this is the fucking barton fink room

i'd agree. in sf6 if you get 2 touched its because your opponent got the right hit at the right time in the 2nd or 3rd round and you played your risk/reward badly. in strive if you get 2 touched its often bc your opponent got positive off a stray hit in a scramble and mixed you to death off of it

and why doesnt sf6 make me feel the same way.... like strive is way closer to that game than to +r but sf is actually fun to me

it just feels so much more volatile and restrictive and like there is less to learn. well no strive has plenty of depth but the process of coming to grips with what's there is just. not fun to me

meanwhile in strive most situations have like 1 or 2 answers and if you dont understand them or mess up a particularly tight or esoteric one then you just take 70% and wonder why youre still here

have been grinding +r and having a blast. tons and tons of tiny interactions and answers to problems and the game feels like one giant puzzle you get to solve forever and no matter how good you are both players are constantly flubbing things for each other to capitalize on

you can do this in caves of qud

have you played prey?

whats up with ferryboats

a lot of people complaining about not being able to communicate with teammates but the amount of mileage i got out of the single spammable map ping was pure joy. i think people just arent creative enough (a more robust ping system would still be welcome)

a bit rough around the edges like wylder's hookshot feels inconsistent and triangle + l2/r2 feels like maybe the most obnoxious thing they couldve chosen as your ability inputs but the novelty of fortnite dropping into the lands between and racing around for loot is already irrestible