Whats your favorite fighting game?

[Wing Woo Gar]

You all need to try Dayz. It could be hours before you even see someone else, but when you get into gunfights in this game it’s the most intense ever.

 

[Tigerwarrior]

Have not played a video game since the early 80's

Man they have advanced alot since then. Try one out sometime it's a fun time. I play some new games but 90s and 80s arcade styles are my favorites. Even mortal kombat and street fighter have come a long way, but I still enjoy the older versions and play them when I get the chance.

 

[Tigerwarrior]

Some videos on Sifu game...

I've heard about this game. I haven't tried it yet.

 

[Tigerwarrior]

I have always enjoyed Streets of Rage 2 and also Mortal Kombat

Never played streets of rage, but I saw the bundle of them all on the digital store. I'm considering getting it only 8.99. What's it like?

 

[Tigerwarrior]

Here's an oldie, but goodie. Although the graphics and gameplay aren't much more than what can be expected from a game released in 1990, I imagine that if an actual fighting tournament not sanctioned by any sports organization happed, Pit Fighter is the most realistic representation of what it would look like. The fights would take place in sketchy settings, like warehouses, dive bar basements, etc - and the fights would be surrounded by an audience of hoodlums and criminals.
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I never heard of this one, I'll have to check it out.

 

[O'Malley]

I've heard about this game. I haven't tried it yet.

Sifu is a 3D beat'em up heavily inspired by classic martial arts movies (think Bruce Lee, The Raid, etc.). The main character is a Bak Mei Kung Fu expert who goes on a purposefully tropey vengeance journey. You have many moves, some of them quite creative, and you have to use your environment well (improvised weapons, but also rolling away from danger on tables and obstacles, climbing away from groups of enemies or throwing them down high places). The protagonist can revive each time he/she dies, as long as he's younger than 70 (you start at 20 years old). Each time you die, you lose years of life, and if you die several times in the same section you lose life quicker. The older you get, the more fragile you get (but you also deal more damage). The game is very punitive in its design because, paradoxically, the worse you play, the less leeway the game gives you. The point is to get to the end of a level so that you learn it, and then re-do it over and over so that you finish it at the youngest age possible, which gives you more margin for error in the later levels.

Never played streets of rage, but I saw the bundle of them all on the digital store. I'm considering getting it only 8.99. What's it like?

I finished SoR4, great game. It's a classic side-scrolling beat'em up with good movesets for characters, great enemy design and a sublime presentation (both in terms of graphics and music).

Curiously, both these games are made by French.

 

[Stuarto]

Never played streets of rage, but I saw the bundle of them all on the digital store. I'm considering getting it only 8.99. What's it like?

It's a good old classic Sega Genesis game. Streets of Rage is a side scroller fighting game, almost similar in a way to Golden Axe.

 

[Hot Lunch]

It's a good old classic Sega Genesis game. Streets of Rage is a side scroller fighting game, almost similar in a way to Golden Axe.

The original Streets of Rage technically is Golden Axe.

Here's the history of that: Final Fight was originally intended to be released for both consoles in late 1991. However, Nintendo was able to make a deal with Capcom to get Final Fight as an SNES exclusive title.

Because of this, Sega had to act fast and create a belt-scrolling beat 'em up (side-scrolling beat 'em up actually refers to games like Bad Dudes and Vigilante) to have something on the Genesis to compete with Final Fight on the SNES.

The quick solution was to take Golden Axe, strip it down to its foundations, and build Streets of Rage onto it. This actually bought Sega enough time to immediately start working on Streets of Rage 2 and build it completely from scratch.

 

[Stuarto]

The original Streets of Rage technically is Golden Axe.

Here's the history of that: Final Fight was originally intended to be released for both consoles in late 1991. However, Nintendo was able to make a deal with Capcom to get Final Fight as an SNES exclusive title.

Because of this, Sega had to act fast and create a belt-scrolling beat 'em up (side-scrolling beat 'em up actually refers to games like Bad Dudes and Vigilante) to have something on the Genesis to compete with Final Fight on the SNES.

The quick solution was to take Golden Axe, strip it down to its foundations, and build Streets of Rage onto it. This actually bought Sega enough time to immediately start working on Streets of Rage 2 and build it completely from scratch.

That was a good play on Sega's part. Streets of Rage 2 is great. I still play it from time to time along with Golden Axe 2. My Sega Genesis which my dad bought me in the early 90's is still going strong. My original games all still work too.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Space Marine 2 anyone?

 

[Stuarto]

Space Marine 2 anyone?

Looks awesome. Me and my buddy are planning on playing it.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Looks awesome. Me and my buddy are planning on playing it.

I have 2 friends that are getting it so we can run the co op campaign.

 

[Tigerwarrior]

It's a good old classic Sega Genesis game. Streets of Rage is a side scroller fighting game, almost similar in a way to Golden Axe.

Genesis was my first video game system. I used to love the Sega channel, wish their was something like it out there. I do have Xbox game pass which is kinda close, but I miss the 90s vibes of those games.

 

[Steve]

That is far more difficult than you might think. D&D is an incredibly complex game with a pile of rule books taller than some of our users. Your best bet is to find a local group. You might start by checking game shops. Many of them have open games.

Late to this conversation, but I’d say the new rule set is straightforward and focuses on role playing and story telling. Anyone can pick it up. Finding a group is a great way to start, for sure. but you can get going on your own no problem.

Genesis was my first video game system. I used to love the Sega channel, wish their was something like it out there. I do have Xbox game pass which is kinda close, but I miss the 90s vibes of those games.

My first system was an Intellivision, which now belongs to my SIL. He collects game systems and has a lot of them, old and new.

When i was a broke, newly married college student, my wife and I would really party hard. We’d buy a six pack of beer, a box of donuts, a big pizza from Little Ceasars, and rent a Sega Genesis and a few games from Blockbuster Video. Good memories.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Late to this conversation, but I’d say the new rule set is straightforward and focuses on role playing and story telling. Anyone can pick it up. Finding a group is a great way to start, for sure. but you can get going on your own no problem.


My first system was an Intellivision, which now belongs to my SIL. He collects game systems and has a lot of them, old and new.

When i was a broke, newly married college student, my wife and I would really party hard. We’d buy a six pack of beer, a box of donuts, a big pizza from Little Ceasars, and rent a Sega Genesis and a few games from Blockbuster Video. Good memories.

B17 bomber!

 

[Stuarto]

I have 2 friends that are getting it so we can run the co op campaign.

Thats what me and my buddy want to do as well.

 

[Stuarto]

Genesis was my first video game system. I used to love the Sega channel, wish their was something like it out there. I do have Xbox game pass which is kinda close, but I miss the 90s vibes of those games.

The Genesis was also my first game system. My dad took me out to Sears and picked it out for me. It came with Sonic the Hedgehog. I'll never forget how excited I was to get home and play it. One day I got dropped off at my apartment by the school bus. My dad was waiting there with Sonic 2 in his hand. I nearly did a back flip lol.

 

[Tigerwarrior]

Late to this conversation, but I’d say the new rule set is straightforward and focuses on role playing and story telling. Anyone can pick it up. Finding a group is a great way to start, for sure. but you can get going on your own no problem.


My first system was an Intellivision, which now belongs to my SIL. He collects game systems and has a lot of them, old and new.

When i was a broke, newly married college student, my wife and I would really party hard. We’d buy a six pack of beer, a box of donuts, a big pizza from Little Ceasars, and rent a Sega Genesis and a few games from Blockbuster Video. Good memories.

Man I miss those days! I had many weekends like that growing up minus the beer. It was awesome to rent a Genesis and games. I remember the carrying case for it. It was so cool. Me and my brother played a few games on it and fell in love with it. We asked our parents for one, they saved up and got us our own. Then we eventually got the Sega channel, which to me was the greatest gaming innovation ever. Not many people agree with that, but 5 year old me thought it was the coolest thing in the universe. Now there's Playstation now and Xbox game pass, I've tried them both, but still would prefer the Sega channel even though I use game pass. Facts say game pass and ps now are better quality, but to me I miss the old Sega games.

 

[Hot Lunch]

My first system was an Intellivision, which now belongs to my SIL.

Interesting "bit" of trivia: after the 32/64 bit era, console manufacturers stopped advertising how many "bits" were in the CPU of their consoles after we all learned from Atari Jaguar's marketing that "bits" don't mean squat (Jaguar claimed to be 64 bit, but was only so on a technicality and was clearly inferior to all 32 bit consoles - including the 3DO). The N64 also didn't appear to be much more advanced, if at all, than the PS1.

The marketing of the TurboGrafx 16 was a bit sus as well. They never claimed to be a 16 bit console; just that it was "16 bit graphics." Which was true, but the audience wasn't paying attention - and the audience really didn't know what "bits" were in the first place - just that it was a higher number than a competing console, so it "must" be better.

You know something else? The Intellivision was 16 bit - it had a 16 bit CPU. Too bad they didn't realize at the time that it could have been a good marketing gimmick!

 

[Stuarto]

Interesting "bit" of trivia: after the 32/64 bit era, console manufacturers stopped advertising how many "bits" were in the CPU of their consoles after we all learned from Atari Jaguar's marketing that "bits" don't mean squat (Jaguar claimed to be 64 bit, but was only so on a technicality and was clearly inferior to all 32 bit consoles - including the 3DO). The N64 also didn't appear to be much more advanced, if at all, than the PS1.

The marketing of the TurboGrafx 16 was a bit sus as well. They never claimed to be a 16 bit console; just that it was "16 bit graphics." Which was true, but the audience wasn't paying attention - and the audience really didn't know what "bits" were in the first place - just that it was a higher number than a competing console, so it "must" be better.

You know something else? The Intellivision was 16 bit - it had a 16 bit CPU. Too bad they didn't realize at the time that it could have been a good marketing gimmick!

The N64 was pretty impressive at the time. I remember playing Mario 64 for the first time, and both me and my dad were blown away. My dad worked as a software engineer for DEC and later Compaq. He couldn't believe the level of graphics in Mario 64. I don't remember ever being that floored when it came to PS1 graphics. Don't get me wrong, I love the PS1 and there were amazing games, but something about that first Nintendo 64 impression hit different.