Zangief General Thread: Our Russian Skies Are Protected

Cool. Not surprisingly is armor based. Figured thats the way they’d go in a game without focus.

Alex is the only SF grappler I really like so waiting on him for post release dlc. He’s definitely not making the initial roster now.

His CA reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50hDA_nmrqM

On the left side of the stage you can see the words **играй смело **written on the wall in the back.
Does someone who speaks russian know the exact meaning?
With the use of some online dictionaries I figuered out that игра means something like game, match or play and смело means something like bravely or courageously.

So играй смело means “play bravely”? Or maybe “fight bravely”?

Neutral jump headbutt should do at least 50% stun.

Zangief looked good up until his critical art. Which was very anticlimactic imo.

Agreed. It mean, he does the suplex and I’m sitting there like “Okay, now flip over and SPD that shit!” And then I got the KO flash. Biggest blue balls I’ve gotten with this game to date.

It means “Fuck you, we’re Capcom and we know what’s better for you. Here’s more SF2 characters! Haha hotdog! Fuck you!” That’s what it means.

If Alex and Urien weren’t confirmed right now, I would seriously consider cancelling my pre-order. And Alex and Urien better fucking be day 1 DLC.

He didn’t do any combos at all in the trailer outside of crush counter. I’m curious about that because the same team’s approach to USF4 was to make him even more strike-focused than he already was in SF4, rather than grab-focused.

They’re clearly not going the instant grab route either, though. I don’t think we really got any indication of how he plays from that, unless he’s meant to be a heavy turtle and just superarmor/AA/whiffpunish with vacuum VT.

They did already make a character in Birdie who relies mostly on single hits, so it wouldn’t be out of line for Zangief to be an even more extreme, grab-heavy version of that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk45TJqb9SE

Fuck yeah, Zangief in the initial roster!

Actually it means “play bravely” (играй = play (verb), смело = bravely (adjective)). But i think it comes from the idiom “Work done - have you fun” (Сделал дело - гуляй смело (they changed 1 word, originally it says “walk” instead of “play”).

https://twitter.com/oooitzLpN/status/649636136608907264

With the way that leaves them standing I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up as one of the characters who makes common use of v-reversal.

http://i.imgur.com/I79e0PT.gif

When gief hits you with his dick it even gets a small super flash.

That’s how powerful it is.

it looks like lariat has recovery now he does a little flex at the end. Im just happy my main is in!

Im just upset there’s no Final Atomic Buster.

EDIT: Also fuck his v trigger.

Man… Gief is cool, but fuck you Capcom. Sick of this spinneroni shit.

:smiley:

Sorry bro. Least Alex is still on Fightcade

Can we please take a moment to appreciate Gief’s GREAT English VA? His and Cammy’s are totally above and beyond the rest of the cast.