Street Fighter V: A Preliminary Thread

[Lucavi]

Japan has been shitting the bed for years. Nintendo's hilarious woes, #Fuck Konami, Capcom unable to coordinate its left and right hand, SNK uanble to decide between games and Pachinko... the list goes on and on. The only Japanese company dominating right now is From Software, and only from a single franchise. They haven't done squat with any of their other IPs in years.

[Krandor]

From Software does well in spite of themselves. They hit a winning formula with the Souls series and haven't really done a whole lot to improve upon it, all the while doing a spectacularly poor job of optimizing and coding (though like Bethesda they get a pass on it). And technically the success of Dark Souls is Bandai Namco's success, who in general have performed quite well in recent years.

But you are correct that on a whole Japanese gaming is suffering of late. Even the great white hope of Japanese gaming, Square Enix, is really only staying afloat due to the success of mobile gaming and it's non-Japanese series (Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Hitman, etc)

[Weltall]

Lots of games that are popular over there never even make it outside of the country. Any gaming store you walk in has a "Top 10" list and usually 7-8 I've never even heard of.

[Xno Kappa]

I would fucking love a new Armored Core. Get your shit together Japan!

[Nitsuki]

i think there is a new armored core game coming out?

[Elcura]

Instead of a new Souls or Bloodborne 2, yes, but that's OK since it has been ages since a new AC game.

[6souls]

SNK is on the rebound after dumping their Pachinko and Mobile divisions to focus on PC & Console titles. They're re-releasing old favorites on PC and doing their best with the talent they currently have on KOFXIV.

[Lokus]

Ibuki alt:

[Bweigelt]

Holy shit that just highlights how terrible her model is. Ignoring the fact that she's supposed to be a teenage girl and is built like a linebacker, what is the deal with her tiny little wrists with gigantic hands. Fucking Capcom.

[Lokus]

Well, exaggerated feet and hands is an art direction thing in general for the whole game. Something about making it easier to see attacks.

[Lucavi]

I would fucking love a new Armored Core. Get your shit together Japan!

Been waiting. Take some of that fucking absurd profit and invest in your other IPs. Putting all your eggs in one basket is a recipe for failure.

Make it for PS4 and PC and support the online while not requiring online for the Single Player storyline and I'm all over it. Game would look great and run at 60 FPS easily with the current power of PS4/PC (especially PC) and FS should have the budget now to invest properly into the engine of the game to ensure a crisp framerate. I love me some AC4A, but christ, the game chugs anytime there are explosions.

Either take the series back to the plodding tanks of the original AC franchise or take us back to the swift Gundams of 4 Answer, but abandon those miniature toys of AC V. You tried something, it didn't work out; learn from it and move on.

Edit: ^ Seconded above. Capcom has said in interviews that they deliberately enlarge the hands and feet of all characters to allow for the player to more easily read and identify attacks.

[Lokus]

For comparsion

[Viq]

If that was the big revel after SF Crash finals, I'm glad I turned my TV off after Momochi-thon 2016.

[IceSylph]

I wish I could get my calves that big, shit.

[Akiyama]

For comparsion

outside of the typical SFV fuckery with faces, it looks kinda similar lol

[Nitsuki]

Nah, comparing the horrible art to the in game model, then comparing it to sf4, she looks like trash in that alt. There is nothing feminine looking about her except for her tits. In sf4, at least she fits the build of a teenage girl, and her face not looking like baraka with sleep deprivation.

[Krandor]

Ibuki has the same V Skill as Karin. The same alt costume. Even the same stage.

[warc]

Her face is fine, but she had kind of a masculine body type in 4 as well (besides the tits). At least her head isn't pushed 6" forward in this one. (seriously look how far forward her head is in 4)

[Elcura]

The body type works fine for some characters (I mean they're fighters so...muscles are kind of a given) but I honestly don't remember how old some characters are supposed to be (looking at you especially Sakura) so eh.

Her legs are looking a bit chunky though so that looks weird. I guess it's usually fine with her normal costume but damn, shit's thick.

[Lucavi]

Makes no sense from a realistic standpoint to have a "thick" ninja. The men didn't top out at more than around 135lbs because of noise and concealment factors, but I'm not really going to factor in realistic portrayals when discussing a street fighter game, where the hands and feet are thrice as large as a head.

I've never been an Ibuki fan, so I don't have tears right now, but no one wants to see their favorite character not look up to snuff. I will say that she looked a lit better in motion compared to stills, just like with Civ 6.