JF>   No, and it's quite condescending of you to imply that!  It's just that 

JF> think you should be FIGHTING in a fighting game (heavens, what a novel
JF> concept), not repeating combos.  Maybe small combos (3-4 hits), but 
certain
JF> not those huge ones.  No real human (certainly not the ones you see in 
most
JF> fighting games) could ever pull those off without collapsing from 
exhaustio
JF>   Consider this: most boxers don't win by hitting someone 10 times in 
rapid
JF> succession - quite simply, they couldn't handle it without being a 
vulnerab
JF> target themselves after they're done.  They often play a defensive game, 
an
JF> only attack when they have a large-enough window of opportunity.  People 
li
JF> Holyfield and Tyson are the exceptions to the rule, and even the former 
sti
JF> fights more conservatively.
JF> 
Have you ever watched Bruce Lee fight?  He can pull off some awesome combos. 
The reasons the fighting games are intensified is that most of the characters 
are super not the ordinary fighting experts with special powers etc..  
JF>   Have you actually played them for a halfway decent amount of time?  
You'd
JF> know for a fact that it is NOT boring, and you do NOT just punch and 
kick. 
JF> good deal of it is knowing how to capitalize on a situation and to 
revent
JF> your opponent from doing the same.  Also, the PC version of VF2 adds some
JF> interesting twists; for example, you can change the arena size, so that a 
R
JF> Out can be an all-too-real possibility.  If you want a Bushido Blade-like
JF> experience, you can even set it to be 4 metres long, so that it only 
takes 
JF> or two solid hits to end the match.  You won't be quite so scared in a
JF> fighting game until you realize that what you do in a matter of seconds 
mea
JF> EVERYTHING.
JF> 
Actually yes.  I played the Virtual Fighter series on numerous occasions.  I
used to waste about a dollar to a dollar an fifty cents on the games. They 
re
not challenging at all.  I beat Virtual Fighter 3 the first time I played 
ith
the ninja guy.  Virtual Fighter 1&2 took a dollar each to beat. I've played 
Bushido Blade and a similar game Soul Blade which think are two excellent 
fighting games.  I have tried the setting the arena to the smallest possible. 
It can be easy at times to beat the opponent.
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