100% fighting games. I've grown up in the arcades in the 90s/2000s and have never stopped playing them. The appeal to me is figuring out combos, character move sets and knowledge checks is fun to learn. I play with an arcade stick as well so there is something very nostalgic and tactile about playing it as well. Hero shooters I've never been a huge fan of but I've had fun every now and then with them. But I also don't like team based stuff much either letting my team down because of the lack of skill I have in the genre or having to rely on communicating with others. In a fighting game everything is on me and don't have to worry about team mates. I prefer knowing that I lost because of my own faults and not have to "blame" teammates or won because I out played another player. It takes thick skin but that reward is an amazing feeling to me. The FGC has also been going through a renaissance with it being the best time to get into a fighting game, specially for casuals/ new players.
Last edited by shinsa89 - on 25 February 2025






