guilty gear, not loved by critics?

[Guilty Soul]

:eng101:heres a learning curve for noobs, BUTTON MASH!!!!! Slash, Slash, Slash, Slash, Heavy Slash and repeat.

[zeech]

The thing I've been thinking about is the "10 year game". I mean, Chess, Go, etc have been played with the same rules for decades. (with only minor additions like Castling). Sf2ST and Starcraft have been going strong for 10+ years, although Starcraft has received some pretty major patches during that time. The point is, these games are considered good enough so that people keep playing them despite newer and shinier competitors coming out. Also, the gameplay is so well understood at this point, and enough depth exists, that generally its possible to keep learning by exploring the current game. Theres no need for changes or a sequel to give players new stuff to learn. So is GG close to this state? What if they made the "10 year" final definitive version of GG (as in, "You will keep playing this for the next 10 years!"), which is just a rerelease of the last GG gameplay-wise, but updated with modern nongameplay features (eg. ggpo netcode), and maybe updated graphics? Would GG fans be happy for a final version to be played forever with no more sequels or changes? Is it better to play a "perfect" but static game (eg. KOF98, GGAC?), or a "imperfect" but living, ongoing, changing series of games? (eg. BBCS+, KOF12+). Certainly in the KOF world, sequels have generally just made things worse. I personally would have been quite happy if the series froze in gameplay at 98, and they spent their efforts for the past 10 years upgrading the sprites to higher res and adding more frames of animation (and ditching neogeo early) rather than wasting it redrawing Athena every single game or adding strikers and stuff. Different mechanics like KOF11 could be done as a spinoff series. Certainly, 98 is still one of the most popular versions, so its not like players actually wanted new versions that badly. So, what do you guys think on this issue, with respect to GG and BB? I'd probably prefer if we ignore the economic realities and focus on what we want as gamers and fans. Edit: hahah, and in the very next thread theres all of you begging for exactly that, I missed it because I dont check the GG subforums :P

[Lord Knight]

:eng101:heres a learning curve for noobs, BUTTON MASH!!!!! Slash, Slash, Slash, Slash, Heavy Slash and repeat.

I see you're a fan of Judgement Day.