3 Things you LOVE and HATE about most 2D fighting games.
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Alex.J
[14] Master
My 2cents on 2d fighters.
-Fluid mechanics, it needs to have some type of pace or rhythm to it.
-Diversity of play, characters with difference styles and things that make them unique compared to the next character. People end up identifying with certain characters for whatever reason when you have enough of them that are different. Some people want to play big strong dudes and some people want to play small school girls.
-Having multiple fighting game mechanic options, like in soul calibur, you can parry, JG, block, sidestep, auto gi, backdash, jump, and interupt. Allowing characters to get around certain things that would be mindless lock-down otherwise. Having multiple options also makes the game more rewarding because a right read on an opponent ends up giving a lot of reward.
-The graphics don't have to be amazing, but they need to make sense and not look sloppy. Like a minimalist game can look amazing, there are graphics of games from SNES that still look amazing today.
-Music generally is just background music, done well it can add a whole lot to a game though.
-The fighting game system just needs to make sense, like you are incrementally working on defeating the opponent. People want to know why they won. Random deaths and weird mechanics that instantly kill and opponent are generally unwanted. Exceptions are games like Marvel where there are multiple characters.
-Keep the storyline simple and straight to the point. One's that are over ambitious never seem to work when it comes to fighting games lol.
P.S. Let us know when you finish, I would be interested in playing it.
-Fluid mechanics, it needs to have some type of pace or rhythm to it.
-Diversity of play, characters with difference styles and things that make them unique compared to the next character. People end up identifying with certain characters for whatever reason when you have enough of them that are different. Some people want to play big strong dudes and some people want to play small school girls.
-Having multiple fighting game mechanic options, like in soul calibur, you can parry, JG, block, sidestep, auto gi, backdash, jump, and interupt. Allowing characters to get around certain things that would be mindless lock-down otherwise. Having multiple options also makes the game more rewarding because a right read on an opponent ends up giving a lot of reward.
-The graphics don't have to be amazing, but they need to make sense and not look sloppy. Like a minimalist game can look amazing, there are graphics of games from SNES that still look amazing today.
-Music generally is just background music, done well it can add a whole lot to a game though.
-The fighting game system just needs to make sense, like you are incrementally working on defeating the opponent. People want to know why they won. Random deaths and weird mechanics that instantly kill and opponent are generally unwanted. Exceptions are games like Marvel where there are multiple characters.
-Keep the storyline simple and straight to the point. One's that are over ambitious never seem to work when it comes to fighting games lol.
P.S. Let us know when you finish, I would be interested in playing it.
d3v
[10] Knight
Lock-down is fine as long as there's enough of an execution barrier for it, meaning that it requires a bit of skill/dexterity to actually pull it off.
Refer to Morrigan/Doom in UMvC3 or Strider/Doom and Spiral/Sentinel in MvC2.
These work fine in ArcSys games.
Brok_Homz
[05] Battler
Man I have alot to learn!!! You guys are great! Giving me stuff to research :P
Do you have an emotional attachment to any games? Like for me, I love Street Fighter alot. The storyline never gets old. And I absolutely love playing as Ken.... do you guys look for that? Or just play fighting games for the fun of it?
Anotherwords, if you liked the game, would you be one to buy merch like shirts and toys and soundtrack and artbooks for it? or not?
KEEP THE INFO COMING! THIS IS GREAT :)
Do you have an emotional attachment to any games? Like for me, I love Street Fighter alot. The storyline never gets old. And I absolutely love playing as Ken.... do you guys look for that? Or just play fighting games for the fun of it?
Anotherwords, if you liked the game, would you be one to buy merch like shirts and toys and soundtrack and artbooks for it? or not?
KEEP THE INFO COMING! THIS IS GREAT :)