What makes a good fighting game?

[JoeTheBro]

SnakeDrake said:

JoeTheBro said:
So most of you guys are saying that the extreme difficulty of the mechanics themselves is a good thing? To me they're in the same boat as qwop.

No, they're saying a simple mechanic that is also complex. The phrase 'Easy to pick up but hard to master' reflects that. Now you played smash right and you notice how easy it was to get into. Then you seen the level of skill those smash players have in tournaments right and how hard it is to get to that level.  

That's why I have fun with smash.

"Serious" fighters though like street fighter are hard to pick up.