{"id":278,"date":"2023-10-19T00:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalwriting.cornellcollege.edu\/hit-point\/?p=278"},"modified":"2023-10-19T00:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:23:53","slug":"dnf-duel-a-fighting-game-for-people-who-dont-play-fighting-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalwriting.cornellcollege.edu\/hit-point\/2023\/10\/19\/dnf-duel-a-fighting-game-for-people-who-dont-play-fighting-games\/","title":{"rendered":"DNF Duel: A fighting game for people who don’t play fighting games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever tried a 2D fighter before? Any of them, something like Street Fighter <\/em>or Tekken<\/em>. Something like Guilty Gear, <\/em>or Skullgirls<\/em>? If you have, then you probably know what it\u2019s like to have your butt handed to you on a silver platter by someone who\u2019s doing crazy inputs with impeccable timing that feel so beyond comprehension it makes you want to throw in the towel. (Definitely writing from personal experience there.) If you\u2019ve been in that position, but are still enthralled with the intense fights, massive combos, and ultimate victory of a fighting game, go take a look at DNF Duel<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DNF Duel, made by Arc System Works, plays like a classic 2D fighter with a very simple twist: there\u2019s no command inputs. Unlike nearly every other game in the genre, you never have to do any funky stick movements to use any of your character\u2019s special moves. All you have to do is press a direction and one of your attack buttons and boom! Every move the character can do is available with absolutely zero mechanical talent required. Of course, you still have to learn how to make all of your moves connect with your opponent, but the path to mastery of a character starts much more simply than in other titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The available characters in DNF Duel<\/em> offer many playstyles that are frequently seen in other 2D fighters, from zoners who stay back to grapplers who get up in your face.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of my long-time gamer friends from way back in high school, who goes by Fuzzee online, is an avid fighting game player. He has experience in many games including Brawlhalla, Guilty Gear: Strive, <\/em>and of course DNF Duel<\/em>. When it comes to command inputs, he finds them to be a divider in a game\u2019s community. While they are rewarding to pull off, they can be extremely difficult to pull off in an actual match. As such, this creates the divide between skill levels of players. In high level play, these combos that require such precise movements and timings are utterly necessary. The time and dedication needed to make these inputs second nature can push newcomers away from a certain game, or in some cases the entire genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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