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In video games, a combo (short for combination) is a term that designates a set of actions performed in sequence, usually with strict timing limitations, that yield a significant benefit or advantage. The term originates from fighting games where it is based upon the concept of a striking combination. It has been since applied more generally to everything from puzzle games and shoot 'em ups to sports games. Combos are either used as an essential gameplay element (more commonly), or used merely as a high score or attack power modifier, not explicitly necessary for victory or survival. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 122 KB) Summary Screenshot showing the combo feature of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Licensing This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the company that developed...
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In fighting games, combo specifically indicates a timed sequence of moves which produce a cohesive series of hits. The combo requires that an initial hit connects. This hit is then followed by an often predetermined sequence of other hits, each of which leaves the opponent unable or almost unable to block or parry the next hit in the sequence. Depending on the game design, a combo can have a final, sometimes special, hit or be infinite, limited only by the player's skill, patience or finger dexterity. In some cases, each additional hit has an increasing negative modifier, in order to balance gameplay, for example SNK's The Last Blade or Sammy's Guilty Gear series. A block is a technique in martial arts such as karate or Taekwon-Do that prevents an attack from making contact with the body. ...
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History
The combo (or 2-1 combo) notion was introduced with the fighting game Street Fighter II from Capcom, when skilled players learned that they could combine several attacks that left no time for the computer player to recover,[1] if they timed them correctly. However, the designing team, led by Yoshiki Okamoto, did not design the game to allow combos (they were an unforeseen feature), and thus were unaware of the possibility until gamers started experimenting after the game was released. Combos have been since a design priority in almost all fighting games, hardening significantly the learning curve of fighting games. The first game to count the hits of each combo, and reward the player for performing them, was Super Street Fighter II. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is a 1991 competitive fighting game by Capcom. ...
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Types of combo
2-1 combo A 2-1 combo (an abbreviation for two-in-one combo) or an interrupt combo is a combo which takes advantage of the fact that after executing a "normal attack" in certain games, you are able to immediately execute a special attack faster than you would be able to execute another normal move.
Auto combo The auto combo contrasts the Deadly Rave technique, in that unlike Deadly Rave which requires you to constantly input correct button sequence for a complete move, Auto Combo move will complete itself provided that the initial hit from the move connects (so if the initial strike misses or is blocked, the move will only do partial damage or fail completely). Another defining feature of an auto combo is that during its execution, the multiple hit count comes from the fact that multiple moves are used, or in other words, an auto combo consists of normal and/or special attacks packed into one. An auto combo is usually a super/desperation move, an example being Iori Yagami's Yaotome. Such autocombos are sometimes referred to as "ranbus", the name originating from the Japanese words often used in the names of the super moves that are autocombos and translating roughly to "violent/boisterous dance". Iori Yagami ) is a video game character who made his first appearance in the Neo Geo fighting game, The King of Fighters 95. ...
Chain combo A chain combo is a combo or a part of a combo that only uses normal moves or command moves. Although chain combos allow for a reasonable degree of flexibility, some characters (generally large ones) are unable to use chain combos. In some fighting games (Mortal Kombat and Guilty Gear being prime examples), chain combos are an integral part of the game play, and are considered special moves. Mortal Kombat (arcade game) Mortal Kombat (film) For the documentary on video game violence, see Moral Kombat Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated MK) is a popular series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. ...
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Although 3D games have "chain combos" by this definition of the word, most players never refer to them as such, instead preferring to focus on strings which may have some sub-elements of chain combos within them but may have some non-comboing elements. 3D computer graphics are different from 2D computer graphics in that a three-dimensional representation of geometric data is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images. ...
Sometimes fighting game fans only refer to a combo as a "chain combo" if it is within a game which has long and widespread examples of chain combos. For example, most Street Fighter fans described the chain combo system of Street Fighter Alpha as being discontinued in Street Fighter Alpha 2, even though Street Fighter Alpha 2 and other Street Fighter games still contain some combos which are only performed via normal attacks. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Alternative names for "chain combos" are: Dial-A-Combos, Target combos, Precanned strings, Canned strings. The latter two are generally misused (e.g. strings, by definition, are different from combos).
Super combo -
Ryu performing a super combo on Captain America in Marvel vs. Capcom (arcade emulator screenshot). Super combos, sometimes simply referred to as Super Moves, are a more powerful and/or damaging type of special move, which usually (but not always) requires a full super combo gauge or available super stock. This term is usually only applied to Capcom games (particularly in the Street Fighter II and Street Fighter Alpha series). Super (short for super move or super combo) is a term regarding fighting games. ...
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Super combos can either be auto combos, or chain combos. In the latter case, activating the super combo will usually make the character faster, enabling the chaining of moves that are usually too slow to be chained together.
Other names for super combos include Overdrives in the Guilty Gear series and "Desperation Moves" in SNK games.
The super combo gauge shows stored power that can be used for executing super combos. It is also known as a super gauge or super meter (SNK games). The gauge charges up in different ways, most commonly by landing hits on the opponent.
There are many types of super combo gauges, including:
- offensive gauge, where the gauge fills with execution of special moves (and fills faster if the move connects)
- defensive gauge, where the gauge fills by defending attacks (and fills faster with protected blocks)
- manual gauge, where the only way to fill the gauge is by performing a move (usually holding down a button) that leaves a player open to an attack
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Juggle Combo A combo in which the victim is hit multiple times in midair. The move used to start the juggle is called a "launcher" or "floater." This was the second type of combo to ever appear in a fighting game, starting with Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat (arcade game) Mortal Kombat (film) For the documentary on video game violence, see Moral Kombat Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated MK) is a popular series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. ...
In most games "juggle combos" are only considered valid combos if the victim remains stunned for the full duration of their time midair. Lighter characters are generally more susceptible to juggle combos, as less force is needed to keep then in the air. In the recent King of Fighters games, juggling is supported by another feature called "wire", in which a character is bounced off a wall and sent back, ready for follow-up attacks. The King of Fighters (or KOF for short) is a fighting game series by SNK that debuted in 1994. ...
Combo Breaker Not a combo in itself, a combo breaker is any move which prevents the successful execution of a full combination. In most games, any move which successfully strikes the opponent will become a "combo breaker", however, in some games a combo breaker is a specific move which prevents a combo, often doing additional damage for breaking the combo.[citation needed] In popular culture, the term "combo breaker" is used to refer to anything that disrupts the repetition of a theme or, in the case of imageboards, meme, sometimes simply being announced in itself with the exclamation "C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!", which clearly comes from where the term was first mentioned, the first Killer Instinct game. An image macro illustrating a wordplay on the similar-sounding ROFL (pronounced as roffle) and waffle. An image macro, also known as a thread bomb, is a picture with text superimposed, typically through the use of graphics software such as Gimp, Adobe Photoshop, or Microsoft Paint. ...
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Other uses Many other types of video games include a combo system involving chains of tricks or other manoeuvers, usually in order to build up bonus points to obtain a high score. Examples include the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series and the Crazy Taxi games. Combos are a main feature in many puzzle games, such as Columns, Snood and Magical Drop. Primarily they are used as a scoring device, but in the modes of play that are level-based, are used to more quickly gain levels. Shoot 'em ups have increasingly incorporated combo systems, such as in Ikaruga. Image File history File links Thug2_combo. ...
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First-person shooter games can also have combo-like features (usually in deathmatch situations) such as the Unreal Tournament series in which kills happening successively in a short space of time result in a "Double Kill" or "Multi Kill". First-person shooter (FPS) is a genre of video games which is characterized by an on-screen view that simulates the in-game characters point of view and a focus on the use of handheld ranged weapons. ...
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Tecmo's Deception series uses combos in the form of traps. It's sequels such as Kagero: Deception II, Deception III, and T?APT(Kagero II: Dark Illusion), focus much on combinations from the traps you create depending on the Arks you earn. It has been suggested that Tecmos Deception, TЯAPT be merged into this article or section. ...
Combos in computer and video game culture Since combos have become an essential gameplay element, many players practice to create combos that are as long as possible. The average length of fighting combos has generally increased over time - whereas the average Street Fighter II combo was likely to be under 10 hits, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 typically featured greater than 99-hit combos.
Some critics contend that the tendency to create longer and more devastating combos has damaged the competitive gameplay in fighting games, as advanced players abuse programming flaws, such as the relaunches in games like Marvel Vs Capcom 2 to continuously juggle their opponent helplessly. The increasing complexity of combo systems, and the rules of fighting games in general, has been blamed by some for the decreasing popularity of arcade fighters since the early '90s.
"Cheap" combos have long been a sore point in the gaming community, that is, unstoppable combos that can be executed repeatedly without any variation to win a round unfairly. These easily-performed (hence "cheap") combos are often exploited by inexperienced players, in some cases simply through button mashing. The use of this sort of technique in an arcade can sometimes lead to physical altercations or ejection from the premises. “Newcomer†redirects here. ...
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However, the definition of what constitutes "cheap" or "unfair" combos is typically controversial and disputed. Some purists also believe that "cheap" combos do not exist - even if a combo was unbalanced and mistakenly allowed by the game designers, it should exploited as well as any "legitimate" combo, irrespective of buggy or balanced status.
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