Forum Overview :: Sigil :: Street Fighter vs. Virtua Fighter

[quote name="Dream Cast"]Street Fighter's relative simplicity makes it a game about controlling territory to limit your opponent's options; Virtua Fighter's relative complexity ensures your opponent ALWAYS has options, so instead it becomes a game about getting in your opponent's face and out-guessing him ("knowing his mind" or whatever bullshit). In Street Fighter, you exert physical pressure on your opponent through spacing and projectiles; in Virtua Fighter, you exert mental pressure on your opponent by surprising him, forcing him to do the thing he always does when he doesn't have time to think of anything else. You lose as much as you gain by adding a third dimension, which is why the most popular 3D fighters work so hard to quantize it away (which is not only easier than matching Virtua Fighter's balance, it's also arguably less boring).[/quote]