Gaming out of Comfort Zone. SUGGESTIONS?

[Resurrection7]

I have a pretty diversified gaming profile, fairly proficient at many genres. However, I typically do not play and struggle with: 1) fighting games; and 2) racing games. I am willing to game out of my comfort zone and try my hand at these. I am interested in what the EG community has to provide. Thanks!

[SaltyPaladin]

I guess Brawlhalla could be good for you then. It's not the best fighting game ever, but it's free, so there won't be any regretting if you don't like it except for wasted time.

[TK42Kahn]

Smash Bros. and Street Fighter are probably the most friendly for inexperienced players. The Street Fighter franchise, if you start from the beginning, will teach you the ins and outs of the simple to pick up and difficult to master rock-paper-scissors of fighting games. Smash is a clever approach that deals with physics as a health bar which immediately makes a certain kind of sense to anybody, and if you were to play the whole franchise, starts off at a much more advanced graphical fidelity than many other fighting franchises. Both games are represented by iconic characters that envelope the full breadth of gaming tropes and caricatures of the real world. Both also have active esports communities.

[SlightlyPretentious]

Fighting game: Dragon Ball FighterZ. You only need to do two stick motions (Quarter Circle Back, Quarter Circle Forward) and the game is more about positioning and getting a good jab or hit in then memorizing strings of combos. Second would probably be Tekken 7. Followed by a weird PS4 game called Nitrosplus Blasterz.

Racing Game: Burnout Paradise Remastered, and its on sale right now. It's dated, for sure, but it's a blast to play with not only great races but other modes that involve taking out other drives.

If you're looking for a semi-realistic/realistic game, then I'd say Forza Horizon 3 or 4.

[Murray]

I'm not that big a fan of fighting games either. I do like racing games however.

Some of my personal favourites are:

Need For Speed Underground 2 - It's got a lot of RPG elements to it because you can customize your cars and improve them in many ways, both in terms of how well they run and in terms of looks. You have plenty of racing modes like circuit, drag, drift, outrun, etc. It's varying, the graphics were cutting edge at the time and the soundtrack is really good.


F-Zero GX - A really hard and really fast racing game. I absolutely love it. If you're unfamiliar with the F-Zero series, it's a comic-style science fiction racing game where you drive hovercrafts at extremely high speeds. You run a high risk of crashing and your vehicle can crash and explode if you're not careful. You usually race on tracks that sometimes has walls that keep you from falling off, but sometimes not. Fallint off usually loses you time, but you also have a life bar that you need to keep high because after the first lap of every race you get boost power that allows you to gain speed at the cost of health. There are also healing areas on the tracks that can help you gain health back. I love both the story mode and the championship mode. It's balls to the wall hard but it is the good kind of hard. Its got lots of different vehicles and characters, lots of unlocks and just lots of content overall.

Sonic And All-Stars Racing Transformed - Out of all the kart games and fun mini racing games, this one is probably my favourite. Yes, I like it even more than the Mario Kart series. It's like Mario Kart in that you can play as several characters but instead of Nintendo, it's Sega characters. It's a bit like Diddy Kong Racing in that you three different vehicles; a gokart, a plane and a hovercraft, but in this game your vehicle changes shape and can become either one of them, depending on what part of the race track you're at. It's like your typical kart racing game; really good graphics, alot of characters and I really like the progression of the single player bit. It's challenging and you unlock an even higher difficulty after having beaten it on what was innitially the hardest difficulty.

[Methpoodle]

If you love shady business practices and overly aggressive in game ads, Street fighter might be your thing

[Astraea]

Trackmanio Turbo! It's a great arcade racer and you have to win bronze/silver/gold/platina medals to advance to the next set of tracks. There's loops, tunnels, stunts, power ups/downs and it has a great arcade like responsiveness to the automobiles. Also has online.

[Zeoinx]

If you can manage to find a copy of it, Marvel VS Capcom 2, it did come out on Xbox original, PS2 I believe, and maybe something else. Solid fighting game to learn on. Soul Caliber 2 as well. From what I remember, if you know a genre you wanna get into, start with the earlier titles, as most are easier to learn, less features and all that, and slowly build up to a more modern title. But when you approach modern titles, do research to make sure they are even worth attempting.

Dead or Alive 5 for instance, has AI that always counters your button inputs for example. Wait, that might be Soul Caliber 5. anyway, one of the fighting titles has input countering, which makes the game not fun to play.

[decoyOctopus]

If you REALLY want to get out of your comfort zone, I'd suggest Tekken 7. But be warned, it has a steep learning curve and you WILL get beaten a lot.

Because it's on a 3D plane. How many fighting games have you sidestepping as one of the main mechanics? It's not just a backdash or teleport that can be your defensive options.

Just the movement and repositioning in a 3D plane it's a major learning curve.

[Tonic]

The GriD series is a good set of racing games!

[Raiju Thunder]

Man..... everyone already gave all the good suggestions. Well there’s fighting game called marvel VS Capcon 3 but warning you will Be destroyed if you play online. As a racing game the only game I can think of that hasn’t been mentioned is Diddy Kong racing, its fun with multiple characters and vehicles.

[Tech_0ne]

I love Tekken, all the way from 1 upto 7. Trying my hand at the versus matches in Japanese arcades showed me up though, I was getting beat 8 times out of 10. Ive never used a stick to play really though, I'm loads better with a controller but now am considering getting into stick fighting.

Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match is fun. Rival Schools is good. Heard good things about Persona 4 arena.

Killer Instinct on the Snes is awesome, one of my all time faves.

Human Killing Machine on the Amiga/Atari ST... Possibly the worst fighting game ever lol.

Any kind of sim racing game will push you to the limits. Try a MotoGP bike racing game to switch it up from cars.... Loads of fun.

[Methpoodle]

Unfortunately I haven't played a Fighting game since Tekken Tag tournament. However a racing game I thoroughly enjoyed was Grid 2. The handling mechanics were some of my favorite to date. Realistic enough to feel like a real driver but arcady and loose enough to be a lot of fun. I haven't played it but I hear only great things about Burnout Paradise. Also if you can hack the frustration of being punished for lapses in concentration Dirt Rally is pretty good too.

[RoyZa]

How about a combination of a fighting and racing game?

Carmaggedon. The first two, avoid the "2000" one.

[Baron Baldric]

Obviously I recommend you start with something superdicial and fun like Redout and Dead Or Alive 5.

Redout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmcfoP-I74I
Dead Or Alive 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFQiEPwJirc