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PS3 Recommendations. Based on ORGY POTENTIAL.

Uncharted 2
Killzone 2
God of War Collection
inFamous

PSN recommendations. Based on FENG SHUI CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION.

Trine
Fat Princess
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Flower

Multiplatform Recommendations. Based on BOX COVER ART.

Fallout 3
Dragon Age: Origins
Modern Warfare 2
Assassins Creed 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum

edit: Oops those are there.  :oh_i_see:

360 recommendations. Based on FUN.

Prototype
Soul Calibur 4
Tekken 6
Beatles: Rock Band
Lego: Rock Band
Guitar Hero 5
Borderlands


PS3 recommendations, also based on FUN.
XMen Origins: Wolverine
MotorStorm
Batman: Arkham Asylum


PC:
Borderlands
Call of Duty 1
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 2
Fallout 3 (GOTY?)
Titan Quest
Dawn of War

Any recommendations for a PS3 head to head fighting game that amateurs can enjoy?  I need something amusing to play with the wife, I'm currently leaning towards a ultimate fighting/wrestling game, but I don't know shit so am open to suggestions.

edit: yes I realize this is a thread asking for wiki suggestions, my suggestion is to find the best casual player head to head fighting game and stick it on the wiki, cause I didn't see one there.

Tekken is always the easiest fighting series to get into imo. Tekken 5 is cheap on PSN, Tekken 6 is shiny.

I second Tekken 5/6. Or even Soul Calibur if you want some slashing and Darth Vader. Or both.

Go with Soul Caliber, there are no real "moves" at any level lower then taking shit seriously and its much more enjoyable then Tekken.  Also you have a character designer and a single player rpg mode thingy.

You're going to run into issues with both Tekken and Soul Calibur having a serious bizness following, and anyone who actually knows characters tend to destroy anyone who doesn't.  That said, I have no worthwhile suggestions, since there are people who even did this to Smash Bros.  Your original idea of UFC or wrestling might honestly be the best tack here.

I just find Tekken never fails to be one of those series that newcomers can get by with some basic moves and button mashing. I'm assuming "newcomer" since he mentioned a wife, maybe some other stragglers.

SC is cool too though. I like many characters from both.

edit: UFC and Wrestling is full of dude characters. Tekken has chicks and pandas.

Nod, I got the impression he wants something fun to playat home where his wife will have a chance to beat him, rather than going online for srsbzns ranked matches. My wife can button mash in both of those games and beat me trying to pull off moves, with both of us having fun all the way.

My wife totally destroys me at SC while button mashing Xianghua with me desperatedly trying to pull some sort of counter/escape off. I can honestly tell you this is awesome fun for one of us.

lol

You must be fucking terrible at fighting games. Tekken is an impenetrable wall of bullshit juggles and nonsensical combos. Get out of here with that shit.


Soul Calibur. Period.

Edit: If you have a PS2 backwards compatible PS3: King of Fighters: Maximum Impact. So not kidding.

What does it have to do with me? I've always had different choices of fighting games, and if non-gamers are sitting around, they have the most fun with Tekken. That's all. If you think we/they are uncool or something for it, I'm not sure why I should give a fuck.

I, quite deadly seriously, do not BELIEVE you.


You shouldn't but your recommendation obviously isn't based on playing the total breadth of fighters when you recommend the single-most obtuse one available.

Obtuse? It's easy to play. Tekken rewards button mashing and looks flashy with little effort. That's always good for drunk chicks or kids or housewives. Barring those anime based games like Naruto, it's one of the easier ones to play. My favorite fighter is still VF personally, but I'd never expect anyone to pick it up right away.

What fucking Tekken are you playing?!

Seriously. Are you confused?

Yes, I'm serious. Tekken 5.

[edit] Really.. I thought it was like.. a common understanding that that game is fairly mindless.

Don't worry Stray. You're 100% correct about Tekken. Obtuse perhaps if you're trying to master the complexities and intricacies of the game, but we're pretty well established that our objective is that we're mashing buttons and having a laugh. Flashy fun with little effort is on the money. Ditto for Soul Calibur.

Recommending (any) KoF game for a "casual fighting game for my wife to play with me" is lollerskates..

BitWarrior - I added "based on FUN" because I wanted to avoid the "it's has to be better on one of the PS3/360 because it can only be on ONE LIST even though the games are identical" bullshit from the last-go-round.

I want to hear more about the games based on ORGY POTENTIAL though. With specific details.

The only fighting game I've ever been able to pick up easily is Soul Calibur (3), it's probably also the last fighting game I've played.

I'm with Schild 100% in Tekken there are easy juggles and/or combos to get down (think Cinder in the MK series) and pretty much everything else is not easy at all.  Yes you can just spam but once one person learns one easy character everyone else is fucked.

SC, much like Smash Bros is really anyone's game at everything but the frame data crunching level.  Its hard to even realize how bad you are at the game because it feels quite intuitive.  Tekken isn't like that at all.  If you are doing anything but hitting buttons randomly its frustrating and annoying to play.

Too bad they don't make Powerstone games anymore, that was a fucking deep but simple series.

Maximum Impact does not even qualify as a KoF game. It's like KoF for retards. Sure, there's high level play for it like there is anything else, but it's really the easiest goddamn game ever. Powerstone would've been a great choice also.


Then almost every game is a better choice than Tekken or VF. Including King of Fighters. Any of the 2D games are good. Hell, even SF4 to a degree. But not VF and definitely not Tekken. The latest VF was the best iteration for droolplay though.

All in the spirit of jest :)

I see your point though - I'd personally recommend just making a "Multiplatform" section - generally solves that issue.

Yep. Powerstone would be a top choice, if only Sega would remake it for the PS360. Still gonna disagree on Tekken, but at least we can all agree on Soul Cal.  :awesome_for_real:

Talking about discussion.    The discussion link on the wiki page is an exercise in crazy ass russian spam.

http://wiki.f13.net/index.php/Talk:Main_Page

Soul Calibur is the correct answer by a longshot. Cool stuff happens with little effort and mashing buttons randomly is a lot more fun in SC than in other games.

Do not pick up UFC 2009 for quick pick up and play fun. The game is not easy to enjoy without putting effort into learning some moves.

I'm with schild and Hoax on Tekken. Not a fun game if you don't know any combos.

I'm still waiting for a modern Bushido Blade.

Don't remind me. :heartbreak:

The training mode is also particularly good last time I played one.

Tekken is the most fun fighter ever, if you dont think so something is wrong with your brain.  Probably a tumor.

Dawn of Discovery for PC.

I'm going to add Shadow Complex for 360.  It's immensly fun, especially for $15 (unless you hate side scroll shooters).

What about Uncharted and Uncharted 2 for PS3?  While not groundbreaking, they're enjoyable enough and have an interesting story line.  They are good games for when you don't have a ton of time to game. 

Uncharted is already on the list. Uncharted 2 is not on the list because the list hasn't been updated for 2009. Same reason Infamous isn't on the list (yet).

Demon's Souls

Way to RTFA

Yeah, my apologies on that.  Lern2reed.

Should the Tekken recommendations thread be split off from this one?

Why? Do you still want to talk about it?

If we split the thread everytime someone made a ridiculous recommendation, nothing would ever get done.

What about the PC section?  Is it empty for a reason or is that under construction?

Here you go...

Rise of the Robots
Daikatana
Horizons
Supreme Commander
Doom 3
Everything protected by Starforce
Bejewelled
Star Wars Galaxies
Deus Ex 2
Battlecruiser 3000 AD
XCom Apocalypse
XCom the-space-fighter-one

Dreamcast:

- I'd add Shenmue 2 (only released in PAL region though)
- I haven't tried Alien Front Online, but if it's no longer relevant without online play, maybe it should be removed.
- Personally I'd also like to add Hydro Thunder and Re-Volt, but that could be just me.

Gamecube:

Gamecube list seems to be empty at the moment. I'd suggest Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, and if ports/remakes are accepted then also Skies of Arcadia Legends and Summoner: A Goddess Reborn.

Wii:

Again if remakes/ports are accepted, I'd add Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition especially since it has superior control scheme compared to the other versions.

That list is so epic.  Fucking Supreme Commander that is the only one that blindsided me badly even if I didn't buy it.

The multiplayer for SupCom was fine, I tell you!

I'm a bit shocked the PC section is currently barren.

Dragon Age has to go in there. It's running smoothly on my integrated ATI Radeon 3200 and it is a lot of fun. The only thing I see as a major problem is if you are the type of person who sees tactics as a valuable tool it will slow down your gameplay immensely trying to learn it, let alone master it.

Thanks for recommending Infamous for ps3.  I  would have never known about it so I bought it with my ps3.  This game is awesome.

Couldn't help myself.

 :heartbreak: