" press button with the assist " trust me you just changed my all perspective right now xD ! i didn't know what and was wondering why the combo was failing OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trying the older games is good too since there isn’t as fierce competition as mvc2 right now. I was expecting to get whooped in COTA but I’ve only had fairly solid matches so far.
@@rustycstick7370 Good advice, i'm sticking to MVC 1 for now (and also because i kinda like it a little bit more) and once i feel more confortable i'll jump into MVC2 to get my ass kicked.
Yeah imagine posting a how to play 20 year old fighting game to your fighting game audience. Don't have fun and just play the same 3 top tier characters people have been playing for those 20 years, and your set. This game is going to fizzle out so quick because of that mentality, already has multiple time.
Yes, PLEASE 👍👍👍 I have so much trouble trying to figure out where my focus should be in the games other than MVC2/how the other games should be played.
For new players trying to learn this game, don't think about how to "Play Properly". This is an older fighting game with various working strategies. Focus on learning how to "Win by any means." This is the spirit of MVC2.
Getting zoned by mega man and sentinel assists is so wack. Even doing that to someone doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe controlled cheapness is he way to go cause I’m not tryna match up against a bunch of weirdo zoners all the time 😬
@@maillardsbearcat Justin Wong's one of the best MvC players on the planet--arguably one of the best fighting game players on the planet as well! If Justin gets a hold of too many newbies, they'll just quit instead of trying to get better.
this is actually REALLY GOOD ADVICE imo. Dood literally just gave one tip and it's instantly better than 90% of guides. And not gonna name any names but most of the guides are literally just the marquee card.
You have no idea how important what you’re saying is. Coming from someone who mostly played this game on their own, against the computer, just doing magic series combos, I figured out the hard way that it’s not about combos. It’s about kind of “throwing crap out there” at first and learning from there.
I agree, but I feel like the game has so many different mechanics that a tutorial wouldn't do it justice. A lot of it is just trial and error or personal discovery.
Online is fun but you will have a 100x more experience playing local. Get a friend a mess around with all of the characters. Thats where the real fun is!
@@Triggerhappy938 I tried to convince my friends to play fighting games for months and those mfs stuck to Smash Ultimate and Multiversus. Except for one whom I play Jojo's bizzarre adventure HFTF with. thank god.
Same here! I'm playing Jill, Gambit, SonSon! Getting absolutely destroyed but having a great time! Thankfully all the oldschool players I've ran into have been pretty respectful
Best to play what you like. When I pick this collection up I'm 100% going back to my silly crew of Servbot, Cable, Tron. But might adjust and sub cable or Tron with Storm. Servbot is too funny not to use, even if it's arguably the worst character. That and Roll...Roll tier is real.
I really needed this video. I don’t need absolute basics like “here’s what the buttons do” and I don’t need high level discussion about the meta. I just need practical guidance like pressing attack with assist. I’ve been stuck in a character crisis for years and finally feel like I have a game plan. I can finally pick up where I left off… which was on the PS2.
Dude... so much "aha moment" stuff packed in here! Best short and sweet instructional media on this game so far. Just getting out of the trapped mindset of following the game plan from other MVC games (or any other tag fighters) is such good advice. Love the content you're putting out for this!
I always appreciate these basic videos for newbs like myself. Helps us get our foot in the door so we can have fun (which is the most important point).
The collection made me realize I might not wanna learn, but actually MSH vs SF and MvC1. 2 is awesome but I love the 2 team fighters a bit more in this collection tbh
I’m glad that really good fighting game players are tryna help us out cause I’m TRASH, I’m so used to playing umvc3 and infinite, “pressing buttons with assist” all I needed to hear to understand what I need to do
Honestly thanks for the tips Max, I've always been more of a CvS2 type of guy and I remember having bad experiences when I played MvC2 at the arcades back in the day, fast forward many years later I'm giving it a try again and slowly starting to have fun with it, these tips will further enhance my enjoyment and time with the game.
I just was going against him. I had Chun Li doing the hyper kick, it was lighting up the opponent's Cyclops and the Juggernaut assist but I couldn't mash the button forever. She lowkey was holding back his punch for a good few seconds tho! 😂 he smushed her in the end
Been playing these games since COTA on the Saturn (middle finger to 90s shitty PAL conversions) without any real idea about tier lists, TODs, infinites, synergy, etc and i've always had a ton of fun just playing around with the characters based on vibes. I really hope that people play offline with their friends if poss, plus have enjoyable experiences online without getting continuously absolutely battered or becoming so concerned about winning that you only see the same few characters...
I've watched Max play this game for years and after a few days of playing and getting crushed when he said "assist WITH button" I swear a light bulb went off 😂
Thank you so much for this guide! So much of the material online is focused around technicalities of certain setups and tech skill while I'm just trying to figure out how I'm even supposed to approach someone without getting blown up. Coming from a modern non-tag fighter to this is such a stark difference but I'm still having fun mashing through the arcade mode and trying to figure out how to force Ruby Heart to work on my team
I love Max's dedication to getting new people into this classic game. While I am not an OG at this game, my first introduction to it was on the ps3 and I have always been nostalgic for it, even when I wasn't good at fighting games.
Legit this is such a good way of putting it. Like you don’t need to bother with crazy high level stuff unless you’re trying for evo this is great for people who just wanna play characters they like, see them do cool shit and not have a miserable time.
@MaximilianDood thanks bro as a brand new marvel vs. capcom 2 player at 27 years old starting with the fighting collection probably on Christmas Day that evening after I finish up at my grandparents for the day with my extended family and come home, that’s definitely going to help me when I pick up Venom as my point character as I hear he’s not only a great beginner character but, I mean what Marvel fan doesn’t like Venom? Not many that I know don’t at least so, he’s going to be my point character but, I’m not 100% sure who I’m going to use as my projectile and anti-air assists yet, I will figure that out over time as I learn more about the basics of how a fight works in MVC2
Gonna say that as a Guilty Gear player jumping into this for the first time, I cannot stress just how important assist characters are. I only began to realise it after getting my ass handed to me over and over by Captain Commando and Cyclops. It was so natural for me to want to get in close and do unga bunga combos but I couldn't figure out how. It was only when I started to use assists more and throw out big supers like Cable's HVB, or Doom's Photons that I managed to get my first wins.
I've been playing this for 20 years, but to give u some advice on Cable, you should go into training mode and set it to infinite meter. So what you'll practice is tiger knee-ing the HVB. I can loop it like 3-4 times. Just know, you'll need to do it quicker each rep due to hit stun deterioration (too many hits).
Thank you Max. I love seeing the characters do cool shit on the screen but was overwhelmed when I got into my first match. This video is exactly what I was looking for.
this is a godsend, if you can make this a series about learning mvc2/fighting games in general, like I usually have trouble knowing what to do, like how do i even approach or play neutral sometimes. Knowing the basics like this does help a ton
Max this is super helpful coming from street fighter and feeling like if I can’t do magneto infinites I can’t play the game. Having fun just doing sentinel drones while blaster with cable, and sent flying kick above peoples heads.
I normally try to avoid learning from the pros because they often talk over your head and use terminology that's not noobie-friendly. But this was an excellent explanation on the basics of MvC2 by Max.
Just noticed that Cables cyber arm is always facing away from the audience. If he’s on the left side of the screen, his cyber arm is on the left side but if he’s on the right side then he has a right cyber arm…..it seems the devs just simply flipped/mirrored this model
Yeah, that's literally how almost every single sprite-based 2D fighter has ever worked, simply due to memory limitations. The only 2D fighter to really give any character proper sprite work for each side of the screen was Street Fighter III with Gill, which was precisely done to showcase how the CPS-III could do that, but even for him it was literally just swapping the two colors his body was made up of & giving him accompanying elemental effects (fire or ice) to match.
Is this your first time seeing sprite based graphics? It’s not a model it’s a hand drawn sprite. They weren’t going to draw every frame of animation facing left and right.
I just picked it up. Never played it. So excited for more MvC2 content! It’s awesome so far but so complicated compared to MK. Having fun with it though.
This game needs a dedicated casuals/bootcamp mode. Online completely dominated by pros. I want to learn but Training Mode is just doing shit in a vacuum. Idgaf how whiny this comes across fighting games need a more welcoming entry point for newbies
Naw fair enough. What I'd recommend though is lurking around on Twitch and look out for streamers who are also newer. I do this for any competitive game so I don't compare myself to people who have a doctorate in MvC combos.
This is so true just started playing at work on breaks with my buddie on switch and not knowing anything especially about assist until recent you can do so much things it’s insane you’re damage and being able to open up more playability is insane
Ive never played this game until now. I’ve just been beefing it out in Arcade, I don’t have a desire to play online except against my friends. So far Thanos is my guy. Ken is my dedicated assist because I saw he was used in low tier tourneys for that reason. 2nd slot is just someone I wanna try.
Honestly when I play I play it like if they made MvC Infinite have 3 man teams instead of 2 they have similar enough controls schemes and MvC2 is a bit faster
Thanks Max! As someone who played in my late childhood/early teen years, I totally forgot how to play this damn game. I'll take your tips in my gameplay going forward
I hear what Max is saying for MvC1 with synergy, but that's not entirely true. It's there, but it's that one mechanic where both of your characters are on the screen, and it's kind of the reason I want to play that game so much. As great as MvC2 is, because of that mechanic in MvC1 I want to play it over MvC2 at the moment. As a training mode monster I feel like there is so much unexplored. Justin played against some top Ryu/Morrigan player a while back, and that guy was the reason I want to get my hands on MvC1 so much. Great video though. Pushing assist and another button together took a long time for me to wrap my head around back in MvC3. I wish someone back then would've like, "dawg, just do ex's like you're playing street fighter" 😅😂
Old heads eating with all these fighting games. We’re boutta look back at this time and be amazed by how good of a year it was for fighters. With that said,I’m loving putting all these new players in the blender. NEVER STOPPED PLAYING
Iceman's ice beam is a really good lockdown assist that does decent block damage. His combos into supers are easy for new players. If you like spamming keep away attacks with Blackheart or like to use teleporting characters like Strider or Dhalsim the ice beam is a hard and multi hitting ground move that sweeps the floor space innocuously after a super jump. Also, he's one of the OG characters.
This changed me a lot bc I kept trying to play mvc2 like Umvc3 after going back on fightcade lol. I’ve played mvc2 for a long time and never knew this stuff or never got taught at local arcades
Max, if possible. Could you make a video on your recommendation for fight sticks? I’m looking to get more involved with this collection as I’m sure others are. The Xbox controller on pc isn’t cutting it lol
I don't play fighting games because I don't know what the heck I'm doing (I know... all beginners don't know what they're doing at first) and I usually just end up button-mashing. I also don't watch fighting game videos because I don't understand what is happening, but this "gateway" tutorial definitely has raised my interest in watching/trying MvC2 a little.
The first thing I'm going to do when I get my hands on this collection in November is go into Training Mode for MVC2 and attempt to do _that_ infinite combo. You know the one.
I went into this game with a DBFZ mind set and thought i had to be missing something when it seemed like i could only get like 4-hit combos and my assists weren't comboing at all lol. This video made me understand why i was so trash
"its not about combos" and here I JUST got the hang of this games combos (very simple baby's first stuff like lp, lk launch, lp,lk,lk super/hyper for example) fr that takes a load off my mind to not worry about. it is more work as i've seen but flash and entertaining.
" press button with the assist " trust me you just changed my all perspective right now xD ! i didn't know what and was wondering why the combo was failing OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love reading people come to the same 'eureka' moments I did nearly 25 years ago.
@@Maximilian_Dood Lmao 😂
I learned that back in the day in Dreamcast, it was like freeing oneself of the shackles of decency and becoming one with the wild hog.
its like in MK1
Like seeing the code in the matrix of Guitar Heroes Hammer-On mechanics and visual cue
Mind. Flat. Blown.
Advice to new players - play MvC2 offline with your friends couch co-op style, tons of fun. jump online and be fed to the Wazzler.
"Fed to"😂 He's like the fucking rancor from star wars
@@Broasty25 The Wazzler is insatiable.
Trying the older games is good too since there isn’t as fierce competition as mvc2 right now. I was expecting to get whooped in COTA but I’ve only had fairly solid matches so far.
@@9216v The Insatiable Wazzler, Wazzler The Insatiable, Refund God Wazzler
@@rustycstick7370 Good advice, i'm sticking to MVC 1 for now (and also because i kinda like it a little bit more) and once i feel more confortable i'll jump into MVC2 to get my ass kicked.
Whatever you do, don’t fight Wazzler. That’s how.
LOL
Unless you want to refund.
How do you beat that Wazzler guy? He's everywhere!
Do not pursue Wazzler
Don't play Wazzler if you don't wanna get better
It’s 2024 and Max is posting tutorials for a recently released MVC2. Imagine how happy he is now. What a time to be alive.
Yeah imagine posting a how to play 20 year old fighting game to your fighting game audience. Don't have fun and just play the same 3 top tier characters people have been playing for those 20 years, and your set. This game is going to fizzle out so quick because of that mentality, already has multiple time.
@@Bfkcjscbsnjcscruba dub dub 😂😂😂
@@Brandonweifu as you're on a tutorial video on how to play a 20 years old game. The level of self report is hilarious 😂👌
@@Bfkcjscbsnjc least I'm not the bi atch whining cause he can't get gud like everyone else and wants to blame others instead of himself lol
@Bfkcjscbsnjc least I'm nor whining instead of getting gud lol
Please Max, make videos like this for all the games in the collection
Yes, PLEASE 👍👍👍 I have so much trouble trying to figure out where my focus should be in the games other than MVC2/how the other games should be played.
Yup!
For new players trying to learn this game, don't think about how to "Play Properly". This is an older fighting game with various working strategies. Focus on learning how to "Win by any means." This is the spirit of MVC2.
I figured out a long time ago people are going to be cheap, will even use preset combo macros against you. Make no apologies for being cheap back.
Street fighter has honor but marvel we fight with street rules.
If servebot could throw acid in your eyes he would
@@backlogbuddies MAN THAT'S SO ON POINT
Getting zoned by mega man and sentinel assists is so wack. Even doing that to someone doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe controlled cheapness is he way to go cause I’m not tryna match up against a bunch of weirdo zoners all the time 😬
@@Giotron try using anti airs and full screen attacks
Justin Wong gonna single-handedly stop the MvC revival
I don't get it
@@maillardsbearcatJustin winning a lot, like no one gets to play when they’re fighting Justin
@@maillardsbearcat Justin Wong's one of the best MvC players on the planet--arguably one of the best fighting game players on the planet as well! If Justin gets a hold of too many newbies, they'll just quit instead of trying to get better.
Some guy claimed to already return the game after fighting Justin. Lol. He’s a mutant, no pun intended
Need skill base lobbies
You don't. You put down the controller as a sign of respect and you simply witness your asswhupping.
Just like Max said: friendship and teamwork is the key
😂😂😂
Fuck that imma mash and teabag. Respect is for bitches
The fabled team of Shuma-Amingo-Hulk (big green blobs) is clearly the only answer
Hulk, Juggernaut, and Servbot. Big guy, big guy, little guy. lol
GREEN IZ BEST
@@MacUser2-il2cxSo two and a half Men.
@@eduardob6981WAAAAAAAGghhhhhhh!!
The year is 2065, the only fighting game left is MvC Infinite, suicide is banned globally.
I'll take a fun but ugly fighting game over none at all
You could do way worse than MvC Infinite.
Max is out here teaching people how to deliver birthday presents.
YOU GON LEARN TODAY
WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD
Haply birthdays in mvc2 🎂
this is actually REALLY GOOD ADVICE imo. Dood literally just gave one tip and it's instantly better than 90% of guides. And not gonna name any names but most of the guides are literally just the marquee card.
people will listen to max's tips in training mode and their first match online will be the Wazzler
The first thing you gotta do is learn how to do a MUTHAFUCKING INFINITE🔥🔥🔥
LIGHT PUNCH!!
MEDIUM PUNCH
LIGHT KICK
HEAVY PUNCH
GO DIAGONAL….NOW GO UP…..NOW GO DIAGONAL
Jwong bringing the FUN in reFUNd.
He's not making anyone refund anything. Just don't play him or quit on him. I enjoy the game and will never refund.
You have no idea how important what you’re saying is. Coming from someone who mostly played this game on their own, against the computer, just doing magic series combos, I figured out the hard way that it’s not about combos. It’s about kind of “throwing crap out there” at first and learning from there.
I use magic series all the time and I do well
@@paulroy6316I’m sure you do dude. I’m trash by nature but this advice really helps to make my ratio at least 3w 7L out of 10 matches 🥹 1:16
It would have been nice to have some kinda tutorial in the game, but I am glad you are doing something about that
I agree, but I feel like the game has so many different mechanics that a tutorial wouldn't do it justice. A lot of it is just trial and error or personal discovery.
@@JosephHobbyVA or mash buttons like crazy and let Marvel Jesus take the wheel 😂
Online is fun but you will have a 100x more experience playing local. Get a friend a mess around with all of the characters. Thats where the real fun is!
Imagine having friends IRL that play fighting games.
@@Triggerhappy938 what a dream! 😢
@@Triggerhappy938 I tried to convince my friends to play fighting games for months and those mfs stuck to Smash Ultimate and Multiversus.
Except for one whom I play Jojo's bizzarre adventure HFTF with. thank god.
@@billy-lanhthach5671You need to tell your friends to take a shower first
@@Triggerhappy938 unfortunately, my friends don't like fighting games because it's too hard for them :/
2:42 “Your damage doesn’t come from strings like this”
*proceeds to do over 50%*
I’m playing Jill, Spider-Man, and Gambit. I’m getting my ass kicked but still having a blast
That's how you get great, you gotta love your character spread😂 Fug all the mechanics and functions talk!
Same here! I'm playing Jill, Gambit, SonSon! Getting absolutely destroyed but having a great time! Thankfully all the oldschool players I've ran into have been pretty respectful
@@djbubblegum9975 nice, I wanted to try sonson too but three characters is already so much rn lol
Did you know she’s a member of STARS?
Best to play what you like. When I pick this collection up I'm 100% going back to my silly crew of Servbot, Cable, Tron. But might adjust and sub cable or Tron with Storm. Servbot is too funny not to use, even if it's arguably the worst character. That and Roll...Roll tier is real.
I really needed this video. I don’t need absolute basics like “here’s what the buttons do” and I don’t need high level discussion about the meta. I just need practical guidance like pressing attack with assist. I’ve been stuck in a character crisis for years and finally feel like I have a game plan.
I can finally pick up where I left off… which was on the PS2.
"PICK A TOP TIER!" - Sandford Kelly
Dude... so much "aha moment" stuff packed in here! Best short and sweet instructional media on this game so far.
Just getting out of the trapped mindset of following the game plan from other MVC games (or any other tag fighters) is such good advice.
Love the content you're putting out for this!
Just fill the screen with characters and keep applying pressure
Gang Rap the game
Great video! As a casual who got this game because of the cool art style and characters I would lile to see more guides like this please :)
I always appreciate these basic videos for newbs like myself. Helps us get our foot in the door so we can have fun (which is the most important point).
I'm in love with having all my youtube recommendations be about Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection.
this are great times to live boys.
The collection made me realize I might not wanna learn, but actually MSH vs SF and MvC1. 2 is awesome but I love the 2 team fighters a bit more in this collection tbh
I’m glad that really good fighting game players are tryna help us out cause I’m TRASH, I’m so used to playing umvc3 and infinite, “pressing buttons with assist” all I needed to hear to understand what I need to do
This was honestly a better guide than any other out there for this game
6:28 he meant Jin btw
This video has spoke to my soul, max literally have addressed most of my problems if all I’ve been having lately.
Honestly thanks for the tips Max, I've always been more of a CvS2 type of guy and I remember having bad experiences when I played MvC2 at the arcades back in the day, fast forward many years later I'm giving it a try again and slowly starting to have fun with it, these tips will further enhance my enjoyment and time with the game.
Don't worry about it.
“Assist Fighter - The Game” 7:28 perfect.
Juggernaut was always a difficult assist for me to deal with he clears the screen and has armor and punches SO GODDAMN HARD lol
I just was going against him. I had Chun Li doing the hyper kick, it was lighting up the opponent's Cyclops and the Juggernaut assist but I couldn't mash the button forever. She lowkey was holding back his punch for a good few seconds tho! 😂 he smushed her in the end
Didn’t even go over the most important part… how to choose your color!
I think I’ll stick to offline/arcade mode in MVC2 as I really don’t want to fight the meta characters over and over again.
Been playing these games since COTA on the Saturn (middle finger to 90s shitty PAL conversions) without any real idea about tier lists, TODs, infinites, synergy, etc and i've always had a ton of fun just playing around with the characters based on vibes. I really hope that people play offline with their friends if poss, plus have enjoyable experiences online without getting continuously absolutely battered or becoming so concerned about winning that you only see the same few characters...
I've watched Max play this game for years and after a few days of playing and getting crushed when he said "assist WITH button" I swear a light bulb went off 😂
Go online, get double perfected, get refund.
Get good
Wazzler strikes again!! hes one devious player.
@jasonsmith530 More like get good game. Nah, jk. I'm having fun and admit to not going online yet.
PC users: Go online. Can't find a match. Complain $50 is too much. Refund the game. Go to a forum. Complain the game is woke.
It's not a combo game.
Right up until you run into a Magneto or an Iron Man who infinites you to death.
I can’t wait to get this collection, haven’t played since PS2 and will love to show my son one of the games me and my brothers loved
Thank you so much for this guide! So much of the material online is focused around technicalities of certain setups and tech skill while I'm just trying to figure out how I'm even supposed to approach someone without getting blown up. Coming from a modern non-tag fighter to this is such a stark difference but I'm still having fun mashing through the arcade mode and trying to figure out how to force Ruby Heart to work on my team
I love Max's dedication to getting new people into this classic game. While I am not an OG at this game, my first introduction to it was on the ps3 and I have always been nostalgic for it, even when I wasn't good at fighting games.
Cyclops is still the GOAT, along with Cable, Gambit and Sentinel.
Will this help stop the wrath of jus-
I mean the wazzler
make it sound like he is fighting the entire internet at once
Legit this is such a good way of putting it. Like you don’t need to bother with crazy high level stuff unless you’re trying for evo this is great for people who just wanna play characters they like, see them do cool shit and not have a miserable time.
@MaximilianDood thanks bro as a brand new marvel vs. capcom 2 player at 27 years old starting with the fighting collection probably on Christmas Day that evening after I finish up at my grandparents for the day with my extended family and come home, that’s definitely going to help me when I pick up Venom as my point character as I hear he’s not only a great beginner character but, I mean what Marvel fan doesn’t like Venom?
Not many that I know don’t at least so, he’s going to be my point character but, I’m not 100% sure who I’m going to use as my projectile and anti-air assists yet, I will figure that out over time as I learn more about the basics of how a fight works in MVC2
First time I've ever heard about all this, dang. Didn't know assists were so crucial, thanks Max!
picking good assists and using them more often singlehandedly made me start winning more.
Gonna say that as a Guilty Gear player jumping into this for the first time, I cannot stress just how important assist characters are. I only began to realise it after getting my ass handed to me over and over by Captain Commando and Cyclops. It was so natural for me to want to get in close and do unga bunga combos but I couldn't figure out how. It was only when I started to use assists more and throw out big supers like Cable's HVB, or Doom's Photons that I managed to get my first wins.
@@MichaelHill-sg8ks if that Captain Commando and Cyclops had a Juggernaut assist.... That was probably me lol
@@ArcChristelle Haha, nah I haven't come across any Juggernaut players yet. But I'll keep an eye out for such a team.
I've been playing this for 20 years, but to give u some advice on Cable, you should go into training mode and set it to infinite meter. So what you'll practice is tiger knee-ing the HVB. I can loop it like 3-4 times. Just know, you'll need to do it quicker each rep due to hit stun deterioration (too many hits).
Thank you Max. I love seeing the characters do cool shit on the screen but was overwhelmed when I got into my first match. This video is exactly what I was looking for.
this is a godsend, if you can make this a series about learning mvc2/fighting games in general, like I usually have trouble knowing what to do, like how do i even approach or play neutral sometimes.
Knowing the basics like this does help a ton
Max you rock thanks for your videos glad you're still great resource, you helped me years ago with Fighterz
Max this is super helpful coming from street fighter and feeling like if I can’t do magneto infinites I can’t play the game. Having fun just doing sentinel drones while blaster with cable, and sent flying kick above peoples heads.
I normally try to avoid learning from the pros because they often talk over your head and use terminology that's not noobie-friendly. But this was an excellent explanation on the basics of MvC2 by Max.
Thank you for this, genuinely helped so much
Just noticed that Cables cyber arm is always facing away from the audience. If he’s on the left side of the screen, his cyber arm is on the left side but if he’s on the right side then he has a right cyber arm…..it seems the devs just simply flipped/mirrored this model
Yeah, that's literally how almost every single sprite-based 2D fighter has ever worked, simply due to memory limitations. The only 2D fighter to really give any character proper sprite work for each side of the screen was Street Fighter III with Gill, which was precisely done to showcase how the CPS-III could do that, but even for him it was literally just swapping the two colors his body was made up of & giving him accompanying elemental effects (fire or ice) to match.
Is this your first time seeing sprite based graphics? It’s not a model it’s a hand drawn sprite. They weren’t going to draw every frame of animation facing left and right.
I just picked it up. Never played it. So excited for more MvC2 content! It’s awesome so far but so complicated compared to MK. Having fun with it though.
Marvel 2 rollback on Steam in 2024 still hasn’t sunk in yet for me
I'm convinced I'm now at least 50% better at this game thanks to this video
This game needs a dedicated casuals/bootcamp mode. Online completely dominated by pros. I want to learn but Training Mode is just doing shit in a vacuum. Idgaf how whiny this comes across fighting games need a more welcoming entry point for newbies
Naw fair enough. What I'd recommend though is lurking around on Twitch and look out for streamers who are also newer. I do this for any competitive game so I don't compare myself to people who have a doctorate in MvC combos.
No it doesn't. I just needs to give people onine the ability to ban certain characters from the lobby.
Just got my PS5 at the perfect time
This is so true just started playing at work on breaks with my buddie on switch and not knowing anything especially about assist until recent you can do so much things it’s insane you’re damage and being able to open up more playability is insane
Ive never played this game until now. I’ve just been beefing it out in Arcade, I don’t have a desire to play online except against my friends.
So far Thanos is my guy. Ken is my dedicated assist because I saw he was used in low tier tourneys for that reason.
2nd slot is just someone I wanna try.
Equaly balanced as all things should be
Hitting the assist with a button was a game-changer for me.
As someone who loves mvc2 but has struggled like crazy this is actually a huge help!
I bought this game for my dad as a gift we used to play mvc2 together when i was younger and years later we still fighting it out
Honestly when I play I play it like if they made MvC Infinite have 3 man teams instead of 2 they have similar enough controls schemes and MvC2 is a bit faster
Thanks Max! As someone who played in my late childhood/early teen years, I totally forgot how to play this damn game. I'll take your tips in my gameplay going forward
So discouraging to tune into a MvC2 tournament and it's the same 4-5 characters and 2-3 assists.
so much fun /s
Max: "ok, this is how you can get good at the game"
Justin: "nice, fresh meat"
I hear what Max is saying for MvC1 with synergy, but that's not entirely true. It's there, but it's that one mechanic where both of your characters are on the screen, and it's kind of the reason I want to play that game so much. As great as MvC2 is, because of that mechanic in MvC1 I want to play it over MvC2 at the moment. As a training mode monster I feel like there is so much unexplored. Justin played against some top Ryu/Morrigan player a while back, and that guy was the reason I want to get my hands on MvC1 so much.
Great video though. Pushing assist and another button together took a long time for me to wrap my head around back in MvC3. I wish someone back then would've like, "dawg, just do ex's like you're playing street fighter" 😅😂
Old heads eating with all these fighting games. We’re boutta look back at this time and be amazed by how good of a year it was for fighters. With that said,I’m loving putting all these new players in the blender. NEVER STOPPED PLAYING
Just in time, I just know how to do the f*cking infinite. XD
Deeply appreciated.
This kind of stuff is incredibly helpful and overlooked by most.
Played some casual matches and had a great time. As soon as I hit ranked things got a little insane 😅
they fight like psycho maniacs i watched some rank on you tube good lord they beast you
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dood, I just realized this is essencially what Zenless Zone Zero ended up being. Holy crap. No wonder it got compared to fighting games a lot.
Iceman's ice beam is a really good lockdown assist that does decent block damage. His combos into supers are easy for new players. If you like spamming keep away attacks with Blackheart or like to use teleporting characters like Strider or Dhalsim the ice beam is a hard and multi hitting ground move that sweeps the floor space innocuously after a super jump. Also, he's one of the OG characters.
Dumb team synergies is the way to go when having fun in Mvc2
This changed me a lot bc I kept trying to play mvc2 like Umvc3 after going back on fightcade lol. I’ve played mvc2 for a long time and never knew this stuff or never got taught at local arcades
This explanation perfectly explained why I like MVC3 and couldn't really understand MVC2
Max out here doing the Lord's work
If this becomes a series of just a brief crash course tutorials, that would be an EASY million views
Thank you for enplaning this, I had no idea how important assist is in this game.
Just started MvC2 today. I'm looking forward to learning it
Good luck and remember to have fun a lot of vets in this game that’s wiling to help people learn
Thank you max, I needed this
This was really helpful, thanks dood
Max, if possible. Could you make a video on your recommendation for fight sticks? I’m looking to get more involved with this collection as I’m sure others are. The Xbox controller on pc isn’t cutting it lol
I don't play fighting games because I don't know what the heck I'm doing (I know... all beginners don't know what they're doing at first) and I usually just end up button-mashing. I also don't watch fighting game videos because I don't understand what is happening, but this "gateway" tutorial definitely has raised my interest in watching/trying MvC2 a little.
The first thing I'm going to do when I get my hands on this collection in November is go into Training Mode for MVC2 and attempt to do _that_ infinite combo.
You know the one.
tl;dr
Pick good assists
Hold down back
Break your assist buttons
Sakura’s anti-air is addictive to me
I went into this game with a DBFZ mind set and thought i had to be missing something when it seemed like i could only get like 4-hit combos and my assists weren't comboing at all lol. This video made me understand why i was so trash
Max making marvel vs Capcom tutorials again was not in my 2024 bingo card, but here we are
"its not about combos"
and here I JUST got the hang of this games combos (very simple baby's first stuff like lp, lk launch, lp,lk,lk super/hyper for example) fr that takes a load off my mind to not worry about. it is more work as i've seen but flash and entertaining.
What a time to be alive. Feel like a kid again with the MVC2 revival
you called jin hayato but its okay because i think both of his assists are also pretty decent!