GitGud: Round 1

Posted by Jon on 5th June 2018 in GitGud | Street Fighter,Street Fighter 2,Fighting games,Fightstick,Gaming,Retro gaming

A blog series following my progress on getting good at fighting games with a shitty long-term hand injury   Load up Street Fighter II for the first time and it won't take you long to realise it is a hard game. Play it as a regular to Fighting Games and you'll find a challenge.  Play it as a newbie to Fighting Games and it's brutally humiliating- and that's before you realise you were already playing on 'Very Easy' difficulty. Fighting games have a decieving simplicity to them on the surface, but dig a little deeper and you'll find a goldmine of techniques and skills that professional players use to get as good as they are. To truly understand this, watc...