We get 3? That would be awesome because I ABSOLUTELY do not know whether I prefer Scythana or Taliesin…
Yeah everyone will vote for 3. Then, the most popular characters will move on to next round of votes, until one Characters popularity over the others is clear enough to be chosen as the 3rd dlc character.
So we will all need to choose one eventually, just not at first
Let me try to redo my list, now that we got some more playstyle info.
Not-yet-revealed chars (No pic on the Gogo page for design, no text on the lab0/3rdchar page for playstyle) are not yet part of the considerations and as such just marked with ??.
Disclaimer: All of this is and always will be subject to change; be that due to further gameplay reveals, new sketches which change the vibe of characters, or just because my opinion wavers)
TL;DR: Top5 List
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Ileum (Perfect Playstyle)
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Dahlia (Huge Playstyle, Baller Looks)
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Minette (Defensive + Lvlup System might be interesting)
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Marie (Just Peacock #2, but defensive still)
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Eliza (Too interesting to pass by, Positioning being relevant + 2 Stances; too bad her design got effed up)
‘Long Version; Detailed reasoning and shit’
[details=Spoiler]#1 Playstyle is far more relevant than design; I prefer to play an ugly baller character than a shitty one with baller looks (meaning: Now that we got some gameplay reveals, I don’t care too much about how the chars look anymore; but it still does play a role, particularly when considering what’s “best for the game”).
#2 The only characters where design is really effing relevant are the ones where it has a direct gameplay effect: Too huge and too small chars. I despise this, and as such I will delete them outright - including not-yet-revealed chars, as the silhouette shows the size (Hubrecht, Ottomo, Scythana, PFaust, SSamson)
#3 Counting the characters (assuming BBand/Squigs based on what they’ve sounded like so far), I get:
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5x Offensive Chars: Bella, PW, Filler, Val, Fortune
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4x In Between: Parasoul, Double, BBand, Squigly
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1x Defensive Chars: Peacock
While Squigs may also be Defensive, both Para+Double are on the offensive side of ‘in between’ and BBand probably is too, so the general picture stays true;
As such, I believe another defensive character would be best.
#4 I decided to ngaf about Story, Lore, any of the sort (eg considerations like "Aeon would be better placed as SG2 boss are whatever).
In regards to #1, my design list (favorite chars based on looks alone; this is partly what <I> prefer and partly what <I think other people prefer> to perform a list of what I’d want the most (other people do play a role here, as I want SG to be as successful as possible, and if I find some design amazing but at the same time know it’s gonna alienate everyone but me, it’s not gonna place high):
[spoiler=‘Design List’]01. Beowulf (Uber Baller! Smug face, wears Talbains pelt, carries a chair called “The Hurting”. Drowning in badass!)
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Stanley (Uber Baller! Shark with a labcoat and glasses and possibly rockets and a jetpack?)
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Dahlia (Baller! Granny Cyborg with a Grenade launcher and a duckload of class)
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Yu-Wan (Baller! A fishman chef, possibly gifted with some toad tongue and dualwielding cooking knives?)
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Juju (Stylish, cute and pretty baller. That rifle alone is amazing)
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Annie (Adorable Loli. Her personality is prime perfect, Sagan is one scary bunny. Still a loli~)
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BDrain (Sorta generic “I kill everything” villain. Which is still pretty baller)
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Ileum (Strangely interesting. Persona in stark contrast to her looks - Bonuspoints)
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Hive (Strangely interesting)
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Regina (Chairshield looks funky, else relatively bland but also refreshingly dressed. Clothes!)
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Marie (Interesting sorta-Loli, Maid costume a bit overdone, neat Skulls, baller vacuum cleaner)
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Feng (Tomboy Lesbian with phoenixes in her hair… but these clothes ;; Why can’t you wear normal panties… luckily pretty hidden)
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Roxie (Pretty cool for a mechanic, but… ultimately still a mechanic)
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Minette (Cute.)
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Taliesin (Sissyboy, but at least he gives off an evil Vibe. Muse is pretty damn hot for a violin)
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Eliza (Premium Ankh. Would be good, if not for the boobs. Not hidden, too big, too pointy, too sigh. Sometimes less is more…)
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Victoria (A bit overdrawn, bland teacher)
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Leduc (Sissyboy with Boobs and Apron. Looks like he jumped straight out of the worst JRPG of the last century)
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Umbrella (Bland Loli, we got a living umbrella already. Also looks too small.)
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Andy (Hairy Anvil. I would call this strangely interesting, but it’s mostly strange)
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Beatrix (Coulda done with 1/3 the amount of knives. Hair is silly, Cape is silly, Boobs are silly, colours are astonishingly bad)
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Violet (The dictionary entry for ‘overdrawn’)
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Adam ??
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Molly ??
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Isaac ??
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Venus ??
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Aeon ??[/details]
In regards to #3, I
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Split the cast by playstyle (Since it’s not too easy to sort, I just throw everything I’m not sure of in the middleground)
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Sort the groups in the way I want them (Defense first…)
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Sort within the groups by who sounds the most interesting
‘Playstyle Split + Sorting’
[details=Spoiler]01. Defensive:
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Ileum (Less based around throwing shit on the screen and more actual zoning)
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Minette (Lvlup system!)
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Dahlia (Sounds like a good bit of her would also be ‘going in’)
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Marie (Just Peacock #2)
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In Between:
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Eliza (Stances + That Blood … Yeah)
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Leduc (Loads of possibilities!)
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Violet (The whip does sound like it would be cool to use + long range is always good)
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Taliesin (Well yeah, puppet. And 2 modes.)
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Regina (The Beests… or so. Not really anything said on what they’d do, but interesting enough)
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BDrain (Some cool stuff, but mostly just flying around)
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Umbrella (Does sound interesting, but I can’t see this work in the game… probably always an obviously best choice, and then it just becomes 5 minutes of extra learning)
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Beatrix (Iunt get really ><)
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Offensive:
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Hive (Just rushdown, but MOBILE and fast and shagazoom)
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Annie (Sagan could do some cool shit, else just rushdown)
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Feng (The birds can do some cool shit, else just rushdown)
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Yu-Wan (Just rushdown, but a Hook would be cool)
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Stanley (Sounds like it’d look cool but be boring)
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Andy (Just boring)
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??:
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Victoria (??? Nothing said)
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Beowulf
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Roxie
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Juju
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Adam
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Molly
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Isaac
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Venus
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Aeon[/details]
Putting these together, we land at:
‘Preferred 3rd Char Listing’
Spoiler
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Ileum (Perfect Playstyle)
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Dahlia (Huge Playstyle, Baller Looks)
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Minette (Lvlup System might be interesting)
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Marie (Just Peacock #2, but defensive still)
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Eliza (Too interesting to pass by, Positioning being relevant + 2 Stances; too bad her design got effed up)
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Regina (Bland but relaxing design, loads of possibilities playstylewise)
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BDrain (Looks interesting enough both gameplay- and designwise) +
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Taliesin (At least as long as Alex shows off that Violin butt some more)
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Hive (I really don’t want more rushdown, but multidirectional airdashes would give Filia a run for smothneess)
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Annie (I really don’t want more rushdown, but she’s just… bawww; plus Sagan got some quirks)
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Yu-Wan (I really don’t want more rushdown, but his design is baller and a hook possibility would be real neat)
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Leduc (Loads of possibilities; sadly I despise his looks to hell and back)
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Stanley (Probably meh to play, but uber baller looks)
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Feng (Meh in both looks and “more rushdown”… Yuri is the only saving grace)
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Umbrella (Nah + she might get in anyways some year)
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Beatrix (Could rise if I understood her gameplay, but not much; just too ugly)
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Violet (Yeah no. I wouldn’t even want this if she played like Ileum did.)
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Andy (Allaround bad + sidecharacter vibe)
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Victoria (??? Nothing said)
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Beowulf ??
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Roxie ??
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Juju ??
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Adam ??
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Molly ??
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Isaac ??
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Venus ??
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Aeon ??[/details]
Sidenote \ For other people to copypasta: Complete character list
[details=Spoiler]Umbrella
Marie
Dahlia
Victoria
Violet
Annie
Stanley
Hive
Leduc
Ileum
BDrain
Andy
Feng
Taliesin
Hubrecht
Regina
Beatrix
Ottomo
Eliza
Yu-Wan
Minette
Beowulf
Scythana
Roxie
Juju
PFaust
Adam
Molly
Isaac
Venus
Aeon
SSamson[/details]
1.Panzerfaust
2.Regina
3.D.Violet
4.Black Dahlia
5.Ottomo
This is unbearably difficult because these characters are just fantastic, but I think I have narrowed it down to 3 (in no particular order), hopefully my case will persuade you.
Hive would bring us another flying character which I feel the roster desperately needs, and a more aggressive faster one than Painwheel at that. Q-Bee AND Sentinel influences, seriously, what more could you want. Having the ability to rushdown to zone with bee and war themed projectiles really seems like it would bring something creative and different to the pack.
Adam is probably my favorite male character we’ve seen. I love Parasoul and her Egrets and I’ve always wanted to play as one. The idea of having 3 different stocks is very original, and having the ability to have them all work together or help each other seems awesome. Characters that are good at close combat and with projectiles is always a good thing. I also thing an Egret themed stage would be fantastic.
The third character I’m thinking is a tie between Umbrella and Minetta. Roll (TvC) is probably my favorite fighting game character ever (do some research if you skipped TvC) and both characters seem to have influences by them. I really like Umbrella and almost feel like I have a moral obligation to vote for her because she was initially believed to be one of the first DLC characters. I believe that having a roster with a different sizes is a good thing, and Umbrella would be a small hitbox character which we don’t really have now. I like the idea of having a child on the roster as well and being encouraged to play defensively and patiently for more power brings something original and fun to the roster. Minetta looks great too, the idea of interacting with her customers and benefiting from them is genius. While I was not crazy about Frank’s level up mechanic in Marvel 3, I trust this team a lot more with the idea. I think a “joke” character (Maya, Frank and Dan influences) that is actually balanced and powerful is an excellent idea
This was very difficult, I wish I was an eccentric billionaire and could just drop a couple million dollars for the cause. Molly is very tempting to vote for, who doesn’t love Tron Bonne shenanigans (especially in Marvel 3, lol). Regina is also an honorable mention, I really love characters when they flood the screen with minons, especially Doronjo (TvC) and Strider.
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For me, the choice is clear: Panzerfaust. He’s a guy that is so big he wears a tank on his fist. A tank!
I swear to Allah if Panzerfaust doesn’t take this i’ll be so butt-hurt.
LOOK AT THIS MOTHERFUCKER:
All these other guys are cool and all, but lets save them for Skullgirls 2.
1: Feng!
2: Mecha-Molly
3: Venus
I’ll be voting for:
1: Black Dahlia. I like the sound of her zoning style, since Peacock’s zoning just doesn’t work for me. Personally, I hope she has a mechanic where she gets different grenade rounds ala Resident Evil. The grenade rounds could do different things, too: fire rounds could cause a puddle of fire on the ground, ala Dormammu’s flame carpet. Acid rounds provide a small debuff to the opponent which causes normal attacks to have chip damage for a small time(might be too strong, but I like the idea), and regular explosive rounds are the “default” ammo. Regardless, I like this character and want to see her in action.
2: Ileum. Another character with a zoning gimmick, but her zoning’s is akin to Dhalsim, or maybe Ghost Rider. I like her poison gimmick, and a level 3 where she’s “poison to the touch”? Does that mean her attacks inflict a poison debuff or just deal more damage, or maybe attacking her causes the opponent to stagger and take damage? Regardless, she sounds nifty. A Dhalsim where the stretchy limbs are limbs made of human intestines? I like the sound of that.
3: Hubrecht/Panzerfaust/Scythana. I’m having a hard time deciding between these characters. I basically want another big heavy hitter, one who’s also a grappler, and these three characters are definitely of that ilk. Scythana’s probably not a grappler, but she’s definitely of the Juggernaut style; a gigantic character who can deal huge chunks of damage without much effort, and she uses fallen bodies of opponents and allies as weapons? Neat! Panzerfaust seems like he would have a immensely damaging command throw, ala Potemkin or Tager, and he also seems like he’d be as big, slow and imposing as those aforementioned characters. Hubrecht seems like the straight grappler of the three, and I want another grappler character other than Cerebella. I like Cerebella, and she’s really good, but I want more options for grappling characters. Aesthetically, it comes down between Panzerfaust and Scythana…gameplay wise, it comes down between Panzerfaust and Hubrecht. I’ll need to think hard about this…
In the end, if any of those characters I vote for end up making it in, then I’ll be very happy. If not, I’ll still be happy. Can’t wait for the ballots~!
- Isaac
- Venus
- Regina
- Stanley
- Feng
- Annie
If Panzerfaust/Adam is chosen I could see his stage being the Egret HQ or something cool like that, a bunch of soldiers in the background bro-ing it out.
It would also kind of double as Parasouls stage too I guess.
Panzer’s on the swole patrol.
1.Hive
2.Isaac
3.Dhalia
Black Dahlia, because we need yet another Cable.
Hive, because I believe Mike mentioned a 5 way airdash.
So many characters to choose from. I think my current list is
- Stanley
- Minette
- Ileum or Hive
Now that the smoke has cleared and there’s a real possibility of getting a 4th character. Top 6:
1: Panzerfaust.
2: Braindrain (especially if he sounds like Skullmageddon)
3: Adam (Looking up Metal Gun III: Shout of the Arms gameplay convinced me that he would be interesting to say the absolute least).
4: Ileum (to go with team “Sick Girls” with Double and Valentine).
5: Black Dahlia.
6: Feng/Eliza. Either/or. Feng opens the door for more rule 34 shit. Eliza has another unique playstyle.
*Oh shit, Beowulf’s a grappler? Move him up to the 2nd spot.
I’m so excited I had to sketch out some animations!
https://vimeo.com/62717995
OK since we only get 3 votes I’m going for:
- Panzerfaust
- Isaac
- D. Violet
- Minette: Cute fish-girl, mix of anime klutz and frank west power-up mechanic.
- Aeon: Time manipulation, other cool sounding things I cant paraphrase.
- Eliza: Interesting blood mechanic, 2 modes / stances, Egyptian.
Backups: Samson, Feng, Beatrix (in no particular order).
If Stanley were on rollerskates, the choice would be easy…right now, torn between Yu-Wan, Stanley, Annie and Roxie.
Maybe Stanley will have Rocket Skates. For some reason I get a Rocket Raccoon vibe from him…