair bit of tournament play without fully understanding the games.

    I got into sf6 last year and have really been trying to learn the game "correctly’'. I haven’t made the push to master and am still bad at the game, but I’m having a lot of fun.

    I found a weekly local tournament near me and I’m planning to go sometime soon! I’m obviously gonna get my ass handed to me, but looking forward to it.

    • vithigarOPEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      Very similar to me!

      I was casually into SFV, made it to gold in ranked with Zeku, but never really took it seriously. Played lots of very casual 2/alpha/MvC for many years.

      Have put some actual time into SF6 and am climbing through diamond now, and have made appearances at a couple of locals where I did terribly, but it was a lot of fun.

      I feel like Master is attainable, and I hope to reach it before phase 7 ends.

        • vithigarOPEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          Was diamond 1 when I made this original post, currently diamond 2. Progress has slowed somewhat, but I know the areas I need to work on to tighten things up.

          Been tracking my progress in a spreadsheet.

          One moment that sucked was quitting mid-match to answer a knock at the front door and ate a >100LP disconnect penalty for it. In hindsight I should’ve just AFK’d and let the guy take my 40 instead. It was a goddamn door-to-door ISP sales agent.

          I’ll add you next time I’m on and maybe I’ll see you around. I’m in a bit of a weird timezone though.

          edit: I can’t find you on the buckler sight by any of “aight_passing”, “aight passing”, or “kajib”. What’s your CFN ID?

          edit the second: Found you with a hyphen.

  • Remy Rose@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    11 days ago

    Battle Craze! It feels closest to a 2d anime fighter I guess, but borrows heavily from like nearly every genre. I like how fast paced it is, and the massive amount of options in terms of playstyle. Also the quirky and unique character designs.