Opinion: Where Do Fighting Games Go From Here?

Astaroth136 said:
Have any of you played Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Teisen 4 (GNT4)? It only came out in Japan, and for a Naruto game, it was really fun. It had certain just-frame combos, but it also had something called "Y cancels," which allowed mid-string cancels when your opponent is in mid-air. It had the flashy specials, which were simple to do. It had newb-friendly combos. However, behind all of that, the high level play wasn't bad either. Combos could get really complex and end in specials. Out of the 25+ cast, only two really stood out as top tier, and the rest were pretty balanced. It's easily one of the best fighters I've played.
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I can't believe you just brought up GNT4 in this topic. Its one of the most simplistic and unbalanced fighting games out there. Out of the 25+ cast, only like 4 characters were tournament worthy. The game was incredibly simple and lacked depth... seriously, single button cancels that took no skill and timing.

DivineChaos97 said:
Anyways, a genre will not die unless it starts to suck, like board game video games. Until that happens, like every other competition, the games/ people/ companies will try to 1up eachother. Which may be bad for them, but it's great for us.
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Have you even played Itadaki Street Special or the highly inferior Culdcept? Amazing games...
 
Jaxel said:
I can't believe you just brought up GNT4 in this topic. Its one of the most simplistic and unbalanced fighting games out there. Out of the 25+ cast, only like 4 characters were tournament worthy. The game was incredibly simple and lacked depth... seriously, single button cancels that took no skill and timing.
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Was it really that unbalanced? There must be something I missed. Back when me and some friends played it, only a few characters stuck out as really, really good. There must've been a lot of stuff discovered after I stopped playing it.

Honestly, I thought it was a lot of fun. Although, I had friends to play it with too, and we mostly did free-for-alls and occassional one-on-one's. And I must not have been the only one, because there were numerous tournaments held for it IIRC. I guess it was most fun for me because it was a fighting game that all of my friends enjoyed and were good at.

I liked Culdcept too. What are your bashes on that? XD
 
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