Most accessible fighter for MVS

[Vidfreaky]

What do you guys think is the most accessible fighting game for fighting game noobs on the MVS?

I'm not generally a fighting game fan (I know, I know, why the hell did I buy a MVS). Used to play a ton of SFII with friends "back in the day". Just looking for easy and fun to play without having to memorize 80 different moves for 12 different fighters.

Thoughts?

 

[ggallegos1]

I am in the same boat and greatly enjoy KOF96 and Real Bout 2 and Special. They are very easy to get into and are a blast to play (and cheap!)

 

[SouthtownKid]

Fatal Fury Special. It's the best fighter from the SFII era you remember, and more similarly paced to that than to modern fighters.

 

[lolifoxgirl]

KOF games probably, they tend to not come at you hard and fast. RBS is fantastic. For straight up action why not try samsho2?

 

[andsuchisdeath]

For straight up action why not try samsho2?

What is straight up action?

Lax inputs and easy chain combos?

Well, that's not sam sho 2.

EDIT: Methodical poking should be the fighting noob's building block, but that's not really accessible you know.

 

[Vidfreaky]

Cool, I've got a KOF96 cart and Samurai Showdown 2 is on the 120-in-1 cart I've got in the mail.

 

[NGT]

Rotd is pretty new guy friendly. I mean, it tells you the combos along the bottom of the screen

 

[Electric Grave]

Breaker's Revenge
Mark of the Wolves

Easy commands, very SF/Capcom like, flashy, fun, noob friendly.

I could recommend Karnov's but there's hidden moves and the game is fast crazy...in a good way of course.

I wouldn't recommend FFS because some commands are pretty intricate, specially DMs.

 

[Liquid Snake]

Fatal Fury Special. It's the best fighter from the SFII era you remember, and more similarly paced to that than to modern fighters.

Second

 

[Electric Grave]

FFS is the best game on the Neo, my gripe with recommending it to newcomers is the strict inputs, I don't see a new comer pulling raging storms out of their ass...it's just not gonna happen, not even with a square gate, lol.

Edit: If you can't pull Raging Storms like it's out of style...you can't run southtown.

 

[ballzdeepx]

I'd say Samurai Shodown 1 or Real Bout Special.

 

[Ip Man]

i'd say fatal fury real bout special. easy to learn and get into (noob friendly) but hard to master.

 

[Electric Grave]

I dunno guys, the combo system on RBS is pretty out there, I mean if you're just gonna ABC ok fine, but the beauty is on sway line combos and that's no noob feat.

 

[ballzdeepx]

I dunno guys, the combo system on RBS is pretty out there, I mean if you're just gonna ABC ok fine, but the beauty is on sway line combos and that's no noob feat.

That's true, but I think most noobs can get by on the ABCs and learn to weave in the Ds. The DMs/Specials aren't exactly easy to pull off without some practice but the game plays smooth as butter and you can pull off some nice standing combos with most characters easily which will make them feel halfway decent at the game.

 

[Electric Grave]

Yeah, I agree. I just think that FF in general is a step above your regular fighter, the 2 planes add so much to it, that's the one thing I miss in RB2 but funny enough Dominated Mind is one plane and yet it's still pretty up there...

 

[Niko]

The whole 2 plains ruins FatalFury for me. For me I found the later KOF games, RBFFS, and later SamSho games to be the most noon friendly.

 

[Niko]

The whole 2 plains ruins FatalFury for me. For me I found the later KOF games, RBFFS, and later SamSho games to be the most noon friendly.

*noob friendly.

Someone should ungimp my account so I can edit posts

 

[Electric Grave]

But RBS is two planes though, I don't get you. Also Samsho 4 is not noob friendly...no way. Same thing for KOF 99 and up. I guess if you just play the game halfway it could be noob friendly but then again the same could be said of all fighters...

 

[Vidfreaky]

Great discussion guys, thx, this is awesome!

 

[Arcadecrazy]

To me it seems all the fighters have a learning curv. What I can tell you is when I have friends and family over the two fighters that get the most play from non gamers are mark of the wolves and snk vs capcom. Although not my favorites they seem to draw in people kids and adults alike. Perhaps it's the graphics. Hard to say.

 

[wyo]

Breaker's Revenge
Mark of the Wolves

Easy commands, very SF/Capcom like, flashy, fun, noob friendly.

I could recommend Karnov's but there's hidden moves and the game is fast crazy...in a good way of course.

I wouldn't recommend FFS because some commands are pretty intricate, specially DMs.

BR & MotW are great choices, especially for someone coming from a SF2 background. I certainly found them to be the most accessible.

 

[wataru330]

Breakers Revenge. Condor all day.

 

[Heinz]

Mmm I'd say MOTW, that's gotta be one of the simpler titles. I have to agree though Fatal Fury in general to me is hard DM's wise. I haven't really figured out how to get them going with ease.

 

[PSICODROMO]

Real Bout Special or KOF '96

 

[BerryTogart]

It depends on what you want I guess. For just some fun action with a total fighting noob I still think World Heroes 2 (Jet) is the best value for money. It's a lot of fun and very easy to get into (though not very deep of course)
Apart from that I'd also say RBFFS or if you have the money Garou of course.