Fight Night Knocks Out Tekken And Virtua Fighter

I'm noticing a disturbing trend in people reviewing the PS3s software without actually playing it. Even Ars Technica manned up to it and admitted things are better off than was panted. Unfortunately, I'm not left with a specific sense of why Virtua Fighter was diminished by any other fighting game but left with a more broad feeling of what is wrong in the fighting genre and it seems a game that has yet to be played by the reviewer is the scapegoat..

Now, as an op-ed piece on how the fighting genre is deteriorating, I give this a shining two thumbs up. Twitch-kill games like the Tekken series have seriously zapped the thought of fighting engines like a Head Crab from Half Life.. That being said, I simply must come to VF5s defense in saying that most other places are quite happy with the depth of fighting and amount of moves and skill available in that game.

One of the reasons I chose to get this game is that it bucks the twitch-kill trend or at the very least, judging from playing it in the arcades, makes a very conscious effort to stray away from the very thing this article focuses on. Oh, and by the way, I would like to throw in an "oldschool" recommendation here as well.. Although, this game uses weapons, blow the dust off of your Bushido Blade disc and enjoy the tactical goodness.

I don't think you have actually every did any boxing. Fight Night is neat and more realistic than the likes of Tekken or Virtua Fighter, but is far from being a realistic simulation of boxing. Victorious Boxer and Boxing 2: The real (Japanese game) are far better emulations, where jabs actually play an important role and things are slowed down to 1/3rd of what it should be. Also like how you exaggerate things in Tekken. Yes the juggles are predominant, but juggle launchers are relatively slow. Not to mention their is counters, parries and various dodging maneuvers. I think that Fight Night is good for people who don't really like to give effort to learning combat systems and are happy calling simple games complex. Its a good brawling type game, but don't insult boxing by calling that a simulation.

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ya know i never really thought about it before, but now that you bring it up...you're right. It almost pains me to say this but I think EA with it's fight night series 'usher'ed in a major inovation to one of gamings most stagnant genres. And while I'm at it, thanks for bringing up DOA4's counter system. All the critics apparently hated the game when it came out but I've alway had a sneaking suspicion that they only hated it because they felt they were suposed to because they are "hardcore." DOA's counter system lends an unending level of depth to their games and makes the fight more of an exercise in psychology than rote memorization of long combos. I say psychology because it required you to get inside the head of your opponent to figure out what they planned to do next.