It’s not just you. I used to sink hours into my favorite fighters, really learning the in’s and out’s of them and playing matches consistently every day for the sake of getting better. But in my six years post-college, I don’t have the time or patience to really dig my teeth into any one particular game, so I play a…

Dont feel bad, I was addicted to fighting games until they moved to 3d. Probably around the time soul caliber 2 was popular. Just didnt feel like learning this new style. My last favorite fighting game was x-men vs streetfighter!

That’s completely accurate. Fighting games in average level (i.e.: going online) requires learning. But you can still play games like JoJo Etes of Heaven, Naruto, etc. They are more accesible.

I understand what you mean.

Experienced fighting game players are used to relying on outside of game resources to learn a game.
Want to know combos? Check out streams, youtube videos, subreddits, etc.
Want to know what the games terminology means? GO ONLINE.

However, I like to think of these games from this perspective.
Ko…

Not to be mean but it’s just you. All fighting games are like that. It’s not like CoD where you play for a few hours and suddenly you’re just same about as everyone else in every situation, but for a fighting game you’ve got to learn about frame data, mixups, matchups, you could learn a single combo and feel happy…

From what I’ve seen, it looks great for a second play through but there isn’t enough content to continue wherever you’ve left if you’ve already moved on. The trial is interesting but not much, maybe 4 to 6 hours to beat every difficulty and the harder color goons are neglectable if you’re already end-game. I’d wait…

Also, Shovel Knight

Shantae is beautiful, but fairly short. I finished it in 10 hours. Don’t quote me on this, but I think cave story is longer and somewhat more replayable.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap!

Both Heavensward and Stormblood are worlds better than ARR for quest design and storytelling. If you can tolerate it up till the first expansion, you’re in for a treat.

I’d almost say it’s worth it to pay to skip ARR, but you do miss out on a lot of NPC character development and worldbuilding that makes the later…

Let me just start by saying, all MMORPGs are full of “chore quests”. That being said ARR had far far more Main Scenario Quests that were chores. That had to do more with the sheer number of levels it had to get you through.

ARR and the post game patches are loaded with fetch quests, but both HW and Stormblood has the story constantly moving forward and with a minimal amount of fetch quest’s.

ARR is kind of bleh until post 2.1. Although, it’s pretty good for the time they had to make the game the second go around.

Heavensward from 3.0-3.3 is a wonderful story about what grief and guilt drive different people (and dragons) to do.

Most of the really good content will take you a while to get to. Late ARR really picks up steam and the patches for that are really great. I haven’t touched the story since patch 3.2 (took a break, then got stuck on crafting, now I’m on another break, will be back soon) but Heavensward is even better. The amount of…

You’re going to be doing that for a long time with the original story. It gets better in Heavensward, and better again in Stormblood, but you have a LONG way to go to finish the main story.

Didn’t know it’s touring US too. We are watching it this August in singapore!

I hear ya man, you should check out unit lost’s youtube page called over analyzed. i’m pretty into his general demeanor. I have also dropped severely this season and am slowly working my way up but many hiccups occur that you can’t really help, such as people leaving matches or getting kicked and rejoining to then…

I went to the PAX East panel and, yeah, that was just a big advertisement for the game - but it looked pretty good. For a remaster, it seems like they took some effort on it, and I think there’s soundtrack improvements and a whole bunch of little touches to make it an overall improved experience.

I started as gold and skipped season 3 and got placed bronze for season 4. I’m back up to gold now. I can honestly say the most important thing is to be flexible. Your team’s down there are going to pick some SHITTY team comps that make you really shake your head. Pick whatever makes your team the most “balanced.” Got…

The one tip I have given a couple of my friends that helped them climb the ranks is to choose one hero (maybe two) that you are really good at and just play them. Don’t switch to work with the comp. Don’t fill. Be selfish and keep picking/playing your best character. You can contribute way more to each game this way…