Board 8 > What series is considered the pinnacle of 3D fighters?

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By hardcore fighter nerds/fans?

I know the most hardcore fighter guys are partial to Guilty Gear or KoF for 2D series, but I never knew what the "elite" 3D series was... if there even is one.

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Virtua Fighter and Tekken seem to get the most love. Out of those two I like VF more.

The only real 3D Fighting series I know of is the Budokai Tenkaichi series <_<

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But Tekken is so insanely stupid

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Oh apparently we have different definitions of 3D fighters <_<

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Virtua Fighter, probably.

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series? dunno

game? Soul Calibur II, easily

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Virtua Fighter for hardcore fighting game fans. Probably Soul Calibur for casual fans

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Yeah, VF. I haven't even played that, but Namco fighters don't get much respect. Even though there's a lot of stuff to learn.

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I'd say Soul Calibur if we ignore the most recent entries.. Hell, the same could be said for Tekken. Virtua Fighter seems to be the only one on top of it's game in the current gen, but it's also the hardest to get into... so not many people even have an opinion on it.

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Popular opinion is Tekken, super Hardcore opinion is Virtua Fighter. VF is too much of a time investment tho for how little people play it, so even to know a lot of people like it better than Tekken, Tekken will still be played more because more people play it. Both of them are absolutely retarded in terms of learning curves tho and Tekken's learning curve isn't even possible for 90% of people because it requires you to play often against Every character in the game because it's 100% match up and frame punishes. VF is a lot option selects and is also very heavy on the match up part too but has way less characters. Soul Calibur is the game most wish was good but always disappoints because it ends up being a broken mess that is anti-fun at mid level even. But at least you can get by in SC by knowing your character and general match up tips.

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Hm, this is making me realize how rare 3D fighting series actually are... all I can think of are Tekken, VF, SC, and MK

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Virtua Fighter is like the only 3-D series I've ever really gotten into.

From: Mershaaay | #012
Hm, this is making me realize how rare 3D fighting series actually are... all I can think of are Tekken, VF, SC, and MK

2-D ones aren't all that common anymore!

SF, MvC, Blazblue, Guilty Gear, KoF, uhhhhhh

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There is also Dead Or Alive, but it is the black sheep of the 3D fighters.

Currently, VF4: Evo is probably considered the best current 3D fighter. But no one really cares a lot about VF.

Also, it's pretty commonly held that Soul Calibur 1 and 2 are legendary fighters, but the series has taken a dive.

Tekken has been up and down, and basically maintains popularity through its name.

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