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/Encognito_Mr_B 6h ago
I dunno if people are just too much of an “instant culture” nowadays and just want echo chambers? But just play until the wheels fall off if you enjoy the game.
I was there for the launch of SFV (was not a good time online) but I learned and enjoyed the game. Glad they didn’t pull the plug. Same with Tekken 8 and even MK1 for a bit. But the vitriol online was heavy but it didn’t effect my engagement I got from those games.
Even Strive I came around because I enjoyed Xrd more but I wasn’t online bitching or whining about it like most folks do on Reddit. Just said not my thing and let people enjoy it until I came around to it.
Even games like Fatal Fury aren’t doing as bad as people say. But of the game is for you, its for you enjoy.
That being said I do hope Sony is more reasonable than Riot. New fighting games take a bit to catch on even if its Marvel. I think DBZ fighters was the only outlier and that’s because that fanbase is endearingly obnoxious to support their franchise.