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And I couldn't be happier. I grew up with sega blue skies and my eyes kind of glaze over when I see those muted and dark visuals. I never liked how alot of games at the launch of the last generation had those asthetics.
call_kotaku
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I get the feeling that's just because they haven't implemented the dark filters yet
the teaser trailer had less lighting than the MKX teaser
ViewtifulJC
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DMC5 gon be dark and gritty as FUCK
on mobile
trickyhero
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The aesthetics of MKX really put me off the game honestly. I find the colorful and fun look of street fighter v great. I suppose that may not be true for every edgy 13 year old or whatever but I think street fighter going for a dark reboot sounds horrible. Street Fighter has always been aiming for that T rating so it definitely won't be adding any kind of thing that will put it over that. Personally I think the largest factor for Street Fighter V not being a huge success is the lack of polish and completeness of the game, especially at launch. This led to many professional reviews of the game canning it, and also the steam page looking like this:
If only they gave SFV one more year in the oven.
If only they gave SFV one more year in the oven.
shaowebb
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Are you talking the steam page for SFV or MKX?The aesthetics of MKX really put me off the game honestly. I find the colorful and fun look of street fighter v great. I suppose that may not be true for every edgy 13 year old or whatever but I think street fighter going for a dark reboot sounds horrible. Street Fighter has always been aiming for that T rating so it definitely won't be adding any kind of thing that will put it over that. Personally I think the largest factor for Street Fighter V not being a huge success is the lack of polish and completeness of the game, especially at launch. This led to many professional reviews of the game canning it, and also the steam page looking like this:
If only they gave SFV one more year in the oven.
If its MKX the steam page looked like that because High Voltage studio shipped that port an unplayable mess. After multiple updates many of us never did recover. Well into the Jason release things were still dropping frames offline and were unplayable online even at very low settings. I know as a Radeon user I was straight up shit out of luck. It eventually became abandonware and stopped getting updates.
SFV...yeah if its that one then its what you said. Lack of polish and shipped incomplete.
sixteen-bit
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ShinMaruku
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To be fair dominating in the US is winning in the kiddy pool.
No, everyone likes mk, it isn't edgy 13 year old children, its ninja fighting people.
This isn't mk specific by the way, when I talk to casual people about tekken, they say they like tekken because its " more realistic" dunno how realistic satan, is but hey that's how they feel about the aesthetics.
Can we stop pretending its the mystical 13 year old edgelord, its probably your big brother and dad, your girlfriend or whoever. The concept of ninja murder is easy to get behind, not everyone likes colorful stuff.
sixteen-bit
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Like creating a new CFN account and smurfing the Bronze League IRL
call_kotaku
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I think MK as a franchise is self-aware enough not to be lumped in with just edgy for edgy's sake. If anything it's Injustice that took itself way too seriously.
Its not about taking oneself seriously , its more about the response.
Also Injustice sold super well, it took itself seriously enough. And as super hero fan, i have no issue with super heroes telling " edgy " stories. Like i mean when you have batman v superman to compare it to and man of steel , that shit was teletubbies.
.la1n
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The other thing to keep in mind is creating new characters and aesthetics has shown to be successful BUT that lives or dies based on the team you've assembled to work on it.
Imagine if SF V had gone the other direction and was more like third strike but all the characters had the same thought put into them as Ken's alternate with short hair? All the new characters in the world aren't going to push jack if random modders are more competent than your own team.
Imagine if SF V had gone the other direction and was more like third strike but all the characters had the same thought put into them as Ken's alternate with short hair? All the new characters in the world aren't going to push jack if random modders are more competent than your own team.
Gunslinger
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The reason sfv has those reviews is because it's an early access product sold as fully finished AAA game. I think art design have nothing to do with it. MKX have very bad reviews on steam too because of the obvious reasons. And not because of its artstyle.The aesthetics of MKX really put me off the game honestly. I find the colorful and fun look of street fighter v great. I suppose that may not be true for every edgy 13 year old or whatever but I think street fighter going for a dark reboot sounds horrible. Street Fighter has always been aiming for that T rating so it definitely won't be adding any kind of thing that will put it over that. Personally I think the largest factor for Street Fighter V not being a huge success is the lack of polish and completeness of the game, especially at launch. This led to many professional reviews of the game canning it, and also the steam page looking like this:
If only they gave SFV one more year in the oven.
.la1n
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I honestly didn't think prior to launch that SF V would launch at $59.99, I figured they would follow the KI method and price it cheaper, not season one KI cheap but not full price. Making the profit from individual character sales and/or season packs.
Another thing I completely glossed over but is an often overlooked part of fighting games is the sound. I feel like well orchestrated background music has taken a back seat with newer games (and never got out of the trunk in NRS' case, hell default settings in MK X are so that you can barely hear it.) Also the sound of hits, fireballs, lasers, etc. In that aspect NRS' sound effects lab did an amazing job.
KI is a love it or hate it for the most part on music for people but at least they made the effort, also has great sound effects work.
Street Fighter has always had consistently great feedback audio when you land those important hits, and that continued with SF V. I feel like the background music is a step up from IV but nowhere near approaching their 90s greats.
Another thing I completely glossed over but is an often overlooked part of fighting games is the sound. I feel like well orchestrated background music has taken a back seat with newer games (and never got out of the trunk in NRS' case, hell default settings in MK X are so that you can barely hear it.) Also the sound of hits, fireballs, lasers, etc. In that aspect NRS' sound effects lab did an amazing job.
KI is a love it or hate it for the most part on music for people but at least they made the effort, also has great sound effects work.
Street Fighter has always had consistently great feedback audio when you land those important hits, and that continued with SF V. I feel like the background music is a step up from IV but nowhere near approaching their 90s greats.
Karsticles
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If you didn't buy Sign, I agree. If you bought Sign, then I think $40 was a more reasonable price point for only 5 new characters plus story mode.
Karsticles
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Thanks Kadey, I haven't laughed out loud in a few days. :-D
irfaanator
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my boy tokigoat winning one finally
sixteen-bit
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Hard to get hype when nobody is gonna get them to tournament major level in just a month tho.
i didn't buy sign but i did get revelator for $40 so win-win!
direct_quote
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Urien looking good, rip ugly Ken.
he looks ugly as fuck, still hype.
sixteen-bit
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Aegis seems to dissipate after 1 hit in the trailer.
CommandThrower
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Agreed, because it would make him the second character to get a permanent v-trigger.
Capcom made a very hype preview trailer, that's how you do it: show your next character, and then preview the next. In their case, they previewed the rest of them, which was needed. SFV hasn't been doing it for me lately, but the remaining three characters will probably get me to play again.
ZeroTheShadow
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I noticed that trash too. My boy De got some explaining to do telling me Aegis was his super.
Seriously I'm waiting to play Urien because of Aegis & if THAT was it for Aegis like WTF is Capcom thinking. Here's hoping that was a V-skill or some shit & he has a real Aegis as well.
they will be datamined faster
CommandThrower
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I'm pretty sure it's still multiple hits. The trailer didn't show it, but Balrog got launched up away from the aegis while electrified, implying that he was already hit by the aegis before getting hit by the anti-air fireball and then falling into the aegis again.
Sorcerer Supreme
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2 i think
it looks like balrog is bouncing off of it but we dont see it in the trailer
In that case it might be two hits only
Wait and see (Urien will be playable in story mode)
Still wait and see after story mode too, since things can easily change from then untill character release time.
ZeroTheShadow
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As of Tokido's victory...
20K less than last year during USF4 btw
Tallshortman
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No it isn't, last year it did not hit 100k. Stream numbers were essentially the same. It hit 83k this year, last year was 80-85k. Take your nonsense elsewhere.
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