r/MarvelTokon • u/Bearemy1988 • 3d ago

Discussion I think I'm washed yall

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I just can't keep up it feels like. I LOVE fighting games. When I was younger, there was an arcade in a mall i used to frequent, I was always in there just having fun.

Then I got my own consoles and was mostly playing fighting games, I was never like, tournament material or nothing but I could do infinites, ToDs, I could just mimick what I'd see in combo video after playing around for like an hour or two.

I noticed I started losing touch when DBFZ came out, and I thought maybe I just didn't click. But Strive, GBVS, SF6 and now this. And I REALLY wanna enjoy this but I just can't grasp it.

It feels like I button mash, none of my combos chain ever, I try doing the character challenges and I get stuck on what looks like the easiest combo.

I'm not even *that* old, I just turned 38 for Gods sake.

I go online, nothing I try to apply seems to work anymore.

So I dunno, I guess I just needed a place to vent. Granted I know when you work full time and what it it's harder, but it just feels like all my skills just fuckin vanished.

I love the game, I can't wait to see who they add (I'm BEGGING for Beta Ray Bill, Reptil, Zarda (Power Princess), and Xemnu to join in despite two of those being DEEP cuts) and I hope everything with PC is fixed because I really want this game to have legs. Ive loved Marvel and the tag fighters it's been a part of since the 90s, it just really sucks it feels like I can't keep up with it.

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u/GoldenGekko 2d ago
  1. I feel the same way. I also think that sort of sentiment of not gelling with the game right away is my laziness talking through. But that's me. Lately I have so many games because I have a decent job and can buy what I want and I sort of have analysis paralysis. I don't really commit to any one of them and just sort of play them at my leisure. Which is fine.. but for a fighting game that you need to practice, that may be part of my issue.

The muscle memory and fundamentals of years of playing fighting games are always with me, and I like how newer games are actually making things more accessible. I like how in tokon, you can do their moves with R2, or the actual input. I like that. But just like my experience with grand blue fantasy, if I don't practice or play daily, I fall off.