Fighting Games

According to Wikipedia, A fighting game is a video game genre based around interpersonal combat between a limited amount of characters in which they fight until they defeat their opponents or the timer expires.

The fight matches typically consist of several rounds and take place in an arena, while each character has differing abilities but each is relativelyviable to choose.

Players must master techniques such as blocking, counter-attacking, and chaining attacks together into “combos“.

Starting in the early 1990s, most fighting games allowed the player to execute special attacks by performing specific input combinations. The fighting game genre is related to but distinct from beat ’em ups, which involve large numbers of enemies against the human player.

These are the examples of Fighting games:
1. Tekken
2. Mortal Kombat
3. Street Fighter
4. Super Smash Bros
5. Guilty Gear Xrd

When you play a game that is a Fighting game genre, you need to have knowledge about the characters inside the game. For example playing the Tekken series, there are more than 25 different characters in the whole series of Tekken.

Tekken 7 focuses on 1v1 battles. Two mechanisms are introduced in the game. The first, Rage Art, allows the player to execute critical attacks that deal roughly 30% damage depending on the character once their health bar is critical, in exchange for inactivating the normal attack power increase.

The second, Power Crush, lets the player continue their attacks even while being hit by the enemy, although they would still receive the damage dealt by the enemy’s attacks. The mechanic also works for absorbing high and mid attacks.

The bound system, which staggers a character to increase opportunity for additional hits, is replaced by Screw Attack, which makes the enemy spin sideways when they are hit airborne, allowing the player to inflict additional hits after they reach the ground. Unlike bound, however, Screw Attack cannot be used to do wall combos. With a new display system, the game’s multiplayer allows players to choose which side of the screen to play on.

Movement has undergone some changes and is similar to the movement mechanics found in Tekken Revolution, most notably when characters walk backwards.

Playing fighting games can be quite difficult because it requires hand-eye coordination and skill combinations to properly execute attacks, especially when the character has high difficulty.

I play Tekken 7 on my PlayStation 4 that’s why I used it as an example of Fighting game. I will update this article soon as I learn new techniques and strategy playing this game.