I just wish anime in general would go back to making edgy gritty stuff, like wicked city, ninja scroll, or the original ghost in the shell movie. Everything now just feels too candy coated, catering either to the shoujo or shounen markets, full of tropes and idioms that just become nauseating after a while. Bring back the grittiness, put it in a fighting game, and you’ve got my money.
Oh, that was because you just started out. Rei’s a fucking beast in Ken’s Rage.
Even his cheapest Signature Move was a decent crowd clearer. So boss. :lovin:
2012 ANIME
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Hmm, A Ninja Scroll fighting game…Hmmm,
Jubei, Dakuan, Kagero, Gemma, Tessai, Yurimaru, Zakuro, Mujoro the Blind Guy, Oshizu, Benisato, that guy with the claw…now that’s an anime fighter that would be aesthetically awesome if done right, aside from Samsho 2 and NS having a lot of visual similarities…
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You know, I was thinking about making a big long thread/post in article format that more or less says that, ironically, the most “honest” fighters currently available to play are “anime” fighters, but the FGC is so backwards that they continue to play “dishonest” fighters and cry about how there are no “honest” fighters. I honestly don’t know if it would be worth putting time and energy into makin something so well thought out, since I have a feeling the thread/article would just get trolled the shit out of anyways since SRK’s average poster isn’t much better than your average 4channer.
That said, the biggest issue isn’t the FGC itself, IMO, but rather some big TOs that shit on the “anime” fighter community and then wonder why the community says their event sucked.
Aesthetics matter. If you don’t want to play a game because you find it visually unappealing, that’s fine.
People who want to start a big whine fest about how bad a game looks and why people shouldn’t play it because of how bad it looks
Do
Not
Matter
I wouldn’t want people like this playing me anyway. Forget anime fighters, KoF XIII is like, THE game for this shit, I know truckloads of people who never gave a damn about playing games like 2k2um or w/e when I tried before. And then XIII looks hype, is flashy, people ride it (I’m not saying this is the only reason but it is part of it).
And you know what, these players are also ass.
i guess i had my perceptions wrong. when one says “anime fighter”, the type that comes into mind are the those simple gameplay, cinematic types that usually come from NAMCO like Dragon ball, Naruto, Kamen Rider, YuYuHakusho and Gundam. Those seem to have dominated the PS2 era.
But i guess there’s also Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Hokuto no ken and Fate Unlimited which are anime but doesnt play like the others. and heck wasnt SF Alpha based on the SF anime… even SF4 had anime cutscenes. So i guess by today’s standards: anime fighter = FG with maid characters, boobs and children…i think it should be called entirely something else than “anime fighter” if thats the case.
I was gonna make a post about how useless this thread is. But now I just want to see how “well” it develops.
Continue gentlemen.
So what I got from this thread is that people think socially deviated subcultures should just proudly present themselves?
Like…OH YEAH, CHECK OUT MY FLAMING INCESTUOUS notbloodrelated LITTLE SISTER SCHOOLGIRL WHO KNOWS INTERMEDIATE KARATE BRO.
THIS GAME’S THE SHIT. SHIN KNOCKING 24/7, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY 2AA NIGGGGAAAAA.
WE GOT A FLASHER. A FREAKING VAMPIRE FLASHER. AND NO, HE DOESN’T FLASH HIS DONG, HE FLASHES 666+ BEASTS OUT YOU, USES A SHARK TO NOM YOUR ASS, AND WALKS AWAY.
AND THE PROTAGONIST? SHIKI? HE’S A SUPER BRO. TROLLS ALL HIS WOMEN, HAS THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION IN HIS FIST, AND DOESN’T AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
(except commitment) AND ALL HIS WOMEN ARE ALL MAGIC AND SHIT.
LIKE CIEL, GIRL HAS A FUCKING DRILL CANNON. YOU SAY THAT’S IMPRACTICAL AS SHIT MAN? YOU SAY THAT’S THE MOST IDIOTIC THING YOU EVER HEARD? SAY THAT SHIT WHEN YOUR INTESTINE JUST POPPED OUT AND YOU’RE FLOATING 30 FEET UP. OH YEAH, ITS ALSO ANTI-EXISTENCE, SO WE DON’T EVEN NEED A DAMN GRAVE.
ARCUEID, ARCADE BUMSTEAD FROM TURKEYHANDLE, ARCHIE DUMBLEDORE FROM MOON PRINCESS, SHE AIN’T ACTUALLY A MOON PRINCESS, SHE’S THE FREAKING TERMINATOR OF THE EARTH. LAST OF THE ALPHA-VAMPIRES. YOU WANNA KILL THE PLANET? SHE CAN GET MORE BUFFED THAN FEI-LONG ON A DRUNKEN PLANNING NIGHT AT ONO’S. YOU WANNA FIGHT HER 100%? NAW, SHE’S THE REVERSE SUPERMAN. IF SHIKI DIDN"T TAP THAT SO HARD SHE WENT TO PIECES, SHE COULD JUST BLOW UP A CITY FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES IF SHE WAS PISSED ENOUGH.
HELL SHE CAN DROP THE MOON ON YOUR ASS IF SHE FELT LIKE TROLLING.
Or something like that. I think it requires more tact than that.
ya thats pretty bad too. although I can’t say thats too far off from the people I met playing MB
To be fair, I’d rather play against someone that wants to cosplay as their favorite waifu than someone that’s gonna beat my ass because I beat them in Marvel 2.
PM’ed
I think people who bash games in general due to their appearance being too “anime” are unsure of their sexuality. What do you think?
If you’re not a fan of cutsey ~uguu type anime, watch Black Lagoon. Shit is amazing.
I know a lot of girls that think those games look really creepy and weird and I can personally attest to the fact these women are in fact very heterosexual.
My girl loves that show. And of course Balalaika is her favorite character. Large and in charge. Unlike all these timid moe bitches or skinny mean bitches that really like you but are too stupid to act like anything other than a bitch for some S & M goon to get off on. Niggas probably relish at the thought of some jr high chick stepping on their puny genitals in stilettos.
Frankly, I think they’re just making a mountain out of a molehill. If their biggest complaint about a game is that it ‘looks to anime-like’, then the rest of it must actually be good enough that they don’t have room to complain.
Black Lagoon is like a bad action movie in anime form, and I love it. Everything about it is over-the-top and stupid and awesome. Hell, even the maid is awesome, since she’s just one big Terminator reference.