r/Fighters • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago

Topic Newcomers Welcome! Weekly Discussion Thread

Welcome to the r/Fighters weekly discussion thread.

Here you can ask basic questions, vent, post salt, fan-made rosters and any small topics you wish to discuss.

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u/Shantya777 18h ago

Hey, I'm looking to get into fighting games. I have some experience playing Mk11 a few years ago, but want to pick up something that has a steady learning curve and is plenty of fun. Would love to get some suggestions. (I have a pretty good gaming laptop, and an xbox layout controller of it helps)

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u/Zeslodonisch 16h ago edited 3h ago

Whichever fighting game appeals the most to you is the best one. Me recommending street fighter 6 isn't helpful if you think all the characters look boring and prefer the anime aesthetics of a Guilty Gear

Whichever fighting game makes you want to play and learn more is the one you'll have the easiest time learning

But as a general overview

Street fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty gear Strive, Avatar Legends, 2XKO, Street fighter 3 Third Strike and Marvel Tokon all have enough players to find games pretty much all day without much issue

However there are caveats with 2XKO, Marvel and Third Strike.

2XKO will cease development this December. The servers will stay up for the foreseeable future but the playerbase is likely to only decrease going forward

Marvel Tokon has a really bad PC port and rough netcode (on PC). If you don't have a PS5 I can't recommend Marvel Tokon

Third strike is an old game and people emulate it on "Fightcade" it has good netcode and a healthy playerbase. However due to it being an older game the execution is more strict and finding other complete beginners might be more difficult

This is also the game where the famous "Evo moment 37" is from

Games I have not listed do still have dedicated communities but those usually don't find games via the in game matchmaking but rather on community discord servers.

If there's a small game that catches your eye I'd suggest checking out your regions discord server for the game to see how lively it is.