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Which Fighting games have the best single-player campaigns?
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10-20 hours, that's a stretch. Closest would be NRS games, and recently Smash's World of Light. Long single player experiences in fighting games aren't really a thing until NRS recent games. Even oldschool fighting games people like to wax nostalgia for had pretty pathetic single player modes, most just being glorified Arcade modes.
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Was Ehrgeiz better? I played both but my memory is hazy which was which.
Street Fighter Alpha 3 - World Tour Mode. Easily my favourite mode in a fighter ever, a few games have done similar (Soul Calibur had a similar excellent mode, and World of Light in Smash is pretty lengthy and great fun as well) but WT is still my favourite mix of lite RPG stuff, levelling up my chosen character and SF gameplay.
Virtua Fighter 4 Evo & VF5 (360 port) also had really nice challenge/single player modes.
Virtua Fighter 4 Evo & VF5 (360 port) also had really nice challenge/single player modes.
I never played Ehrgeiz. Tobal (and its better but JP-only sequel) were over-the-shoulder dungeon crawling outside of the fights.
Recent mortal kombat put other fighting game campaign to shame, except Arksys campaigns, holy crap there is no end tho that madness
Ehrgeiz is a pretty bad game. FF7 characters couldn't even redeem it. I say this as someone who convinced themselves the game was good when I was younger.
It had a better campaign, but Tobal 2 was the better fighter.
It pretty much built on the groundwork that Tobal 1 and 2 built for its dungeon/story mode.
Also, Tobal 2 was never released outside of the US. I'm sure there's fan translations out there by now in this age of internet, though.
If you want 10-20 hours Smash Ultimate is your only option. If you want the truth, none of them are good.
I hear amazing things about Tobal 2.
I really enjoyed Rival Schools' story modes, always made it seem really tense and dynamic despite just being the usual tower of increasingly tougher fighters. Sure wish we had gotten that second disc though...
I really enjoyed Rival Schools' story modes, always made it seem really tense and dynamic despite just being the usual tower of increasingly tougher fighters. Sure wish we had gotten that second disc though...
Injustice 2 was such a fun campaign that only gets a couple of points knocked down because of how bullshit the AI gets in Hard.
I read that DB Fighterz had a very awful single player offering, which is why I didn't buy the game during the last sale, for the fighting game illiterates like myself, they're the best.
I read that DB Fighterz had a very awful single player offering, which is why I didn't buy the game during the last sale, for the fighting game illiterates like myself, they're the best.
I mean, it's not a high bar to surpass, but the story and cutscenes were pretty okay.
Soul caibur 6 has a lot of so content. Not quite to the level of something like an NRS game but it's a little more fleshed out than your typica 3-4 hour string of fights with goofy cut scenes. The Dead or Alive 5 story is still my favorite though because it's just so ridiculous.
The right answer.
NRS games have a varied story mode, sure, but beyond that you don't have much else to do.
VF4Evo had a quest mode that let you go through arcades with a variety of opponents who acted more and more like real players and had missions that encouraged you to do things that made you better at the game. It also had a ton of extra game modes and easily the best tutorial system in any FG then or since.
Depends on what you're looking for
NRS games have the best presentation, by far, but it's all cutscenes.
BlazBlue games have the MOST story, but it's all presented like a visual novel.
Smash Ultimate has the most gameplay, but little variety and no story (also not a traditional fighter obviously).
NRS games have the best presentation, by far, but it's all cutscenes.
BlazBlue games have the MOST story, but it's all presented like a visual novel.
Smash Ultimate has the most gameplay, but little variety and no story (also not a traditional fighter obviously).
Soul Calibur is often very strong with solo content. SCV being an exception and I haven't played VI yet. I hear it's ok with solo content, but not as strong as the old games.
NRS games like MK and Injustice are fine. I'm not a fan of the actual fighting engine, but the content is good. Injustice have solid campaigns(comic prequel books are way better and highly recommended reads too!).
ARC games like Blazblue have some very, very lengthy narratives. Visual Novels really with some occasional fights and choices to make. It's ridiculous and very anime, but the content is typically absurd and you get to know the fighters lore and backgrounds real well. I actually really dig that as it feels like the universe is fleshed out, but the actual fighting is complicated and becomes a crutch if you don't care to really learn it.
DOA5 had a cute story mode. Longer than most but not super memorable. Tons of costumes to unlock(even without dlc) made playing its other modes a bit worthwhile. I find the fighting real fun. Not too complex and very approachable. Very flashy too.
NRS games like MK and Injustice are fine. I'm not a fan of the actual fighting engine, but the content is good. Injustice have solid campaigns(comic prequel books are way better and highly recommended reads too!).
ARC games like Blazblue have some very, very lengthy narratives. Visual Novels really with some occasional fights and choices to make. It's ridiculous and very anime, but the content is typically absurd and you get to know the fighters lore and backgrounds real well. I actually really dig that as it feels like the universe is fleshed out, but the actual fighting is complicated and becomes a crutch if you don't care to really learn it.
DOA5 had a cute story mode. Longer than most but not super memorable. Tons of costumes to unlock(even without dlc) made playing its other modes a bit worthwhile. I find the fighting real fun. Not too complex and very approachable. Very flashy too.
NRS games have Towers/Multiverse, which change during the hour/days, along some that add variants to the fights.
Yeah, gonna echo what everyone said, Injustice and the newer MK games are awesome in terms of single player content.
Injustice 2 is god tier on that front.
An exceptional 5 hour long story mode + an infinitely replayable multiverse mode.
The story mode in Dragonball FighterZ is longer but not nearly as well crafted. Still good though.
An exceptional 5 hour long story mode + an infinitely replayable multiverse mode.
The story mode in Dragonball FighterZ is longer but not nearly as well crafted. Still good though.
Yeah, from what I've played, it's Netherrealm's stuff from Mortal Kombat 9 onwards plus Smash Bros. Ultimate. Pretty much every other dedicated campaign I've played in a fighting game has been mediocre at the very best.
Yeah, Smash Ultimate's World of Light is easily the most fun I've ever had with a fighting game's single player mode. Someone (maybe on here?) called it a super Event Mode and that's kinda what it is with all the variety.