A Viewer's Guide To Fighting Game Basics | Fighting Games Explained

[00:00] what's up goobers and welcome to my

[00:01] comprehensive viewers guide to fighting

[00:04] games I've been both a long time player

[00:06] and viewer of fighting games so many of

[00:08] these terms just come out of my mouth

[00:10] without considering that not everyone

[00:12] else is just a giant nerd the goal of

[00:14] this video is to initiate any newcomer

[00:16] to fighting game terminology that is

[00:18] commonly used in games like Street

[00:19] Fighter by the end I hope that there is

[00:21] a better understanding of what is

[00:23] happening on the screen when either

[00:24] viewing or playing your favorite

[00:25] fighting game if you're new to the

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[00:31] something or need a more in-depth

[00:33] explanation of something feel free to

[00:35] leave a comment below so let's begin

[00:39] the first topic I want to go over today

[00:41] is normals now the definition of a

[00:44] normal is any button that is a standard

[00:46] attack in a fighting game in Street

[00:48] Fighter there are typically six attacks

[00:50] each character can do this is separated

[00:53] in two groups punches and kicks

[00:56] each have various speeds and distances

[00:58] and come with their own risks and

[01:00] benefits something that falls into this

[01:03] category but that's slightly different

[01:04] is called a command normal this is

[01:06] simply a normal that requires like a

[01:08] directional input

[01:10] not all characters have them but you'll

[01:12] see them pop up here and there something

[01:14] else that comes up that is not in every

[01:17] character's kit is called a Target combo

[01:20] these are quick strings of normals that

[01:22] are chained together with a series of

[01:24] button presses

[01:29] in the next section I want to talk about

[01:30] commands these are something that I

[01:33] always look forward to doing whenever I

[01:35] got my hands on a brand new fighting

[01:36] game examples of commands are things

[01:39] like Fireballs Sonic booms spinning pile

[01:42] drivers things like that these require

[01:45] directional input combinations finished

[01:47] with a button typically commands act

[01:50] differently when you use different

[01:51] button strings in Street Fighter there

[01:54] are exceptions of course but I will use

[01:56] a basic example with reuse hadouken the

[02:00] speed of projectile changes depending on

[02:02] if he uses light punch medium or heavy

[02:08] now this section can be kind of

[02:09] complicated but I'll try to keep it as

[02:11] simple as possible this final section

[02:13] we're talking about today is called

[02:15] neutral this is where a lot of the core

[02:17] gameplay happens in particularly Street

[02:19] Fighter both characters are standing

[02:21] either trying to find a way to start

[02:24] their offense or keep up a defensive

[02:26] wall in Street Fighter you'll often see

[02:28] both players doing this back and forth

[02:30] thing and what they're doing typically

[02:33] is just looking for gaps for them to

[02:35] either start their pressure or waiting

[02:38] for their opponent to do something that

[02:40] they can take advantage of so things

[02:42] that happen in this neutral State uh

[02:44] you'll commonly see is they'll use their

[02:46] normals they'll do things called pokes

[02:49] which this is going to be like a

[02:51] far-reaching normal and they're gonna

[02:52] try and catch the opponent walking into

[02:55] their range and try to take some damage

[02:57] that way now a way to counter this is to

[03:00] walk in and out of the range that you

[03:02] expect your opponent to whiff their long

[03:05] reaching poke and this is what a whiff

[03:07] punish is and and a lot of times like

[03:09] Ryu will try to walk up and catch you

[03:13] with his low medium kick because usually

[03:15] it's a far-reaching low normal and you

[03:17] have to be crouching to block it now if

[03:19] you walk in and out of a range where he

[03:21] would stick out his foot like that

[03:23] people can counter that by punishing the

[03:26] whiff with something like a sweep and

[03:28] this is where the term footsies comes

[03:30] from because they're using low attacks

[03:32] to counter another low attack and it

[03:34] just looks like your feet are just

[03:36] interacting now if you come from the

[03:37] Dark Souls community and you're watching

[03:39] this don't make it weird you feed people

[03:41] and the last thing that typically

[03:43] happens when you're in this neutral

[03:44] state is you'll see some people jump and

[03:48] anytime someone stops someone from

[03:50] jumping that is considered an anti-air

[03:53] now this can be either a command such as

[03:55] a charyukin or Dragon punch sometimes

[03:59] people call that a DP or something like

[04:02] a normal that has a upward moving hitbox

[04:07] some so a lot of characters have like

[04:09] crouching heavy punch which just has

[04:11] like an upward Punch or something the

[04:14] thing that makes neutral so tense and so

[04:16] fun is that it is essentially how

[04:19] everything in the match starts one hit

[04:21] can spiral into a character's full

[04:23] offense another thing that can happen is

[04:25] a character can literally keep an

[04:27] opponent out while slowly chipping away

[04:29] at their life the entire match I've seen

[04:31] matches where people just get clipped

[04:33] over and over again by far-reaching

[04:36] pokes and then they just look at their

[04:38] life and they have none left it's crazy

[04:40] it can be very tense the whole time the

[04:43] neutral game is ongoing because you're

[04:44] constantly thinking about what your

[04:47] opponent is gonna do and they're doing

[04:49] the same thing so it's like a big mind

[04:51] game the whole time it's fantastic

[04:52] that's gonna wrap it up for this video

[04:54] this was merely scratching the surface

[04:56] as there's so many things that you can

[04:58] talk about when it comes to fighting

[04:59] games the focus of this video was trying

[05:02] to cover the basics so if you want to

[05:04] see more intermediate and complex strats

[05:06] let me know in the comments below hello

[05:08] thanks for making it to the end and stay

[05:10] well I'll catch you in the next video