you don't know her move set, her walk speed (compared to other characters) and her attack animations.
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Street Fighter V Roster Discussion |Thread 2| Deal with it & place your hope for DLC
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you don't know her move set, her walk speed (compared to other characters) and her attack animations.
Yeah, I dig her play style. I don't want to start this whole grappler/not-grappler discussion again, but besides her anti-air, her grabs look more like follow-ups or combo enders. So I don't know if I'd lump her into that category. As someone pointed out to me, she reminds me a bit of how Nina plays in SFxT. That CA looks all sorts of ridiclous done right.
She looks like Blue Mary, but Brazilian...so, yeah, I can't wait to play her.
Too many awesome characters in this game.
I choose who I play based on how they look. She looks awesome, so I will play her.
Too many awesome characters in this game.
I choose who I play based on how they look. She looks awesome, so I will play her.
So a trailer isn't enough for me to say whether or not I like someone? I don't even know why this bothers you so much. What's it to you if I like her?
No way to tell if she focuses on zoning, all-out offense, footsie oriented gameplay, safe pressure with lots lf chip, etc. or, if she is comman or charge based. Ot, if she's even fun to play as.
You didn't say anything about liking her, you literally said "That is my main", which is weird, because you know little about her.
That's all. You can like whatever you want, but at least play before calling your mains, lol.
Ugh, dont like hearing that
lol whatever. This conversation was pointless
It's not that serious bruh. Why are you trying to bully someone for saying he wants to main a character? Like who does that? Let him rock.
I'm going to marry you, I have seen enough.
The Metal Face
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Some people can decide to main a character based solely on looks and how they play comes second to that. A lot of people do this actually. Its not a big deal.
They don't have a traditional "chuck fireball and easily beat bad plaers" purpose but Chun, Nash, Ryu and Rashid all have uses for their projectiles it's just harder to zone completey with fireballs alone. People are just jumping the gun to try to figure out the meta for a game that isn't even out for another half a year.
I usually pick my main based off character design and personality. It may be a bit odd for some, but those play a huge part in whether I want to use a character or not. In the case of crossovers, I just main the character I like.
It's why I'm already set on using Rashid. I love everything about that dude. It's a big plus that his moveset also looks like a ton of fun.
It's why I'm already set on using Rashid. I love everything about that dude. It's a big plus that his moveset also looks like a ton of fun.
Hahaha, was an hyperbole, really. I think clever fireball usage will still have its place. But dumb fireball fights from afar have no place in this game. And thanks God they don't.
Anti-fireball moves/features don't invalidate characters that have them, imo. It just makes it even easier to get in on flowchart types that just spam them mindlessly.
EDIT: Yeah, I agree for the most part.
EDIT: Yeah, I agree for the most part.
Scrub Mcgrubb
Member
So is anyone going to comment that Laura's Critical Art looks like a straight up ripped Blanka move?
I can see your point, but I still have mixed feelings about how Sim would work in a game with so many options to deal with pressure and fireballs (and possibly long ranged limbs). Sure, Sim's fireballs weren't the greatest, but they were a tool to go for teleport shenanigans. I guess it's not that much different from SF4 where they could focus dash through the fireball, but would still get hit by a crossup TP + limb.
I wouldn't mind him being in the game though as I think he's one of the more interesting SFII characters.
And yeah, having those options doesn't mean projectiles won't be completely useless as V-skills have whiff animations. Bait em out and you can potentionally go for decent punishes.
Poor Ono.
lmaoooo
I'd feel bad, but then I remember that I'd have hit nuclear levels of salt had I thought that Blanka was coming to SFV. That'd have been bad for my health!
CoyoteSpitfire
Member
Laura looks alright. The trailer wasn't very exciting. Her moveset just looked a little bland to me. But, I'll await more gameplay before I decide to main her or not. Her CA is Hakan levels of bleh though. Still not as bad as Gief's.
More than anything, I just feel bad for Ono now.
More than anything, I just feel bad for Ono now.
You mean other than everyone mentioning that?
Poor guy, getting screwed over by everyone in terms of surprising us.Poor Ono.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Poor Ono.
Poor Ono! At least Laura look fun to play with
Let's get Harumi Ikoma to voice her, come on capcom!
CoyoteSpitfire
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Agreed! Would be great to have all SF games on one system at some point.
(That, Darkstalkers, and some SNK gems like Garou, Last Blade 1+2 and SamSho 1+2.)
Edit: or this indeed:
I'd also swap HDR with a ST version that is more true to the original.
Maybe we can even expect something like this to tie into their Capcom Fighters Network infrastructure?
Hours Left
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Yeah, Laura is definitely my least favourite newcomer so far. Fighting style is kinda meh just like her outfit. (Those pants...)
Cool music though.
Cool music though.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Gief/Sim has been a thing a lot longer than that.
I started to think it was Gief/Sim after a few posters were kinda saying it, then there was a WSO stream where people were hinting at a heavy grapple kinda character being revealed in the future. That was before the Karin reveal too. Vale tweeted he thought the last two would be Gief/Sim around that time too.
PadWarrior
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They would tide me over till sfv came out easily
She looks like she plays like Clark from KOF!
Poor Ono.
Imagine all the Skullomania theory we could have come up with =(
0. Skeletons are shown during shock animations.. nothing new. Blanka on the other hand..
I know the theories would be Blanka and skeletons are shown during shock.
I was just reminded of Skullomania when I saw the pic. The character isn't even owned by Capcom so -100% is the actual chance.
CoyoteSpitfire
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Bogard admitted to not knowing the returning cast.
notworksafe
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2017 is the series 30th anniversary. Hopefully they give ST, 3S and an Alpha title some shine for it.
I'm afraid I have to agree with this :-(
I'm seeing a lot of the same grapple to the ground move akin to how Abel used them constantly, making it seem as if her entire repertoire revolves around setting up this one move. I also don't see a strong theme or unique identifier for her so far, but rather a somewhat tame mix of some capoeira, some jiu jitsu and some Brazilian Blanka-ness with the lighting. (And is it just me, or do none of the newer characters ever shout the names of their moves anymore like Ryu and co have been doing since the early days? Why would they not incorporate this if it is exactly the thing most people remember SF for?)
She might also be the first character for me whose face and overall personality I don't really like at first glance. I think I would have preferred a more spiffy, energetic looking girl with a personality akin to Elena rather than a C.Viper-ish sassy looking woman.
But oh well, I might warm up to her some more when actually controlling her.
Edit:
Yes, let's hope so! Good point, this, about the anniversary.
Which were those?
Correct. But are we really going to have two Indian characters revealed in a row?
Names: Rachid, Laura, Zen
Locations: North Africa, Brazil, India
Obviously Rachid was slightly off, but given that Laura's a Blanka/Sean successor...