The video games genres (Fighting)
Hi,in this series we will cover all of the video games genres to provide some basic gaming knowledge to beginners who want to have a deeper look on the types of games that attract their attention and provide them with enough information to make them capable of picking the right choices in their preferred genre so let's start with the start.
Start of the genre
When the first fighting games came out in the 80's, it was all about single sport fighting games ,so there was only wrestling and boxing and karate games which was aligned with the rising of fame of these three fighting sports in the real life which also had impact on the movies in this time ,but the moves were limited and there was no combo system it was all about manifestation not the gaming experience ,so there was simple story lines and a very basic sound tracks.
Development of the genre
When the the 90's kicked in there was a very important leveling up in the fighting mechanics ,combos had been introduced in games like street fighter,mortal kombat,killer instinct and many other games ,there have been a lot of development in the gaming mechanics and storytelling and for the first time the multi martial arts tournament system had been introduced , this had been also due to the rising of the popularity of these type of tournaments in the movies with movies like bloodsport coming out and the introducing of many different martial arts had been used with a very smart approach ,but there was always the problem of the animation of the fighting techniques which was captured or designed in a very primitive tools which made the games looked very funny but unsatisfying for the hardcore gamers how were happy with the games but not with the graphics.
The modern day applications of the genre
In the period between the 90's until now there have been some huge leaps in the graphic aspects ,started with turning from the 2d game system into the 3d one which was a big development in the moving mechanics in these type of games and many other things ,like the special moves during or at the end of the fight and using the environment was also new concepts that was introduced in consoles like playstation and xbox and from there the cutscene cinematics also was introduced and that was great for the storytelling because it was easier to tell the story through motion videos than with words typed or with voice narrative and from there started some of the biggest
sequels that is well known like tekken,street fighter,mortal kombat and also games that is not so popular but also had made a success like virtua fighter, dead or alive and soul caliber.
The future of the genre
If the journey of the fighting games had told us one thing it will be that there is always room for improvement ,with the constant development in character designs we could see a more realistic characters and with the development in the gaming engines we could see a more realistic movements and combos and we can see more realistic dodging and blocking techniques and with the huge love that everyone have for the stories and cinema the cinematics can be developed by the mocap technology ,that will allow the merging between games and cinema which had proved to be very successful
and with the rising of the vr experiences with the fighting games there is a very long road starting right now.
Nominations
Here we will enlist all the fighting games that we think you should try if you have interest in the fighting games genre.
Tekken 1
Tekken 2
Tekken 3
Tekken 4
Tekken 5
Tekken 6
street fighter 1
street fighter 2
street fighter 3
street fighter vi
street fighter v
Mortal kombat 1
Mortal kombat 2
Mortal kombat 3
Mortal kombat 4
Mortal kombat trilogy
Mortal kombat gold
Mortal kombat deadly alliance
Mortal kombat deception
Mortal kombat armageddon
Mortal kombat vs d.c universe
Mortal kombat 9
Mortal kombat x
Dragon ball
Virtua fighter 1
Virtua fighter 2
Virtua fighter 3
Virtua fighter 4
Virtua fighter 5
Dead or alive 1
Dead or alive 2
Dead or alive 3
Dead or alive 4
Dead or alive 5
Dead or alive 6
Killer instinct 1
Killer instinct 2
Killer instinct 3
The king of fighters 94
The king of fighters 95
The king of fighters 96
The king of fighters 97
The king of fighters 98
The king of fighters 99
The king of fighters 2000
The king of fighters 2001
The king of fighters 2002
The king of fighters 2003
The king of fighters XI
The king of fighters XII
The king of fighters XIII
The king of fighters XIV
The king of fighters XV
Positives of the genre
-Fighting techniques can be learned especially with the vr systems.
-The mind muscle connection used when performing combos and the synchronization used in it is very useful for the childs and adults also.
-The control need is being satisfied also with the need of winning and challenge.
-Overcoming a strong opponent will require strategizing which will motivate the mind to build and test new strategies and build the ability of strategizing.
Negatives of the genre
-Could build a violence need if not carefully delt with.
-Could consume a lot of time if there is not a good time management system applied.
-Could encourage some hyperactive actions if the user is not wise about understanding the nature of the genre.
Types of the genre
1 vs 1 in games like Tekken, Street fighter, Mortal kombat.
2 vs 2 in games like Tekken tag tournament or wwe games.
Weapon based fighting in games like soul calibur and last bronx.
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