Sentences with phrase «fighting game narratives»

Injustice 2 proved that there is a large market for deep and enthralling fighting game narratives.

Not exact matches

Game 6 had a Predators» win stamped all over it, from the way the narratives were drawn up to the fight the team had shown all postseason.

They provide a respite from the action and a commentary on what already has occurred (usually a fight will break out in a chippy game), and then the narrative resumes.

From the staging to the style to specific sequences, Ratner has clearly modelled his vision of swords and sandals in the Game of Thrones fashion — the heightened narrative of tragic backstories and double crossing, the repetitive imagery of montages of training and fighting, and the multiple instances of royal infighting among them.

As interesting as its warring - faction premise seems, the game's narrative is ultimately just an excuse for players to go around fighting groups of different enemies.

The main issue is that this game has favoured story telling more than gameplay a bit too much and thus the exploration and narrative sections are longer that the actual fire fights.

The supporting cast are more interesting, a few double - crosses and twists thrown into the mix, so when the game gets to its dullest, it is the narrative that keeps you fighting your way to the end.

For you Street Fighter fans that want more narrative in your fighting games, Capcom recently announced that they'll be giving you some of that this...

In a narrative - based game it makes sense to have the end of the game be a decision, maybe with a small fight but it doesn't have to be a battle.

What surprises you at first is that for a fighting game the Injustice series has done pretty well in terms of delivering an A class comic book story that is actually an interesting narrative that keeps you glued to the screen.

It's obvious why we never got to join EXALT, or recruit any of their members, or even strike a deal with them to fight the aliens together; it would have gone against the narrative of the game.

Add in what looks to be a dark continuation of the game's off - the - wall superhero narrative, and fight fans like myself are in for a hell of a treat when the game drops this Spring.

«Single - player games generally have more of a story / narrative component to them, and gameplay elements such as cut scenes to further the story as well as boss fights.

Although Telltale has been fighting to keep the episodic adventure genre alive, games are now capable of incorporating both narrative and heavy interactive gameplay in their experiences.

Perhaps the debate should center on narrative, which in adventure games usually leads the player to the exploration of locations and identification with a lead character, while in a fighting game the very code that holds the story is dead weight on the disc or cartridge.

Containing a compelling single player narrative, refined fighting mechanics, and a game that continues well past that initial playthrough, Injustice 2 is one of the best we've seen out of the fighting game genre in years.

For those who have played recent fighting games such as Persona 4 Arena, BlazBlue or Guilty Gear, you'll notice that the narrative in UNIEL is a bit lacking.

I also enjoyed the fighting mechanics, narrative and famous people conveyed in the game.

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After a pretty fun and quite long Minecraft: Story Mode Season 1, Telltale returns to the world of Minecraft with Episode 1 of Season 2 [Free], and although it has some fun new ideas, I wasn't too crazy with the direction of the narrative and, especially, with the decision to add complex fighting sequences in a game that can barely handle simple swipes.

I found myself very satisfied with the quality of acting, special effects, fight scenes and narrative consistency and how seamless it integrates and fades back to the main game: the scenes never outstay their welcome and are as action - packed and intriguing as the story found in normal gameplay.

On the negative side, however, BlazBlue's narratives make little sense, characters talk over one another before fights, others have long - winded dialogue and a steep learning curve will frustrate a lot of casual fighting fans hoping to button mash their way to victory; you just can't walk into this game expecting to unleash insane combos ala Marvel Vs. Capcom 2.

Each game featured an emotional narrative, about the warriors, each other, and the families they were each fighting for.

But now is where we stand here, my brain still itching for a bit more of the game, even after reading through the game's introduction you are briefly given the games rather tedious narrative about why humans are now fighting on the surface of Mars and the goals of human colonization of the red planet itself.

Put simply, if your guild's best healer is cybering the guildmaster's girlfriend and gets caught — well, at that point, any narrative that the game tries to provide is fighting an uphill battle to get any kind of attention.

Playing fighting games for the story is oftentimes as rewarding as looking for fresh fruit on a dead tree, but Team Ninja has always woven a decent narrative around its stable of fighters.

When I hear «story mode» in regards to a fighting game, I imagine a short - ish narrative dotted with battles against AI opponents, something to spend an hour or two on while taking a break from battling real people.

Also available this week is a trio of titles for Xbox One owners... One Piece: Burning Blood is a fighting game based on the popular anime and manga, TurnOn is a puzzle platformer starring an electric alien, and Fragments of Him is a melancholy and emotional narrative game.

, which improved upon its predecessor significantly in both the narrative and visual departments, Capcom and Marvel's latest crossover effort just doesn't put up a good enough fight to dethrone Netherrealm and DC, or any other recent fighting game for that matter.

This sets up the string of boss fights that make up the bulk of Furi's gameplay, but even then the game still manages to pull some neat narrative tricks.

Combat in BioShock to me is somewhat of «A means to an end» in this narrative driven game and that is why I forgave some less enjoyable sections like fighting the same boss three times or a not well checkpointed battle towards the end of the game.

Some games rely on outright violence, while others have characters fight robots or mix violence in with a quirky narrative, so what do you see as the challenges for an indie game studio that cuts out violence altogether?

Hinting at the game's mercenary life narrative, the trailer opens on a variety of the characters that players will have access to, and gives players a brief glance at each of the nations whose flag they may fight under during their time with this strategy title.

BlazBlue is one of the few fighting games that really made narrative a large focus, and it manages to tell a more interesting story than the XBlaze visual novel spin - offs.

Many fighting games feature barebones excuses for narratives, but Injustice 2 is well - written and shouldn't overwhelm anyone unfamiliar with some deep cuts from the DC roster, like Doctor Fate and Atrocitus.

Fans of the core series where provided with a rich storyline which continued Persona 4's narrative, while fighting game fanatics where given a stage for fastidiously polished, combo - heavy matches.

The series is linked together into one massive meta - narrative that involves modern - day Assassins plumbing the past for information that will help them in their contemporary fight against the Templars, but each game after Assassin's Creed III has felt like Ubisoft is intent on milking this conflict for centuries.

I'm probably not going to do a good job of explaining this, but the boss fights of Skies of Arcadia really make that one of the best games I've ever played, and it everything to do with keeping a stellar cast of bad guy characters that weren't gone / killed after one fight, but were consistently around a good chunk of the narrative, so not only could they build character off of each successive meeting, but it helped you strategize your giant airship battles against them as you started to learn their fighting style (and of course the game would then use that to try and one - up you).

It's hard to enjoy a fight that's so one - sided and long, and sometimes it's a shame that games with well - crafted narratives still feel it necessary to shoehorn in a big ol' boss fight at the end, often to their detriment.

The little creatures are actually supposed to be dolls in the game's narrative: Aside from the FMV, there is a hidden factory stage that shows their assembly line when Shun fights against himself, as well as a toy shop in a Pai vs. Pai match.

In Combat Mission, a tactical and team - based mode, gamers fight through a series of objectives revealed through an engaging narrative.