For Fighting Games, do you pick your character based on appearance, story, or move set?

Appearance, then move set. I don't care how they play if I don't like their design, and liking how they look isn't enough if how they play doesn't click. Importance of story depends upon the franchise in question, liking their personality and mannerisms or at the very least not being annoyed by them usually being enough.

Feel like this should include personality as well. I love playing as a bunch of cocky, aggressive assholes.

I always pick the cutest girl possible. Then move on if she sucks. Otherwise I pick the girl that most appeals to me like Juri in SF.


It also worked out great for me in LOL. Ahri was all I ever needed.

I play SFV Alex, so by appearance I guess. Gotta have that bomber jacket.

Appearance and agility

Sometimes either slow AF or fastest character depending on mood

Never inbetween moderation ftl!!

I'm all about the appearance and the moveset. I don't think lore has ever impacted my decision.

Street Fighter's Makoto is an awesome character and nobody can change that.

Appearance is important for trying out a character, but from that point it's all in the moveset. Story basically doesn't matter at all.

In terms of first impressions, appearance. I'll pick a character and will drop them immediately if I see they're a charge character though. Was never able to grasp that concept.

Style first, looks second, don't care about story. The important thing is that they feel fun to play.

Although in a lot of cases the character's look is what draws me in, and then I see how I like their style.

Appearance + abilities. Though Menat in SF5 was pure appearance, Blanka because I liked his other versions, he looks cool in SF5. Give me Dee Jay... or Elena since I missed out on her with the Ultimate SF4 Arcade edition dlc stuff or whatever it was.

Pretty much moveset, it needs to be light on execution and heavy on parlor tricks. Decent appearance is a bonus, but not a necessity.

This results in what feels like an eclectic bunch of mains - Julia, Mitsurugi, Rufus - not much design similarity.

well l picked haggar in mvc3 because final fight is one of my fav games and haggar my fav of the series. everybody else is movesets.

Appearance 1st then moveset

Move list to find characters with the playstyle and button commands I like. Then appearance for my favorite character design! Story never important

Depends on the game. Smash I pick Sonic, I grew up with Sega and PlayStation so most of the Nintendo characters don't appeal to me. In Mortal Kombat I pick SubZero or Noob-Saibot to begin because I like their designs and story. But I eventually move to a character who's gameplay fits me better. (Takeda/Mileena in MKX, Sektor in MK9).
In Injustice 2 I picked Robin because his gameplay just appealed to me, and it did.

So it depends on if I have a history with the franchise or not pretty much.

"Does this character require tons of tight links and hit confirms out the yin-yang"

Yes: Pass

No: Maybe

"Is this character sport an obtuse and alarmingly bespoke playstyle?"

No: Maybe

Yes: SCORE!

Appearance especially when playing games like DOA :p

Looks for the majority. Story is never a factor mainly because fighting games lack story and when they do have one it's shitty anyway.

Sou Da said:

Get you a girl who can do all 3.

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What's her story?

I choose the Pro-Wrestler first.

Zangief in Street Fighter, Wolf in Virtua Fighter, King in Tekken, King of Dinosaurs in KOFXIV.

If there isn't one who isn't overtly a Pro-Wrestler, I kind of just mess around with the cast until I find someone who I am comfortable playing as. So I guess moveset/playstyle is my second criterion.

Street Fighter Alpha was my first SF game, and I picked Rose because my girl was throwing down in high fashion and looked like Lisa Lisa from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Then I found out she can block projectiles and I've been using her ever since.

Story? Lol

I don't usually main anyone. I tend to get good with every character and then choose "random" at the character select screen to mess with my opponent.

Regarding the OP though, moveset is most important to win

The move sets have to match my play style.

Bishop89 said:

I don't usually main anyone. I tend to get good with every character and then choose "random" at the character select screen to mess with my opponent.

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Didn't know Infiltration was on Era.

JusDoIt said:

Didn't know Infiltration was on Era.

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Lol I wish I was that good

Appearance

How they feel when I play them.

For example, Nightmare doesn't feel good to play for me, but Siegfried does.

I go for the character I think is the hottest/coolest looking. That works out most of the time but if I don't like how that character plays I will pick the next character I think is cool/cute looking and hope they play better.

I pick based on appearance and playstyle. Appearance wise, I stick with female characters.

As far as playstyle goes, I either go with charge characters or those with stances.

Appearance/aesthetics 100% of the time.

looks first, just like in real life

moveset second

I'll pick charge characters.

Then I'll proceed to lose because they're almost always not that good.

I tend to go for characters that fit my playstyle. I typically pick faster rushdown characters in fighters, but I'll stick to a character I really like, or just rotate between characters when I want to switch it up.

For example, in Smash I tend to start off with Sonic or Fox, but I'm such a Zelda fan, Link is one of my mains, and I find Duck Hunt so hilarious I'll main them, too. I suppose the answer is yes, all of the above.

1. They gotta look cool.
2. They gotta do cool stuff.

if i can throw down a punching cactus and beat the shit out of them while an assist character hits them with an overhead to create a ridiculous 50/50 setup then i main that character.

Whatever has the best tools, least amount of execution and most damage possible. Likely a top tier.

Due to the fact I've started to get into Fighting Games recently I don't really have character loyalty unless if it's a crossover game (Shulk in Smash, and Yu Narukami and Ruby Rose is Cross Tag Battle)

So in other game's it's primarily aesthetic/personality though most of the time it is just cute girls or the "waifu" character like Android 21 in DBFZ but in Street Fighter V I've use Rashid but I've been learning R Mika and want to get into Chun Li, Menat, and Sakura.

I will also go for Top Tiers if I need to fill in something like in Dragonball where my team also has Goku Black and Android 16

if they look the coolest i will try them, but if i don't like their moves, i will not play them. this happened with ramlethal
as a back up, if they have something basically akin to a 360 throw i will try them, but if i find them way too dumb i won't play them, and that happened with potemkin
basically i just don't play guilty gear at all

I pick Mega Man because he is Mega Man. This applies to both SSB and Marvel.

Looks > play style >>> viability I guess. I'll always try whoever looks the best to me first, but I'll always drop them if they aren't fun... Then there's the balance factor, but I don't remember the last time I dropped a character because they sucked too much. Low tier boys!

JusDoIt said:

I try the black characters first and work from there.

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Same, kinda. Dark skinned characters always take priority for me.

Chixmeal said:

I pick Mega Man because he is Mega Man. This applies to both SSB and Marvel.

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This too.

Appearance is what will make me try out a character initially, but gameplay is ultimately what makes me stick with them. If I hate playing a character that I think looks cool its less stressful to learn to love them from a distance than it is to force playing as them. That said there is a cutoff for how aesthetically displeasing a character could be and I'll still play them, they could've made Abigail the most "me" character ever gameplay-wise but you couldn't pay me to play as him.

Story means next to nothing. If it's cool then it's cool.

Appearance, story and move set.

Appearance gets me interested, story makes me care, move set determines if I stick with them or not.

Mainly appearances & playstyle. Either the cool looking guy or girl, usually. I hate unattractive, burly characters, and as it happens, they don't fit me playstyle-wise either.

Appearance and moveset are about equal for me. I won't play an amazing character if they're fugly, but I won't play a gorgeous character if they're bottom tier trash or I can't get a feel for their moveset.

I also feel as though I gravitate towards characters with gimmicks. It's fun having a little quirk to center playstyle around.

Moveset. I play Guile in SFV, and I know he's an iconic character and all that but, like Juri says,' 'You soldier guys sure are boring.'

Not that he looks much like a soldier in SFV, his default costume makes him look more like a male stripper. That would make a more interesting character.

I pick the one that looks the coolest to me, and see if I like their moveset. If not then I move to the next one. I won't play the character if I don't like their moveset.

I never use the "weird" characters (voldo, zack in DoA... ) or the huge ones.

The Bruce Lee character is usually my go to and ends up being in my top 3 (and Jann Lee is definitely the best Mee ever).

I choose my characters based on how similar they look to IBUKI. =p

Moveset and animations first. The flashier the animations the better. And I like stance characters a lot.
Appearance and aesthetics after that. I would NEVER play a character like SFV's Abigail. Even if it's a joke or troll character.
I like rivalries and stuff like that. I sometimes played characters based on their story because of that.