while I love many fighting games, I don't think I could ever be in a tournament. The whole frame-counting thing (A) makes no sense to me, and (B) sort of sounds like it would suck the fun out of actually playing. One thing doesn't have a lot to do with the other. Knowing frame data to solve situati...

Bradtemple87 wrote:Simple mode is for a different audience all together. It helps bring in the players that have no experience with a fighting game.

It brings in players who have no interest in learning the game, aka players the community doesn't need.

Online is never as fun as playing people in person, so that might be a factor. Really though, MVC3 is very easy to just pick up and play. Either fighters aren't for you if you're giving up that quickly - or MVC3 is just not your game. Are you having fun at all? If I'm having fun even when getting de...

You do realize that reviews of fighting games by non-specialists are more than worthless, right?
Heck, even reviews by fellow fighter-fans are best ignored. Just give it a shot and see if it's your type of game.

Only voted for Guilty Gear. I quite like Street Fighter in general but it's also pretty hit&miss, only 3rd Strike stands out to me as a superb game. I haven't devoted enough time to Darkstalkers to call it a favorite of mine and there are too many not-so-great KoF games as well. Hardly played an...

I'd recommend the HRAP. A lot of people like the Namco stick as well, though I personally never cared for it because it's too light for my tastes. General availability of quality PS2 sticks isn't too great though, your best bet might be to get someone to make you a custom one, or build it yourself i...

I don't think the whole notion of this thread makes a lot of sense to be honest, the only thing I'd recommend is to give SF2 a try instead of going straight to KoF/GG/3S/w/e, but even that's not mandatory, as many of these games really only have the absolute basics in common. Any (good) fighter can ...