Virtua Fighter Forum

"@gordoa: I personally haven't seen THAT much hate for the Virtua Fighter series in my region.  More like apathy for it if you ask me.  I hear it is huge in Japan though. The reason for the lack of hype for it is because of how inaccessible it is to many fighting game players.  While the Virtua Fighter series is deep, it has probably the biggest learning curve of any 3D-fighting series out there.  The lack of any really flashy moves also really doesn't help its chances either. "

""The Virtua Fighter games {Except for the first one} are the deepest and balance fighting games of all time, it takes serious skill to play and it's not a n00b friendly button masher "  Stopped reading here, basic tactics and a 3 button setup do not = depth, balance or strategy. Virtua Fighter contains only  a small amount of these things, this is coming from someone who made great efforts to play the most recent release, and to research and understand it's mechanics. My conclusion was that it was in fact rather shallow, and much like other 3D fighters too focused on the memorisation of lengthy combos over strategic thought to be a decent fighter. It's better than Tekken, DoA and other 3D fighters for sure, but theres no way in hell it compares to Soul Calibur II or almost any 2D fighter around.  the rest of your comment is misinformed garbage as well, it does not dominate the arcade scene, nor the competetive fighting scene. Nor does being the first series of 3D fighter automatically mean it's the 'best'. Also, for your information, other fighters used 3D before virtua fighter. "

 

"@The_A_Drain said:

""The Virtua Fighter games {Except for the first one} are the deepest and balance fighting games of all time, it takes serious skill to play and it's not a n00b friendly button masher "  Stopped reading here, basic tactics and a 3 button setup do not = depth, balance or strategy. Virtua Fighter contains only  a small amount of these things, this is coming from someone who made great efforts to play the most recent release, and to research and understand it's mechanics. My conclusion was that it was in fact rather shallow, and much like other 3D fighters too focused on the memorisation of lengthy combos over strategic thought to be a decent fighter. It's better than Tekken, DoA and other 3D fighters for sure, but theres no way in hell it compares to Soul Calibur II or almost any 2D fighter around.  the rest of your comment is misinformed garbage as well, it does not dominate the arcade scene, nor the competetive fighting scene. Nor does being the first series of 3D fighter automatically mean it's the 'best'. Also, for your information, other fighters used 3D before virtua fighter. "

 

          Yeah, after all not using brain power doesn't take skill in any shape or form.  Critics beg to differ as Virtua Fighter 4 currently holds a 94 rating on metacritic.com     "

"I seriously don't understand why these games garner a lot hate. The Virtua Fighter games {Except for the first one} are the deepest and balance fighting games of all time, it takes serious skill to play and it's not a n00b friendly button masher. A lot of people bash Virtua Fighter but gushingly praise Tekken, Dead or Alive, and Soul Calibur but in reality VF is far deeper than those games and make them seem like buttons mashers. Don't get me wrong, those games are good {Well, maybe except for DOA} but I don't feel like I'm in control of the frame inputs and they can be played as button mashers, considering Tekken's strategy mostly consists of air juggling which if you ask me is cheap and I don't know how air juggling became popular. Tekken, DOA, and Soul Calibur wouldn't exist if it weren't for VF considering the original game was the first 3D fighting game. There's a reason why this series dominates the arcades in Japan, but it's the most competitive fighting game ever made and it's practically the Counter-Strike of fighting games. But really, am I the only Virtua Fighter fan around here? "

@gordoa said:

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" That's what makes Virtua Fighter  great, it focuses on core gameplay instead of flash and styel. Virtua Fighter is the epitome of substance over style. It's an accessible game if you use the right characters for beginners, they even show that in the character selection screen. Plus, there's only three buttons you can use, can anyone seriously find that complicated. "

I would really beg to differ on the beginner characters part.  Even what the series has been labeling as "beginning" characters require a lot of investment.  And while the buttons themselves are not complicated (like you said there's only three), the actual attack properties and button combnations are many and require much more time to know in any useful capacity.   I admire the series from a distance, but when you make a game that inaccessible, it does nothing to invite more players to an already niche genre. "

The training mode perfectly helps the player understand how each fighting move and style works. It's quite easy to master for begginer fighters. It takes practice to master which becomes rewarding to the players, it works the same way as Counter-Strike or Tribes {Wow, I just mentioned a game few people have heard of.} "

"The home version makes you use the D-pad.  This isn't the 90s, Sega. "

I like the series.