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For Fighting Games, do you pick your character based on appearance, story, or move set?
- Thread starter Garlador
- Start date
This.
I couldn't force myself to constantly play someone who I didn't like as a character just for the sake of powerful or easy to use moves.
The biggest buffest beefcake usually has the command grabs so appearance and moveset tie together for me harmoniously
It's some mix of both for me.
Like if the coolest looking character in the game is the least fun to play, I'm not going to play it. I actually want to enjoy myself while playing.
Like if the coolest looking character in the game is the least fun to play, I'm not going to play it. I actually want to enjoy myself while playing.
When I start a new Fighting Game I gravitate towards choosing based on Presentation mostly, both Visually and Audio, and then towards Gameplay as I better understand the mechanics and know what I'm looking for.
If the game is not an original IP and is based on something established that I already know and love, like Dragon Ball FighterZ, than my initial efforts are to try to make it work for the Character I like based on existing knowledge unrelated to the game (Visuals, Audio & Story background).
If the game is not an original IP and is based on something established that I already know and love, like Dragon Ball FighterZ, than my initial efforts are to try to make it work for the Character I like based on existing knowledge unrelated to the game (Visuals, Audio & Story background).
Robert Garcia (Art of Fighting), Stun (Bloody Roar), Black Lotus (Bushido Blade), Brad Wong (Dead or Alive), Freeza (Dragon Ball FighterZ), Kim Kaphwan (Fatal Fury), Faust (Guilty Gear), Black Adam (Injustice), Blue Mary (King of Fighters), Zantetsu (Last Blade), Silver Samurai (Marvel VS Capcom), Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat), Jack (Power Stone), Genjuro (Samurai Shodown), Siegfried (Soul Calibur), Sagat (Street Fighter), Heihachi (Tekken), Lau Chan (Virtua Fighter).
I like old dude characters, not much more of a bias I can see than that.
I like old dude characters, not much more of a bias I can see than that.
Style and Ease of use is my go to for choosing a character.
I'm a Big Band in SG, Sakura in SF, Android 16 in DBFZ, Johnny in Xrd, and Captain Falcon in SSB main. It's all about the style points
I'm a Big Band in SG, Sakura in SF, Android 16 in DBFZ, Johnny in Xrd, and Captain Falcon in SSB main. It's all about the style points
Appearance will usually be what gets me to try a character out at first but the moveset is definitely what determines whether or not I'll stick with them. I always liked Chun-Li for example but could never really figure out how to play her proper in older games so she was never a character I mained. Finally switched to Chun as a main in SFV because they simplified some of her moves.
For me it's all about "how good am I using moves and techniques from Street Fighter 2?"
That is why I like Tekken so much, half of Kazuya's best moves overlap with Ryu's button presses.
That is why I like Tekken so much, half of Kazuya's best moves overlap with Ryu's button presses.
SF must be your wet dream
I respect this so much lmao
What an answerGet you a girl who can do all 3.
Makoto is gdlk
I think every character I've ever latched onto in a fighting game has been almost solely on their appearance/design. I've just been lucky in that the ones who appeal to me generally have fun, accessible move sets. The only character that's been an exception was Akira in Virtua Fighter. He's complicated as fuck!
First thing is always how they look. Like Rufus in SFIV, Necro in 3rd Strike and now Parker in Pocket Rumble. Once I get a feel for the game I generally switch it up and gravitate toward some other character for the moveset.
I'm not interested in the story.
I'm not interested in the story.
As someone who only plays traditional fighting games very casually I usually just pick which ever female character is the cutest or most skimpily dressed. I never invest enough time into those games for the mechanical differences to matter much.
I don't need to imagine it. He's so cool! That big gut sloshing and the gaudy, ill-fitting outfit. One million cheap ways to combo into Ultra didn't hurt either.
depends
if the game offers characters to my licking based on design, I pick them right away and test
if not, or the character got too much complicated I search characters based on mechanics and gameplay
if the game offers characters to my licking based on design, I pick them right away and test
if not, or the character got too much complicated I search characters based on mechanics and gameplay
This is me as well. I have a hard time playing a character whose look I hate, but plays well. You'd never see me play Rufus in Street Fighter, for example.
Appearance mainly. Moveset comes second. I lean towards female characters (the more lewd they are the more likely I will play them). I also like to play low tier characters, I don't like to play what is popular(high tier) or what everyone else plays.
I cant even imaging forcing myself to play a character that's just not fun to use just because they look attractive sexually or whatever. You think people played Pudge in DotA because hes pretty?
if they're cool as shit I main
Let me tell you, I only main the coolest characters, the best characters, and everyone knows it
Ibuki
Nu-13
Noel Vermillion
Lili
Karin
Maxi
fugg a shoto
fugg a charge character
and motherfuck a stance character (they're usually cool but fuck stances)
Appearance. In Soul Calibur games, I main Ivy, in DOA I generally main either Rachel or Tina, in KOF I main Mai and two others who aren't Mai.
I'm very picky in who I choose.
I'm very picky in who I choose.
90% aesthetics, 10% moves. Generally I play the coolest girl. If she's high execution or weird and I don't like playing her I may play another cool girl.
I do the same thing sometimes. Whenever I hear a character is trash or weak, I'm like "fuck you guys. Y'all just suck." Then I go and try to play that character the best I can. So far I have decent results. But I still stick to my mains most of the time. I'll be with Xianghua in SC6 regardless of where she ends up in the meta.
