Guilty gear is cool but I'm starting to think fighting games are not my thing

[Rei]

I hate losing and not being able to find a character to play, I only know of guilty gear because of dizzy also I work a job at night so I sleep most of the day, I have to ask are fgs really for me? Or do I just want to play them because of characters like one and done?

[Houseki Yarisuke]

I don't know your life, so I can't tell you if fighting games are for you or not. But it sounds like GG might not be.

And that's ok. It's ok if you just aren't into a game or genre.

If you want to keep trying to get into it and want help deciding on a character, then my suggestion is to watch what other players are doing with the characters. Watch tournament footage, watch in-game replays, watch streamers. See what sorts of cool stuff can be done with some of the different characters you might be interested in, and then decide who you want to play.

As for constant losses... yeah, sorry, there's really no easy way around that. If the losses are getting under your skin to the point that you aren't having fun, then it really might be time to move on and find something else. And again, that's ok; it's important to be honest with yourself about what does and doesn't make you happy.

EDIT: Dizzy will almost certainly make it in as a DLC character at some point. ASW said they use the character polls when deciding their DLC, and Dizzy is number 1 requested in Japan. It may be a good idea to walk away from the game until the character you actually want to play comes out.

[Zurg]

Honestly I suck at fighting games but I've really been enjoying this game. I mostly just play solo matches against bots on hard difficulty to help improve my skills and combos. I don't think its a game I'll ever seriously get into, but it's great when I just wanna play something for half an hour to kill some time, or with friends.

[superfighter]

fighting game must not be played for win :) you ll get bored , play it for fun , mash training mod just to hit pouch and play another fighting game cause guity is pretty simple so you could get bored :)
(guilty will be more complex with season each time but in wainting for that try another game and have fun on them )
you will get stronger if you do this

[Nauct]

No matter how good you get there will always be the feeling that you're trash. A really good player is gonna beat 99% of players, then feel like an idiot going 0-3 in a tournament match.

Fighting games are the best genre. They require mental strength, but it's good training for real life. Things don't always go your way and there's always room to grow.

[Knowsome]

Originally posted by Fahr:

I hate losing and not being able to find a character to play

you cant really have that mentality about losing, specially at the beginning (extra specially if you are new to the genre) expect to lose at the start, even decent and good players lose all the time(my winrate is like 40%).

as for characters, it really depends what you are looking for, core-a-gaming has a good video about this, that may help you. If i were to explain why this comment would be 3 paragraphs long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHGEttNjyo

[Rei]

Originally posted by Kanashi:

Originally posted by Fahr:

I hate losing and not being able to find a character to play

you cant really have that mentality about losing, specially at the beginning (extra specially if you are new to the genre) expect to lose at the start, even decent and good players lose all the time(my winrate is like 40%).

as for characters, it really depends what you are looking for, core-a-gaming has a good video about this, that may help you. If i were to explain why this comment would be 3 paragraphs long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHGEttNjyo

fair enough honestly I'm probaly for the this dlc depending whio it is I'll play I honestly hope its dizzy or aba

[WiiKing96]

A problem I have with losing a match is that it so often involves being combo'd to death so much that I can't even do anything. The game just isn't fun when I can't even fight back.

Another way of putting it is: The game is only fun when you're hitting your opponent. The basic act of moving your character honestly isn't fun like it is in so many other sidescrolling games.

[Vassago Rain]

They give you a burst for a reason, which fills up faster if you're getting wrecked, and wallbreaks force a brief pause where the opponent has to get back on top of you, giving you a second wind of sorts to improvise a defense into a comeback.

The key to not getting combo'd is to learn footwork, then defense. Those fat combos only work against players that don't know how to move or defend. Every other fighting game series in existence offers even less playability and agency for the guy stuck in a combo, skullgirls being the worst offender, followed by the KOF games.

[n00bdragon]

Originally posted by WiiKing96:

A problem I have with losing a match is that it so often involves being combo'd to death so much that I can't even do anything. The game just isn't fun when I can't even fight back.

Another way of putting it is: The game is only fun when you're hitting your opponent. The basic act of moving your character honestly isn't fun like it is in so many other sidescrolling games.

Real talk: Take a look at one of your replays where you lost and count how many total starting hits (not counting any subsequent combo hits) your opponent scored on you in a given round. If you aren't watching a Chipp vs Potemkin game the answer might surprise you. If you got absolutely rolled in the hardest way possible, it might be as little as three, but if you are a normal player against average opponents its probably a lot more than that. It may even be as high as 10. Each one of those times, if you had chosen something different, you could have won the interaction and flipped the script on your opponent. Think about what you could have done differently in that scenario (even if the answer is the ultra simple: "just block"). Start doing this and I guarantee you will improve in leaps and bounds.

[Simpson]

don't play alone. i feel just like you when it's only me by myself, but fighting games are fun when i talk to friends and i stream my gameplay to them through discord, all my negative thought spirals go away. and don't underestimate the importance of private matches with friends who tell you your mistakes and how to improve. just like in real martial arts you need a mentor and sparring partners.

when i got into fighting games i had to make a bunch of new friends, because none of my friends at the time were good at them or had any interest in them and learning resources weren't really a thing yet, there were videos showing combos, but no explanation of mechanics or shortcuts.