The best Fighting game ever

[DJLC]

I just started this thread to see what everyones opinion on this.

I think that the best game of all time was Street Fighter III: Third Strike, however no one will know about it because it came out at a time when 3D games were taking over and also that the board that the game runs on (CPS-3) was a bitch to maintain.

[THD5%]

i think im gonna play the "omfg ssbm" card.

omfg ssbm.

[I AM THE PROPHECY.]

I'm wholly opposed to this sort of thread when it lacks dissertation-length reasoning and screenshots and character art.

Hell, I'll take one of those. As it stands this'll turn into an MvC vs. Tekken fight and those are BORING

[Novasonic of /flex]

Reopened because I have faith that some of us can have a legitimate discussion here.

My vote goes to Super Street Fighter 2. The Street Fighter series in general introduced and innovated so much in the fighting game genre, and this has all the main points they introduced. Super combos, the most recognizable fighting game characters ever, for christ's sake they invented the qcf/qcb motion, copied and used in almost every fighting game ever. This was the original, the pinnacle, what every fighter ever strives to be in gameplay and innovation. Plus it's still being played today competitively, plus it's still fun. I do think Tekken is a close 2nd, but since MDRL has sand in his vagina I won't go into it unless I have to.

Oh and also for an honorable mention:

[Altoid27]

Darkstalkers 3/Jedah's Damnation. Absolutely incredible animations and hand-drawn art mixed with some killer moves and characters. Plus it introduced Jedah which is an automatic win.

[TheHakku]

Best fighting game ever.

[Eggman]

I really love me some Matrimelee and Last Blade 2 is definitely no slouch. Garou is way up on the list and SF3: 3S is right next to it at the very least. Guardian Heroes in Versus Mode is hilarious fun though. Virtua Fighter 4 easily sits at the top of 3D fighters for me though.

I don't really have a set number one but it's one of those games I just mentioned.

[m335h73r of PBJ]

wow guys, nice picks for worlds greatest fighter.

Have you guys ever played the game, Fist?

http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn/fist.htm

Oh yes.

[Akira]

Originally Posted by dj HaQ

Best fighting game ever.

I was impressed of this game at the first time I saw it. Unfortunately, they fucked up the fatality system and turned it into a crappy combo system.

I still choose MK Deceptions

[Novasonic of /flex]

Originally Posted by m335h73r of /flex

wow guys, nice picks for worlds greatest fighter.

Have you guys ever played the game, Fist?

http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn/fist.htm

Oh yes.

You must've missed where I posted the gif of TimeKillers screens.

[TheHakku]

Originally Posted by Akira

I was impressed of this game at the first time I saw it. Unfortunately, they fucked up the fatality system and turned it into a crappy combo system.

I still choose MK Deceptions

I honestly love the new fatality system. Create your own! Haha. I can't wait for Unchained, though. Deception for the PSP.

[Kyosuke Kagami]

Originally Posted by Novasonic of /flex

[...] and this has all the main points they introduced. Super combos,

Totally and absolutely false. These kind of moves were featured first in Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury (the "Desperation Moves"). The original idea is SNK's, not Capcom's.

Also, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters featured a bar to execute Special Moves way before SSF2T did.


And these are my chosen ones

-In 2D, I consider a tie between Samurai Shodown and Guilty Gear X (no, not XX). SS was the first 2D fighter that featured weapons and a gameplay based more in strategy and slow-paced planning than combos and totally offensive play, and it's also one of the most brilliantly designed (characters, moves, backgrounds, overall enviroments) 2D game sagas so far.

Guilty Gear X practically re-boosted the genre when no one was even trying to make innovations. It took all the crazy ideas from the original GG for PSOne, improved them and added hires graphics and a variety (gameplay-wise) not seen in a long time. Probably it wasn't the most balanced fighter ever, but the sequels fixed that.


-In 3D, I choose Virtua Fighter and the Justice Gakuen games. Virtua Fighter is the pinnacle of ALL the 3D games, it's a game with very simple controls but a very deep gameplay. Mastering 1 character is hard enough to keep you busy. So far, the most realistic 3D fighter.

The Justice Gakuen games (AKA Rival Schools and Project Justice) are still the best special moves-based 3D games so far (no KOF MI isn't half as good as these games). They're dynamic, intuitive and incredibly fun and spectacular. It also has a top-tier character design.

[m335h73r of PBJ]

Originally Posted by Novasonic of /flex

You must've missed where I posted the gif of TimeKillers screens.

Man, Shaq Fu was worse than Time Killers.

I also demand a sequel to Way of the Warrior.

[I AM THE PROPHECY.]

Post like KK and Nova and we'll have a good thread.

Anyway, to open up the topic to alternative fighters I'm going to say fuck SSB and instead introduce those fo you who haven't heard of it to Ragdoll Masters, a ridiculously entertaining shareware title that has remained on my desktop since October. In a nutshell, you control the head of a stick figure around which the rest of his body flails, attempting to hit the head and torso of your enemy with arms and legs. With a registered version (it goes on sale every few months for $5) you can alter effects like gravity, slow motion, and body stiffness, which results in anything from gumby fighters bouncing all over the fucking place at high speed to limp-wristed matrix combat. Some of the better fights I've had in multiplayer have lasted a long damn time and involved everything from midair combat to ground fighting and everything in between. I really recommend at least playing the demo because that alone is quite a bit of fun.

edit: For more standard fare, has anyone put any time in with Melty Blood before? Act Cadenza is out for the PS2 sometime over the summer and I was wondering how it played.

[m335h73r of PBJ]

Hay guys, you should play Flying Dragon on the n64.

It's 2 games for the price of one! And Tiny Fighter has items that evolve....

...LIKE POKEMON! ISN'T THAT BADASS?!