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fighting games is a genre heavily focused on player versus player, one versus one matches

despite this unique context, it inherit lot's of ideas and conventions from it's parent genres: platformers, brawlers and beat them ups.

those elements can be recognized too in fighting games sister genres: metroidvanias and 3D adventure games.

the goal of this video series is to explain some concepts common in fighting games by taking advantage of those sister genres

as people not familiar with fighting games convention might not be so alien to metroid, castlevania, dark souls and so on

so with that said, let's get started with our 1st episode
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Big and slow versus small and fast

It's a common trope in videogames for the player to control one or a group of small, insignificant characters, and use their bravery, intelligence and teamwork to take on giant monsters.

There's something heroic and epic about it, just like reenacting david taking on goliath

But after being familiar with videogames, you might start to see some common patterns, that sometimes might give you a quick way to victory.

If you are not in a boss battle, for the sake of fairness, there will always be a tradeoff.

Large enemies will have attacks with high damage and big reach, but they generally have a distinct startup animation
as a warnbell signaling: runaway or dodge now

and a long recovery animation that screams: attack now

another trend is to make the big enemy less mobile. This might not sound very heroic, but sometimes the easy way to triumph over a giant monster is to circle around to stay in their blind spot, glue to their leg and bite them to their death like a ant, while dodging around like a annoying fly.

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