Fighting Games

[Takahashi2212]

I still think SF is on the faster side of the whole fighting game genre, at least when it comes to the more known franchises. Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Dead or Alive and Soul Calibur all feel slower than SF.

I feel like every fighting game series sees a speed-up, and then an eventual slowdown in fighting.

Street Fighter sped up to Alpha 3, slowed down to SF5.

Soul Edge sped up to Soul Calibur 2, slowed down to Soul Calibur 5.

Smash sped up to Melee, slowed down to Brawl.

Mortal Kombat sped up to UMK3, and then slowed down to MKX.


It seems as fighting games get more niche, they seemingly slow them down in order to garner mass appeal. The only fighting series unaffected by this seemingly is Virtua Fighter, which is at the bottom of the barrel in terms of relevancy.