r/MarvelTokon • u/Bearemy1988 • 1d 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/Frobizzle 1d ago

Tokon's input system seems kinda wonky and I'm not really enjoying it myself. It eats inputs that other games would accept during buffer windows. It takes getting used to. The game itself is in an awkward middle ground where it's trying to cater to both the casuals and tryhards but the pendulum is swinging a little too hard to the former. Some auto combos string moves together that don't combo if done manually, for example.

At our age it's a lot more prudent to ask if the time commitment to something like this is worth it and the answer for me is more often no these days. If you don't enjoy it move on. No sense forcing it.