Fighting Games in recent years

been enjoying my time with tekken 8. my brother and i use to make regular trips to the mall and later the rec at lsu pumping quarters into tekken 3, tag, and 4. i dropped off after that but always wanted to get back to it. so with 8 coming out this year with good reviews dived right back in.

my reflexes definitely not as fast as they used to be but i cans till hang

I tried Tekken 8, but it didn't stick with me personally. I know some friends who are huge fans of it though, and it is very fun to watch

I was at Combo Breaker this past weekend, and the top 8 for Tekken was wildly entertaining.

I've been mainly playing Granblue myself with Guilty Gear and Street Fighter here and there.

i heard kombo was really fun this year. i believe a shaheen player won which is cool cuz that character doesnt get a lot of play.

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I've been mainly playing Granblue myself with Guilty Gear and Street Fighter here and there.

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have played guilty gear in forever and skipped the last street fighter. both are great series though. No experience with granblue. in my youth id play almost any fighter, but now with limited time i have to be more selective. It takes so much time and practice to get good in a fighter its hard to spread that out

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For anyone who hasn't noticed, FGs have basically entered a golden age/renaissance era for the genre.

Online is actually consistently good now.
They're easier to get into than before by a long shot.
Skill ceilings are still tremendous.
Resources for the genre have increased significantly.
Player numbers have been higher than before so it's easier for new players to encounter other new players.

Anyone else here been playing them lately?
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I find this to be the exact opposite. Modern fighting games are gross DLC factories with virtually no single player content to speak of that cater to only the sweatiest of gamers.

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Modern fighting games are gross DLC factories with virtually no single player content to speak of that cater to only the sweatiest of gamers.

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I don't have an issue with the DLC model in modern FGs personally.

Single player content has been a hot button issue going back years since I grew up playing MK a lot for just the single player stuff whereas now I play FGs mainly for multiplayer instead.

For single player, it really depends on what you want imo. Some games have single player entirely focused on story content rather than emphasizing different game modes for replayability (Guilty Gear Strive fits this to a tee).

MK was basically the gold standard for single player content to my knowledge, but Idk how much they have in MK1 since I didn't pick that one up.

At the end of the day, it's a naturally competitive genre so it's going to target that audience more. I do think it's much easier to get into that part of it with more limited time these days compared to the past.

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I don't have an issue with the DLC model in modern FGs personally.

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That is the problem with gamers these days