The MAIN PROBLEM With Fighting Games Right Now

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[@PewPewShootEmUp]

I think the main problem with all games is the players doesnt matter how many sifferent things u try to do if ppl will always find metas and easiest ways to win

[@Ninken_Senpai]

You in the park but you haven’t started digging yet, the problem is that everybody wants to be the best but not putting in real effort to do so. Balance and other complaints should be left up to the ppl who are willing to go make all these thousands of dollars they are giving out instead of casual players complaining, another issue all the balance and meta don’t matter because the casual will listen to their favorite streamer, KZbinr or player issue with that no one is enjoying the games anymore and it’s not because they are bad. It’s because everybody spend so much time playing tellaphone and he say she say dragging ppl away from a character or game they like but follow the pack like pups. A lot of ppl I have gamed with express they don’t play story they head something was bad without experiencing the product and we have what we have now. Not just fighting games but all genres. It’s too many ppl looking for the bad but miss soooo much good. Example gothem knights has its problems very small at that but because it’s not Arkham or Batman it’s talked down on but for what it is it’s fun, mk1 is ok but it’s not a lot to do but still it’s fun there’s not a lot of bad games out here but if you look for it it’s there and the negative mindset developed by everyone made it way too easy to over look the good. Demon slayer was another good one but it’s lifetime didn’t last like it should which is from arena fatigue not so much as being bad it’s a lot to go into this conversation but all ends with ppl not thinking for themselves. There’s also the fact that after a few months with a game casual players not the ones getting paid but the ones sitting at home cry about new dlc or a new game all together. Human development can’t keep up with social media it takes years and millions to get these things and customers bashing the product not only increases the chance of not getting a sequel, but also risk ending a franchise altogether. Instead of acting like children ppl have to give things a chance with their eyes not just the eyes of someone else

[@thesaltmerchant4564]

Don't worry you're not good enough for the meta to even be a talking point for your expierence.

[@Ninken_Senpai]

@@thesaltmerchant4564 😂😂😂 and you think you are? How much money you made playing?

[@arpadszabo661]

@@Ninken_Senpai quote where he said he is. Literally all this “meta exists” issue is irrelevant for 99% of the playerbase. You’re not losing matches online because you picked a certain character

[@WalkBesideMe]

I wish every modern fighter learned from Killer Instinct, in which almost if not all the characters are crazy busted to some degree and ironically, creates a greater balance.

[@jamesinjustice2640]

🤦‍♂️😄

[@alainchristienemendoza9982]

​@@jamesinjustice2640KI wins again.

[@Chadsgameroom13]

The main problem is people don't lab. When most people lose they blame it on the game being bad instead of their skill level

[@versatilelord8893]

This is the real truth right here

[@vontecontroll1556]

Those recovery frames are bigger than people think

[@daquancurry7805]

This makes no sense. From a tournament standpoint mk1 cannot hold a candle to tekken or sf. Then there's actually stream numbers which is low for mk1. No matter how you spin it yes, people complain about fighting games but mk1 still sucks the most outta them all.

[@NickopzTV]

I agree. The MK tourny scene is a joke. But guess what. It doesn't matter. Literally means nothing. Doesnt affect sales, players, anything. People are really out of touch.

[@markkaistone6419]

What had mk going besides fatalities was it's story/characters but they bombed the story and did alot of poor decisions resulting into what this is

[@Superdude-rd2gs]

if that was true mk1 wouldn't be selling worse than mk11​@NickopzTV

[@Nonlifting_breezy]

Yes on steam but the last week of November mk1 was top 15 on players on PlayStation while tekken and street fighter didn’t chart. Steam ain’t the best all end all. Clearly as you can see 4 million sales for the game and barely any came from steam

[@NickopzTV]

@@Superdude-rd2gs mk1 sold worse because mk11 was on last Gen consoles as well and had the covid Era boost with everyone being at home

[@HEXDRIX]

I honestly like that we aren't getting massive game-changing patches every 4 months. Got sick of coming back to a fighting game that feels like it recently came out and literally half the game is different. Like, not a little bit "you deal more or less damage per combo" type of different. Its like relearning the whole game you have 400 hours in. Its coming back to DBFZ one day and Goku Black can't do his divekick combos. Then dropping him for Zamasu. Then in less than a year, those combos are back, nerfed, too bad you spent half a year playing Zamasu. Oh now they hit Gohan too, great those combos are gone. Fine, I'll swap in Vegito Blue... hmmm a nerf to his meter gen and combo ability... Goku Blue it is! 2 months later, Goku Blue can't do his kick combos, damn. Back to Black? No wait, Black doesn't do those combos they're bad, Zamasu? Alright. In the next patch Zamasu could no longer hit purple balls after his purple slash or vice versa. Guess I'm dropping him too??? All those combos have been put back as of this most recent patch. I'm glad I stopped playing until the yearly patches.

[@mattd7602]

Mkx was the best at putting almost all the characters in a higher tier, they all had their unique ways of being great.

[@edd4131]

Cap. People still complained about bs in that game too 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@damiantheog]

@@edd4131but everybody was still good

[@zachtaylor5312]

Fighting games always have the issue of getting repetitive very quickly and having little content compared to other games.

[@sten9life979]

You maybe in the minority with that take. Seems like people don't like change. For example a lot of people think every MK game should be like. MKX.

[@Ninken_Senpai]

@@sten9life979I don’t think it’s the fear of change more so the lack of wanting to evolve. Mk needs to take a few years off like assassins creed did before they dropped revelations. Issue is if the fgc is a pack it’s one without a competent lead.

[@binho2224]

​@@sten9life979if MKX would be realeased now with its content it would be bashed to the ground. People would conplain about the same things: no content, nothing to do, no customization, bad online.

[@BarringtonDailey]

Clive Rosfield in Tekken caused quite the stir. A weapon wielding Soul Caliber FFX dude! Does that count as shaking things up?

[@alexdewayne9392]

IDK even know who that is. Must not be shaking enough. 😂

[@MushaFGC]

Clive isnt in FFX. FFX means "Final Fantasy X".

[@SouravDas-vi1jh]

Wouldn't matter much. Already many characters have weapons.

[@Nonlifting_breezy]

Nina shoots guns so does that new dude who has a sword and Noctis moves and yoshimitsu has always been there

[@arpadszabo661]

Wasn’t that big of a stir, just a few hundred people, who appeared under every video to whine about it. Yoshi, Nina, Victor, Noctis, devils, jinpachi, Gon, mokujin… Clive fits into the franchise just fine

[@Superdude-rd2gs]

the problem with buffing characters to the same level is that you just turn every character into the same infuriating top tier, killing character individuality most of the time, and on the topic of aggressive gameplay I feel it's more overpowered system mechanics, it ends up making the game feel monotonous as the meta becomes more of how to use the system,instead of character strengths.

If a character does not use a universal mechanic differently then every character then yes the game becomes more homogenized.

[@OpenMiker-rp4eo]

It’s really hard to balance a fighting game, and some fans will always be disappointed with the roster changes for each sequel.

[@leansteiner]

What your talking about has been solved by other games already, Path of Exile comes out with a new league every 3 months, new season, new content, new mechanics and a reset so everyone can start from 0, so people play that game until they burn out and come out for next season. If a normal player sees any figthing game every 3 months, at most they will see a new character, thats it, balances patches arent appealing for them.

[@louisfreeman9551]

EVO 2024 broke a record for unique attendees and SF6 reached 4 million units sold way faster than SF5.

[@Alpha1918]

It's nice to see someone fairly looking at all these games, instead of just hating mk and glazing tekken

[@sten9life979]

I thought a balanced games was a good thing. I thought it was the goal, but I understand the point about nerfs vs buffs.

[@Hakeem9391]

MKX was ahead of it's time. Look back and see how aggressive that game was

[@godmode3611]

Is the monetization and dlc that they need to put into the game to milk fans because games dont sell as well as other genres. It is sad.

[@JonCail24]

I hate how the old way of fighting game players prefer all characters to be mid or bad with the exception of 3-4 characters. Fuck it make everybody the best version of themselves 4:51

[@HEXDRIX]

0 fighting game players prefer this. Nobody has ever said "I'm glad there's only 4 characters I'm allowed to play to be competitive, I only want to see dittos in tournament" 3S players hate Chun, Tekken players hate Dragunov, and Smash players certainly hate Fox.

[@JonCail24]

@ I’ve heard players say they want characters to have turns in being top tier bro. I don’t get it

[@vontecontroll1556]

Yes, a big patch every 8 or so moths is great but we shouldn't be pushing for every 3 moths to have a new top teir atm the changes that do get implemented are pretty big if you know what a wiff punish is or how to deal with certain playstyle.

[@godmode3611]

But if you have 15% characters that are busted it is easier and less prone to error to try to nerf those instead of lifting the other 85% of the roster.

[@ericpratt984]

I think the main problem with fighting games... is when they make characters like bridget.

[@SkyReign777]

DBFZ don't deserve stray hits. But yea I agree and some of my gripe is that a fighting game today rely heavily on connection to wifi which is a problem

[@bradjeffords4451]

2:07 you always doing dbfz dirty 😂. What about DNF DUEL? No defensive options. Good vid

[@NickopzTV]

I hate dbfz, but to be fair. I dont know if the game is good now. I stopped playing in 2019.

[@Stanlos]

I always struggle with FGC terminology. So, is busted good? Do players want the kombatants/fighters to be busted? What makes a character good? MK11 and that Last Breath business is cancer.

[@Nonlifting_breezy]

Mk adding new moves is awesome it’s just sucks that you the kameo system to really utilize it. Next game needs archetypes we need goro and Jax reiko as real grapplers, zoners like sektor kitana rush downs like liu and Lao

[@koopaklipz]

Me being an mk fan I wholeheartedly believe it s not just the nerfs of the games which is a significant part of the problem. We have to look at these fighting games Communities. These game are as trash as the community they represent. The fake are being heard and not the real fans.

[@KingInGrey]

I think it's this mindset of making the game for people who don't play the game that is hurting them. For example the weird battle pass stuff in tekken and the events in SF and we don't even need talk about how bare MK was and pointles some of it's features are I don't know who asked for this stuff?

[@heretickishyt]

Still not using ur own gameplay i see

[@henry_a_c_l4816]

Bro don't disrespect Bedman bro is goated

[@Batman56XD]

The main problem is they make modern games too easy compared to the last plus the aggressive heavy is annoying I want to play how I want now blocking is bad cuz you have all these other options that are better also in sf6 what’s up with everything being negative unless u use dr? I feel like frame data is universal in that game honestly I haven’t been playing fgs mostly because of these reasons and it kinda makes me sad cuz I love fgs but I just feel like I get joked now I don’t suck I’ve managed to get to high ranks In alot of fighting games but I want to play how I want not what the games wants me to play like Ps: fuck modern controls

[@jamesinjustice2640]

Vf6 is coming!

[@yourstruly5180]

There’s no problem with any other fg except mk1 every other fg rn is thriving with good support more cope for nrs scene ig🤣

[@NickopzTV]

People literally bitch about tekken all the time. And I always have said street fighter is the best one no matter what. You actually so ignorant its funny. But hey keep commenting ig lol

[@daquancurry7805]

​@@NickopzTVpeople complain but hes right tekken and sf are doing leaps and bounds above mk1 bro you cannot deny that.

[@NickopzTV]

@@daquancurry7805 They have always done better than mk in tournaments, this is nothing new. If we are talking sales and playerbase. No they are not. Again people are touch of touch. Mk has commercial success. That is always going to be hard to beat.

[@laughter4380]

Mk1 suffers from awful monetization issues with the shop and story expansions not to mention the game was plain unfinished at launch but the balancing for this game is just not fun for anyone casual and veteran alike no one wants to stand thier blocking all game Tekken 8 also suffers from bad monetization with battle passes and legacy skins being sold in the shop while not as bad as mk1 still a turn off for your average player, balancing is also an issue with this game dlc characters very often release really broken with no skill entry not to mention the ranked mode feeling very meaningless when cheaters are allowed to prosper in higher ranks with no punishment whats the point in grinding when some douche is gonna unplug on me mid session to keep his clean record while I get nothing but wasted time and effort no point in playing in that case Street fighter 6 seems OK the game feels really gate kept for your average casual but that could be subjective to anyone really more bad monetization with 20 dollar skin packs for a lobby mode instead of the characters you actually play as like if you're gonna do a crossover with other franchises skins for the actual characters or even guess characters would be amazing but no all of these events are only for the lobby mode to me thats lame and not worth tuning in for, I can't speak for character balancing cause I dropped off 2 months in but I don't hear too many complaints if I'm wrong an update would be nice if anyone is still grinding the game this is all my personal take I don't speak for anyone just how I've been feeling about the trinity as someone with a 9 to 5 who casually drops in on these games

[@haiven5205]

Mk11 having too many defensive options is a joke if u can’t flawless block your screwed that’s the only thing I see

[@JWill-xc1cr]

I disagree i think the options defensively were a strength and made them game have layers that mk 1 lacks. It separated skilled fighters from each other to a degree. The only real issue we all had with with mk 11 was once a player broke it should have been delayed not allowing them to punish the other player for making you break . In MK 1 bc of how the game is made, specifically the kameo system , there isn't anything that separates a good scorpion/ferra player from the next one. This game carries like crazy. In Mk 11 i felt like when i fought a kabal player i had deal with his jumping slight gas bullshit, at least ik it took some skill for them to do it, same thing with scorpions teleport cancel and upgraded jackie bouncing bs. In Mk 1 it feels like im not playing a thinking person half the time which is frustrating lol anyways sorry for ranting

[@haiven5205]

@ I agree with you to some degree like how some kameos give certain characters more than they do others and being brain dead with others. but tbh where mk1 is now it’s a bit better in terms of separating the good players from bad ones just match up Knowledge at this point that’s why I agree which ppl that say lab the game some more cause scorpion tremor not beating me bro and I’ve played a lot of good players online with that team it’s all mind games. Btw im not saying I liked my opinion in mk11 lol I see it as a joke I’d rather be about to armour with a special move in gaps in stead of studying how to flawless block every dam thing. mk1 and mk11 has the same shit a side from the fact that it’s more rewarding to flawless block in mk11 u can barely punish anything after flawless blocking in mk1 Honestly what’s id want to see is a mkx or mk9 type game with the flawless blocking from mk11 and unblocking option from mk1. I don’t love or hate kameos but they makes most of the main characters not have any personality I feel the characters need more strings or smth to feel complete like rain, noob, sector, and ghost-face before nerf

[@kashaunmorris2179]

Combos are also super boring. There’s only 1 combo, and even variants look exactly the same

[@alainchristienemendoza9982]

Sounds like you only play one fighting game....

[@kobewan1746]

You think Tekken is taking to long to release their dlc but street fighter is doing Ok releasing dlc idk if u can say that cause they both release DLC at the same rate 4 characters a year

[@JamesCarter-dk5eg]

DBFZ is a better fighting game and will last longer than MK1. That’s saying something

[@NickopzTV]

@JamesCarter-dk5eg like I said. I stopped playing it in 2020 idk how good it is now

[@just_2swift]

MK1 is thriving

[@tikemyson9332]

😂😂😂

[@henry_a_c_l4816]

No it's not lol

[@alexdewayne9392]

Where?😊

[@Radelle-d9b]

Meh tekken street fighter etc bore me quickly. As much hate as the kameo system gets im in love with it. Hours in the lab trying new things and expirimenting. This game is super fun if you arent sweating your balls off in ranked all day

[@AleksBergJones]

Mk needs to get rid of the block button and get a much better training mode

[@j.i.nthenobody54]

Ah yes, get rid of a defining feature of MK. Those teleports are gonna be a bitch to block

[@degisndinga8853]

I disagree with the block opinion, its traditional, and they can maybe have an option for it.

[@KahnzTV]

Honestly they’re all garbage at the end of the day 😂😂. They all allow for asinine gameplay to thrive like a fly in sh*t. But people keep buying em, because people are morons

[@eway.E.79Chicago]

Mkx is still perfect then NRS said let's do a all female staff

[@christheophilus7154]

i've learned that players will always be upset about something. i think fighting games are in a great spot (more features than ever before, more deliberate game design, thousands of hours of content to learn from, robust online system) but the fgc isn't (entitled players). to me, theres tons of players who think that because they play a lot of fighting games, the devs should be listening to them and if the devs don't listen to them, they get upset. these players also think the devs are stupid and incapable of doing their jobs which is disrespectful. i'm not surprised why devs are focusing more on making these for a new generation of players because there's no winning when you try and cater towards the fgc cause you never know what might set them off. focus on attracting new players who will give your games another 20 yrs of relevance. trying to please the niche fighting game community is not the way. tekken 8 is a good example of this. the FGC hates it, yet it's still very popular for a fighting game.

[@cartierlafayette8369]

Just say you suck at Tekken

[@NickopzTV]

@cartierlafayette8369 Tekken 8 was my first tekken and I hit God of destruction. So try that with someone else.

[@versatilelord8893]

Don’t pay those tekken elitist fools no mind bro Us tekken heads do not claim them

[@NickopzTV]

Yall don't check them though.

[@versatilelord8893]

@ I can only speak for myself But we got too many of them is the thing sadly lol

[@jaerononeal]

Too aggressive too woke who cares just play the damm game 😂

[@Blackpillscape]

Trash! Overly aggressive gameplay while lacking defensive options is the cause of imbalance. How old are you? You seem just as confused as these new age devs trying to implement RPG fantasy into FG’s. Your “top level” means you want handicap mechanics that help you win. 👈🏾 that is the problem with FG’s.