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Evolution 2019 - The Fighting Game Tournament of the Year
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FighterZ has at least another year in it. Saturday game with 100k+ viewers isn't anything to scoff at.
Smash is honestly the only fighting game I play because I suck too badly at more traditional ones, and the differences in mechanics means I can do ok in Smash where I'm utterly terrible at stuff like Street Fighter or Dragon Ball FighterZ
Brawl was played with items on at EVO when it debuted. Some random kid who was visiting Vegas was in grands.
Watching the Max reacts video for the reveals for Soul and for Sam Sho make it so much better because you can hear the crowd go nuts
Smash 4 with 3 stocks would've been fine with many matchups, but there were a few characters that tended to drag games out to time a lot even at 2 stocks, and with 3 stocks I feel like any match with those characters would be very liable to end in time which would be problematic
Two Stocks were also standard on For Glory so it made it easier for players to adapt and people didn't let go even when it was clear S4 was volatile af
You're in luck cause literally next week is the next big Smash S tier tourney: Super Smash Con
While impressive, let's remember Lima won Smash 4 last year with 17, so it's not quite the record.
My excitement is boosted to new levels
Good annoucements aswell
We actually got not 1 but two PoC chracters that aint anime junk for once
In fairness, winning ultimate this year is way more impressive than Smash 4 last year for multiple reasons
They need to make Evo a 4 day 12 game event. None of these games deserve to leave and more additions are inbound. The only one I see in danger is Crosstag And soul caliber if the upswing isn't strong enough but you got Granblue next year and possibly Guilty Gear+KOF depending on their release dates
for smash, not really.
iirc Lima was like 17. Captain Zack who he beat was like 17
When Zero first won he was either a teenager or 20 tops.
this is just offhead memory.
Smash has had plenty of teenager winners of tournaments, evo and others.
The Melee guys like Leffen, Armada, Mew2king, Hungrybox, mango were all teenagers when they first started winning in Smash I believe.
young guys win in smash
Absolutely no way. Great numbers for a non Sunday, interesting fun personalities with great storylines, more characters incoming.
People should stop pretending Fighterz is dead
What piece of media is this wonderfully overdramatic eagle from?
¡Vámonos al Ángel!
¡Vámonos al Ángel!
Honestly this was a great EVO - every top 8 was hype that I watched and plenty of great matches all around.
What game will they remove for GG? Blazblue is getting the 2.0 patch, SamSho had a great showing so maybe UNIST?
What game will they remove for GG? Blazblue is getting the 2.0 patch, SamSho had a great showing so maybe UNIST?
GG won't be out, but Granblue Fantasy will be. Soul Calibur and BBtag are the most likely games to get dropped for it.
Damn, I honestly though he was in his high 20s early 30s, ZackRay is stealing the youth of the rest of the smash scene he looks like 13
Next version of Under Night is coming next year too. My bet is MK11.
On his stream while he was watching the finals Leffen said "It is a meme that got out of control"
Personally, I think Granblue has a LOT to prove before being declared EVO worthy, pretty graphics alone don't cut it. So far the game is looking a bit too simple to remain interesting in the long term.
And yes, I'm aware that simplicity is also Samurai Shodown's bread and butter, but when done in that incredibly tense way, it leads to a very interesting game (good showing this year, shame about the sea of Genjuros, but balancing patches can fix that issue). Granblue, so far, feels like a much simpler Guilty Gear with less interesting characters.
Of course, the game isn't done yet, so all of that could change. I personally would love to eat some delicious crow for being wrong here, but so far I'm not convinced.
And yes, I'm aware that simplicity is also Samurai Shodown's bread and butter, but when done in that incredibly tense way, it leads to a very interesting game (good showing this year, shame about the sea of Genjuros, but balancing patches can fix that issue). Granblue, so far, feels like a much simpler Guilty Gear with less interesting characters.
Of course, the game isn't done yet, so all of that could change. I personally would love to eat some delicious crow for being wrong here, but so far I'm not convinced.
...yeah, I forgot MK was a Warner Bros. joint, never mind. SoulCal it is, then.
On my flight back home from EVO, fantastic experience all around.
DBFZ winners finals was the best match of the weekend IMO, those blocks from Go1 were ungodly.
I have no interest in playing SC6 but that top 8 was so good.
DBFZ winners finals was the best match of the weekend IMO, those blocks from Go1 were ungodly.
I have no interest in playing SC6 but that top 8 was so good.
NRS puts big support in every year, plus there will be an MK movie either that just came out or or will be coming out. MK 11 has only been out since April. SoulCalibur will be there too, I would happily put money on it. Bandai/Namco puts interest into it plus we will have Season 2 in full swing. SamSho will be bigger than ever especially with things happening like Justin dropping out of Street Fighter mid weekend to put effort to SamSho as well we multiple EVO champs in the mix. Anime games will take the hit. There is no way that there would be DBZ/UN/Granblue/BBxTag all on the official stack. Just my opinion of course but I feel safe with it.
The current situation seems almost unprecedented with continued support and more and more games.
Unist getting a major update
SamSho already announced to be getting another season
SC6 major update + another season of characters
Tekken 7 another major update + another season of characters
BBTag major update + several characters
SF5 likely getting one more major update announced at Capcom Cup as well and Summer + Winter characters
MK11 Netherrealm seems intent to support the game longer as well so it might not be the usual NRS game situation
Granblue is coming in Feb
Kof 15 next year
Guilty Gear next year
I think you can atleast ignore Guilty Gear and Kof as I don't think they will be out before Evo
Smash and DBFZ are the only 2 games where future support past already announced stuff is uncertain. Obviously Smash is a lock regardless
Unist getting a major update
SamSho already announced to be getting another season
SC6 major update + another season of characters
Tekken 7 another major update + another season of characters
BBTag major update + several characters
SF5 likely getting one more major update announced at Capcom Cup as well and Summer + Winter characters
MK11 Netherrealm seems intent to support the game longer as well so it might not be the usual NRS game situation
Granblue is coming in Feb
Kof 15 next year
Guilty Gear next year
I think you can atleast ignore Guilty Gear and Kof as I don't think they will be out before Evo
Smash and DBFZ are the only 2 games where future support past already announced stuff is uncertain. Obviously Smash is a lock regardless
Aside from SFV, Tekken and Smash I don't really think anything can be considered a guarantee for next year. A lot of games did well in entrants this time but a lot can happen in a year. I hope UNI can pull off a second run at least.
Why does every keep saying granblue is simple? What does simple mean anymore
