3 Fight Styles Pros/Cons

[Fred Marvel]

also i hope they dont give everyone (by everyone i mean alot of characters) a "weapon stance" Scorp & Sub have one and looks like Kotal Kahn might too from those screenshots.
the idea of 3 variations is great but pls nrs dont ruin it by reusing old ideas from 3d mk games, just keep building and make this game play as awesome as it looks ^_^

 

[VenomX-90]

Not really a bad approach. Much better than being introduced to it by your opponent.

True shit.

 

[trufenix]

Question: What will be the tournament ruling for this? I believe in SF4, you can change Ultras even after a win but you have to pick your Ultra first before the opponent picks his character.

Is that correct and will this be the same?

There won't be any switching allowed. If this literally changes moves, strings, and traits we are basically talking ab out a completely different character.

 

[themagiccan2]

I'm an impatient bastard and not having to do so much extra work to have 3 variations could mean the game coming out earlier. Whether true or not its an irrational pain

 

[NRF CharlieMurphy]

one CON you didnt' mention

A character may only have ONE viable variation and the other two are trash. While another character may have all 3 variations be good.

 

[trufenix]

Writing a pros and cons list for this is like writing a pros and cons list for having more characters in a game.

 

[xSMoKEx]

A very simple breakdown that honestly worries me:

Pro - More depth + variation in gameplay
Con - Harder to balance, could very well result in the majority of fighting styles being utterly useless if one is significantly stronger than the rest per character (Resulting in wasted development time that could be used elsewhere).

 

[Error]

I feel like Kabal sacrificed himself and passed his powers onto the cast so that everyone could be versatile.

 

[RikoLaw]

Fan Boy in 3....2...1...
Mileena
style 1 - with Sai
style 2 - zone happy
style 3 - Armor death rolls and tele (also roll as a true low and ex stays overhead as in mk9)

 

[Name v.5.0]

Biggest con for me will be having to learn 80+ matchups. I barely have time for 30.

 

[CCVengeance]

one CON you didnt' mention

A character may only have ONE viable variation and the other two are trash. While another character may have all 3 variations be good.

Here's looking at you, Sub-Zero.

 

[CURBOLICOUS]

Tbh I love the idea of the whole style thing. Players can be known for best X character with X style.

 

[ABACABB]

I wonder if the oponent can see what style im picking online

 

[Ilthuain]

There won't be any switching allowed. If this literally changes moves, strings, and traits we are basically talking ab out a completely different character.

I kinda hope tournaments at least try to play with style switching. At worst, players will still be locked into selecting between 3 unique move sets, and it still remains to be seen how unique each version is.

 

[Pearl Monnkey]

They fucked up. Too complex. I aint tryin to strain my brain while playing a game.

 

[Error]

They fucked up. Too complex. I aint tryin to strain my brain while playing a game.

Trust me, anyone who's played you online knows this.

 

[Shark Tank]

Snippity Bippity

Nice write up. I thought these points too.

If they want these styles to have real meaningful impact on the game(assuming that's the goal) while not leading to tons and tons of counter picking(although I'll expect some) it's going to have to be meticulously fine tuned by testing.

 

[Johnny2d]

one CON you didnt' mention

A character may only have ONE viable variation and the other two are trash. While another character may have all 3 variations be good.

Excellent point.

 

[Pearl Monnkey]

Trust me, anyone who's played you online knows this.

Why would anyone want to strain their brain while playing a game? And also, games are for entertainment, not "work." This shit is getting too complex which ruins games. We'll see though, may be over-estimating the complexity. Also, your post was a sneak diss on the low, what motivated you to feel the need to prop yourself up by insulting I?