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GAME: Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

Pokken sold better.

I remember playing Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom 3 (I didn't have the original version and intentionally opted for Ultimate because I knew it'd come out and for a discounted price), and I was getting destroyed and annihilated left and right by almost everyone I was playing against. I had almost no prior fighting game experience, not counting Smash Bros., but it felt rather demoralizing, considering I've played plenty of other multiplayer-oriented games and was able to eventually keep up. In those cases though, it was because I understood what I was doing wrong and corrected myself (the only reason I am good at anything at all is because I made every mistake at the start), whereas playing UMvC3, it was going much too fast to know why any attempt I had to land a hit just resulted in me getting comboed until that character was knocked out.

Honestly, it's no fun being at the receiving end of long combos. I stopped playing after it became clear I was not improving.

Any perspectives from a fellow klutz like myself, one who cannot do dragon punch motions without the game thinking they're quarter circles? How does Infinite play from someone at a button-masher level? Can someone like me even get a few victories online here and there? Is there a way to tell when an opponent's combo ends so you can move again? It wasn't clear in UMvC3 so by the time I realize I can break free, I've become trapped in another one.

Any perspectives from a fellow klutz like myself, one who cannot do dragon punch motions without the game thinking they're quarter circles? How does Infinite play from someone at a button-masher level? Can someone like me even get a few victories online here and there? Is there a way to tell when an opponent's combo ends so you can move again? It wasn't clear in UMvC3 so by the time I realize I can break free, I've become trapped in another one.

From a person that plays fighting games, you are better off playing another game. Learn how to do 236 motions first then come back to MVC series. Infinite is more user friendly but it still plays like UMVC in terms of gameplay. You still need to figure out tier lists, what to do if you are against a character that you have an advantage or disadvantage, and how to do reads.

Pick a main (or 2) and a sub. Understand what the character does in general. The easiest way to pick mains and a sub is go to training mode (in any game) and test out each and every character. If a character fits and doesn't require a lot of effort on your part there is your main. If you want to learn how to do combos, figure out that character(s) and your sub BnB and look at combo videos for a further guide. If you want to learn how to do the game in general, stick in training mode for the basics. Online is mostly people who already understand the gameplay of fighting games along with the MVC series and not newbies like yourself.

Also learn the gameplay terms such as neutral game, footsie, etc. and how to apply them.

Combo length has been reduced; touch of death combos are not possible in this game due to the way damage scales now. There should be more low level players on this one than in Ultimate, because it's actually a new game with new system mechanics. Ultimate was just an update of MvC3, which meant the playerbase had 8-9 months of practice with the game.

The game will explain what your options are but it won't explicitly teach you how to play. If you're interested in that you'll have to hit up Youtube and check for the community created tutorials. My guess is you'd be frustrated playing with randoms, but if you can round up some players at your skill level you can absolutely have fun with this game.

FilthyCasual wrote:

Pokken sold better.

Pokken was actually a polished game and wasn't a rushed product made to shill the MCU, to be fair.

-Stuart Smith

Pokken sold better.

Not bad for an arcade game that barely did any business to the point of nearly being pulled from arcades and ported to a platform where it did almost no better and then ported to another one seemingly out of desperation.

Injustice’s story is actually well written and has logical character beats.

@Leafy Dragon: In Marvel/Vs games, if someone's got you in a combo and the combo counter's still going, you can't break free unless they drop it. Only 2 Vs games have mechanics that allow you to manually escape combos, and Infinite's one of them (at the cost of two bars, you can tag out your character to another during the opponent's combo).

UMVC3 is a particularly volatile game because it's fast, damage is high, attacks in general have large hit areas, have high hitstun and there's an abundance of hit/falling states that allow for free combos. That, plus other mechanics (both character-related and universal) result in a game where it's really, really easy to get overwhelmed and die. Even at the highest competitive level, people can get eaten alive lol. In this game, you won't die die as fast, but it'll be more of the same really: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN0Mp41YcZ0&t=2h4m22s

There's no easy way to improve your execution. However, the best way to check your inputs is to turn on input display and look at the inputs to see whether or not your inputs are clean. In general, here's one way to perform DP motions that you might find easier: f, qcf+button.