I noticed that in recent years, my character preference in fighting games has changed. I remember that when I started, I really liked characters who had strong setups(or setplay, since that’s such a popular buzzword these days). Nowadays I don’t like setplay characters as much, and I mainly look for characters who are faster than average and have extra movement options. Things like teleports, divekicks, air fireballs, flight, etc… These types of characters usually have low health to compensate, but that’s a trade that I’m willing to make. So I would never play a grappler, since they tend to have LESS movement options.
Of course, I still love Millia despite her strong setplay, but that is because Guilty Gear gives everyone a ton of strong and varied defensive options. So her setups don’t really turn into a one player game off of every knockdown.
I also think playing Dark Souls changed me, because I probably would have picked Hilda over Orie in that game if I was not playing DS at the time.
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