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Fighting Games

I've have always played more action adventure games than fighting games in the past. This is probably due to the fact that I am an only child and most of my gaming endeavours have been single player only - I always knew that fighting games, whether 2D or 3D, were infinitely better when played against a human opponent, so they were never my first choice for purchase. I also never really took to the gameplay very quickly although I really enjoy Soul Calibur; I guess I'm always going to be better at playing adventure style games.
Having said that, I find the Beat 'em Up concept interesting. It has become fairly specialist over the years and there are only several franchises churning out A+ standard fighting games and they will continue to do so. Fighting game fan bases tend to remain faithful to their particular game. With adventure titles, players will often try a varying number of games for different stories and experiences. However, when the focus is only on the fighting, it would be pointless to change to a game with a different style and engine, in particular, that doesn't necessarily suit you.
The established and successful Fighting series are very hard to compete with - like I said previously, pulling players away from their chosen game seems well nigh impossible, so it would be a serious financial risk to develop a new title. Even if it was only slightly technically inferior, I could imagine it losing money.

posted by qmchaz64 @ 3:26 pm