njean777
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While I couldn't be more happy to see proof that Street Fighter 5 is actually happening, my enthusiasm is tempered quite a bit by the following:
- console exclusivity (which is never really good for unifying a game's user base, even though in this case it might have been unavoidable if it's indeed a Bayonetta 2 + Nintendo scenario);
- too similar art style to SF4 (which - unlike many here it seems - I did like, but still would have gladly seen replaced by something different and fresh involving leaner / differently stylized characters);
- possibly similar roster / time line to SF4's (my biggest disappointment by far would be if they simply go for safety and get the SF2 cast in there again. At least make them older or younger or something!)
It might make less business sense, but overall I'd much, MUCH rather see them pull a SF3 reboot with a mostly new cast and new visual style and overall atmosphere than doing another SF2 throw back in line with SF4. This series needs to keep reinventing itself to some degree as to not grow stale quickly, especially if it is indeed close to a predecessor which has been re-released so many times and so recently.
It's a bit too early to tell of course, but them not using Alex or a new character next to a familiar (but ideally at least slightly changed) main stay is not really reassuring me that Capcom is still willing to take some innovative risks on this franchise. A big part of my fun with SF4 was seeing how each character came back in the new engine and art style, but they can't do that again without changing things up some more compared to SF4's by now overly well-established standard.
Mixed emotions for this SF fan, in other words...but still happy overall SF5 is indeed real.
They did show the daigo parry so that may be a hint that the parry system is coming back. But yeah details are to limited as of right now.