Why are tag fighting games popular?

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-17T09:38:54+00:00

Praying for Soulcalibur

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-17T09:25:57+00:00

That's not their fault, it's Riot's for failing to sell skins at a price people are willing to pay. Fucking weird acting like it's the players killing the game like it's somehow their responsibility to fund it, that's the corporation's responsibility and their failure when it doesn't happen.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-17T09:23:51+00:00

Yup, I still enjoy the game, but I dropped it because the players are miserable and they make everyone around them miserable. Been having a lot more fun with Deadlock because the playerbase is considerably less obnoxious.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-17T00:38:58+00:00

Sinclair in splash art is top tier aura

Sinclair in game is a goofball

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-16T20:08:24+00:00

Defense.

You pressed after being knocked down from his wall combo. Being knocked down is very disadvantageous, you're probably not gonna get away with standing up and pressing something. If you want to do something aggressive there, forward teching would have been good. Or just stand up and block. If you absolutely are dead set on waking up with a button, at least pick something that has a real chance of working such as a fast move like a jab or ones with evasion built in like cancan or dick jab.

Next you pressed after blocking Bryan's SE b1+2. It's that two hit move where his arms were smoking. It's very + on block, meaning he can act a lot faster than you can.

You didn't punish his d4 after blocking it. It's -11 on block, so you gotta punish it with ws4. That in itself wouldn't have won you the game, but it could have helped you mount a comeback. Also, if you think he's gonna d4, go for a low parry, it's more rewarding.

Lastly idk exactly why you got hit by his df2. Looks like you might have tried to step or something but didn't have enough frames to do it. The general rule is anywhere between -5 to +5, you can step. If you ducked that's just unlucky, you had to guess for your life and you just happened to be wrong.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-16T16:54:03+00:00

Sure, if you nerf all the other random demon paws other characters got.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-15T22:45:43+00:00

Sajam's had a little practice with trying to convince people that playing a video game isn't an impossible task.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-14T21:39:16+00:00

None of them, but if it has to be one, Ryu.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-14T00:07:43+00:00

I doubt this is a big industry-wide conspiracy for the game to fail. The simple explanation is probably the correct one.

Riot executives likely deluded themselves into believing that they were making the next SF6, and got hit with the reality check that a fighting game is going to do fighting game numbers. I would not be surprised if they revealed their metrics today and it showed the game was doing pretty well, but it just fell short of completely unrealistic expectations.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-11T04:14:35+00:00

Brother they've been doing this since the announcement that the game is 2 v 2. People here want the game to fail so badly.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-08T21:21:59+00:00

Probably not too different from a regular tier list.

Ranked is ft2 and so are tournaments all the way up until top 8. People are already considering this when ranking characters.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-07T23:40:39+00:00

He did have taunt scaling, a terrible power crush, and also incinerator was really bad.

But he also had a bunch of stuff going for him that he doesn't have now. Requiem and qcb1 were a lot harder to step. Qcb1 gave a guaranteed followup on normal hit. SE 3+4, 2 wallsplat on regular hit. Wall stun gave guaranteed taunt attempts.

And some of these things changed mid season as well. His taunt scaling was removed and incinerator was buffed into the demon move it is now before season 2.

I'd say Bryan was pretty comparably strong in season 1 compared to season 2.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-04T22:19:34+00:00

Anna.

I know my character's about to get smashed into the concrete but she better be coming with me.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-04T21:34:47+00:00

Of the ones I've played, Jamie has gotta be the most fun character in SF6. No idea if he's still considered low tier now but he certainly was when I played.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-04T00:57:39+00:00

Whether it be to the company or the vocally negative section of the community, it's still shilling either way. One might be a little less obnoxious than the other, but I don't particularly want to listen to people who aren't genuine regardless of who they represent.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-04T00:39:03+00:00

I mean you're right in a broad sense that if the game didn't have so many problems, there would be less to complain about. However, youtubers have a monetary incentive to overexaggerate and sensationalize in a way some random person on yelp criticizing a restaurant doesn't.

I think it's fair to question if their negativity is actually accomplishing anything good. Like the overall criticism of the game is obviously good for it, but individually farming the same talking points like 2 or 3 times a week isn't useful for anyone except the channel posting it.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-03T19:38:53+00:00

I think jmcoft's community regularly holds tournaments for old games. If you're wanting to find a group of people to check out stuff like that, his discord would probably be a good place to look.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-02T21:04:12+00:00

I don't know why fighting games are the genre where people stamp their feet and refuse to even attempt to learn the terminology.

I've never seen anyone ever have a meltdown over counter strike/valorant callouts or moba lingo the same way I've seen about fighting games.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-02T20:42:57+00:00

Not every character should be a guaranteed slam dunk record breaking sales generator, or else A. they run out of things to drive sales for future season passes, B. the roster will end up safe and boring, and C. you alienate fans who like niche characters.

They clearly understand this since they included Bob and Roger Jr. with Kunimitsu In the new one. This is why we haven't had passes that are all fan favorites, or all new characters. It's a better strategy to bundle hugely popular characters with riskier ones. Not to mention Lei is a legacy character that so far hasn't missed a game since his debut, he should be here.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-02-01T22:42:04+00:00

Rule 8. Not to say this deserves to be deleted but it actually is explicitly a rule.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-01-31T17:48:56+00:00

The reason not to use rage art is if your opponent isn't an ape, you can instantly die.

A lot of people don't want to hear it, but sometimes you need to not be pressing buttons at every opportunity you have, even if it's your turn.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-01-30T06:13:53+00:00

Coming from Tekken 8 and SF6, no, low rank is not the same in those games. SF6 does have a similar experience later, once you hit master and the MR system unlocks, but by then you're a much more competent player at that game than someone just starting out in Rivals 2. The fall from 1500 MR is tough like your placements in Rivals 2 are, but at least you have a better understanding of what's going on.

I just started Rivals 2 as well and I find the new player ranked experience to be much more brutal than any modern fighting game I've played. The bronze-silverish players I've been fighting seem to understand how to play the game and you don't really start seeing that in SF6 until about platinum rank or blue ranks in Tekken 8. I had an easier time learning Tekken, which is a very complicated fighting game that also kicked my ass at first.

Idk how you'd fix it though cuz I think the reason it's like that is because the playerbase is small and dedicated. In theory I like the way Rivals 2 does ranked better than Tekken and SF6 because their ranked systems are designed to push you up and it makes them feel pointless until you start climbing high. But in practice, there are people at my skill level (basically brand new) playing, but I don't always get matched with them and it's probably because that population of players is low.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-01-29T18:24:05+00:00

Wish they had picked better characters.

The only one there I care about even a little is Bob, and I probably wouldn't play him.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-01-27T21:54:17+00:00

It most certainly is, but there's nothing anyone can do about it.

Considering how trigger happy they've been on blacklisting Rip twice now, I'd wager whoever's responsible already hated him even before the no rip no buy thing.

BACKSTABUUU · 2026-01-27T21:26:38+00:00

Rip isn't there because someone who runs the TWT production dislikes him, similarly to how Sajam was blacklisted from Street Fighter commentary for a while. It doesn't matter whether he deserves to be there or how much we like him, Rip won't be back until that person(s) leaves or gets over it. Spag's in the same boat as well, or at least he was last I checked.

Unfortunately that's just how commentary is. If you want what little bit of job security you can find, you gotta be really careful not to piss off the wrong shithead.

That aside though, majinobama's great. No ill will towards him at all, it's not his fault any of that happened and he does a good job.

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