I'm not exactly new but I've never introduced myself on FSD... I've mostly lurked here once in a while the past few years, but recently I've logged in to voice my opinions now and then. I guess it might be kinda weird seeing this guy suddenly start commenting like he's always been here, so I think I should finally introduce myself properly. I was a regular member for a while back on DOA World, using a name like Incognito for reasons (probably stupid ones) that I explained over there, but I forgot which name I used before that (or if there was another name I used after that). Probably Inochi or Onichi. I know some people who post here from DoAW, but I don't know how many would recognize me. I started posting there just before DoA Dimensions got announced. I posted some really lengthy, personal stuff there... don't know if that's all gone now or what.
Anyways, I first learned about DoA1 for PS1 in the late 90s when I was around 10, from reading gaming magazines, but was too worried to actually buy a copy. I first played it in a Blockbuster Games at a station set up to try games before you rent them. I knew I had to find a way to eventually buy a copy on my own. I had got the internet aroudn that time and kept up with the series news as it happened... DOA2 came out, then DOA3, XBV, etc. I finally got a copy of DOA2H on PS2 around 2006 or 2007, followed by DoA1 for PS1. I got an Xbox 360 in 2010 and a used Xbox in 2011, at which point I had finally gotten all the released games up to that point, played them all, and DoA had become my favorite 3D fighting game (though since 99 my favorite FG series has always been KoF). Then I came to DoA World.
Until that point, I had been a huge FG fan, playing all the ones I could get my hands on, but unlike most people who played them for competitive reasons, I was realy into them for the characters, story, single player content (I loved unlocking everything then deleting my file and unlocking it all over again), and the fun that could be had from the gameplay in general. FGs give you more control over a character than any other game genre can. It wasn't until DoA that I got into the idea of maining a character and really trying to learn the game beyond just the move lists. Part of the reason for this was because by DoA4 I had decided I wanted to main Tina. I had been playing through all the DoAs using every character, some more than others, as I did with every FG I played, but Tina had been my favorite character in general since I first learned of the game back in the 90s... I just thought she'd be a character I liked but didn't like to play as because I never enjoyed playing grapplers ever since I first played SF2. I was delighted to find out I was wrong about that and Tina was more like an all-rounder, but I learned to use her as a grappler too. Eventually I found myself feeling connected to her character unlike any other character I've ever liked from video games in general, for multiple reasons. When I play a fighting game, I don't imagine I am them or that I'm controling them but rather we're like team mates, lol. Speaking of team mates, because of Tag mode I ended up making Lisa my 2nd main, because I liked to pair her with Tina due to their story connection and because I saw both Tina and Lisa as underdogs (not used much, maybe considered low tier, that was the impression I got about them from DOA1-DOA4), which added to their appeal for me. Tag may be gone in DOA6 but I've found myself training with her just as much as with Tina (ready for Tag whenever it does return).
I see myself as someone who care just as much about what's referred to among fans as "the casual stuff" as the "serious stuff" or the gameplay side. Personally for me though, a huge part of what made the gameplay in past DoAs so great and fun was the stage design, not just the potential in the fighting mechanics. With DoA5 I bought a lot of DLC but I also tried to go to local tournaments to support the game that way too.
Oh, and DOA2U is still my personal favorite DOA. I guess DOA4 and DOA5U or DOA5LR (if it weren't for MR and Honoka) would round out my top 3.
Yeah, so I guess there was a few things anyone could pick up from what I've said about what I like outside of DoA. If not, I'll just add some of that here. I started gaming when I was 3 when my uncle bought me an NES for my Bday. Some of my favorite game series ever, in no order, are DoA, KoF, NG, Zone of the Enders, Lufia, Mega Man (especially X series), Bayonetta, Zelda, Tekken, SC, Ys, Kirby, Gradius, Tetris, and Puzzle Bobble. Outside of games I'm just as much of a nerd for movies (silent, b&w, foreign, action, blockbusters, arthouse, etc), music (from all over the world, old and new stuff, mostly rock/metal, classical, shoegaze, goth, "grunge", industrial, synth, game and anime soundtracks, I tend to not like more commercial stuff though), and anime (to keep it short, I put Ghost in the Shell on my shelf next to Queen's Blade, so that should explain the range of my tastes... I'm alergic to lolis though).
Sorry if this is too long, I tend to do that quite a bit...
, great to see people returning and signing into this forum. If you need any help, feel free to message me. I’m not as active as of late but I do check on this website daily.
