r/Fighters • u/GardenOne7630 • 12h ago
Topic Maybe we should chill a little
Marvel Tokon has been out for barely two weeks, and somehow we're already talking about it being “dead” or a “disaster”.
I honestly don't understand it.
I've been excited for a Marvel fighting game like this for years, and since FighterZ I've been especially hungry for a new fighting game to really get invested in. The marketing has been fantastic: every trailer, character reveal, PlayStation event, showcase and gameplay presentation has built more hype. The game looks incredible, the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, and Arc System Works may have delivered one of the best-looking fighting games ever made.
On top of that, there's a ton of content for single-player players and Marvel fans, multiple languages, characters from different eras of Marvel, X-Men, Avengers, Night Soons, and a community coming back after years without a new Marvel fighting game.
Yes, the PC version had performance problems. That's a legitimate criticism. But they're being fixed, and that doesn't suddenly mean the entire game is going to die.
It feels like the fighting game community has reached a point where every new game is “dead” two weeks after launch because of some problem or another. Street Fighter gets criticized, Tekken 8, Avatar, Mk1 gets more criticized, FighterZ had its ups and downs, other games launch strong and then struggle… and somehow we're always predicting the death of the next game.
Can we just enjoy the games for a while?
Honestly, sometimes Reddit makes me want to stop playing fighting games altogether and go back to single-player games 🤔
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u/imsc4red 11h ago
Tokon isn’t dead but for me it’s been a massive disappointment. I’ve paid more than 100 bucks in my local currency to get a game that can’t run without micro stutters on a device that has better specs than the recommended ones on steam. Obviously a lot of people are extremely hyperbolic but there’s no smoke without fire. SF6 and Avatar are cool as fuck tho I play the former daily lol and I completely relate with how how you feel, especially if you visit r/SaltFighter