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Opinion - I think Capcom designs the coolest characters in the industry. Any challengers?
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Yes. They made Megaman, that's enough reason.
Also Zero, Chun Li, Haggar, Captain Commando, and Claire Redfield.
Their recent outputs were hit and miss. Rufus, Abel, and Seth are undeniably bad but Juri and C Viper are cool. Fang and Falke are meh, but Zeku and Menat are cool.
Also Zero, Chun Li, Haggar, Captain Commando, and Claire Redfield.
Their recent outputs were hit and miss. Rufus, Abel, and Seth are undeniably bad but Juri and C Viper are cool. Fang and Falke are meh, but Zeku and Menat are cool.
Not sure this makes sense with character designers hopping between companies and games but... overall yes. Bengus is one of the GOATs.
But I think Kaneko during the PS2 era... phew lad.
Now I gotta look at Soejima's designs
But I think Kaneko during the PS2 era... phew lad.
Now I gotta look at Soejima's designs
They're fine. A lot of them are very generic anime, or just kind of unremarkable (RE) and a character like Dante is honestly one of the most unappealing, lame, angsty teen fantasy designs in games. I am mind blown anyone over the age of 15 thinks he's cool. I remember a friend in high school showing me the opening of one of the games, where he's naked and censored Austin Powers style, and I legitimately thought he was fucking with me when he said it was "the coolest shit ever" after it was over. I love early Mega Man and a lot of the early Robot Masters, though.
A lot of their fighting game cast is pretty cool, but I feel like great fighting game character designs are pretty common. Between Capcom, SNK, Arcsys and even NetherRealm and indies, the genre is packed with great design work.
A lot of their fighting game cast is pretty cool, but I feel like great fighting game character designs are pretty common. Between Capcom, SNK, Arcsys and even NetherRealm and indies, the genre is packed with great design work.
I can't believe anyone remembers the Anarchy Reigns characters
McFarlane-esque
They're both former Square Enix artists and have worked together quite a bit, so maybe.
Of course I remember them, Anarchy Reigns was Platinum's best game after all.
The game with lag input OHKO from Blacker Baron and Fei Rin?
The game with the easy input Roman canceling mechanic that makes Gargoyle and Bayonetta phenoms?
The game with netcode so bad that it makes SNK look good?
Best game.
Yep, the 'Capcom Design Works' crew was ridiculous. Their legacy of character designs is hugely influential amongst artists and designers in and out of the industry. And talking of that, the Capcom connection for Overwatch being Arnold Tsang (aka arnistotle), dude's a huge Capcom fan and bought his taste and talent into the Overwatch franchise as the lead character concept artist.
Everything old is new again.
Capcom's library of designs is ridiculous, true heavyweights in this category. Hats off to their rival, as the saying goes, 'iron sharpens iron'
I came here to post that I believe Blizzard has among the best character designers, but it seems you already pointed it out! Overwatch really does have some fantastic designs.
I know that one character doesn't make all the other characters look bad, but It's kinda incredible that Capcom you'll never have a middle-term: Or it will be a hit or a miss
Might as well throw Supergiant Games into the ring, even if they only have 3 games. They're consistently great at least.
OG Capcom is better than modern Capcom.
Also SF4 could have been so much better with Juri's concept and Rufus' first concept.
Also SF4 could have been so much better with Juri's concept and Rufus' first concept.
This is a bad Capcom design
Abigail is nowhere that bad.
Fang is my favourite design in vanilla SFV for newcomers. I think he's awesome. He fits the tropes he's meant to perfectly.
SNK is better as far as the fighters go.
Capcom had some awesome ones in the CP System II and sidesroll brawler days though. Those days are long gone, however.
CyGames is a great answer though it's more of tossing a ton of darts at a board and getting some bullseye in that case.
Capcom had some awesome ones in the CP System II and sidesroll brawler days though. Those days are long gone, however.
CyGames is a great answer though it's more of tossing a ton of darts at a board and getting some bullseye in that case.
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SFV Dhalsim is pretty cool. Not a massive fan of his earlier design.
Blanka's design works. It's two primary colors with a VERY recognizable silhouette. I don't even like Blanka and I'll take his look over at least 80% of the designs in any given anime fighter.
I don't understand the slave anklets though...
Abigail's default ain't great but his costumes are a massive improvement.
Also his animations are pretty charming.
You can't say no to the finger-guns backdash.
This.
Abigail visual is hit or miss with a lot of people, but the amount of care that went into his animation and everything else makes the overall product a good design. Capcom knew exactly what it was doing.
While not Capcom per-se, shouts out to Asura's Wrath. That game is a marvel in terms of design.
I'm not sure who actually designed the characters, but I've always loved Ayami Kojima's artwork of characters in the Castlevania series.
They definitely used to have some amazing character designs and they still can do a pretty good job. I am not at all a fan of the new Street Fighter look though. Breath of Fire has some of my favourite character designs of all time though, so kudos to Capcom for that.
Yeah... no.
LOOK AT THOSE EYEBROWS
I'd call this generic but the collar makes him look like he walked out of some sex dungeon and the colors of the jacket and white/orange shirt just look awful.
Sega has plenty of shit characters, these are just from one of the lesser known series >.>
Yeah, nobody else even comes close to Capcom IMHO. They have SO MANY instantly recognizable characters who are at once incredibly diverse and unique, but paradoxically all contain a quintessential capcom-ness. Mainly talking about golden age stuff, but they still turn out some great designs now.
Square and Atlus both check the boxes for high-quality and unique to their brand, but their individual characters don't come near the inventiveness of Capcom's and all seem a bit more derivative.
Square and Atlus both check the boxes for high-quality and unique to their brand, but their individual characters don't come near the inventiveness of Capcom's and all seem a bit more derivative.
Capcom is definitively top tier
Sega, Konami, Blizzard and Square Enix are strong contenders. LucasArts was top tier when it was around but... yeah... :(
Sega, Konami, Blizzard and Square Enix are strong contenders. LucasArts was top tier when it was around but... yeah... :(
Feral Blanka is a missed oportunity. Family friendly Blanka sucks.
Abigail is actually fantastic in motion. I can see why he'd be unappealing at first glance (I hated him during the reveal trailer), but as a package they really made something great with him.Let's not pretend that Capcom hasn't had their share of missteps:
I agree 100%. I think a ton of their characters are just great and they just have so many iconic characters in almost all genres. Whether it's humans, monsters, robots, etc, they just have soooo many good designs from any one of them. From Monster Hunter, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Street Fighter, Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, Cyberbots, Tech Romancer, Mega Man/Legends/X/Zero, Onimusha, Breath of Fire, Resident Evil, Viewtiful Joe, etc.......any one of those series has top notch art direction in many of their games.
If we consider all of their history then yeah, absolutely, there's just soo much good stuff in there. Nintendo and Konami (they used to have Ayami Kojima AND Yoji Shinkawa) are great too, but Capcom wins in terms of sheer variety in my eyes.
If I were to pick individual artists, Atlus would win, but they're a shadow of themselves nowadays.
If I were to pick individual artists, Atlus would win, but they're a shadow of themselves nowadays.
I'm defninitely not a fan of Capcom's character designs. I prefer more elegant and nuanced designs, like From's default Hunter design, Maria, Eileen, and the Doll in Bloodborne. I also found Dante's personality in DMC arrogant and obnoxious.
These are good as well, along with Silent Hill 2's Maria.
Konami? Used to, anyway...
These are good as well, along with Silent Hill 2's Maria.
