Talk:General Discussion/@comment-24978536-20141031144320

How do you guys feel about fighting games? I'd like to ask this because I recently bought Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend, as I'm a sucker for anime style art in video games in general and an amateur fan of fighting games, but mostly because I've heard many good things about it. However, I've been rather disappointed with it - I do acknowledge it is very well made and rather detailed, but I'm simply unable to find it comfortable to play, and I find even fights against the computer on normal difficulty stressful and (and not in a good way). I'm not even going to give online play a try due to that.

I've spent quite a few hours on tutorial and practice mode too, and have learned some basic combos and so, but I still can't get much enjoyment from the game. This is something what I experienced regarding Persona 4 Arena too: even though I completed the Arcade and Story mode completely, I was never able to find the gameplay itself entertaining. Some particular things I've noticed myself disliking are how difficult it is to do combos in Blazblue and how often one has to rely on attacks with multiple directional button presses. Also, in Persona 4 Arena I was disappointed by the rather small amount of different attacks.

One fighting game I absolutely love is Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate. I honestly prefer the 3D graphics to the 2D ones, and I find the gameplay in DOA much more comfortable. In exchange for much more easier combos and juggling, there are holds to counter those opponents who only use the same moves, which is something what I think is great. Also, I've played a little bit over 100 online matches and found out that even though there are some characters who are a bit overpowered, there are no cheap tactics like in Tekken where one can win with just spamming one or two moves only - that is something largely thanks to the hold system the game has. By the way, DOA5U is actually the game I've spent the most money on out of all the games I've played - those additional costumes can be so irresistible at times, with those beautiful graphics and ladies (Hitomi, Kokoro, Lei Fang and Marie are my personal favourites).

Out of the 2D fighting games I've played, Touhou Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is pretty much the only one I find enjoyable regarding gameplay, though I'm honestly not sure if I'd be able to enjoy it these days.