Pai Pai Master
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Lol that post is gonna get quoted so much
Delaying for this would have been nonsense
Delaying for this would have been nonsense
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Street Fighter V Cinematic Story Expansion Trailer, will have 2nd art story at launch
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Time spent on story mode: 3-5 hours?
Time spent in VS mode: Hundreds.
Delay the game
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DryEyeRelief
Member
That handful is likely a hundred times bigger than the group that will travel to Final Round
NoctisVsStar
Member
A cool prologue during the alpha days even if the art is a bit crappy I'm hype. Better than the sf4 animation
KingJ2002
Member
Dope... thanks for the write up.
Honestly... this is what i'm coming to expect from video games with a "service" style model.
- Episodic story style (in this case... a full cinematic story mode down the line)
- IV drip style content through it's life span
as long as the core experience is not screwed with... i don't mind it at all.
Led_Zeppelin
Member
Considering that SF IV was still a huge success in sales I doubt people care that much about a story mode being included or not. MK is much more popular that SF but that has nothing to do with MK story mode.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
To add to that statement did we even know about this in the first place? Wasn't it wildly assumed the story mode was those comic strip "cutscenes" we saw? This just seems like a bonus to me
PureYeti
Member
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As a fan of... FIGHTING with my fighters, I have no problem with cinematic Story releasing as a free update later. It's cool to see them going 3D, and cool to see them rendering up characters that aren't straight fighters from the game.
It's also nice they have Character stories in there Day 1, that'll introduce the fighters, and also be available for future characters. It'll be nice to see a little something extra for each character released.
Surprised the in-game store won't be there day one.
It really is odd the game is releasing as a full price retail title with all this on-coming content, but hey, Splatoon did something similar, and I don't think that honestly held it back much. It'll feel nice to have a stream of SF to look forward to, similar to the way KI has been for the past few years.
It's also nice they have Character stories in there Day 1, that'll introduce the fighters, and also be available for future characters. It'll be nice to see a little something extra for each character released.
Surprised the in-game store won't be there day one.
It really is odd the game is releasing as a full price retail title with all this on-coming content, but hey, Splatoon did something similar, and I don't think that honestly held it back much. It'll feel nice to have a stream of SF to look forward to, similar to the way KI has been for the past few years.
Mechanized
Member
Looks great, but 4 fucking months? This is a big mistake, people hyped for single player are going to want it at launch. 4 months from then might as well be never. I think this will hurt potential sales vs a delay which wouldn't hurt anything.
Gipsy Danger
Member
They'll still only buy the base game and then Peace Out. The community will buy all the DLC characters and support the game for years. How many of that handful bought Ultra SFIV? I'd bet not a whole lot.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Stop making fun of Bengus, guys. It looks like they dropped a whole art department's worth of work on just him so he took some shortcuts. It takes a week or more for a single professional-quality illustration, and this guy has to do every single character's story mode by himself? That is ass. Give him a break for the wacky proportions and wanna-be kinu nishimura watercolor filters lol
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";193239656]Stop making fun of Bengus, guys. It looks like they dropped a whole art department's worth of work on just him so he took some shortcuts. It takes a week or more for a single professional-quality illustration, and this guy has to do every single character's story mode by himself? That is ass. Give him a break for the wacky proportions and wanna-be kinu nishimura watercolor filters lol[/QUOTE]
Really though. Man had to due multiple pieces of artwork for 16 characters. Of course its not gonna look amazing.
NoctisVsStar
Member
The cool thing is balance updates and new multiplayer modes will always be free; previously we had to pay for the balance update.
tringworldso
Member
What's happened to Bengus? His art was the bomb in SFA3 but I'm not feeling it here at all.
Led_Zeppelin
Member
What?
A delay would have hurt the game's competitive outlook. Not only would it have screwed over the entire Capcom Pro Tour schedule, but it would have meant no Street Fighter V at EVO 2016. Capcom made the right call.
Wait for the story mode and you'll probably be able to get it for cheaper, win-win.
No way the game should miss some of the most important tournaments in the world just so they could ship it with a useless mode.
Scrub Mcgrubb
Member
It's also interesting that the cinematics seem to all be in engine... meaning we'll have access to those character models, etc.
Modders are going to have a field day with this game
Modders are going to have a field day with this game
NoctisVsStar
Member
Gipsy Danger
Member
Is this for real? It would only hurt their fiscal year, the entire SF FGC and the CapCup.
DR2K
Banned
I meant more serious and less mid boss.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Sounds like the folks that are crying wolf are the people who only casually or those who don't event touch online.
GoldandBlue
Member
You know, a quickly drawn up background would be better than these screenshots of stages filtered to hell.
Urien and Juri are mid-bosses though...???
First time I've ever agreed with this dude. Lol @ people thinking the FGC/tourney scene is worth more money than the casuals. More money = more content, more longevity, more games. Interrupting a tournament schedule might temporarily affect a couple thousand dudes compared to the millions who will buy the game.
With that said, I don't really care. If a delay would improve the gameplay and lead to a better overall product I'm all for it. I've waited this long, a couple more months wouldn't hurt. But since they're not delaying it, that's fine too. But to say shit like nobody cares about story mode or story mode doesn't matter is pure ignorance. How quickly we forget that this game had to get funded by SONY.
Yeah, i forgot him and Boxer... it says a lot on how much i like seeing SF2 characters in this day and age.
2d cinematics that doesn't look like crap? Hell static art that doesn't look like poop would have been better.
At this point they wouldn't be
"God's Beard!"
Member
What's more offensive, putting a statue of Jesus in a game about beating the hell out of people, or implying that Soccer has surpassed Christianity as Brazil's major religion?
There's a huge difference between getting commissioned to do cover art and getting commissioned to do 200 art panels on an accelerated schedule.
and while its not super high budget, there seems to be a stand in story mode for those folks who can't wait anyway.
You dudes are getting two story modes. One at launch and one 4 months from now.
This seems to be the best compromise. The hardcore gets the game earlier (with hopefully great netcode and such), the casuals still have single player content (hopefully one that teaches them the game) and then get their spectacle down the line.
I also wonder why many people buy a fighting game for what is basically 3 hours of cutscenes and like 10 fights. Story mode is a bonus...not the main draw. This isn't a Blazblue situation with a 10 hour story mode (that connects between games). MKX did a great job but the main draw of the game is still he multiplayer...no?
You dudes are getting two story modes. One at launch and one 4 months from now.
This seems to be the best compromise. The hardcore gets the game earlier (with hopefully great netcode and such), the casuals still have single player content (hopefully one that teaches them the game) and then get their spectacle down the line.
I also wonder why many people buy a fighting game for what is basically 3 hours of cutscenes and like 10 fights. Story mode is a bonus...not the main draw. This isn't a Blazblue situation with a 10 hour story mode (that connects between games). MKX did a great job but the main draw of the game is still he multiplayer...no?
Led_Zeppelin
Member
That would make some sense if the game we were talking about was GG or BB or well any fighting game that it's Street Fighter V. The game is going to sell well regardless of the lack of "casual modes" or the lack of "casual support".
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Im by far a huge casual sf player but i would not think that even for a second capcom would delay a game for a freaking story mode and miss out on all their hardcore playerbase at the tournaments.
Mechanized
Member
People seem to be playing the pax build at tourneys just fine. There's no reason they can't have more betas and an updated build to fit their schedule.
There are some fighting games that have decent single player modes. :]
Oh well, to me it seems like that this is just going to hurt the games' community at launch at least. People that are going to join these tournaments would have picked up the game no matter what even if it was delayed. But I'm sure there's a lot of people who will ignore the game at launch now and then when the game gets the story mode 4 months down the line. Those people will have forgotten about this game and the tournament people don't care about story mode, making the story mode a waste addition a waste. Seems like there will be less people playing SFV because of this decision.
But I guess this is great for those handful of people that like to enter to tournaments.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Don't forget that the story delay could also be a result of heavy involvement of unfinished DLC characters.
Fuck, I lost it at this
NoctisVsStar
Member
And those who want a short campaign mode can wait til June.
SargerusBR
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The Hermit
Member
I am usually against this DLC (even free) after release, but Splatoon proved it can work very well in competitive multiplayer games.
Im guessing Balrog, Guile, and Urien will be the first three characters released and thatll they be involved in the cinematic story.EGM Now said:
Balrog - Shadaloo plays a major role in the story, and Balrogs statue is in the background of the Lair of the Four Kings stage.
Guile - Nashs return is a big deal, and we see a photograph of Guiles new character model in the story trailer.
Urien - SFV takes place between IV and III, so Im sure the Illuminati will be introduced at some point in the story. Resurrected Nash has an Illuminati-esque forehead jewel, and Illuminati statues can be seen in the Forgotten Waterfall stage.