/vr/ - Retro Games

>single player cope
Stop this
Learn KoF 98 or third strike and get on fightcade
Or go buy tekken7 and have some self respect.

>>7357318
Im satisfied with just the singleplayer

>>7357248
mortal kombat deception's konquest mode

>>7357318

I would but my internet is so fucking bad I can't even get on fightcade half the time t. third worlder

The only fighting games I've played are;

Dead or Alive 2
Soul Calibur 2

I fucking suck at fighting games, but I enjoy the two above. I'd take other recommendations for games in a similar vein.

Console fighting games were seen as a joke until 5th gen, and due to the nature of the Arcade, a good singleplayer experience wasn't really viable.

Therefore, that only leaves us with 6th gen. This was also a big decline for the traditional 2D fighters and the rise of shitty arena fighters that, even though they provided a decent single-player experience, the core gameplay was too shitty to really make them enjoyable (ex: the 3D MK games). IMO Soul Calibur 2 is one of the few games that hits the sweetspot of having a good gameplay and a rich single player experience

>>7357362
Soul Blade, Tekken 3, Street Fighter 3 Alpha, Rival Schools 2

>>7357368
All valid choices

>>7357248
Soul Calibur 2 actually has a legit single player that's sort of an adventure campaign with a chosen character where you unlock their various weapons. I was more of a Capcom/SNK player so I don't recall single player content that's more than the usual tournament in most traditional fighting games.

I guess the Smash series has "unusual" single player but it's still basically just a string of themed fights with unpleasant settings and some very, very barebones platforming segments in between.

>>7357362

Soul Calibur 3 was great and had the best single player.

Tekken 3 on PS1 is good with lots of extra stuff to unlock.

>>7357318
fuck off fgc fag

>>7357248
Fatal Fury 3 is a fun single player experience. As is CyberBots.

>>7357248
My nigga with the thread of the day. I only like playing games with friends, not randoms, but I still enjoy fighters/racers etc with strong single player content, like Alpha 3/Tekken/MK.

>>7357354
You should like Tekken. Try Tekken Tag(PS2). Although Tekken 3 has the most soul.

>>7357362
Didn't some fighters on PS1 have a bunch of content like Tobal?

>>7357719
Cope
What friends play old ass fighters with you? None lol

>>7357659
Seething scrub fighters are multiplayer solo is barely training mode

>>7357732
>What friends play old ass fighters with you? None lol
Right, which is why I like to play them with strong single player content.

>>7357318
>play FPS single player
>good for you bro

>play racer single player
>hope you had fun

>play RTS single player
>campaign mode is a blast

>play fighter single player
>YOU'RE DOING IT ALL WRONG IDIOT

what's up with that

>>7357746
Fighters have shit solo modes and exploitable AI, solo modes are boring after a few hours, and are just safe spaces for scrubs. Fps can have great solobsolo play. BIG diff.

>>7357801
You can use this logic for anything. I loved playing sports games against people a lot more than on my own but I played Live 05 or 06 so much that I knew how to make a shot guaranteed every time. I even traded so often that I was able to get a team legitimately through endless trades that got me the best player at every position.

>>7357813
>you can use that logic for anything
You don't know what that expression even means...and no you can't lol the thing in question has to have two modes, one being intentionally focused on by devs the other being a barebones shadow with braindead AI

>>7357838
What are you a brainlet, I told you exactly how that same logic can be applied to other multiplayer focused games. You are no different from CoD kiddies who completely ignore the campaign and are 24/7 shootan zombies. Same with Perfect Dark, always thought 100%ing it would be impossible but then I learned how the AI works and I could beat the hardest stuff no issue. You can break a lot of games if you play it enough, and at that point you basically mastered it. That's fun, budsamuelsons.

>>7357854
You're comparing different genres, fighters don't have campaigns like doom, halo, whatever fps you're playing... they have solo modes that are barebones jokes where you fight brain dead AI that can't handle a simple mix up but reads all your inputs and does impossible counters...

>>7357868
>fightanfags tell you to not even bother with sf2 or mk2 arcade mode because the ai is impossible/unfair
okay!

And you do know it's more than just fights right, like Tekken Force and Tekken Bowling? It's not strictly just dressing up normal fights in different clothes.

>>7357248
that's a fat pussy

>>7357248
>focusing on single player in a fighting game
Absolutely disgusting, what fucking worthless faggot you are.
Off the top my head: Flying Dragon is the GOAT. Leveling up, getting equipment, bosses, secret bosses, getting new moves, etc... It's great.
Next would be Power stone 2 and it's great adventure mode, sure it's a tad grindy but getting cards and shit to fuse for new items was fun.
The Console ports of Alpha 3 have World Tour mode, where you beat peeps from everywhere and slowly make a busted ISM.
Tobal games are also pretty good.

The next few are a bit lacking but fun to dick around in: The GGXX games have branching story path, a survival with power ups and M.O.M. The MK games have great solo content too.
Deadlyarts is a bit barebones but it's fun to dick around the character creator and the Tutor mode
Hope this helps.

>>7357719
No problem pally, I'm having a great time with this thread

>>7357248
Monster Maulers is a 100% vs-CPU fighting game where you fight giant boss monsters. 2 player mode is co-op against the computer. There is at least one other game like this, the name escapes me atm. Very obscure game that never caught on and never even gets mentioned on /vr/, but it is pretty cool and has huge, impressive-looking sprites.

>>7359465
Oh, I meant to put a pic

>>7357318
i consider myself a part of the fgc but holy shit you sound pretentious

let people play how they want you fucking loser

>>7357248
Soul Calibur 1 and 2 were the best when it comes to single player.

>>7357318
>fgc

You are not afraid of the implications of that term

>>7357732
>multiplayer

Branching paths are always fun.

>>7357248
tobal 1 and 2 have a single player quest mode. Rarely see this series mentioned but it deserves more love.

>>7357318
>Learn KoF 98 or third strike
Or you could be a man and learn Garou or Alpha 2

>>7359465
sounds like red earth/warzard

there are NO good single player fighting games becuase fighting game AI is atrocious and simply reads your inputs. Its never fun.

>>7357730
yeah and it was shit

>>7357248
Tekken 3, Tekken 5
Soul Calibur 2, Soul Calibur 3

King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 has a bunch of unlockable characters, 16 costumes for each character to unlock, plenty of challenges in the mission mode and lots of terribly voiced cutscenes in each characters story mode

All the PS2 Mortal Kombat games are goofy and clunky but fun in terms of gameplay but they're filled with single player content and unlockables, MK Deception probably being the highlight with the hilariously shit (but soulful) Konquest mode, massive krypt with unlockable characters/costumes/stages/music/art/behind the scenes videos, little profile videos with the devs talking about each character, etc.

Fighters Megamix has one of the dumbest but greatest unlockable character roster of any fighting game. its the one with the Daytona car, but you can also pick Sonic OC's, an inanimate stuffed bear in a sombrero, and the Sega AM2 palmtree.

Evil Zone is a rough game but with a great single player premise, wherein each character in the game is the star of their own anime show essentially, so each of their Arcade mode plays out like a series of their respective show

Chaos Breaker has a sort of RPG inspired setup where at least in the arcade mode you pick a team of characters as well as extra equippable items

Power Stone games as other anons have also said, especially Power Stone 2.
Metamoqester is another game akin to Warzard/Red Earth and Monster Mauler and that its essentially a single player fighting game bossrush thing.

>>7357318
>KOF 98
bunny jumping bugfest? lmao

Thanks for the recommendations guys, what I've listed and could be used as a quick way to get some games without reading the whole thread:

MK 4 and up
Dead or alive 1-2
Soul Edge
Soul Calibur 1-3
Tekken 3-5
Street Fighter 3 Alpha
Rival Schools 1-2
Fatal Fury 3
Tobal 1-2
KoF 2006

>>7359754
bootleg 3s and and ST with custom combo

>>7360649
Bro, not retro, but pick Guilty Gear Accent core +R, AWESOME AI, survival mode, mission mode and story mode, very good game

>>7360667
What about the original PS1 Guilty Gear, also do you recommend any other Guilty Gear/Blazblue games for their story?

>>7360714
yes, both are good series for single player content

>>7360726
Any of them stand out, some that I need to avoid?

>>7360730
avoid the mobile ones, play the main games, I reccomend you play Guilty gear XRd solely for the eyecandy (it's a good game but don't wait to play it)

I don't really care for the single player content shoehorned into fighting games that changes the way its played.

After learning of stuff like the japanese Kaiser Knuckle General Challenge I've come to see some single player modes as a pretty valid challenge. Just try to clear various Neo Geo guilty pleasures on the defaults, you're in for a ride with some. World Heroes 2 is a prime example, Neo Dio WILL fucking school you - the only way I've beaten this is on the okayish SNES port. Breakers Revenge is a decent challenge also - I feel I've truly mastered Sho and Tia after a bazillion credits as each, and as this game fucking kicks ass it pays off. Fatal Fury Special is a bit more possible than both but a good challenge.

Pretty much if a boss rapes you, there will be a way to exploit that god tier AI, which is the fun of figuring out such games. They become less tournament fighter and more Punch Out. Timer scams are a valid tactic, as is running the fuck away and footsies when you get some poke damage in.

Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution. I think all tekkens have great single player modes. Mortal Kombat has great single player modes. Guilty gear survival mode is cool, you can also try GG Isuka, IIRC it has a beat em up mode on it. Soul Calibur 3 has a really neat single player campaign too.

most SNK fighting games are good for singleplayer seeing as they usualy have supreme asshole end bosses

>>7357732
fuck off fag, odds are if OP went against you, you would be less of a challenge then most of the AI difficulty options if he played single player

>>7357801
"exploitable AI"
thats the point retard, ALL games have exploitable AI, the fun is figuring out how to beat it, jesus fuck

>>7359837
>me no like so no one else can either!!!

>>7361195
Breakers

Saizo has a loop with the kunai and his hair

Bump

>>7359465
>>7359771
I forgot about Red Earth... I was thinking of Metamoqester. I can barely beat the first enemy, no idea wtf I'm doing.

>>7361195
Somehow 1ccing Mortal Kombat 1 seems more interesting than playing it competitively. You see how this guy has to know the exploits for every character's AI and respond accordingly, and they have real patterns, it's not as retarded as it gets in the later games. The boss fights are hilarious. Whereas muh high level MK1 is like playing bumper cars with electric wheelchairs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW7r2w8SsN0

>>7363025
>Metamoqester