Barrogh
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We don't know, we can just (as you've pointed out) speculate on how it may turn out if one or another way is taken, that's what we do.
Only thing we can almost safely assume is that core design won't change though.
We don't know, we can just (as you've pointed out) speculate on how it may turn out if one or another way is taken, that's what we do.
Thats precisely what I meant, glad some people get It
A few things:
Most people are complete scrubs when it comes to fighting games and think their bad habits are high-level play.
exactly this.
Which is a horrible excuse.
Hidden select does not get rid of counter picking, especially if you know who your opponent plays.
I love how state your opinions as facts.
agreed
There's some truth to it though. You just can't expect, say, Ninjutsu and Inferno share playstyle, strategy and matchups, and my guess that they will want to use even their universals slightly different (say, in one case that may be often-used mixup option, in another - a wakeup tool mostly, if it's good as on ofc).
I understand that point. Tier list will absolutely require more thought.
That's good point, but it's possible that something like "weapon styles" may end up affecting spacing game heavily in a way normals do, if not outright having different normals/strings. That's something to consider. Besides, I'm fairly confident that 2-3 moves, while not making entire character different, may force you to make radical changes in your gameplan if you, say, suddenly get something that looks like Noob's zoning package replaced by short-ranged pressure tools / launchers. That would make those styles more differentiated one from another than possibly some MK9 characters were lol.
*groan*
There is a game called CvS2, in this game, each character has 6 different versions that affect the way they play, while still keeping the same normals and specials.
This isn't really true though. Most of the time even with a truly even matchup, it doesn't become even until you adjust your playstyle to the opposing character's tools. But the difference is, in a more balanced game once you make the adjustments you have a better chance of being competitive, rather than Jade vs. Kenshi in MK9 where you might as well forget about winning the set unless your opponent is making massive mistakes.
The problem with this example is that you're still looking at a character with bad matchups, even if they're manageable. The ideal would be to have characters with a combination of both good and bad matchups - what Seth Killian would to call "meta-balance". Ideally, you would have this meta-balance across the entire roster so that even a bottom tier character would have good matchups in their favor. An example of this would be Super SFII Turbo where you had low tier characters with favorable matchups against some high tier ones but at the same time also had devastatingly un-winnable ones as well. To quote from the SRK wiki.
The only exeception to this off course being Akuma, who was never designed to be a "fair" character in the first place.
Yeah, I think the main issue with these specific games has not necessarily been the number of good and bad matchups, but how good and bad those matchups actually are. Most people who are character loyalists would rather have a character who loses 6-4 to the top few members of the cast, than one who is easily counterpicked in 7-3's and 8-2's with several common characters.
Did you watch gameplay videos? These variations are not just 2-3 specials. These variations are different combos, mix-ups, footsies, etc.
Don't. If they haven't already seen the evidence it's going to take tom or Carl or bit or somebody posting a video about it. Right now we're just suffering through interactibles 2.0
The diferent between SF4 and MK9 is that sf4 has a dedicated bar of meter just for ultras and the more you get hit the more damage it does. In mk9 the meter is shared with breakers, enhanced moves for more invincibility or armor etc. And the X-ray does the same amount of damage, it doesnt matter if you have 10% or 80% of a life bar.
Well, it depends on how you look at it. From what I've noticed, there do seem to be more character loyalists here than in, say SRK. But for some, learning more characters and being able to see and use a good variety of them at tournaments is enjoyable (and is IMO, also a sign of someone who truly loves the game).
xray is in no way a comeback mechanic. A comeback mechanic is only available when or somehow enhanced by losing, like ultra, like xfactor, like rage, and to a lesser degree like clash. Just "losing" doesn't grant you an xray like all those others, xray is just something else to do with your meter. If xray's are comeback mechanics, so are ex moves and breakers.