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Falling Out Of Love With Fighting Games

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Fighting Games have been one of my favorite genres for a long time now but recently it’s been hard to get the same enjoyment out of them as I did before. There’s a variety of reasons as to why I’ve been falling out of love with the genre but there’s also a lot of reasons to be excited for the future of the genre.

TIMESTAMPS:
How I fell in love with Fighting Games and started to lose interest: 0:00 – 3:43
Fighting Game design in the modern gaming space: 3:44 – 6:26
Accessibility and Lacking Online: 6:27 – 11:44
Paid Content and DLC: 11:45 – 16:44
Hope for the Future: 16:45

MUSIC USED:
Twilight (Ibuki’s Theme) – Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike OST
You Blow My Mind (Dudley’s Theme) – Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike OST
Infinite Azure (Tekken 7) Chill Jazz Cover – The Consouls
Blood Drain (Melty Blood: Actress Again) Jazz Cover – The Consouls
Night Walker (Linne’s Theme) (UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late) Jazz Cover – The Consouls
Sound of Night Wind (Phonon) (UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[st]) Jazz Cover – The Consouls
JAZZY NYC ’99 (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike) Band Cover – The Consouls
The Disaster of Passion (Guilty Gear -Strive) Motown Cover – The Consouls

Games shown:
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Street Fighter V
Guilty Gear Strive
Dragonball FighterZ
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate
Tekken 7
Granblue Fantasy Versus
Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Plus R
Skullgirls
Rivals of Aether
League of Legends
Valorant
Monster Hunter Rise
Elden Ring
King of Fighters XV
Dungeon Fighter Duel
Project L
Multiversus
Street Fighter 6

Motion Inputs – Leon Massey:

Laggy Smash Footage from 247MrNiceguy:
Smash Input Delay Footage from DoubleGunz:
Street Fighter 6 Footage From GameV

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