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@Bocchi_Rock_FGC I've had to mute a good few tournament streams for this reason, though it doesn't take much for me to label a bad commentator as unknowledgeable

Guilty Gear player that pronounces ABA like an acronym every time

@ChimpDoppio Play Xrd anyway :)

Woke up this morning determined to find a fighting game I wanted to play, thought strive looked cool Looked at the price of it online Thought I could try and play some Xrd because I bought it ages ago Go to redownload it from my steam library just to see that I already own strive

@SquireGrooktook @Spiders_STG @Zepherl BB is closer to a "modern" game though when the point was that this is "extremely old" bmup and FG design. You can compare it to GG having instant throws and not having a throw tech until AC, and even then having a small window. That's more in line with what Z was talking about.

@Spiders_STG @Zepherl Like Blazblue gives you a big ass Exclamation Mark (!), a distinct sound cue, and a whopping 15 frame window ON TOP of the generic 7 frame start of the throw hitbox.

Modern action game design in one word. “However…”

@Executor250624 It's a shame that recent poor examples of genres in games will make the average person entirely give up on a concept. General audiences need to shown that stealth can be engaging by something brand new

I think we should complain less that the new Wolverine game has Stealth to begin with and complaint more about how uninspired the Stealth looks. Like the guy was trained by ninjas and his claws enable wall navigation and silent kills to make stealth a reasonable narrative for him

@RoytaMustDie @DUSKdev I've been wanting this for years

@DUSKdev I just want a game like Ninja Gaiden with a low, mid and high system for both enemies and myself (so crouching block, overheads, etc). Those are pretty fucking rare. Like Sifu sorta has it, but there's no low-block for example (only parry).

This is a pretty open-ended question but... What's something you've never seen done in a game before? Could be big or small.

@readasv @b7vventy Hahahahaha!

@withholdout @b7vventy weird and misogynistic

if you didn’t watch FLCL during or before middle school it should not be in your top 10 icel, impact merchant show

@readasv @b7vventy why?

@b7vventy i’m saying that. i’ve heard so much praise for it and i came away disliking it almost entirely

@LocalBtnMasher Genre-Blends being at the very bottom feels like either recency bias due to a particular poor recent example or just a little bit of bait sprinkled in, it at least deserves mixed bag

game design trends tier list (thanks to Ziad) I will not be making a video, this is objective and correct ofc, learn to live with it

Favorite: Tension Pulse Least favorite: Block button, guard break

@KargoBadfangFGC I'm asking if you'd like to play some time

@withholdout I do play Overture

I'm a Izuna enjoyer and this is my art

@Nightshade1230 It *does* focus on strategy, just in the real game online and not the campaign

Beat Guilty Gear 2: Overture. What a strange game, obv i know the history behind it and legal issues that created it. But like gameplay wise it trues to be a strategy game but doesnt focus on strategy and focuses on combat. Kinda wished they just did an action rpg-

2026 game thread let's go

@qirexx222 I hate her because she stops you from being able to attack but love her because her design is so sick!

once again thinking about my favorite gulp shitto. miss tiramisu from guilty gear II: overture

@whizthesugoi @blkcatgirlsplz I'm sure she counts, older sister, unfortunate that she died. Would've liked to see her in a 2D game where her combos don't desync constantly online. Though the remaining Valentines stole a lot of her moves in Xrd.

@blkcatgirlsplz Does she count as a sister actually? I mayve Valentine mother.... That's not right either

my most hated kits in strive are the valentine sisters. ram because she has two swords that don't do anything but Win and Explode and Elphelt because the only difference between a good one and a bad one is how much counterplay to YOUR character they know

@ArisuPocke @LocalBtnMasher I agree, admittedly I was taken aback by your passion

@withholdout @LocalBtnMasher And now you have a huge problem in that particular community with grifters, tourists & actually delusional noobs & fools who are invested in the game being perceived as good & worthwhile & it's just this whole mess. The mindset needs to become more popular is my point.

Real question, why do new Fighting games even need to release? From my perception there seems to be like +15 good ones, cant all the players go there forever? This is what people do in every other PVP genre mostly, Counter strike has like 3 releases in 25 years

@ArisuPocke @LocalBtnMasher Why are you acting like this isn't a thing that's actively happening for loads of older games?

@LocalBtnMasher @withholdout And I don't mean enjoy in a sort of facile passive way. I mean build upon the game, continue to play it, teach it to everyone you can, preserve it as much as possible, instead of always looking to the future that will more than likely be underwhelming anyway, at least from AAA.

@LocalBtnMasher The environment may mostly be total dogshit that encourages games to get worse for more profit but that still does not eliminate the possibility good evolution, just gets in the way. If there is nothing made again then all hope is lost, and I simply can't give up hope

@withholdout Dont see refinement in my own genres, and fighting game people I have watched and spoken to dont exactly see any refinement happening with the latest waves of releases. If there is no refinement happening, the market structure is hostile to real refinement, whats the point of new

@LocalBtnMasher Evolution is either the refinement of an idea/concept or mutation into something new. Ofc there's an insane amount of depth to be extracted from what is currently available. But I don't think we've reached an arbitrary point where nothing new should be made.

@withholdout What does it even mean to evolve tho? Most serious fighting game players seem dismayed with the current direction, while FPS players are still extracting depth out of Quake and Counter strike. Maybe there is a lot more depth to be extracted out of the many many old FGs

@JulyButActually I care about you playing Guilty Gear 2 Overture