I blame Nolan’s Batman films. I swear like half the main themes of games I’ve heard since those films came out sound like they’re trying to copy it’s music.
The giants that made Capcom what it is are long since gone. Keiji Inafune was basically the last Capcom OG god and now hes gone too.
You want OLD SCHOOL Capcom goodness from Capcom OG’s? Bayonetta, Okami, Wonderful 101 and basically anything from platinum games. Actually most of Platinum games is the OG Capcom from lates 80’s and early 90’s.
Wow man, pages 2, 3 and half of 4 were such an eye sore… most posts, including this one were so unnecesary since shadoken and caiooa (sp?) got it right. Be it Decapre or any other doll would be the same cheap, lazy route that got lots of people angry in the first place. There were other clones before? Well, we’re kinda sick of them don’t we? Besides, Cammy-clone with a mask who appeared in SFA3 is almost the opposite of “brand new character never in SF before”, which was the big announcement that justified the price in the first place.
In top of that, her gameplay, almost her only redeeming quality (if fighting games were just hit/hurt boxes anyway), is so obviously aimed to be top-tier that looks as if Capcom excused themselves with “at least you can win with her”. Obviously her design was so unappealing that it had to be a mixture of Blanka, Dhalsim and Cammy with EAF links, target combos, juggling normals (I wonder if there’s another character that can juggle into air throw), linking Ultras, 9-hit Yoga Catastrophe… and it’s also obvious that w-ultra completely benefits her. It’s dead brain design all the way, and we need a reivindication of the fine-tuned, interesting-when-you’re-sick-of-the-obvious, low-tier martial artist character. Hakan might not be massively used in serious matchs, but hell most of us went to the lab trying to get to know him and it’s always an option when you get bored. Hakan, Juri, Adon, Guy… they will make this game last. Also they’re an option when you face someone who you know is worse than you. “Well… I’ll try with Hakan”.
The aim in design in gameplay towards “it’s strong, but we cut the HP” and the DBZ anime thing is an insult to the rest of the cast and to the street fighting thing. Dark, bursting with power and ki dudes looks quite out of place when fighting a Guy whose combo ender is a sweep and his main tool is an elbow drop who alters his jump arc, which is a fair tool, a mind game. Is conceptually and gameplay wise baffling to fight against a mask wielding… soldier or whatever who teleports, vortex from 80% screen away and shoots pyscho-balls. And then winning.
Also that kind of lazy design takes away what’s more interesting, which is strategy and mind games, and discovering tools that go around the staple upon this game was designed (shotos), and becomes more of “who doesn’t drop the combo”.
I say “more Gamerbee and kojiKOG and less Tokido and Poongko”.
Regarding soundtracks and composers, I think that switching from sound chip technology to all-digital osts might also have something to do with it… Bah, I mean, SFA3 OST is kinda good and very unique, but it was mostly atmospheric, with little melody and nice sounding long notes. Catchy tunes are perfect for being played from a chip and not MP3/WAV playback, and I think good composers are quite expensive too. SF2WW seemed to be a big effort/investment to the company, which was used untill exhaustion anyway…
Actually your wrong, when people found out Juni and Juli were playable characters there wasnt hate like there is now. And people actually liked them and didnt hate them
Lol… If you wanna keep going… they weren’t the big announcement, they were placed among tons of other new characters (sprites), the game engine was MASSIVELY changed from SFA2, World Tour mode, etc. They weren’t lazily justifying the price, they were the icing on a huge cake, and Dramatic Battle was almost designed around them.
If you thought Capcom was actually going to spend money on this, you’re a fool. Look at everything else they brought to Ultra. EVERYTHING is recycled assets. Seriously, the folks bitching about Decapre are idiots who haven’t read the writing on the wall. Enjoy the character. She’s a different playstyle than Cammy or whoever else you could compare her to. If you’re only thinking in terms of what she looks like, you’re casual at best and I’m wondering why you’re even still here.
I think its funny that 2 dolls were put in 1 street fighter game and didnt get hate. Yet you put this doll in street fighter it gets to be the most hated character ever. And this is only 1 doll
@AlanEdrick
Can you show proof that a doll with a different head would attract buyers who wouldn’t have otherwise bought the update? Enough to cover the cost of remodeling (ignoring the fact that Decapre has also been slightly remodeled)?
That was before Cammy was hated for being “OP,” “braindead,” and “broken.” That’s where most of the hate is coming from. Most people feel like: “Another Cammy?! One was bad enough!! Get this shit the fuck outta here!!”
Bottom line is, whatever hate Cammy had/has has been multiplied and redirected onto Decapre.