Hi Tom.
that is unfortunately true, though one interesting fact in beatemup terms is
that for everyone the casual beatemup is sort of a thing of the past. After
all when I was growing up it was quite possible to walk into an arcade or a
friends house and pick up something like mortal combat, streetfighter 2,
double dragon etc, and within only a short time of playing with the controls
and knowing special moves have a vague idea how to play. Of course, you'd
always lose to a more experienced opponent, but the basic jumps, kicks,
punches and even most of the specials were fairly easy to pull off.
With modern beatemup series like blazblu, guilty gear, soul calibur etc, the
shear complexity of the system, the numbers of super moves, special blocks,
dodges etc mean that for anyone! there isn't much chance of doing any good
without investigating first, ---- indeed among people who I know who are
serious beatemup fans this has become a major concern.
Of course, add on blindness to that and your increasing that learning factor
by a ridiculous amount, plus the more casual games that are intended for
pickup and play in groups such as marrio party, Wii sports, animal crossing
and to a certain extent pokemon just are none starters.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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