Idea for fighting game balancing

SolidHavoc · 2002-05-20T06:20:09

A few weeks ago, after practicing Akira for nearly a month, my brother decided he wanted to try his hand at Virtua Fighter 4. I hand him the controller, crack my knuckles, give him a little sneer, then proceed to get my butt handed to me by his immutable button-mashing prowess. Three times in a row. Suffice it to say, I was thoroughly ticked off at the amazing amount of combos he could pull of just using the punch button. Not since Soul Caliber had I seen techniques like this. And I started thinking: Are there any fighting games that don''t involve some sort of cheese-factor? So I came up with this little idea. Why not use some sort of weight distribution system on the character models to counteract using the same punch/kick/combo over and over? I read about the new Havoc? physics engine used in UT2003 that uses weight distribution, and I thought this might go well in a fighting game. For instance, make each button just one attack. Press triangle, for instance, and you punch. Press it again, you punch again. No insane combos result from hitting the same button over and over. So then, the more punches you throw over and over, the more the character starts to shift his weight to his front, until he/she eventually tips over from lack of balance. Same goes with kicks or rapid button pounding. I realize this would be very taxing to balance out so that the characters do not tip over every time you do a combo or move, but I think with enough tweaking it could be incorporated into the game, maybe adding to its gameplay depth. Maybe one of the rewards for learning the game is to be able to play consistently without falling over all the time or tripping over yourself. Any other ideas?

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Started by SolidHavoc May 15, 2002 12:36 PM

30 comments, last by SolidHavoc 22 years, 9 months ago

hpotter2

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May 19, 2002 03:23 PM

This is just my opinion, but here goes:
I can punch about a millions times without falling over. It would be very annoying to fall over because you hit a button too much.

I tried to code, but the compiler kept giving me an error: stupid coder alert.hpotter2

Argus

118

May 20, 2002 06:20 AM

quote:
Original post by hpotter2
This is just my opinion, but here goes:
I can punch about a millions times without falling over. It would be very annoying to fall over because you hit a button too much.

Bet you can''t.

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