sasuraiger

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Enthusiast and gamesofter. Writer. Creator of @Kawaiikochans.


I suspect there'll be some competitive point of reckoning where Modern is either severely nerfed for select characters and moves or disallowed from competition.

It's not that Modern is broken-- it isn't-- I just suspect that this game wasn't actually balanced for expert players having one-button instant access to invincible supers and SPDs and flash kicks, or 100% automatic hit-confirmed combos. (Hit confirming is such a huge part of SF6, except one game mode can just do it automatically?)

I also suspect that a Street Fighter balanced for that is a much less interesting game for everybody involved.

Of course it remains to be seen how it plays out on the professional level (I'm a mere almost-Platinum), but I've been fighting a lot of Modern users and when you're fighting a player who's roughly at the same level as you, but all their punishes are 100%, and if there's a one frame opening in your block string they counter you for free... it really doesn't feel fair whether you win or lose. It doesn't feel like you're playing the same game. This is putting aside the outright silly stuff like Modern Gief.

This is not an argument against accessible controls, but it is an argument against an uneven comp playing field.


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