Street Fighter V: Despite all his ragé he's still just a rat in a Kage

Fergus_ · 09-07-2015 2:17pm

Rob2D wrote: »

Got to play this for the first time tonight in Leeds! Won my matches, so had a great time haha.

The game feels really weird at first, not at all like you'd expect. More like alpha than 3s; it's hard to describe. Ranges have gotten WAY shorter. Everyone was just whiffing normals next to each other all evening. Punishing stuff is tough unless it's blatantly unsafe, but that could just be because we didn't know how to punish yet. You really need to be making a lot more reads now.

I cornered Matt Edwards, the capcom uk guy and had a long chat with him. I asked about bringing SFV over here at which point I kinda turned into Mrs. Doyle; ah shur you will, ah go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, GO ON :pac: He says if he has a new build by September he would like to bring it over to Celtic throwdown. But I couldn't get him to promise anything. Sorry guys, I tried! I did an interview for him after but I hope it doesn't go up on YouTube because I get a bit flustered on camera.

I only played ryu, so bare that in mind if anyone has any questions. I'll answer what I can!

Oh and I'm to say hello to Fergus, who's reputation now precedes him internationally.

LOL by who? :eek:

Doctor DooM · 09-07-2015 8:26pm

Ken announced. Someone a bit Akuma-ish about the face teased.

Ken looks very different, pony tail and 90's bangs.

https://t.co/XoZ1djWrZW

Merces · 09-07-2015 8:27pm

Ken unveiled. He doesn't play like a Shoto anymore.

http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2015/jul/09/ken-officially-joins-street-fighter-5-roster/

FutureGuy · 09-07-2015 9:24pm

Merces wrote: »

Ken unveiled. He doesn't play like a Shoto anymore.

http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2015/jul/09/ken-officially-joins-street-fighter-5-roster/

Officially hyped for SF5

Doctor DooM · 09-07-2015 9:32pm

Who's this chap?

Macal · 09-07-2015 9:33pm

Yoooo, he looks sick! Capcom actually had the balls to change Ken up a bit. Bravo.

Also, first completely new character to be teased for SFV at the end.

Ramza · 09-07-2015 9:34pm

Likely a new character at the end.

Ken definitely still plays like a shoto, has dp, fireball, tatsu, step kick etc. His play-style will very much be ground based (look at his v skill for example). Step kick knocking them away = corner push = gonna be rewarded for ground based play. Ken is still very much a shoto with more flash now for sure, looks awesome.

Edit : Some gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntGjJhzK4p0

Nutrient · 09-07-2015 10:34pm

2gen · 09-07-2015 11:28pm

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Who's this chap?

Isn't it obvious? It's Shin El Fuerte and this time his counter hit ex q-bomb will do 700 damage. Be very afraid. ..

Scavenger XIII · 10-07-2015 12:08am

He has a 'V' on his face, just leaving that out there.

Ramza · 10-07-2015 1:12am

I like how Capcom are handling his V Trigger. Apart from Charlie, Ken is the only one who can cancel a special into V Trigger activation, both on hit and block. However on block it leaves him very exposed, as the whole animation includes that dash that Ken does, so on block you get heavily punished and are left very negative on block. Can be seen here. It's designed to be activated in combos as the little dash lets you catch up to your opponent and continue juggling. Looks like activating it in the neutral game will be useless too.

Nutrient · 10-07-2015 3:02am

Ramza wrote: »

I like how Capcom are handling his V Trigger. Apart from Charlie, Ken is the only one who can cancel a special into V Trigger activation, both on hit and block. However on block it leaves him very exposed, as the whole animation includes that dash that Ken does, so on block you get heavily punished and are left very negative on block. Can be seen here. It's designed to be activated in combos as the little dash lets you catch up to your opponent and continue juggling. Looks like activating it in the neutral game will be useless too.

I think it sucks

D4RK ONION · 10-07-2015 8:33am

Ken actually looks sick, that's amazing.

Also end character is totally unmutated blanka

Sairus · 10-07-2015 8:37am

V Face's V-Trigger better let him do Custom Combos like in V-ISM. Wasted opportunities otherwise.

Make him a boss character. Make him broke as **** like V-ISM was.

Also, have some Kens.

Ken looks pretty beast, but the way they modeled his hair is friggin awful.

K.O.Kiki · 10-07-2015 10:58am

Sairus wrote: »

Ken looks pretty beast, but the way they modeled his hair is friggin awful.

I'm sure they can remodel it before release and release as on-disc DLC

Yreval · 10-07-2015 2:42pm

On a more serious note, Ken looks really interesting and right now I'd say he's the front-runner to be my main.

Doctor DooM · 10-07-2015 2:44pm

I guess we can confirm new versions of the themes for SFV then.

They'll probably do a Guile one whether he's in or not

http://www.capcom.co.jp/sfv/bgm/004.html

Yreval · 10-07-2015 2:56pm

Someone made a composite screenshot of the character at the end. Looks like a new character to me.

e: https://twitter.com/8bitpimp/status/619278976545001473

chopperbyrne · 10-07-2015 3:15pm

Looks like Abel with long hair.

Geckolimus · 10-07-2015 3:24pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Looks like Abel with long hair.

How about E.Honda in a Thin Lizzy outfit?

Misty Chaos · 10-07-2015 4:50pm

Snippets of some of the character themes ( and the music for the forgotten waterfall stage ) has been posted on the Saikyo blog;

http://www.capcom.co.jp/blog/sf4/saikyo_blog/2015/07/10_8060.html

( They're about Half Way down )

For feck sake, Capcom, why did you have to do remixes of the classic chars SF2 themes AGAIN? That's my main gripe, probably too worried about changing the themes after changing a lot of the character designs so much, probably took it out of them.

That said, they're not bad - just overused. Let's hope they don't flood SF5 with a zillion versions of Ryu's theme again. :pac:

Rob2D · 10-07-2015 9:16pm

Fergus_ wrote: »

LOL by who? :eek:

Front row, second from the left. Tiny Asian man with glasses.

Nutrient · 10-07-2015 9:57pm

Misty Chaos wrote: »

Snippets of some of the character themes ( and the music for the forgotten waterfall stage ) has been posted on the Saikyo blog;

http://www.capcom.co.jp/blog/sf4/saikyo_blog/2015/07/10_8060.html

( They're about Half Way down )

For feck sake, Capcom, why did you have to do remixes of the classic chars SF2 themes AGAIN?

Probably wanna keep the characters memorable?

If it ain't broke..

Rob2D · 10-07-2015 10:03pm

Nutrient wrote: »

Probably wanna keep the characters memorable?

If it ain't broke..

I agree. New Ken theme sounds pretty sick.

Although it'd be hard to mess that one up.

Doctor DooM · 11-07-2015 8:12am

The Street Fighter 2 themes are probably some of the most well known songs in the history of video games. One has a massive meme that spun out of it.

Capcom would be insane not to include them, they're a memorable part of a valuable IP.

Merces · 11-07-2015 10:09am

Capcom hasn't manage to, or even come close imo, topping the SF2 tracks so this is good news. SF 4 had a terribly dull and forgettable soundtrack. I honestly can't remember a single song from it. SF 3 and Alpha 2 were much better though.

Doctor DooM · 11-07-2015 10:12am

Merces wrote: »

Capcom hasn't manage to, or even come close imo, topping the SF2 tracks so this is good news. SF 4 had a terribly dull and forgettable soundtrack. I honestly can't remember a single song from it. SF 3 and Alpha 2 were much better though.

I dunno man, Africa stage and Rufus theme are pretty memorable imo.

I don't think Capcom ever lost it with the music, a side effect I would guess being that Ono's actual profession before being Mr. Street Fighter was music producer.

Also.

INDESTRUCTIBLE.

D4RK ONION · 11-07-2015 11:26am

People really to separate their nostalgic love for the SF2 tracks and their opinions of the newer music in FGs. SF4 has a bunch of cracking tunes.

Small Airfield is awesome

Solar Eclipse

Overpass

Rufus

If any of these songs came out in SF2 as 8 bit tracks, people would be holding them as classics of our time, but because they didn't hear them 20 years ago they're crap and CrapCom have forgotten how to make good tracks. Ugh.

Doctor DooM · 11-07-2015 11:34am

Silicon Era provide evidence of first CONFIRMED guest character:

Macal · 11-07-2015 11:50am

D4RK ONION wrote: »

People really to separate their nostalgic love for the SF2 tracks and their opinions of the newer music in FGs. SF4 has a bunch of cracking tunes.

Small Airfield is awesome

Solar Eclipse

Overpass

Rufus

If any of these songs came out in SF2 as 8 bit tracks, people would be holding them as classics of our time, but because they didn't hear them 20 years ago they're crap and CrapCom have forgotten how to make good tracks. Ugh.

Nostalgia glasses asides, the SF4 stage themes have all been the same since Vanilla. To listen to those themes for six years onwards would really grate on me, and I'm not even a serious SF4 player. So thankfully there is an option to have character themes on. Some remixes or complete recompositions a la Third Strike (or VF5: FS) in later versions would have helped a lot.

I don't think very highly of the OST in general anyway. Some really good new themes (Rufus, El Fuerte, Cody) and remixes (Zangief, Gen, Rose). Others are kind of forgettable, and I think there is an over-abundance of virtual instruments in a lot of the orchestrations.

Street Fighter V: Despite all his ragé he's still just a rat in a Kage

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