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NEWS: EVO Fighting Game Tournament Reveals Full Lineup for Las Vegas Event in August

This is exactly why I can't stand the "competitive fighting game community". This line-up shows exactly what's wrong with them and why they absolutely reek of elitism and self-importance... Almost every single one of these games are the over budgeted, mainstream, massively overrated strictly rigidly-traditional AAA behemoths. The failing Street Fighter 6 being picked over literally any better game in the SF series, the massively loathed Mortal Kombat 1 which is clearly only included just because Warner Bros paid for it to be there, and generally just the same old overrated mainstays they trot out year after year..... But not a single game outside the elitist traditionalist ones... no Sparking Zero, and even in terms of what can only CHARITABLY be referred to as indie-adjacent that they included like, like Rivals Of Aether 2 (actually probably the only one they even did) for some reason, and nothing like Idol Showdown. Blazing Strike, Rumble Fish, or Pocket Bravery. It's just trotting out those lumbering, overrated long-in-the-tooth dinosaurs and dropping any past EVO game that used to be any actual fun to play.

This is exactly why I can't stand the "competitive fighting game community". This line-up shows exactly what's wrong with them and why they absolutely reek of elitism and self-importance... Almost every single one of these games are the over budgeted, mainstream, massively overrated strictly rigidly-traditional AAA behemoths. The failing Street Fighter 6 being picked over literally any better game in the SF series, the massively loathed Mortal Kombat 1 which is clearly only included just because Warner Bros paid for it to be there, and generally just the same old overrated mainstays they trot out year after year..... But not a single game outside the elitist traditionalist ones... no Sparking Zero, and even in terms of what can only CHARITABLY be referred to as indie-adjacent that they included like, like Rivals Of Aether 2 (actually probably the only one they even did) for some reason, and nothing like Idol Showdown. Blazing Strike, Rumble Fish, or Pocket Bravery. It's just trotting out those lumbering, overrated long-in-the-tooth dinosaurs and dropping any past EVO game that used to be any actual fun to play.

Almost every single one of these games are the over budgeted, mainstream, massively overrated strictly rigidly-traditional AAA behemoths.

terule88943 wrote:

Almost every single one of these games are the over budgeted, mainstream, massively overrated strictly rigidly-traditional AAA behemoths.

Don't they do DLC and game announcements at EVO? I assume EVO is like The Game Awards and other events that are more about marketing and advertisements which is why they focus exclusively on the newest releases. Never really watched it myself though.

I'm too old to learn a new fighting game. If it's anything after 3rd Strike I'm not really interested