Good Old Fisticuffs: Difference between revisions

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Exalted]]'' First Edition uses the Brawl Ability to cover untrained hand-to-hand combat, while the Martial Arts Ability covers refined unarmed combat [[Martial Arts and Crafts|along with just about everything else]]. Second Edition merged them into one Ability to make room for War, leading to an odd situation where [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting|anything that could punch or kick knew Martial Arts]]. This includes ''horses''.

** ''[[Exalted]]'' Second Edition has Solar Hero Style, essentially Good Old Fisticuffs the Supernatural Martial Art, eschewing the subtle metaphorical effects of other Supernatural Martial Arts in favor of just hitting things ''really hard''.

*** And this being ''Exalted'', it takes Good Old Fisticuffs [[Serial Escalation]]. There's one Charm that allows you to punch people ''through walls'', and one to punch them '''into Hell'''. This, unsurprisingly, hurts a great deal.

* Mildly subverted in the original DC Heroes RPG by Maifair Games and the system's ''reincarnation'' as Blood Of Heroes by Pulsar Games. The martial Arts skill could be taken as-is, or could simply be used to represent ''Him Fight Good'' - whether it's Iron Fist's intense training, or the otherwise physically slow Juggernaut's ability to hit all but the most agile of opponents with his hamfists, to use Marvel Comics examples (is that a [[Take That]] ?).

* The Brawling skill in ''[[GURPS]]'' is for "unscientific unarmed combat". It is costs less to reach a high level than skills like Karate or Boxing but gives a smaller damage bonus.

== Video Games ==

* This is Joker's fighting style in ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]'', complete with the traditional pose.

* Most of the combat in ''[[Zeno Clash]]''. While some enemies use elaborate spin kicks and martial arts, [[Player Character|Gant]]'s unarmed fighting style essentially boils down to bashing his foes with his fists until they get dizzy, then smashing their skulls against his kneecaps.

* In ''[[The Godfather (video game)|The Godfather]]: The Game'', you as Aldo Trapani don't have any fancy evasive rolls in the style of ''[[Devil May Cry]]''-esque "Stylish Action Games", [[Vacuum Hurricane Kick]]s, [[Wrestler in All of Us|wrasslin' moves]] or [[Waif Fu]]-like flips [[Firefly|a 90-pound girl]] might use, only simple punches, a lunging grab and [[Extremity Extremist|maybe the occasional kick.]] Unfortunately, this means that you have trouble dealing with three or more enemies at once.

* Of all games, ''[[Tekken]]'' has a few examples. In the original games, he various Jacks typically have "Brute Force" listed as their only style, and since they're all [[Mighty Glacier|gigantic robots]], it only makes sense. This started getting taken into overdrive with the newest games in the series, however, as we've had Lili, Miguel, and Alisa Bosconovitch introduced into the series. Just to sum up, Lili is a [[Alpha Bitch|wealthy ballerina]] and Miguel is a Spaniard (both have no attributed styles), and Alisa . . . [[Robot Girl|fights by detaching her own head and has ''friggin chainsaws on each arm!'']]

* At a meta level, you can consider fighting game players who train in arcades, repeatedly pitting themselves against targets that fight back, thus favouring [[Boring but Practical]] jabs and bread-and-butter combos. This contrasts with fighting game players who can use the home releases' training modes to perfect their knowledge of the moves against compliant dummies. Of course, who comes up tops when they square off is not set in stone. A home player may, having explored the depths of [[Awesome but Impractical]], come to stand by the simple combos, while an arcade player can very well show his dominance by going flashy-like.

* In ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' the Heavy's default melee weapons are simply his fists. Taunting with it [[Finger Gun|kills any foes in front of him instantly]].

* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' recently gained the Street Justice powerset, which is all about this kind of fighting, as opposed to Martial Arts. Both sets have their strengths over the other.

* [[Asura's Wrath|Asura's]] main Ffighting style is all about this.

== Web Comics ==

* Subverted in ''[[ReBoot]]''. Megabyte convinces Matrix to "fight like a real sprite" and toss his gun away for a fistfight. After the first punch sends Megabyte [[Punched Across the Room|flying across the room]] he immediately resorts to his [[Wolverine Claws]]. Then Matrix receives AndrAIa's trident.

* Terry McGinnis in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' uses these over a formal karate fighting style his predecessor used having first learned to fight on the street. It later proves very useful against {{spoiler|the Joker}}.

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