you guys gotta remember there is a TRUE difference between fighting games, beat em ups, and mech games.
If a mech game is short, and one player, what are you supposed to do after you have beaten the game twice in one night?
If a beat em up is short, you can always get friends to play and have a helluva fun time killing the baddies, but this will only last until the next multiplayer game comes out. It doesn\'t even have to be good, just multiplayer. example - Ergheiz 2 years ago, but then we immediately dropped it for Medal of Honor (i love this game!). It always happens.
for a fighting game it is different for everyone. for me, it is being the best, not on computer,t hat is too easy, even on level 9, now adays. The fun part is mastering your skills, techs, counters, throws etc and using them int he arcade every weekend to become arcade master. Of course, you have to have a really large arcade for that. which I have. Some people just don\'t get tthe premise of fighting games. The p1 vs. com mode is only there to fine tune your skills, it is never a good model (except for VF2\'s learning AI) of how you will play against real people. Don\'t buy fighting games unless you have friends or foes who will play you with as much ambition as you!
So IMO, mech games suck, and all beat em ups suck (except Double Dragon 2 and SoR3! ahh the memories:))
but fighting games rule!*
Eric Jacob
*thinks DOA2, TTT, and SC are faceless piles though. again, authors opinion.