I'm convinced that in better times, the fighting game division of Capcom wouldn't have to rely on Ono who was a sound management director in the SFIII days? The problem is that there's just about nobody else left from the glory days which is reflective of how bad the company is at the moment. I remember an interview where he said that he was about the only one left who cared and believed in Street fighter at the company, which say it all lol.
S-Kill would surely benefit the game, but there's plenty of westerners who could help out if the talent pool at Capcom Japan is too thin (Combofiend?).
It's just sad that the flagship FG is at the helm of a B or even C tier team. XD Even worse is that Capcom is nearly broke, which gave us a cheap as fuck USFIV update. Street Fighter simply deserve better imo...
Just because you're a sound management director doesn't mean you can't be great at other things. Most big names in gaming were small-timers at some point. It seems unreasonable to count Ono's past experience against his current potential.
S-Kill made the ST changes, didn't he?
Yeah, no thanks.
I know others have corrected this, but I don't think it's even about that. An individual will attempt a feat, and he or she may not succeed. That does not discount the individual's potential. Sometimes, on subsequent attempts, it may be better or worse. Miyazaki went Demon's Souls -> Dark Souls -> Bloodborne. Incredible to meh to godlike. Miyamoto has made crap like Wii Music. Sakurai made Brawl after Melee. Games just aren't a consistent art form. Even a great developer will make a turd sometimes because an idea
seems good on the table, and maybe even during testing. If someone consistently makes crap games, then that's one thing. At least in terms of Marvel 3 history, S-Kill has said all of the following:
A nerf to Jill from MvC3 to UMvC3 was needed.
Sentinel keeping his high HP in Vanilla MvC3 was necessary.
UMvC3 needed buffs to keepaway in general.
Vanilla Dante was mid tier.
Vergil is mid tier.
These are all things I've heard him say in interviews over time. Three of these perspectives are extremely wrong, but the other two are correct. In general, I think S-Kill knows what he is doing, but no one is going to be perfect all the time. I would trust Seth Killian to balance a game more than most people.
The most important thing to me is whether the director has a health approach to game balance. I actually like how Sakurai has been handling Smash so far.
Wakeup rolls did a lot to eliminate the vortex loop of get knocked down > guess and chains being really negative on block made proper (meterless) hitconfirms far more important. Alpha counters also gave people an answer to predictable, safe blockstrings. Short throw range/slow throw startup makes them a much more conscious mixup instead of "well they're blocking this string may as well go for a tick/kara throw."
Mechanically SFxT actually did a lot of smart stuff. Shame about the whole gems thing.
Isn't this stuff part of why it became SFxTimeout?
Is that out stateside yet? I bought the import, but need my english.
Although, I am trying to move on to current gen. Just easier to consolidate everything. #thestruggle #firstworldproblems
I am right there with you. I won't buy non-PS4 fighters (well, Smash...).
For what it's worth, I always got the impression that the gross monetization aspects of SFxTK were handed down by the higher-ups and not really an invention of the design team; or at the very least, the design team was pressured into coming up with something along those lines. Ono had some veiled remarks about this sort of thing during Inafune's departure from the company, saying that Inafune (who was a producer for SF4) "understood fighting games" and what they needed to be widely liked and successful, while he was worried about how some of the other suits might not be as in-tune and may tinker with things that they shouldn't.
I'm pretty sure that I'm not completely making that up, anyway.
You are remembering correctly. Inafune was a friend to fighters. He left, and it's probably not a coincidence that Darkstalkers and Capcom vs. Capcom got canned.
The dude just isn't very good at his job imo and having Dimps also working on the game isn't a positive. The blame isn't all on him of course, but just look at the numerous dumb / baffling decisions made over the existence of SFIV. The clashing mess of mechanics and systems, new characters being disappointing for the most part (many of you asking themselves what Ono was thinking when designing Decapre), the weird ass SFIV AE version and Ono reasoning for making Yun overpowered.
