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Spring-Loaded · Sep 7, 2012

Def Jam: Fight for NY, for me.

Not only was the gameplay itself amazing but the customization, story rife with twists and betrayals, and the badass, extensive cast of characters were all great.

And the motherfucking Danny Trejo fight... "Goodbye, bitch!"

Mileena · Sep 7, 2012

MORTAL KOMBAT

@MUWANdo · Sep 7, 2012

The general single-player package in the latest Mortal Kombat game is excellent, and I'm betting that TTT2 will give it a run for its money, too.

Spazznid · Sep 7, 2012

First post nails it.
Mortal Kombat.
Despite the rediculous boss(es) it's really the greates surprise of any fighter I've ever played.
I wish Project Soul would take some notes. Soul Calibur + MK Story Mode...
mmmm

Chavelo · Sep 7, 2012

Persona 4 Arena

DAT LABRYS STORY MODE o(╥﹏&#9573

o

djplaeskool · Sep 7, 2012

Virtua Fighter 4/5 (Kumite/Quest Modes)

P4A's Story mode is really nice too (if you're into VNs)

Cameron122 · Sep 7, 2012

Mileena said:
MORTAL KOMBAT

First post wins. Best campaign. I also enjoyed Blazblue's. Haven't played Persona 4 Arena yet but I heard it is great.

TheWrathOfSean · Sep 7, 2012

Mortal Kombat (the new one)

YoungOne · Sep 7, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBCwCyHUjXg

Soul Calibur 3's Chronicles of the Sword is still the best single player mode in a fighting game to this day. Strategy, customization, its own stand alone story basically an RTS lite mixed in with soul calibur's great gameplay.

crimzonflame · Sep 7, 2012

World Tour SFA3

woahjeez · Sep 7, 2012

Smash Bros. Brawl

dannyodwyer · Sep 7, 2012

If real fighting counts then Fight Night Champion hands down.

The story mode in that game was incredible.

Nocturnowl · Sep 7, 2012

How far can I stretch the use of fighting game? because the season mode in Smackdown Here Comes The Pain is all kinds of awesome.

DJ Crimson · Sep 7, 2012

Meccanical · Sep 7, 2012

Spring-Loaded said:
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I come here to post this game and you rob it from me.

Why.

Seriously though, this is a damn good example.

Bloodrage · Sep 7, 2012

Blazblue.

Mik_Pad · Sep 7, 2012

Mileena said:
MORTAL KOMBAT

This

Verelios · Sep 7, 2012

I don't know how anyone can sit here and ignore Blazblue. That's effort, sheer effort by Arc.

I would say Tekken also, but that was before all the scenario's turned to shit and we started seeing things like action adventure in my Tekken. Seriously, what the hell was with T6!?

Edit: Bloodrage got me.

NotoriousLynx · Sep 7, 2012

Even the older Mortal Kombat games had fairly interesting single player modes for a fighting game. I think it was Deception for the PS2 that had Konquest mode.

Smash Bros. Brawl has an amazing single player mode. A Nintendo fan's dream come true.

SmellyHands · Sep 7, 2012

Karate Champ

RyougaSaotome · Sep 7, 2012

BlazBlue or MK. They handle it different ways, but I can appreciate them both.

I also like visual novels though and I know some people out there aren't such big fans of the genre.

Rival Schools also gets a vote from me.

Exr · Sep 7, 2012

djplaeskool said:
Virtua Fighter 4/5 (Kumite/Quest Modes)

Has to be this. Endless singleplayer fights against thousands of AI opponents, some imitating famous human players patterns and character appearance.

Oni Link 666 · Sep 7, 2012

I always liked how the Street Fighter Alpha games had different story sequences for each character. SF4 has rivals, but it's not as cool.

I also really like survival mode in Tatsunoko VS Capcom, Challenge in SFIV, and World Tour (I think it was called) in the console version of SFA3.

Oh, and the Soul Calibur mode with all the challenges was always awesome.

TWILT · Sep 7, 2012

Chavelo said:
Persona 4 Arena

DAT LABRYS STORY MODE o(╥﹏&#9573o

My man. ;_;

Napalm_Frank · Sep 7, 2012

Dissidia Duodecim. Even if the story blows :d.

Oni Link 666 · Sep 7, 2012

NotoriousLynx said:
Smash Bros. Brawl has an amazing single player mode. A Nintendo fan's dream come true.

The Subspace Emissary? That was total shit.

Seven Force · Sep 7, 2012

Napalm_Frank said:
Dissidia Duodecim. Even if the story blows :d.

Yeah, this. Between the story mode involving the new characters, the entirety of the first game's story mode, the postgame story mode and Labyrinth Mode, there's a mindblowing amount of content.

Fight for NY is a good choice, too. ~~Even if I could never get past Bone Crusher~~

Platy · Sep 7, 2012

Smash Bros Brawl insane number of modes gets my vote.

This also deserves a mention

Oni Link 666 said:
The Subspace Emissary? That was total shit.

Homerun, Polygon team, subspace mode, classic mode, survival mode, demos, fully customizable bots, level editor, training mode, break the targets.....

Shahed · Sep 7, 2012

Edge Master Mode. To this day it's still my favourite fighter purely because of that. SC1 was still pretty good to a lesser extent, same with SC2. After that the story mode just went completely downhill.

The recent Mortal Kombat was pretty good as well. As was Blazblue CSE.

DukeBobby · Sep 7, 2012

dannyodwyer said:
If real fighting counts then Fight Night Champion hands down.

The story mode in that game was incredible.

Despite the numerous clichés, this game had a better story than most games. Loved it. That last fight was a pain in the ass, however.

Struct09 · Sep 7, 2012

Mortal Kombat 9. I would even agree that the story is pretty terrible, but the way the single player mode is put together (along with the challenges) is the best out there.

Oni Link 666 · Sep 7, 2012

Platy said:
Smash Bros Brawl insane number of modes gets my vote.

This also deserves a mention

Homerun, Polygon team, subspace mode, classic mode, survival mode, demos, fully customizable bots.....

I'm not denying that the game has a ton of content, but the Subspace Emissary was terrible.

BurnOutBrighter · Sep 7, 2012

Fight Night Champion

Punch Out

clear31 · Sep 7, 2012

I want a new Def Jam game on current gen made by Aki, not that terrible bullshit Def Jam Icon game we got a few years back.

The Mana Legend · Sep 7, 2012

Flying Dragon 64.

Shadoken · Sep 7, 2012

World Tour .... insanely addictive, not just some stupid fights and then some cutscenes.

ScOULaris · Sep 7, 2012

Mortal Kombat (2011) set a new standard for single-player content in fighting games with its robust story mode that runs through a revisionist retelling of almost the entire MK canon. It was a very unexpected surprise for most people when they got their hands on the game.

The One and Done · Sep 7, 2012

What happened to the def Jam series

Meccanical · Sep 7, 2012

TommyManberg said:
What happened to the def Jam series

Icon happened.

injurai · Sep 7, 2012

Mortal Kombat or BlazBlue.

I have yet to play P4A but it seems amazing.

clear31 · Sep 7, 2012

TommyManberg said:
What happened to the def Jam series

i really don't get why EA went with Icon in the direction they did. Letting Kudo Tsunoda get involved was basically the biggest mistake.

I'm glad hes strictly working on kinect stuff now

ghostface pizzakid · Sep 7, 2012

clear31 said:
I want a new Def Jam game on current gen made by Aki, not that terrible bullshit Def Jam Icon game we got a few years back.

Spring-Loaded · Sep 7, 2012

ghostface pizzakid said:

Rehost pls. Is this good news or something bad?

EDIT: Bad

Nuklear · Sep 7, 2012

MK9 by far.

The Grim Heaper · Sep 7, 2012

RyougaSaotome said:
BlazBlue or MK. They handle it different ways, but I can appreciate them both.

I also like visual novels though and I know some people out there aren't such big fans of the genre.

Rival Schools also gets a vote from me.

Same thing for me, too. Good answer!

Dark Ninja · Sep 7, 2012

TommyManberg said:
What happened to the def Jam series

A good developer stopped making it any franchise can be good if somebody decent to excellent is making it

Nori Chan · Sep 7, 2012

Mortal Kombat 9

Triple Da G.O.D! · Sep 7, 2012

Tobal No.1, No. 2 & Ehrgeiz's Quest Modes

Akatsuki Blitzkampf's SUGORUKU Mode

Project Justice's School Life Mode

Spring-Loaded · Sep 7, 2012

Oh, and Bushido Blade. You have to be honorable to complete it.

SteeloDMZ · Sep 7, 2012

Mortal Kombat 9 and it's not even debatable.

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