why is the nature of fighting games so toxic?

[Vuitton Vampire]

More than ANY other genre of game I have ever played, it makes it so much less desirable to get into.

[Jonathan Sensei]

Because it's competitive.

[sage2001]

Newer fighting games tend to have comeback mechanics. A comeback through sheer skill is somewhat infuriating but can be commended. On the other hand, a comeback using something like Rage Art from Tekken 7 would feel more like a robbery than anything commendable.

I dunno. Maybe that has something to do with it.

[Z i o ⚡]

People who play the games a lot and are vocal probably make it seem more toxic.

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

I've been playing fighting games for an incredibly long amount of time. Always found my fellow players to be a bit cocky and aggressive but that's the nature of the game. Never had anybody be particularly rude.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

all multiplayer games are toxic, just some more so than others.

for various reasons, anonymity, desire to win through the competitive nature of man and egos all play a role.

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

Originally posted by Plaid:

I thought talking smack was part of the game

Apparently smack talk isn't cool. It is seen as "toxic".

I bet you would be toxic if you just work quiet the entire fight until you kick the ever-living crap out of your opponent and then said good game.

[Your_White_Knight]

Originally posted by Jonathan:

Because it's competitive.

^This....

Intensive battles = intensive players.... some are just way out of control and as you say "toxic"

[GetToTheTop]

Because fighting games are generally 1v1 scenarios so unlike a team based game, such as a fps game, the salt can't be spread among multiple people, it's fully focused on the opponent. As a result, the salt is far more noticeable.

[TheRandomGuy]

multiplayer games that involve a decent amount of skill will get toxic real quick.

For one, you have good players who flaunt their kills and spam "Git-Gud" all the time, compared with not-so-good players that use cheap tactics to counter opponents, thus inviting comments like "You Cheating Skrub" and so forth, against them.

It's like a Cycle. Good Player Gets Good at Game, beats bad player, Bad player uses cheap tactic, wins, throws it in face of good player, good player gets salty, gets gud again, bad player gets salty once more, and the cycle repeats.

[s w e k]

Originally posted by Jonathan:

Because it's competitive.

Originally posted by Plaid:

I thought talking smack was part of the game

Well, there's banter and smack-talk and there's toxicity- there's a difference. Insults and malevolent behavior isn't banter/smack-talk. It's just not fun.

[gugnihr]

Originally posted by Jonathan:

Because it's competitive.

Yes and it is such a pity that developers decided to focus so much on multiplayer in this genre, I have only played fighting games in single modes and I had a lot of fun with some of them... and I would have liked more single player contents in some others that I could have enjoyed a lot more that way because I liked them but did not offer enough for single players.
I don't know exactly how toxic fighting games are since I don't play with other people but competition often brings toxic behaviours and I really dislike it.
With fighting games as far as I know you also have to wait (sometimes quite a lot) for your turn to actually play and this probably make things even worse, having to wait usually make people becoming angry more easily...

[swillfly]

multiplayer? yes they will always be toxic because --> humans are toxic

[AmsterdamHeavy]

I dunno, I think they are funny. Spend 10 minutes watching Low Tier God and tell me you didnt laugh.

But as for the attitude, it has existed since Karate Champ was in the arcades, a couple years even before Street Fighter. The attitude carried over to consoles from there, and now to online.

Its mostly a remnant of the days of face to face gaming, imo anyway.

[Ailes]

What's a "fighting game"? All online PvP games? Or shooters particularily? Because it's usually those with toxic players.

Or what, actual beat 'em ups like Tekken, Soul Calibur and Street Fighter?

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

Originally posted by Ailes:

What's a "fighting game"? All online PvP games? Or shooters particularily? Because it's usually those with toxic players.

Or what, actual beat 'em ups like Tekken, Soul Calibur and Street Fighter?

they're ''figthing games'' , beat em up is more like streets of the rage and final fight.