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[mnz]

I think Abigail has this fighting style of 'we really didn't give a fuck anymore, so here's a bunch of comedic bully moves on a character.' He looks like Bane from Arkham Asylum, not a Street Fighter character.

Do you think this character was designed yesterday? The idea is probably years old at this point.

And really, the "don't give a shit anymore" way would be to just re-issue some old popular character, not to make something completely new and risky.

I think his moves are awesome but paired with that huge frame it comes off comical. Is he supposed to be bigger than Hugo?

Slightly larger than Hugo according to their CFN profiles, yes.

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Actually warming up to Abigail. Gonna drive over my opponents all day , vrooooooooonm.

Edit: Abigail was always a comedic goofy character. In Mighty FF he grabs the opponent and gives him a kiss.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

I mean let's be real you weren't going to play V anyway. I don't disagree that V has major problems, but c'mon now, it just feels weird bringing this up in a character reveal topic. It's not like if the character was cool you'd join, the game has a lot of issues.

I often jump into games late to the party. The reality is I don't buy that many games, let alone a console just for one fighter. I love Street fighter, but I've been checking in now and then for an excuse to pick up a cheap second hand Ps4 for a few months and with every new update to this game, I'm not getting it.

Console brands don't affect my purchasing decisions. Street fighter could. And Street fighter V just isn't doing it for me. If they had have put Adon in, or any other decent legacy characters I could have been pushed over.

This character isn't pushing me anywhere but further away.

 

[Marvel]

Lol, ty.

 

[FSLink]

Do you think this character was designed yesterday? The idea is probably years old at this point.

And really, the "don't give a shit anymore" way would be to just re-issue some old popular character, not to make something completely new and risky.

Yeah...season 2 feels more like the developers wanting to do what they've wanted to for awhile (like Kolin and Ed) despite the risk of not going with fan favorites...which there are plenty.

You can't just say they don't give a shit anymore because you dislike the design and it fits your narrative.

I often jump into games late to the party. The reality is I don't buy that many games, let alone a console just for one fighter. I love Street fighter, but I've been checking in now and then for an excuse to pick up a cheap second hand Ps4 for a few months and with every new update to this game, I'm not getting it.

Console brands don't affect my purchasing decisions. Street fighter could. And Street fighter V just isn't doing it for me. If they had have put Adon in, or any other decent legacy characters I could have been pushed over.

This character isn't pushing me anywhere but further away.

I mean Season 2's been known to be for only new characters for months. It just looks silly to complain about even if I do agree they should have did some legacy and some new characters for this season.

 

[SeeNoWeevil]

Might as well post the other remaining Final Fight bosses in case anyone isn't familiar. These are the ones who haven't been in Street Fighter yet:

Damnd

Can you imagine what Capcom would do with that hair tho?

 

[Piccoro]

I often jump into games late to the party. The reality is I don't buy that many games, let alone a console just for one fighter. I love Street fighter, but I've been checking in now and then for an excuse to pick up a cheap second hand Ps4 for a few months and with every new update to this game, I'm not getting it.

Console brands don't affect my purchasing decisions. Street fighter could. And Street fighter V just isn't doing it for me. If they had have put Adon in, or any other decent legacy characters I could have been pushed over.

This character isn't pushing me anywhere but further away.

You don't have to get a PS4, if you can find a decent PC, SFV is available there.

I also was tempted to get an XBox One because of Killer Instinct, but that game is literally the only one I like on Xbox. So I just got it on PC.

And as an old school Final Fight fan, I love this character and stage! Hugo was one of my mains in USF4, so I can't wait to try Abigail!

 

[L Thammy]

Actually warming up to Abigail. Gonna drive over my opponents all day , vrooooooooonm.

Edit: Abigail was always a comedic goofy character. In Mighty FF he grabs the opponent and gives him a kiss.

Isn't that just Mighty Final Fight being a silly self-parody game? He's not funny at all in Final Fight, just ugly.

 

[KingBroly]

Do you think this character was designed yesterday? The idea is probably years old at this point.

And really, the "don't give a shit anymore" way would be to just re-issue some old popular character, not to make something completely new and risky.

Abigail looks like he's a bottom of the barrel idea. From where they pulled him from, right down to his move set. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a noogie move in there somewhere.

 

[Marvel]

Re-watched it a few times now, certainly an interesting fightstyle. Can't say I'll use him myself, but I am looking forward to watching VesperArcade use him in ranked. Something tells me it will be comedy gold lol.

 

[Arkeband]

Five new characters was a mistake.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

I mean Season 2's been known to be for only new characters for months. It just looks silly to complain about even if I do agree they should have did some legacy and some new characters for this season.

Fair point. Although I don't follow closely enough to know season 2 was all new characters outside of Akuma

You don't have to get a PS4, if you can find a decent PC, SFV is available there.

I also was tempted to get an XBox One because of Killer Instinct, but that game is literally the only one I like on Xbox. So I just got it on PC.

And as an old school Final Fight fan, I love this character and stage! Hugo was one of my mains in USF4, so I can't wait to try Abigail!

I don't have a pc and prefer consoles so that's out of the question for me. KI took over from my SF4 addiction luckily. Then MK10 and Tekken 7. With SF4 now on Xbox I have enough fighters to not warrant buying a Ps4.

Unless they announce Adon of course...

 

[Whompa02]

Terrible. Honestly what happened to reasonable design aesthetics?

Hugo was big but Jesus Christ at least he didn't look like a god damn cartoon.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Good lord what were they thinking there. Yeesh.

 

[MechaX]

It's easy to tell who has any knowledge of fighting games in this thread.

.... So you bust out a picture of a character from fucking Isuka of all things?

 

[Pompadour]

Terrible. Honestly what happened to reasonable design aesthetics?

Hugo was big but Jesus Christ at least he didn't look like a god damn cartoon.

 

[mnz]

Terrible. Honestly what happened to reasonable design aesthetics?

Hugo was big but Jesus Christ at least he didn't look like a god damn cartoon.

Street Fighter always had cartoonish characters...

 

[KingBroly]

Five new characters was a mistake.

Definitely agree there. They needed 3 and 3. I feel like this game needs E-Honda, personally.

 

[BronsonLee]

This dude looks like shit

Swing and a miss after Kolin and Ed IMO

 

[LeleSocho]

uuuuh did we really need not-Gunjack?

 

[jufonuk]

Gunn Jack in SFV now?

 

[7DollarHagane]

At this point the sf5 team should just do what they want to do and try to do it well. The internet is going to give them shit for whatever they do anyway and it's all people who don't own the game and won't own the game anyway. They're doing a good job supporting the game and trying to make it the best it can be.

But ehonda please too

 

[SiegfriedFM]

.... So you bust out a picture of a character from fucking Isuka of all things?

Well, if we're doing hyperbole anyway...

I could also have gone with Potemkin, for people specifically worried that a huge character will ruin the gameplay.

 

[Pompadour]

Definitely agree there. They needed 3 and 3. I feel like this game needs E-Honda, personally.

The only reason to put E. Honda in is to get Mike Ross to play more SFV and, unsurprisingly, he's hype for Abigail.

 

[7DollarHagane]

This feeling inside me..... it burns like the fire of a thousand enchiladas.
The spirit of El Fuerte has risen again. A widely disliked character to troll ranked matches and make people ragequit with. I knew I would never get El Fuerte or Ingrid in SFV, but I didn't expect my next calling to be a giant comically buff ugly man.

Viva Mexico! Viva Canada!

Yeah it's almost like people forget that fighting game characters can be designed to be unlikable as well.

 

[The 8-Bit Raider]

I'm all for it. I've always been a sucker for huge characters in fighting games like Earthquake and Tam Tam in Samurai Showdown or Juggernaut in any of the Vs series.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I can't wait to see Abby-exclusive combos from cats like Desk.

 

[Marvel]

I can't wait to see Abby-exclusive combos from cats like Desk.

Indeed.

 

[sibarraz]

Abigail gameplay style and combos looks pretty cool, and I love that we have a giant character in SFV, and specially that we have another character from final fight

But his design is so terrible, is like they wanted to outperform battleborn, and the stage is super awful, the new york sea looks very barren, specially if you compare it with KOF 14 Shanghai stage were it has so much life on it

 

[entremet]

The hate is strange. I think it’s a cool creative risk.

Better than another shoto.

 

[StayDead]

I think he looks cool.

HE COVERS NEARLY THE ENTIRE SCREEN! O_O

 

[Stone Ocean]

Hugo was big but Jesus Christ at least he didn't look like a god damn cartoon.

Yeah, a 9ft man that basically melts with every movement doesn't look like a cartoon

 

[Fersis]

The animations look too "mo cap" for my tastes. Im sure that the other characters animations are motion captured too, but they're cleaned up and keyframed to look "Street Fighter".
Abigail animations dont look to have that cleanup/keyframe work done.

I think it's the first SFV character that doesnt look to belong in the game.

 

[oneida]

terrible design imo
stage looks fine

 

[Jaguar Victory]

Looks like a boss from Final Fight.

 

[op_ivy]

We got to go bigger

 

[Ducktail]

SF5 can't catch a break. I feel sorry for it. Personally speaking, I like this FF design.

 

[Floex]

The animations look too "mo cap" for my tastes. Im sure that the other characters animations are motion captured too, but they're cleaned up and keyframed to look "Street Fighter".
Abigail animations dont look to have that cleanup/keyframe work done.

I think it's the first SFV character that doesnt look to belong in the game.

Feng? Nicalli? So many new characters look awful.

 

[Rodolfo Brito]

The 2nd image is a fanart. This is additional official artwork:

Welp... The fanart nailed it. Capcom art department is really ,missing the mark lately.

 

[vg260]

The action figure looks great, just the right cartoon purportions

Instead we get someone created from a Rob Liefeld fetish.

I'm pretty sure this is a fan-made custom figure, but yeah I was hoping for a big ugly dude, like Hugo, just not as absurd.

 

[digita1alchemy]

I'm going to pick the game up again now that there's someone I like enough to main. It's been awhile...you can use in-game earned currency to buy DLC fighters, right? I had a bunch back at launch that I never spent.

 

[Marvel]

I'm going to pick the game up again now that there's someone I like enough to main. It's been awhile...you can use in-game earned currency to buy DLC fighters, right? I had a bunch back at launch that I never spent.

Yup you can.

 

[Scotia]

Not sure if it's already been discussed, but Abigail's mohawk is in the shape of a maple leaf

 

[Tizoc]

Not sure if it's already been discussed, but Abigail's mohawk is in the shape of a maple leaf

That is so 90s capcom, it is amazin

 

[joe2187]

Not sure if it's already been discussed, but Abigail's mohawk is in the shape of a maple leaf

So this is what a traditional canadian looks like?

 

[Castef]

I guess they're trying for an XMvSF style Juggernaut.

This is a good example of a HUGE character done well.

(Aganos)

 

[ethomaz]

Looks cool and different.

I need to try first but it give you different options of gameplay.

This is a good example of a HUGE character done well.

(Aganos)

That is not what I call "done well" lol it is pretty bad design.

 

[bob_arctor]

Terrible. Honestly what happened to reasonable design aesthetics?

Hugo was big but Jesus Christ at least he didn't look like a god damn cartoon.

Hugo didn't look like a cartoon??

 

[Lights and Waves]

So were all the Super SFV rumors debunked? I thought that was a thing we were getting....

 

[allenpergallon]

What is this different from? :/ it's a giant character no one asked for.

It's different from the rest of the cast? And the rest of the series as well. The closest SF has gotten to literal giants on-screen is SFIV Hugo, and this is a clear step beyond that.